Sen. Neil Anderson
Filed: 3/10/2017
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1703
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1703 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 16-101 as follows:
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6 | (220 ILCS 5/16-101)
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7 | Sec. 16-101. Short title and applicability.
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8 | (a) This Article may
be cited as the
the Electric Service | ||||||
9 | Customer Choice and Rate
Relief Law of 1997 and shall apply to | ||||||
10 | electric utilities and
alternative retail electric suppliers | ||||||
11 | as defined in this
Article. Except to the extent modified or | ||||||
12 | supplemented by the
provisions of this Article, or where the | ||||||
13 | context clearly
renders such provisions inapplicable, the | ||||||
14 | other Articles of
the Public Utilities Act pertaining to public | ||||||
15 | utilities, public utility rates
and services and the regulation | ||||||
16 | thereof, are fully and equally
applicable to the tariffed |
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1 | services electric utilities
provide. | ||||||
2 | (b) The provisions of subsections (a) through (h) of | ||||||
3 | Section 16-111 of this
Act shall not be applicable to any | ||||||
4 | electric utility which elects to file
biennial rate proceedings | ||||||
5 | before the Commission in the years 1998, 2000 and
2002. An | ||||||
6 | electric utility electing this option shall do so by filing a | ||||||
7 | notice
of such election with the Commission within 60 days | ||||||
8 | after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of 1997, or its | ||||||
9 | right to make such election shall be
irrevocably waived. An | ||||||
10 | electric utility electing the option specified in this
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11 | paragraph shall file its rate proceeding with the Commission no | ||||||
12 | later than
August 1 of the years 1998, 2000, and 2002. The | ||||||
13 | electric utility's filing
shall comply with all requirements of | ||||||
14 | 83 Illinois Administrative Code Parts 255
and 285 as though the | ||||||
15 | electric utility were filing for an increase in its
rates, | ||||||
16 | without regard to whether such filing would produce an | ||||||
17 | increase, a
decrease or no change in the electric utility's | ||||||
18 | rates and the Commission shall
review the electric utility's | ||||||
19 | filing and shall issue its
order in accordance with the | ||||||
20 | provisions of Section 9-201 of this Act.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)".
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