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Full Text of SB0679  97th General Assembly

SB0679 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB0679

 

Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
220 ILCS 5/16-103

    Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning service obligations.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 changing
5Section 16-103 as follows:
 
6    (220 ILCS 5/16-103)
7    Sec. 16-103. Service obligations of electric utilities.
8    (a) An electric utility shall continue offering to retail
9customers each tariffed service that that it offered as a
10distinct and identifiable service on the effective date of this
11amendatory Act of 1997 until the service is (i) declared
12competitive pursuant to Section 16-113, or (ii) abandoned
13pursuant to Section 8-508. Nothing in this subsection shall be
14construed as limiting an electric utility's right to propose,
15or the Commission's power to approve, allow or order
16modifications in the rates, terms and conditions for such
17services pursuant to Article IX or Section 16-111 of this Act.
18    (b) An electric utility shall also offer, as tariffed
19services, delivery services in accordance with this Article,
20the power purchase options described in Section 16-110 and
21real-time pricing as provided in Section 16-107.
22    (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
23each electric utility shall continue offering to all

 

 

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1residential customers and to all small commercial retail
2customers in its service area, as a tariffed service, bundled
3electric power and energy delivered to the customer's premises
4consistent with the bundled utility service provided by the
5electric utility on the effective date of this amendatory Act
6of 1997. Upon declaration of the provision of electric power
7and energy as competitive, the electric utility shall continue
8to offer to such customers, as a tariffed service, bundled
9service options at rates which reflect recovery of all cost
10components for providing the service. For those components of
11the service which have been declared competitive, cost shall be
12the market based prices. Market based prices as referred to
13herein shall mean, for electric power and energy, either (i)
14those prices for electric power and energy determined as
15provided in Section 16-112, or (ii) the electric utility's cost
16of obtaining the electric power and energy at wholesale through
17a competitive bidding or other arms-length acquisition
18process.
19    (d) Any residential or small commercial retail customer
20which elects delivery services is entitled to return to the
21electric utility's bundled utility tariffed service offering
22provided in accordance with subsection (c) of this Section upon
23payment of a reasonable administrative fee which shall be set
24forth in the tariff, provided, however, that the electric
25utility shall be entitled to impose the condition that such
26customer may not elect delivery services for up to 24 months

 

 

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1thereafter.
2    (e) The Commission shall not require an electric utility to
3offer any tariffed service other than the services required by
4this Section, and shall not require an electric utility to
5offer any competitive service.
6(Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)