SB1147 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB095 10995 MJR 31303 b

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1147

Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. John M. Sullivan

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

220 ILCS 5/16-124

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning metering for residential and small commercial retail customers.

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 16-124 as follows:

(220 ILCS 5/16-124)

Sec. 16-124. Metering for residential and small commercial retail customers. An An electric utility shall not require a residential or small commercial retail customer to take additional metering or metering capability as a condition of taking delivery services unless the Commission finds, after notice and hearing, that additional metering or metering capability is required to meet reliability requirements. Alternative retail electric suppliers serving such customers may provide such additional metering or metering capability at their own expense or take such additional metering or metering capability from the utility as a tariffed service. Any additional metering requirements shall be imposed in a nondiscriminatory manner. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent the normal maintenance, replacement or upgrade of meters as required to comply with Commission rules.

(Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)