Full Text of SB3765 97th General Assembly
SB3765 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB3765 Introduced 2/10/2012, by Sen. Don Harmon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that beginning in 2013, the Office of Retail Market Development shall review the practices of door-to-door sales within both the electric and natural gas market, gather input from all interested parties and present to the Illinois Commerce Commission, the General Assembly, and the Governor a plan to identify problems in door-to-door sales and recommend any possible solutions or improvements. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public utilities.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 20-120 as follows: | 6 | | (220 ILCS 5/20-120) | 7 | | Sec. 20-120. Residential and small commercial retail | 8 | | electric competition. Within 12 months after the effective date | 9 | | of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the | 10 | | Director shall conduct research, gather input from all | 11 | | interested parties and develop and present to the Commission, | 12 | | the General Assembly, and the Governor a detailed plan designed | 13 | | to promote, in the most expeditious manner possible, retail | 14 | | electric competition for residential and small commercial | 15 | | electricity consumers while maintaining safe, reliable, and | 16 | | affordable service. Interested parties shall be given the | 17 | | opportunity to review the plan and provide written comments | 18 | | regarding the plan prior to its submission to the Commission, | 19 | | the General Assembly, and the Governor. Any written comments | 20 | | received by the Office shall be posted on the Commission's web | 21 | | site. The final plan submitted to the Commission, the General | 22 | | Assembly, and the Governor must include summaries of any | 23 | | written comments and must also be posted on the Commission's |
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| 1 | | web site. | 2 | | To the extent the plan calls for Commission action, the | 3 | | Commission shall initiate any proceeding or proceedings called | 4 | | for in the final plan within 60 days after receipt of the final | 5 | | plan and complete those proceedings within 11 months after | 6 | | their initiation. | 7 | | Nothing in this Section shall prevent the Commission from | 8 | | acting earlier to remove identified barriers to retail electric | 9 | | competition for residential and small commercial consumers.
| 10 | | Beginning in 2013, the Office of Retail Market Development | 11 | | shall review the practices of door-to-door sales within both | 12 | | the electric and natural gas market, gather input from all | 13 | | interested parties, and present to the Commission, the General | 14 | | Assembly, and the Governor a plan to identify problems in | 15 | | door-to-door sales and recommend any possible solutions or | 16 | | improvements for either legislative action or rulemaking by the | 17 | | Commission. | 18 | | (Source: P.A. 94-1095, eff. 2-2-07.)
| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 | | becoming law.
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