98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB3437

 

Introduced 2/14/2014, by Sen. Don Harmon

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
220 ILCS 5/19-130

    Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that an annual report prepared by the Illinois Commerce Commission's Office of Retail Market Development shall be filed by July 1 of each odd year beginning in 2015 (instead of July 1 of each odd year). Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB3437LRB098 19532 RPS 54709 b

1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing
5Section 19-130 as follows:
 
6    (220 ILCS 5/19-130)
7    Sec. 19-130. Commission study and report. The Commission's
8Office of Retail Market Development shall prepare an annual
9report regarding the development of competitive retail natural
10gas markets in Illinois. The report shall be approved by the
11Commission and be filed by July 1 of each odd year beginning in
122015 with the Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services
13of the General Assembly and the Governor and shall be publicly
14available. The report shall include, at a minimum, the
15following information:
16        (1) an analysis of the status and development of the
17    retail natural gas market in the State of Illinois; and
18        (2) a discussion of any identified barriers to the
19    development of competitive retail natural gas markets in
20    Illinois and proposed solutions to overcome identified
21    barriers; and
22        (3) any other information the Commission considers
23    significant in assessing the development of gas markets in

 

 

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1    the State of Illinois.
2    To aid in preparation of its annual report, as well in its
3assessment of barriers to the development of competitive retail
4natural gas markets and proposed solutions to overcome those
5barriers, the Commission's Office of Retail Market Development
6shall gather input from all interested parties as well as from
7other bureaus within the Commission.
8(Source: P.A. 97-223, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10becoming law.