Full Text of SB0696 97th General Assembly
SB0696 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB0696 Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| | 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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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 16-107 as follows:
| 6 | | (220 ILCS 5/16-107)
| 7 | | Sec. 16-107. Real-time pricing.
| 8 | | (a) Each electric utility shall file, on or before May 1,
| 9 | | 1998, a tariff or tariffs which allow nonresidential retail
| 10 | | customers in the
the electric utility's service area to elect
| 11 | | real-time pricing beginning October 1, 1998. | 12 | | (b) Each electric utility shall file, on or before May 1,
| 13 | | 2000, a tariff or tariffs which allow residential retail
| 14 | | customers in the electric utility's service area to elect
| 15 | | real-time pricing beginning October 1, 2000.
| 16 | | (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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| 1 | | 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.
| 19 | | (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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| 1 | | 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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| 1 | | 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.
| 14 | | (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.
| 25 | | (c) The electric utility's tariff or tariffs filed
pursuant | 26 | | to this Section shall be subject to Article IX.
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| 1 | | (d) This Section does not apply to any electric utility | 2 | | providing service to 100,000 or fewer customers.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 94-977, eff. 6-30-06.)
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