97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB0715
 
Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 





220 ILCS 5/16-101
    Amends the Public Utilities Act.  Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title and applicability of the Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997.



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A BILL FOR
 


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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:

 
4    Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing 
5Section 16-101 as follows:
 



6    (220 ILCS 5/16-101)



7    Sec. 16-101. Short title and applicability. 


8    (a) This Article may
be cited as the
the Electric Service 
9Customer Choice and Rate
Relief Law of 1997 and shall apply to 
10electric utilities and
alternative retail electric suppliers 
11as defined in this
Article.  Except to the extent modified or 
12supplemented by the
provisions of this Article, or where the 
13context clearly
renders such provisions inapplicable, the 
14other Articles of
the Public Utilities Act pertaining to public 
15utilities, public utility rates
and services and the regulation 
16thereof, are fully and equally
applicable to the tariffed 
17services electric utilities
provide.
18    (b) The provisions of subsections (a) through (h) of 
19Section 16-111 of this
Act shall not be applicable to any 
20electric utility which elects to file
biennial rate proceedings 
21before the Commission in the years 1998, 2000 and
2002.  An 
22electric utility electing this option shall do so by filing a 
23notice
of such election with the Commission within 60 days 
 
 
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1after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of 1997, or its 
2right to make such election shall be
irrevocably waived.  An 
3electric utility electing the option specified in this

4paragraph shall file its rate proceeding with the Commission no 
5later than
August 1 of the years 1998, 2000, and 2002.  The 
6electric utility's filing
shall comply with all requirements of 
783 Illinois Administrative Code Parts 255
and 285 as though the 
8electric utility were filing for an increase in its
rates, 
9without regard to whether such filing would produce an 
10increase, a
decrease or no change in the electric utility's 
11rates and the Commission shall
review the electric utility's 
12filing and shall issue its
order in accordance with the 
13provisions of Section 9-201 of this Act.

14(Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)