House Sponsors: DAVIS,MONIQUE. Short description: ELECTRIC RELIABILITY DAMAGES Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to establish a statewide electric utility reliability standard. Requires the standard to include a maximum number of electric service outages and a maximum number of cumulative hours of electric service outages in a calendar year for any single electric utility customer beyond which service is deemed unreliable. Requires the Commission to develop a means of enforcement of the standard that includes the waiver of the fixed customer charge for any customer whose electric service has failed to meet the reliability standard in any given month. Provides that the utility is responsible for damages incurred by a customer and caused by a service outage. STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE In the opinion of DCCA, HB1537 fails to create a State mandate. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 99-01-12 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status