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 1        AN ACT concerning public utilities.

 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
 5    changing Sections 16-120 and 16-122 as follows:

 6        (220 ILCS 5/16-120)
 7        Sec.   16-120.   Development   of   competitive   market;
 8    Commission study and reports; investigation.
 9        (a)  On  or  before  December  31,  1999 and once every 3
10    years thereafter, the Commission shall  monitor  and  analyze
11    patterns  of entry and exit, applications for entry and exit,
12    and any barriers to entry or participation  that  may  exist,
13    for  services  provided under this Article; shall analyze any
14    impediments to  the  establishment  of  a  fully  competitive
15    energy  and  power  market in Illinois; and shall include its
16    findings  together  with  appropriate   recommendations   for
17    legislative action in a report to the General Assembly.
18        (b)  Beginning   in   2001,   and  ending  in  2006,  the
19    Commission shall  prepare  an  annual  report  regarding  the
20    development of electricity markets in Illinois which shall be
21    filed  by  April  1  of each year with the Joint Committee on
22    Legislative Support Services of the General Assembly and  the
23    Governor  and which shall be publicly available.  Such report
24    shall include, at a minimum, the following information:
25             (1)  the aggregate  annual  peak  demand  of  retail
26        customers  in  the  State  of  Illinois  in the preceding
27        calendar year;
28             (2)  the total annual kilowatt-hours  delivered  and
29        sold to retail customers in the State of Illinois by each
30        electric  utility  within its own service territory, each
31        electric  utility  outside  its  service  territory,  and
 
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 1        alternative retail electric suppliers  in  the  preceding
 2        calendar year;
 3             (3)  the  percentage  of  the  total  kilowatt-hours
 4        delivered  and  sold  to retail customers in the State of
 5        Illinois in the preceding calendar year by each  electric
 6        utility  within  its  service  territory,  each  electric
 7        utility   outside   its   service   territory,  and  each
 8        alternative retail electric supplier; and
 9             (4)  any other information the Commission  considers
10        significant  in  assessing  the  development  of Illinois
11        electricity markets, which may  include,  to  the  extent
12        available, information similar to that described in items
13        1,  2 and 3 with respect to cogeneration, self-generation
14        and other sources of electric power and  energy  provided
15        to  customers  that  do  not  take  delivery  services or
16        bundled electric utility services.
17        The Commission may also include such other information as
18    it deems to be  necessary  or  beneficial  in  describing  or
19    explaining the results of its Report.  The Report required by
20    this  Section  shall  be  adopted  by  a  vote  of  the  full
21    Commission  prior  to  filing.   Proprietary  or confidential
22    information  shall  not  be  disclosed   publicly.    Nothing
23    contained  in this Section shall prohibit the Commission from
24    taking actions that would otherwise  be  allowed  under  this
25    Act.
26        (c)  The  Commission  shall prepare a report on the value
27    of  municipal  aggregation  of  electricity  customers.   The
28    report shall be filed  with  the  General  Assembly  and  the
29    Governor no later than January 15, 2003 and shall be publicly
30    available.  The report shall, at a minimum, include:
31             (1)  a   description  and  analysis  of  actual  and
32        potential forms of aggregation of  electricity  customers
33        in   Illinois   and   in   the  other  states,  including
34        aggregation  through  municipal,  affinity,   and   other
 
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 1        organizations   and   through   aggregation  of  consumer
 2        purchases of electricity from renewable energy sources;
 3             (2)  estimates  of   the   potential   benefits   of
 4        municipal  aggregation  to Illinois electricity customers
 5        in at least 5 specific municipal examples comparing their
 6        costs under bundled rates and unbundled rates,  including
 7        real-time prices;
 8             (3)  a  description of the barriers to municipal and
 9        other forms of aggregation in Illinois, including  legal,
10        economic, informational, and other barriers; and
11             (4)  options   for   legislative  action  to  foster
12        municipal and other forms of aggregation  of  electricity
13        customers.
14        In  preparing  the  report,  the Commission shall consult
15    with  persons  involved  in  aggregation  or  the  study   of
16    aggregation  of  electricity customers in Illinois, including
17    municipalities,  utilities,   aggregators,   and   non-profit
18    organizations.     The    provisions    of   Section   16-122
19    notwithstanding, the Commission  may  request  and  utilities
20    shall  provide  such aggregated load data as may be necessary
21    to  perform  the  analyses  required  by   this   subsection;
22    provided,  however,  proprietary  or confidential information
23    shall not be disclosed publicly.
24    (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)

25        (220 ILCS 5/16-122)
26        Sec. 16-122. Customer information.
27        (a)  Upon the request of a retail customer, or  a  person
28    who  presents  verifiable  authorization and is acting as the
29    customer's agent, and payment of a reasonable  fee,  electric
30    utilities  shall  provide  to  the customer or its authorized
31    agent the customer's billing and usage data.
32        (b)  Upon request from any  alternative  retail  electric
33    supplier and payment of a reasonable fee, an electric utility
 
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 1    serving  retail  customers  in  its  service  area shall make
 2    available generic  information  concerning  the  usage,  load
 3    shape  curve or other general characteristics of customers by
 4    rate classification. Provided however, no  customer  specific
 5    billing,  usage  or  load  shape data shall be provided under
 6    this  subsection  unless  authorization   to   provide   such
 7    information   is   provided   by  the  customer  pursuant  to
 8    subsection (a) of this Section.
 9        (c)  Upon request from a unit  of  local  government  and
10    payment  of  a reasonable fee, an electric utility shall make
11    available  information  concerning  the  usage,  load   shape
12    curves,  and  other  characteristics of customers by customer
13    classification and location within the boundaries of the unit
14    of local government, however, no customer  specific  billing,
15    usage,  or  load  shape  data  shall  be  provided under this
16    subsection unless authorization to provide  that  information
17    is provided by the customer.
18        (d) (c)  All  such  customer  information  shall  be made
19    available in a timely fashion in  an  electronic  format,  if
20    available.
21    (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)

22        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
23    becoming law.

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