Full Text of SB0306 96th General Assembly
SB0306 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB0306
Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. Dale E. Risinger SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning real-time pricing.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 16-107 as follows:
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| (220 ILCS 5/16-107)
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| Sec. 16-107. Real-time pricing.
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| (a) Each electric utility shall file, on or before May 1,
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| 1998, a tariff or tariffs which allow nonresidential retail
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| customers in the
the electric utility's service area to elect
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| real-time pricing beginning October 1, 1998. | 12 |
| (b) Each electric utility shall file, on or before May 1,
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| 2000, a tariff or tariffs which allow residential retail
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| customers in the electric utility's service area to elect
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| real-time pricing beginning October 1, 2000.
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| (b-5) Each electric utility shall file a tariff or tariffs | 17 |
| allowing residential retail customers in the electric | 18 |
| utility's service area to elect real-time pricing beginning | 19 |
| January 2, 2007. A customer who elects real-time pricing shall | 20 |
| remain on such rate for a minimum of 12 months. The Commission | 21 |
| may, after notice and hearing, approve the tariff or tariffs, | 22 |
| provided that the Commission finds that the potential for | 23 |
| demand reductions will result in net economic benefits to all |
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| residential customers of the electric utility. In examining | 2 |
| economic benefits from demand reductions, the Commission | 3 |
| shall, at a minimum, consider the following: improvements to | 4 |
| system reliability and power quality, reduction in wholesale | 5 |
| market prices and price volatility, electric utility cost | 6 |
| avoidance and reductions, market power mitigation, and other | 7 |
| benefits of demand reductions, but only to the extent that the | 8 |
| effects of reduced demand can be demonstrated to lower the cost | 9 |
| of electricity delivered to residential customers. A tariff or | 10 |
| tariffs approved pursuant to this subsection (b-5) shall, at a | 11 |
| minimum, describe (i) the methodology for determining the | 12 |
| market price of energy to be reflected in the real-time rate | 13 |
| and (ii) the manner in which customers who elect real-time | 14 |
| pricing will be provided with ready access to hourly market | 15 |
| prices, including, but not limited to, day-ahead hourly energy | 16 |
| prices. | 17 |
| A proceeding under this subsection (b-5) may not exceed 120 | 18 |
| days in length.
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| (b-10) Each electric utility providing real-time pricing | 20 |
| pursuant to subsection (b-5) shall install a meter capable of | 21 |
| recording hourly interval energy use at the service location of | 22 |
| each customer that elects real-time pricing pursuant to this | 23 |
| subsection. | 24 |
| (b-15) If the Commission issues an order pursuant to | 25 |
| subsection (b-5), the affected electric utility shall contract | 26 |
| with an entity not affiliated with the electric utility to |
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| serve as a program administrator to develop and implement a | 2 |
| program to provide consumer outreach, enrollment, and | 3 |
| education concerning real-time pricing and to establish and | 4 |
| administer an information system and technical and other | 5 |
| customer assistance that is necessary to enable customers to | 6 |
| manage electricity use. The program administrator: (i) shall be | 7 |
| selected and compensated by the electric utility, subject to | 8 |
| Commission approval; (ii) shall have demonstrated technical | 9 |
| and managerial competence in the development and | 10 |
| administration of demand management programs; and (iii) may | 11 |
| develop and implement risk management, energy efficiency, and | 12 |
| other services related to energy use management for which the | 13 |
| program administrator shall be compensated by participants in | 14 |
| the program receiving such services. The electric utility shall | 15 |
| provide the program administrator with all information and | 16 |
| assistance necessary to perform the program administrator's | 17 |
| duties, including, but not limited to, customer, account, and | 18 |
| energy use data. The electric utility shall permit the program | 19 |
| administrator to include inserts in residential customer bills | 20 |
| 2 times per year to assist with customer outreach and | 21 |
| enrollment. | 22 |
| The program administrator shall submit an annual report to | 23 |
| the electric utility no later than April 1 of each year | 24 |
| describing the operation and results of the program, including | 25 |
| information concerning the number and types of customers using | 26 |
| real-time pricing, changes in customers' energy use patterns, |
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| an assessment of the value of the program to both participants | 2 |
| and non-participants, and recommendations concerning | 3 |
| modification of the program and the tariff or tariffs filed | 4 |
| under subsection (b-5). This report shall be filed by the | 5 |
| electric utility with the Commission within 30 days of receipt | 6 |
| and shall be available to the public on the Commission's web | 7 |
| site. | 8 |
| (b-20) The Commission shall monitor the performance of | 9 |
| programs established pursuant to subsection (b-15) and shall | 10 |
| order the termination or modification of a program if it | 11 |
| determines that the program is not, after a reasonable period | 12 |
| of time for development not to exceed 4 years, resulting in net | 13 |
| benefits to the residential customers of the electric utility.
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| (b-25) An electric utility shall be entitled to recover | 15 |
| reasonable costs incurred in complying with this Section, | 16 |
| provided that recovery of the costs is fairly apportioned among | 17 |
| its residential customers as provided in this subsection | 18 |
| (b-25). The electric utility may apportion greater costs on the | 19 |
| residential customers who elect real-time pricing, but may also | 20 |
| impose some of the costs of real-time pricing on customers who | 21 |
| do not elect real-time pricing, provided that the Commission | 22 |
| determines that the cost savings resulting from real-time | 23 |
| pricing will exceed the costs imposed on customers for | 24 |
| maintaining the program.
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| (c) The electric utility's tariff or tariffs filed
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| to this Section shall be subject to Article IX.
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| (d) This Section does not apply to any electric utility | 2 |
| providing service to 100,000 or fewer customers.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-977, eff. 6-30-06.)
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