99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB3111

 

Introduced 2/19/2016, by Sen. Chuck Weaver

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
220 ILCS 5/5-118 new

    Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that, on April 1 of each year beginning the year after the effective date of the amendatory Act, privately held public water utilities shall provide annual reports to the Illinois Commerce Commission with specified information for each municipality served by the utility. Provides that the utility shall certify the accuracy of the information provided in the reports. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 adding
5Section 5-118 as follows:
 
6    (220 ILCS 5/5-118 new)
7    Sec. 5-118. Water utility pricing reports by district.
8Privately held public water utilities shall provide to the
9Commission annual reports on April 1 of each year beginning the
10year after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
1199th General Assembly containing the following information for
12each district for the previous calendar year:
13        (1) Statement of Operating Income with Adjustments in
14    the same form and detail used in rate case filings with the
15    Illinois Commerce Commision;
16        (2) the actual cost of capital improvement projects
17    with a detail description and cost incurred for each
18    improvement expected to exceed $250,000;
19        (3) description and projected costs of planned capital
20    improvements for each of the coming reporting years;
21        (4) usage, customer accounts and revenue data by
22    customer class within the district;
23        (5) any available and applicable water quality

 

 

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1    reports;
2        (6) reports of any major water leaks;
3        (7) a summary of water loss in the water distribution
4    system for the reporting year;
5        (8) a list of boil orders;
6        (9) a report on water sources divided by surface water
7    and ground water;
8        (10) for each expenditure in the Statement of Operating
9    Income as described in (1) above which includes an
10    allocation of common costs across communities, the amount
11    of allocated cost and a description of the methodology used
12    in determining such allocation; and
13        (11) techniques and practices for allocated costs.
14    The privately held water utility shall provide a report
15containing this information for each district served by the
16utility. The privately held public water utilities shall
17certify the accuracy of the information provided under this
18Section.
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.