Bill Text: IL HB2427 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Creates a provision that provides that the Director of the Office of Retail Market Development shall conduct research, gather input, and develop and present a detailed plan designed to promote retail natural gas competition for residential and small commercial natural gas consumers. Provides that interested parties shall be given the opportunity to review the plan and provide written comments regarding the plan prior to its submission. Provides that to the extent the plan calls for Illinois Commerce Commission action, the Commission shall initiate any proceeding or proceedings called for in the final plan within 60 days after receipt of the final plan and complete those proceedings within 11 months after their initiation; nothing shall prevent the Commission from acting earlier to remove identified barriers to retail natural gas competition for residential and small commercial consumers. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 37-2)
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0672 [HB2427 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB2427-Amended.html
Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Creates a provision that provides that the Director of the Office of Retail Market Development shall conduct research, gather input, and develop and present a detailed plan designed to promote retail natural gas competition for residential and small commercial natural gas consumers. Provides that interested parties shall be given the opportunity to review the plan and provide written comments regarding the plan prior to its submission. Provides that to the extent the plan calls for Illinois Commerce Commission action, the Commission shall initiate any proceeding or proceedings called for in the final plan within 60 days after receipt of the final plan and complete those proceedings within 11 months after their initiation; nothing shall prevent the Commission from acting earlier to remove identified barriers to retail natural gas competition for residential and small commercial consumers. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 37-2)
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0672 [HB2427 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB2427-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2427
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2427 by inserting in | ||||||
3 | its proper numeric sequence the following:
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4 | "Section 10. The Public Utilities Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 2-203 as follows:
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6 | (220 ILCS 5/2-203)
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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2014)
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8 | Sec. 2-203. Public Utility Fund base maintenance | ||||||
9 | contribution. Each electric
utility as defined in Section | ||||||
10 | 16-102 of this Act providing service to more than
12,500 | ||||||
11 | customers in this State on January 1, 1995 shall contribute | ||||||
12 | annually a
pro rata share of a total amount of $5,500,000 based | ||||||
13 | upon the number of
kilowatt-hours delivered to retail customers | ||||||
14 | within this State by each such
electric utility in the 12 | ||||||
15 | months preceding the year of contribution. On or
before May 1 | ||||||
16 | of each year, the Illinois Commerce Commission shall determine |
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1 | and
notify the Illinois Department of Revenue of the pro rata | ||||||
2 | share owed by each
electric utility based upon information | ||||||
3 | supplied annually to the Commission. On
or before June 1 of | ||||||
4 | each year, the Department of Revenue shall send written
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5 | notification to each electric utility of the amount of pro rata | ||||||
6 | share they owe.
These contributions shall be remitted to the | ||||||
7 | Department of Revenue no earlier than
July 1 and no later than | ||||||
8 | July 31 of each year the contribution is due on a
return | ||||||
9 | prescribed and
furnished by the Department of Revenue showing | ||||||
10 | such information as the
Department of Revenue may reasonably | ||||||
11 | require. The Department of Revenue shall
place the funds | ||||||
12 | remitted under this Section in the Public Utility Fund in the
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13 | State treasury. The funds received pursuant to this Section | ||||||
14 | shall be subject to
appropriation by the General Assembly. If | ||||||
15 | an electric utility does
not remit its pro rata share to the | ||||||
16 | Department of Revenue, the Department of
Revenue must inform | ||||||
17 | the Illinois Commerce Commission of such failure. The
Illinois | ||||||
18 | Commerce Commission may then revoke the certification of that | ||||||
19 | electric
utility. This Section is repealed on April 1, 2015 | ||||||
20 | January 1, 2014 .
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21 | (Source: P.A. 96-250, eff. 8-11-09; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)".
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