SB1138 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1138

Introduced 2/5/2019, by Sen. Neil Anderson

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

220 ILCS 5/9-254 new

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a public utility providing electric service to less than 800,000 customers may not charge non-residential customers a rate from June through September that is more than 10% higher than the rate charged from October through May. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding Section 9-254 as follows:

(220 ILCS 5/9-254 new)

Sec. 9-254. Winter to summer rates. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a public utility providing electric service to less than 800,000 customers may not charge non-residential customers a rate from June through September that is more than 10% higher than the rate charged from October through May.

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