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Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall require that every public utility shall take an actual reading of a customer's service usage during each billing period, and that no utility may estimate a customer's service usage unless the customer has knowingly and willfully denied reasonable access to the utility's representative for the purpose of taking an actual meter reading. Effective immediately.
Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a gas utility shall bill a customer for service only after that service is actually provided to the customer. Effective immediately.
House Committee Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a utility shall bill a customer for service only (i) after the service meter has been connected or (ii) if the service is to new construction and the utility is actually providing service to the customer. Effective immediately.
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a utility shall bill a customer for the legally-obtained commodity only (i) after the service meter has been connected or (ii) if the service is to new construction, after the meter has been connected to the service line. Effective immediately.
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