Illinois House Bill 2171 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-29 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a public utility shall demonstrate to the Illinois Commerce Commission that existing customers will not subsidize the cost of new facilities beyond what is provided for in rules and in excess of certain payments by customers for the Commission to approve new construction. Provides that the Commission's order concerning new construction shall explicitly address the economic impact on customers. Requires the Commission to annually report to the General Assembly a gas utility's projects related to a qualifying infrastructure plant, the projected timeline for the replacement of the cast iron and bare and vintage steel in the utility's system, and whether that timeline is adequate to address public safety concerns and reliability. Provides that when a gas public utility connects an applicant to its gas distribution system, certain costs associated with investments in plant additions shall be excluded from a cost-recovery mechanism that allocates the excess cost among existing customers. Requires the Commission to investigate each gas public utility tariff that provides for gas main extensions without additional charge to new customers. Requires the Commission to initiate a rulemaking proceeding providing for rules to establish a uniform method by which a natural gas public utility determines the value of a gas main extension provided to new customers without additional charge.

UTILITY-NATURAL GAS SUBSIDY

Rep. Thomas Morrison [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-29	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2019-03-29	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2019-03-21	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Public Utilities Committee
2019-03-20	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2019-03-20	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Thomas Morrison
2019-02-28	House	To Regulatory Matters Subcommittee
2019-02-19	House	Assigned to Public Utilities Committee
2019-02-07	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2019-02-07	House	First Reading
2019-02-06	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Thomas Morrison

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
220	5	8-406	Amended Code	Citation Text
220	5	9-220.3	Amended Code	Citation Text
220	5	9-228	New Code	See Bill Text
220	5	9-235	New Code	See Bill Text
220	5	9-237	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2171&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB2171.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB2171ham001.htm