Public Act 1041 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB2526 Enrolled LRB097 14603 CEL 59469 b

Public Act 097-1041

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding Section 5-115 as follows:

(220 ILCS 5/5-115 new)

Sec. 5-115. Minority, female, veterans, small business reports and spending. The Commission shall require all regulated gas and electric utilities with at least 100,000 customers under its authority to submit an annual report by February 1, 2013 and each February 1 thereafter, in a searchable Adobe PDF format, on all procurement goals and actual spending for minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises in the previous calendar year. These goals shall be expressed as a percentage of the total work performed by the regulated utility, and the actual spending for all minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises shall also be expressed as a percentage of the total work performed by the regulated utility.

Each regulated gas and electric utility with at least 100,000 customers shall submit the rules, regulations, and definitions used for their procurement goals in their annual report.

The Commission shall publish each annual report on its website and shall maintain each annual report for at least 5 years.

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

Effective Date: 8/20/2012