Rep. Lou Lang

Filed: 3/6/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2529

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2529 as follows:
 
3on page 49, line 6, after "utility", by inserting "other than a
4combination utility"; and
 
5by replacing line 12 on page 49 through line 4 on page 51 with
6the following:
7        "(1) if this amendatory Act of the 98th General
8    Assembly takes effect on or before June 15, 2013, the
9    following subparagraphs shall apply to a participating
10    utility other than a combination utility:
11            (A) if the Commission has initiated a proceeding
12        pursuant to subsection (e) of Section 16-108.6 of this
13        Act that is pending as of the effective date of this
14        amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, then the
15        order entered in such proceeding shall, after notice
16        and hearing, accelerate the commencement of the meter

 

 

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1        deployment schedule approved in the final Commission
2        order on rehearing entered in Docket No. 12-0298;
3            (B) if the Commission has entered an order pursuant
4        to subsection (e) of Section 16-108.6 of this Act prior
5        to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
6        98th General Assembly that does not accelerate the
7        commencement of the meter deployment schedule approved
8        in the final Commission order on rehearing entered in
9        Docket No. 12-0298, then the utility shall file with
10        the Commission, within 45 days after such effective
11        date, a plan for accelerating the commencement of the
12        utility's meter deployment schedule approved in the
13        final Commission order on rehearing entered in Docket
14        No. 12-0298; the Commission shall reopen the
15        proceeding in which it entered its order pursuant to
16        subsection (e) of Section 16-108.6 of this Act and
17        shall, after notice and hearing, enter an amendatory
18        order that approves or approves as modified such
19        accelerated plan within 90 days after the utility's
20        filing; or
21            (C) if the Commission has not initiated a
22        proceeding pursuant to subsection (e) of Section
23        16-108.6 of this Act prior to the effective date of
24        this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, then
25        the utility shall file with the Commission, within 45
26        days after such effective date, a plan for accelerating

 

 

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1        the commencement of the utility's meter deployment
2        schedule approved in the final Commission order on
3        rehearing entered in Docket No. 12-0298 and the
4        Commission shall, after notice and hearing, approve or
5        approve as modified such plan within 90 days after the
6        utility's filing;
7        (2) if this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly
8    takes effect after June 15, 2013, then each participating
9    utility other than a combination utility shall file with
10    the Commission, within 45 days after such effective date, a
11    plan for accelerating the commencement of the utility's
12    meter deployment schedule approved in the final Commission
13    order on rehearing entered in Docket No. 12-0298; the
14    Commission shall reopen the most recent proceeding in which
15    it entered an order pursuant to subsection (e) of Section
16    16-108.6 of this Act and within 90 days after the utility's
17    filing shall, after notice and hearing, enter an amendatory
18    order that approves or approves as modified such
19    accelerated plan, provided that if there was no such prior
20    proceeding the Commission shall open a new proceeding and
21    within 90 days after the utility's filing shall, after
22    notice and hearing, enter an order that approves or
23    approves as modified such accelerated plan.
24    Any schedule for meter deployment approved by the
25Commission pursuant to subparagraphs (1) or (2) of this
26subsection (l) shall take into consideration procurement times

 

 

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1for meters and other equipment and operational issues. Nothing
2in this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly shall
3shorten or extend the end dates for the 5-year or 10-year
4periods set forth in subsection (b) of this Section or Section
516-108.6 of this Act. Nothing in this subsection is intended to
6address whether a participating utility has, or has not,
7satisfied any or all of the metrics and performance goals
8established pursuant to subsection (f) of this Section.".