SB0661 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB095 10877 MJR 31157 b

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0661

Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. Terry Link

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

220 ILCS 5/4-605 new

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission, for reasons of safety and reliability, shall adopt rules to prohibit residential, commercial, and industrial customers from installing their own distribution facilities and equipment. The Commission shall have the authority to impose significant penalties to customers and electric utilities for a violation of this Section. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

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 4-605 as follows:

(220 ILCS 5/4-605 new)

Sec. 4-605. Prohibition against the installation of distribution facilities and equipment by customers. The Commission, for reasons of safety and reliability, shall adopt rules to prohibit residential, commercial, and industrial customers from installing their own distribution facilities and equipment. The Commission shall have the authority to impose significant penalties to customers and electric utilities for a violation of this Section.

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