Senate Sponsors: RAUSCHENBERGER-RONEN-SULLIVAN, HALVORSON AND DEL VALLE. House Sponsors: NOVAK-CURRIE-HULTGREN-BRUNSVOLD Short description: UTIL ART XVI DEFINITION-TECH Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding definitions under Article XVI. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 220 ILCS 5/16-102 Adds reference to: 220 ILCS 5/16-120 220 ILCS 5/16-122 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Public Utilities Act to require the Commerce Commission to prepare a report on the value of municipal aggregation of electric customers. Provides that the report shall be filed with the Governor and General Assembly no later than January 15, 2003. Effective immediately. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 3. Provides that proprietary or confidential information relating to load data provided to the Commerce Commission shall not be publicly disclosed. Directs the Commerce Commission to consult with municipalities in the process of preparing its report on the value of municipal aggregation of electricity customers. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 4. Provides that the Commerce Commission report shall include analysis of aggregation of consumer purchases of electricity from renewable energy sources. FISCAL NOTE (Illinois Commerce Commission) ICC estimates at least 400 hours of billable hours by a consul- ting firm to do this study. At an estimated hourly billing of $200 per hour, the total expense would amount to approximately $80,000. Accounting for staff resources necessary to monitor the consultants' work, ICC estimates a resource need of approximately $100,000 from the Public Utility Fund for this project. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0585 Last action date: JUN-26-2002 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 3 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status