SB1536 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB1536

Introduced 2/9/2017, 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.

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 adding Section 5-118 as follows:

(220 ILCS 5/5-118 new)

Sec. 5-118. Water utility pricing reports by district. Privately held public water utilities shall provide to the Commission annual reports on April 1 of each year beginning the year after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly containing the following information for each district for the previous calendar year:

(1) Statement of Operating Income with Adjustments in the same form and detail used in rate case filings with the Illinois Commerce Commission;

(2) the actual cost of capital improvement projects with a detail description and cost incurred for each improvement expected to exceed $250,000;

(3) description and projected costs of planned capital improvements for each of the coming reporting years;

(4) usage, customer accounts and revenue data by customer class within the district;

(5) any available and applicable water quality reports;

(6) reports of any major water leaks;

(7) a summary of water loss in the water distribution system for the reporting year;

(8) a list of boil orders;

(9) a report on water sources divided by surface water and ground water;

(10) for each expenditure in the Statement of Operating Income as described in (1) above which includes an allocation of common costs across communities, the amount of allocated cost and a description of the methodology used in determining such allocation; and

(11) techniques and practices for allocated costs.

The privately held water utility shall provide a report containing this information for each district served by the utility. The privately held public water utilities shall certify the accuracy of the information provided under this Section.

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