Public Utilities Committee

Adopted in House Comm. on Mar 04, 2008

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5212

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5212 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing
5 Section 19-125 as follows:
 
6     (220 ILCS 5/19-125)
7     Sec. 19-125. Consumer education.
8     (a) The Commission shall make available upon request and at
9 no charge, and shall make available to the public on the
10 Internet through the State of Illinois World Wide Web site:
11         (1) a list of all certified alternative gas suppliers
12     serving residential and small commercial customers within
13     the service area of each gas utility including, in the case
14     of the Internet, computer links to available web sites of
15     the certified alternative gas suppliers;
16         (2) a list of all certified alternative gas suppliers

 

 

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1     serving residential or small commercial customers that
2     have been found in the last 3 years by the Commission
3     pursuant to Section 10-108 to have failed to provide
4     service in accordance with this Act;
5         (3) guidelines to assist customers in determining
6     which gas supplier is most appropriate for each customer;
7     and
8         (4) Internet links to providers of information that
9     enables customers to compare prices and services of gas
10     utilities and alternative gas suppliers, if and when that
11     information is available.
12     (b) In any service area where customers are able to choose
13 their natural gas supplier, the Commission shall require gas
14 utilities and alternative gas suppliers to inform customers of
15 how they may contact the Commission in order to obtain
16 information about the customer choice program.
17     (c) The Commission shall make available in print, upon
18 request and at no charge, and on its World Wide Web site,
19 information on where customers of alternative gas suppliers
20 serving residential and small commercial customers can address
21 any complaint with regard to an alternative gas supplier's
22 obligations under Section 19-115 of this Act, including the
23 provision of service in accordance with the terms of its
24 contract, sales tactics, and rates. The Commission shall
25 maintain a summary by category and provider of all informal
26 complaints it receives pursuant to this Section, and it shall

 

 

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1 publish the summary on a quarterly basis on its World Wide Web
2 site. Individual customer information shall not be included in
3 the summary.
4     (d) Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that
5 may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head
6 under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to
7 make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions
8 of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If,
9 however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to
10 implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of
11 the 95th General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to
12 the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House
13 and the Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the
14 General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those
15 suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action
16 in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this
17 amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be
18 interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other
19 Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise
20 explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of
21 the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning
22 contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative
23 Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the
24 meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois
25 Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such
26 definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the

 

 

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1 jurisdiction of the Governor.
2 (Source: P.A. 92-852, eff. 8-26-02.)".