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| delivers natural gas supply from outside the State to the |
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| delivery system of a public utility and that is price-regulated |
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| by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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| "Public school" means any elementary or secondary school |
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| operated at public expense. |
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| "Public school association" means a not-for-profit |
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| association of public schools.
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| "Public utility" or "natural gas public utility" means a |
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| public utility, as that term is defined in Section 3-105 of |
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| this Act, that is involved in the conveyance of gas by |
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| pipeline. All entities excluded from the definition of a public |
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| utility under Section 3-105 are excluded under this Article.
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| "Small volume" means natural gas supply requirements of an |
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| individual public school facility of less than 250,000 therms |
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| annually.
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| (220 ILCS 5/21-10 new)
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| Sec. 21-10. Transportation schedules and tariffs. |
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| (a) By August 1, 2007, each natural gas public utility |
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| shall file with the Commission a set of transportation |
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| schedules or tariffs applicable to natural gas for public |
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| schools. The transportation schedules or tariffs filed under |
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| this Section shall do all of the following: |
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| (1) authorize a public school association to aggregate |
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| the purchase of natural gas requirements by public schools; |
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| (2) establish natural gas delivery charges that are |
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| equal to Commission-approved public utility charges for |
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| public utility natural gas service, less the public |
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| utility's cost of purchased natural gas supply and |
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| interstate pipeline charges, plus aggregation |
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| administration and monthly balancing charges for small |
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| volume meters, but not to exceed $5 per meter per month for |
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| administration and 0.004 cents per therm delivered, for |
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| balancing monthly deliveries to actual usage; |
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| (3) offer a public school association the option of |
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| contracting with a public utility at monthly market prices |
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| for interstate pipeline capacity currently being used by |
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| the public utility to deliver public schools' aggregate |
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| monthly requirements; |
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| (4) require the public utility to provide to each |
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| public school association, or its designated agent, at |
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| least 5 business days before the first day of each month, |
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| the following information, based on weather forecasts and |
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| historical monthly usage: (i) daily usage projections for |
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| scheduled deliveries to each public school facility, (ii) |
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| aggregate daily usage projections by delivery point, and |
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| (iii) daily usage projections on a day-ahead basis when |
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| necessary to reflect significant changes in weather |
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| forecasts; and |
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| (5) impose a penalty if the projected daily usage of |
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| natural gas, as forecasted by the public utility, is not |
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| delivered to the public utility's delivery system, |
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| provided that the penalty does not exceed the penalty |
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| approved by the Commission in the public utility's large |
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| volume customer transportation tariffs. No other penalties |
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| may be imposed under this Section.
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| No transportation schedule or tariff filed under this |
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| Section shall require telemetry or special metering for small |
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| volume school meters. |
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| (b) The Commission may suspend any transportation schedule |
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| or tariff filed under this Section for up to 3 months in order |
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| to review compliance with the requirements of this Section.
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| (220 ILCS 5/21-15 new)
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| Sec. 21-15. Energy sellers; compliance with Commission |
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| rules. In order to supply natural gas to public schools under |
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| this Article, an energy seller must comply with all applicable |
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| Commission rules. Any agreements entered into on or after the |
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| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General |
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| Assembly between a public school association and an energy |
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| seller that is not in compliance with applicable Commission |
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| rules is null and void. |
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| (220 ILCS 5/21-20 new)
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| Sec. 21-20. Annual statement. Before June 1, 2009 and |
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| before June 1 of each year thereafter, each natural gas public |
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| utility shall file with the Commission an annual statement |
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| showing: (i) its revenue attributable to the aggregation |
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| administrative charge; (ii) its revenue attributable to the |
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| small volume meter balancing charge; and (iii) the amount of |
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| any incremental costs it incurred as a direct result of |
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| implementing aggregate transportation for public schools and |
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| monthly balancing service for small volume meters. The |
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| Commission shall determine an appropriate future cost recovery |
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| method for any unrecovered costs of the public utility in order |
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| to maintain future earnings neutrality for the public utility. |
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| (220 ILCS 5/21-25 new)
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| Sec. 21-25. Rules. The Commission may promulgate any rules |
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| that are reasonable and necessary for the administration of |
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| this Article.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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