Full Text of HB5633 98th General Assembly
HB5633ham001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Kelly Burke Filed: 3/19/2014
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5633
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5633 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | 5 | | the heading of Article XX and Sections 20-101, 20-102, and | 6 | | 20-110 and by adding Section 20-135 as follows: | 7 | | (220 ILCS 5/Art. XX heading) | 8 | | ARTICLE XX. CONSUMER RETAIL ELECTRIC COMPETITION
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 94-1095, eff. 2-2-07.) | 10 | | (220 ILCS 5/20-101) | 11 | | Sec. 20-101. This Article may be cited as the Consumer | 12 | | Retail Electric Competition Act of 2006 . | 13 | | (Source: P.A. 94-1095, eff. 2-2-07.) | 14 | | (220 ILCS 5/20-102) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 20-102. Findings and intent.
| 2 | | (a) Competitive A competitive wholesale electricity and | 3 | | natural gas markets market alone will not deliver the full | 4 | | benefits of competition to Illinois consumers. For Illinois | 5 | | consumers to receive products, prices , and terms tailored to | 6 | | meet their needs, a competitive wholesale markets electricity | 7 | | market must be closely linked to a competitive retail electric | 8 | | and competitive retail natural gas markets market . | 9 | | (b) To date, as a result of the Electric Service Customer | 10 | | Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997, thousands of large Illinois | 11 | | commercial and industrial consumers have experienced the | 12 | | benefits of a competitive retail electricity market. | 13 | | Alternative electric retail suppliers actively compete to | 14 | | supply electricity to large Illinois commercial and industrial | 15 | | consumers with attractive prices, terms, and conditions. | 16 | | (c) A competitive retail electric market does not yet exist | 17 | | for residential and small commercial consumers. As a result, | 18 | | millions of residential and small commercial consumers in | 19 | | Illinois are faced with escalating heating and power bills and | 20 | | are unable to shop for alternatives to the rates demanded by | 21 | | the State's incumbent electric utilities. | 22 | | (d) The General Assembly reiterates its findings from the | 23 | | Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997 | 24 | | that the Illinois Commerce Commission should promote the | 25 | | development of an effectively competitive retail electricity | 26 | | market that operates efficiently and benefits all Illinois |
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| 1 | | consumers.
| 2 | | (e) The General Assembly also finds that consumers of | 3 | | retail natural gas would benefit from market opening solutions | 4 | | and competitive choices. | 5 | | (Source: P.A. 94-1095, eff. 2-2-07.) | 6 | | (220 ILCS 5/20-110) | 7 | | Sec. 20-110. Office of Retail Market Development. Within 90 | 8 | | days after February 2, 2007 ( the effective date of Public Act | 9 | | 94-1095) this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly , | 10 | | subject to appropriation, the Commission shall establish an | 11 | | Office of Retail Market Development and employ on its staff a | 12 | | Director of Retail Market Development to oversee the Office. | 13 | | The Director shall have authority to employ or otherwise retain | 14 | | at least 2 professionals dedicated to the task of actively | 15 | | seeking out ways to promote retail competition in Illinois to | 16 | | benefit all Illinois consumers. | 17 | | The Office shall actively seek input from all interested | 18 | | parties and shall develop a thorough understanding and critical | 19 | | analyses of the tools and techniques used to promote retail | 20 | | competition in other states. | 21 | | The Office shall monitor existing competitive conditions | 22 | | in Illinois, identify barriers to retail competition for all | 23 | | customer classes, and actively explore and propose to the | 24 | | Commission and to the General Assembly solutions to overcome | 25 | | identified barriers. The Director may include municipal |
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| 1 | | aggregation of customers and creating and designing customer | 2 | | choice programs as tools for retail market development. | 3 | | Solutions proposed by the Office to promote retail competition | 4 | | must also promote safe, reliable, and affordable electric and | 5 | | natural gas service. | 6 | | On or before June 30 of each year, the Director shall | 7 | | submit a report to the Commission, the General Assembly, and | 8 | | the Governor, that details specific accomplishments achieved | 9 | | by the Office in the prior 12 months in promoting retail | 10 | | electric and retail natural gas competition and that suggests | 11 | | administrative and legislative action necessary to promote | 12 | | further improvements in retail electric competition.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 94-1095, eff. 2-2-07.) | 14 | | (220 ILCS 5/20-135 new) | 15 | | Sec. 20-135. Retail choice and referral programs for | 16 | | natural gas consumers.
The Commission shall have the authority | 17 | | to establish retail choice and referral programs to be | 18 | | administered by a natural gas utility or the State in which | 19 | | residential and small commercial customers receive incentives, | 20 | | including, but not limited to, discounted rate introductory | 21 | | offers for switching to participating natural gas suppliers. | 22 | | The Office of Retail Market Development shall serve as the | 23 | | clearinghouse for the development of retail choice programs and | 24 | | shall work with natural gas utilities and interested parties on | 25 | | a continuous basis to implement and improve upon the programs. |
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| 1 | | Nothing in this Section shall prevent a natural gas utility | 2 | | from implementing retail choice programs on its own accord. | 3 | | Nothing in this Section shall prevent the Office of Retail | 4 | | Market Development or the Commission from considering retail | 5 | | choice programs. ".
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