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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 adding
5Section 5-117 as follows:
 
6    (220 ILCS 5/5-117 new)
7    Sec. 5-117. Supplier diversity goals.
8    (a) The public policy of this State is to collaboratively
9work with companies that serve Illinois residents to improve
10their supplier diversity in a non-antagonistic manner.
11    (b) The Commission shall require all gas, electric, and
12water companies with at least 100,000 customers under its
13authority to submit an annual report by April 15, 2015 and
14every April 15 thereafter, in a searchable Adobe PDF format, on
15all procurement goals and actual spending for female-owned,
16minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises
17in the previous calendar year. These goals shall be expressed
18as a percentage of the total work performed by the entity
19submitting the report, and the actual spending for all
20female-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small
21business enterprises shall also be expressed as a percentage of
22the total work performed by the entity submitting the report.
23    (c) Each participating company in its annual report shall

 

 

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1include the following information:
2        (1) an explanation of the plan for the next year to
3    increase participation;
4        (2) an explanation of the plan to increase the goals;
5        (3) the areas of procurement each company shall be
6    actively seeking more participation in in the next year;
7        (4) an outline of the plan to alert and encourage
8    potential vendors in that area to seek business from the
9    company;
10        (5) an explanation of the challenges faced in finding
11    quality vendors and offer any suggestions for what the
12    Commission could do to be helpful to identify those
13    vendors;
14        (6) a list of the certifications the company
15    recognizes;
16        (7) the point of contact for any potential vendor who
17    wishes to do business with the company and explain the
18    process for a vendor to enroll with the company as a
19    minority-owned, women-owned, or veteran-owned company; and
20        (8) any particular success stories to encourage other
21    companies to emulate best practices.
22    (d) Each annual report shall include as much State-specific
23data as possible. If the submitting entity does not submit
24State-specific data, then the company shall include any
25national data it does have and explain why it could not submit
26State-specific data and how it intends to do so in future

 

 

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1reports, if possible.
2    (e) Each annual report shall include the rules,
3regulations, and definitions used for the procurement goals in
4the company's annual report.
5    (f) The Commission and all participating entities shall
6hold an annual workshop open to the public in 2015 and every
7year thereafter on the state of supplier diversity to
8collaboratively seek solutions to structural impediments to
9achieving stated goals, including testimony from each
10participating entity as well as subject matter experts and
11advocates. The Commission shall publish a database on its
12website of the point of contact for each participating entity
13for supplier diversity, along with a list of certifications
14each company recognizes from the information submitted in each
15annual report. The Commission shall publish each annual report
16on its website and shall maintain each annual report for at
17least 5 years.
 
18    (220 ILCS 5/5-115 rep.)
19    Section 10. The Public Utilities Act is amended by
20repealing Section 5-115.
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22becoming law.