SB0670 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB098 04432 JWD 34460 b

98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB0670

Introduced 1/24/2013, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

220 ILCS 5/19-130

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Illinois Commerce Commission's Office of Retail Market Development's annual report regarding the development of competitive retail natural gas markets in Illinois.

A BILL FOR

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 changing Section 19-130 as follows:

(220 ILCS 5/19-130)

Sec. 19-130. Commission study and report. The The Commission's Office of Retail Market Development shall prepare an annual report regarding the development of competitive retail natural gas markets in Illinois. The report shall be approved by the Commission and be filed by July 1 of each odd year with the Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services of the General Assembly and the Governor and shall be publicly available. The report shall include, at a minimum, the following information:

(1) an analysis of the status and development of the retail natural gas market in the State of Illinois; and

(2) a discussion of any identified barriers to the development of competitive retail natural gas markets in Illinois and proposed solutions to overcome identified barriers; and

(3) any other information the Commission considers significant in assessing the development of gas markets in the State of Illinois.

To aid in preparation of its annual report, as well in its assessment of barriers to the development of competitive retail natural gas markets and proposed solutions to overcome those barriers, the Commission's Office of Retail Market Development shall gather input from all interested parties as well as from other bureaus within the Commission.

(Source: P.A. 97-223, eff. 1-1-12.)