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    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:

 
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    Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended  by changing 
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Section 4-101 as follows:
 



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    (220 ILCS 5/4-101)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 4-101)


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    Sec. 4-101. The Commerce Commission shall have general 
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supervision of all
public utilities, except as otherwise 
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provided in this Act, shall inquire into
the management of the 
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business thereof and shall keep itself informed as to the

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manner and method in which the business is conducted. It shall 
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examine those
public utilities and keep informed as to their 
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general condition, their
franchises, capitalization, rates and 
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other charges, and the manner in which
their plants, equipment 
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and other property owned, leased, controlled or
operated are 
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managed, conducted and operated, not only with respect to the

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adequacy, security and accommodation afforded by their service 
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but also with
respect to their compliance with this Act and any 
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other law, with the orders
of the Commission and with the 
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charter and franchise requirements.

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    Whenever the Commission is authorized or required
by law to 
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consider some aspect of criminal history record information for

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the purpose of carrying out its statutory powers and 
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responsibilities,
then, upon request and payment of fees in 
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conformance with the requirements
of Section 2605-400 of the 
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Department of State Police Law (20 ILCS
2605/2605-400), the 
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Department of State Police is authorized to furnish,
pursuant 
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to positive identification, such information contained in 
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State
files as is necessary to fulfill the request.
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    The Commission shall require all electric public utilities 
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to establish a security policy that includes on-site safeguards 
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to restrict physical or electronic access to critical 
 


 






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infrastructure and computerized control and data systems by 
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personnel employed by or under contract with the electric 
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public utility company or by personnel of any entity regulated 
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by the Commission that supplies power to wholesale or 
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residential markets. The Commission shall maintain a record of 
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and each regulated entity that supplies power to wholesale or 
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residential markets shall provide to the Commission an annual 
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affidavit signed by a representative of the regulated entity 
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that states:
that the entity follows, at a  minimum, the most 
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current security standards set forth by the North American 
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Electric Reliability Council.

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        (1) that the entity has a security policy in place;
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        (2) that the entity has conducted at least one practice 
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    exercise based on the security policy within the 12 months 
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    immediately preceding the date of the affidavit; and
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        (3) with respect to any entity that is an electric 
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    public utility, that the entity follows, at a minimum, the 
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    most current security standards set forth by the North 
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    American Electric Reliability Council.


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(Source: P.A. 94-480, eff. 1-1-06.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.