State of Illinois
90th General Assembly
Legislation

   [ Search ]   [ Legislation ]   [ Bill Summary ]
[ Home ]   [ Back ]   [ Bottom ]


[ Introduced ][ Engrossed ][ Enrolled ]
[ House Amendment 001 ][ Senate Amendment 001 ][ Senate Amendment 002 ]

90_SB1265sam003

                                           LRB9009114WHmgam02
 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1265
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 1265, AS  AMENDED,
 3    with  reference  to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment
 4    No. 2, on page 1, by replacing line 6 with the following:
 5    "changing Sections 16-127 and 17-300 as follows:
 6        (220 ILCS 5/16-127)
 7        Sec. 16-127.  Environmental disclosure.
 8        (a)  Effective January 1, 1999,  every  electric  utility
 9    and  alternative  retail  electric supplier shall provide the
10    following information, to  the  maximum  extent  practicable,
11    with its bills to its customers on a quarterly basis:
12             (i)  the  known  sources  of  electricity  supplied,
13        broken-out  by  percentages, of biomass power, coal-fired
14        power, hydro  power,  natural  gas-fired  power,  nuclear
15        power, oil-fired power, solar power, wind power and other
16        resources, respectively; and
17             (ii)  a  pie-chart  which  graphically  depicts  the
18        percentages of the sources of the electricity supplied as
19        set forth in subparagraph (i) of this subsection.
20        (b)  In  addition, every electric utility and alternative
21    retail electric supplier shall provide, to the maximum extent
22    practicable, with its bills to its customers on  a  quarterly
23    basis,  a  standardized chart in a format to be determined by
                            -2-            LRB9009114WHmgam02
 1    the Commission in a rule following notice and hearings  which
 2    provides  the  amounts  of  carbon  dioxide, nitrogen nitrous
 3    oxides  and  sulfur  dioxide  emissions  and  nuclear   waste
 4    attributable  to the known sources of electricity supplied as
 5    set forth in subparagraph  (i)  of  subsection  (a)  of  this
 6    Section.
 7        (c)  The   electric   utilities  and  alternative  retail
 8    electric suppliers may  provide  their  customers  with  such
 9    other information as they believe relevant to the information
10    required in subsections (a) and (b) of this Section.
11        (d)  For  the purposes of subsection (a) of this Section,
12    "biomass" means dedicated crops grown for  energy  production
13    and organic wastes.
14        (e)  All  of  the information provided in subsections (a)
15    and (b) of this Section shall be presented to the  Commission
16    for inclusion in its World Wide Web Site.
17    (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)".

[ Top ]