Full Text of HB5633 98th General Assembly
HB5633eng 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 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 | | the heading of Article XX and Sections 19-130, 20-101, 20-102, | 6 | | and 20-110 as follows:
| 7 | | (220 ILCS 5/19-130)
| 8 | | Sec. 19-130. Commission study and report. The Commission's | 9 | | Office of Retail Market Development shall prepare an annual
| 10 | | report regarding the
development of competitive retail natural | 11 | | gas markets in Illinois. The Office shall monitor existing | 12 | | competitive conditions in Illinois, identify barriers to | 13 | | retail competition for all customer classes, and actively | 14 | | explore and propose to the Commission and to the General | 15 | | Assembly solutions to overcome identified barriers. Solutions | 16 | | proposed by the Office to promote retail competition must also | 17 | | promote safe, reliable, and affordable natural gas service. | 18 | | On or before October 1 of each year, beginning in 2015, the | 19 | | Director shall submit a report to the Commission, the General | 20 | | Assembly, and the Governor, that includes The report shall be | 21 | | approved by the Commission and be filed by
July 1
of each odd | 22 | | year with the Joint
Committee on Legislative Support Services | 23 | | of the General Assembly and the
Governor and shall be
publicly |
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| 1 | | available. The report shall include , at a minimum, the | 2 | | following
information:
| 3 | | (1) an analysis of the status and development of the | 4 | | retail natural gas
market in the State of Illinois; and | 5 | | (2) a discussion of any identified barriers to the | 6 | | development of competitive retail natural gas markets in | 7 | | Illinois and proposed solutions to overcome identified | 8 | | barriers; and
| 9 | | (3) any other information the Office Commission | 10 | | considers significant in
assessing
the development of | 11 | | natural gas
markets in the State of Illinois.
| 12 | | To aid in preparation of its annual report, as well in its | 13 | | assessment of barriers to the development of competitive retail | 14 | | natural gas markets and proposed solutions to overcome those | 15 | | barriers, the Commission's Office of Retail Market Development | 16 | | shall gather input from all interested parties as well as from | 17 | | other bureaus within the Commission. | 18 | | (Source: P.A. 97-223, eff. 1-1-12.)
| 19 | | (220 ILCS 5/Art. XX heading) | 20 | | ARTICLE XX. CONSUMER RETAIL ELECTRIC COMPETITION
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 94-1095, eff. 2-2-07.) | 22 | | (220 ILCS 5/20-101) | 23 | | Sec. 20-101. This Article may be cited as the Consumer | 24 | | Retail Electric Competition Act of 2006 . |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 94-1095, eff. 2-2-07.) | 2 | | (220 ILCS 5/20-102) | 3 | | Sec. 20-102. Findings and intent.
| 4 | | (a) Competitive A competitive wholesale electricity and | 5 | | natural gas markets market alone will not deliver the full | 6 | | benefits of competition to Illinois consumers. For Illinois | 7 | | consumers to receive products, prices , and terms tailored to | 8 | | meet their needs, a competitive wholesale markets electricity | 9 | | market must be closely linked to a competitive retail electric | 10 | | and competitive retail natural gas markets market . | 11 | | (b) To date, as a result of the Electric Service Customer | 12 | | Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997, thousands of large Illinois | 13 | | commercial and industrial consumers have experienced the | 14 | | benefits of a competitive retail electricity market. | 15 | | Alternative electric retail suppliers actively compete to | 16 | | supply electricity to large Illinois commercial and industrial | 17 | | consumers with attractive prices, terms, and conditions. | 18 | | (c) A competitive retail electric market does not yet exist | 19 | | for residential and small commercial consumers. As a result, | 20 | | millions of residential and small commercial consumers in | 21 | | Illinois are faced with escalating heating and power bills and | 22 | | are unable to shop for alternatives to the rates demanded by | 23 | | the State's incumbent electric utilities. | 24 | | (d) The General Assembly reiterates its findings from the | 25 | | Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997 |
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| 1 | | that the Illinois Commerce Commission should promote the | 2 | | development of an effectively competitive retail electricity | 3 | | market that operates efficiently and benefits all Illinois | 4 | | consumers.
| 5 | | (e) The General Assembly also finds that consumers of | 6 | | retail natural gas would benefit from market opening solutions | 7 | | and competitive choices. | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 94-1095, eff. 2-2-07.) | 9 | | (220 ILCS 5/20-110) | 10 | | Sec. 20-110. Office of Retail Market Development. Within 90 | 11 | | days after February 2, 2007 ( the effective date of Public Act | 12 | | 94-1095) this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly , | 13 | | subject to appropriation, the Commission shall establish an | 14 | | Office of Retail Market Development and employ on its staff a | 15 | | Director of Retail Market Development to oversee the Office. | 16 | | The Director shall have authority to employ or otherwise retain | 17 | | at least 2 professionals dedicated to the task of actively | 18 | | seeking out ways to promote retail competition in Illinois to | 19 | | benefit all Illinois consumers. | 20 | | The Office shall actively seek input from all interested | 21 | | parties and shall develop a thorough understanding and critical | 22 | | analyses of the tools and techniques used to promote retail | 23 | | competition in other states. | 24 | | The Office shall monitor existing competitive conditions | 25 | | in Illinois, identify barriers to retail competition for all |
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| 1 | | customer classes, and actively explore and propose to the | 2 | | Commission and to the General Assembly solutions to overcome | 3 | | identified barriers. The Director may include municipal | 4 | | aggregation of customers and creating and designing customer | 5 | | choice programs as tools for retail market development. | 6 | | Solutions proposed by the Office to promote retail competition | 7 | | must also promote safe, reliable, and affordable electric and | 8 | | natural gas service. | 9 | | On or before June 30 of each year, the Director shall | 10 | | submit a report to the Commission, the General Assembly, and | 11 | | the Governor, that details specific accomplishments achieved | 12 | | by the Office in the prior 12 months in promoting retail | 13 | | electric and retail natural gas competition and that suggests | 14 | | administrative and legislative action necessary to promote | 15 | | further improvements in retail electric competition.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 94-1095, eff. 2-2-07.)
| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 | | becoming law. |
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