Bill Text: IL HB3692 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that certain supplier diversity goal reporting requirements shall not apply to alternative retail electric suppliers. Provides that alternative retail electric suppliers may satisfy certain reporting requirements by reporting the number of Illinois-based female-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises engaged by the supplier. Provides that an alternative retail electric supplier may submit the required report on a confidential basis. Effective immediately or on the date certain provisions of Public Act 99-906 take effect, whichever is later.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3692 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB3692-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB3692 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Burke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
220 ILCS 5/5-117
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that certain supplier diversity goal reporting requirements shall not apply to alternative retail electric suppliers. Provides that alternative retail electric suppliers may satisfy certain reporting requirements by reporting the number of Illinois-based female-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises engaged by the supplier. Provides that an alternative retail electric supplier may submit the required report on a confidential basis. Effective immediately or on the date certain provisions of Public Act 99-906 take effect, whichever is later.
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A BILL FOR
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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 5-117 as follows:
(220 ILCS 5/5-117)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 99-906)
Sec. 5-117. Supplier diversity goals.
(a) The public policy of this State is to collaboratively
work with companies that serve Illinois residents to improve
their supplier diversity in a non-antagonistic manner.
(b) The Commission shall require all gas, electric, and
water companies with at least 100,000 customers under its
authority to submit an annual report by April 15, 2015 and
every April 15 thereafter, in a searchable Adobe PDF format, on
all procurement goals and actual spending for female-owned,
minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises
in the previous calendar year. These goals shall be expressed
as a percentage of the total work performed by the entity
submitting the report, and the actual spending for all
female-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small
business enterprises shall also be expressed as a percentage of
the total work performed by the entity submitting the report.

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(c) Each participating company in its annual report shall
include the following information:
(1) an explanation of the plan for the next year to
increase participation;
(2) an explanation of the plan to increase the goals;
(3) the areas of procurement each company shall be
actively seeking more participation in in the next year;
(4) an outline of the plan to alert and encourage
potential vendors in that area to seek business from the
company;
(5) an explanation of the challenges faced in finding
quality vendors and offer any suggestions for what the
Commission could do to be helpful to identify those
vendors;
(6) a list of the certifications the company
recognizes;
(7) the point of contact for any potential vendor who
wishes to do business with the company and explain the
process for a vendor to enroll with the company as a
minority-owned, women-owned, or veteran-owned company; and
(8) any particular success stories to encourage other
companies to emulate best practices.
(d) Each annual report shall include as much State-specific
data as possible. If the submitting entity does not submit
State-specific data, then the company shall include any
national data it does have and explain why it could not submit

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State-specific data and how it intends to do so in future
reports, if possible.
(e) Each annual report shall include the rules,
regulations, and definitions used for the procurement goals in
the company's annual report.
(f) The Commission and all participating entities shall
hold an annual workshop open to the public in 2015 and every
year thereafter on the state of supplier diversity to
collaboratively seek solutions to structural impediments to
achieving stated goals, including testimony from each
participating entity as well as subject matter experts and
advocates. The Commission shall publish a database on its
website of the point of contact for each participating entity
for supplier diversity, along with a list of certifications
each company recognizes from the information submitted in each
annual report. The Commission shall publish each annual report
on its website and shall maintain each annual report for at
least 5 years.
(Source: P.A. 98-1056, eff. 8-26-14.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 99-906)
Sec. 5-117. Supplier diversity goals.
(a) The public policy of this State is to collaboratively
work with companies that serve Illinois residents to improve
their supplier diversity in a non-antagonistic manner.
(b) The Commission shall require all gas, electric, and

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water companies with at least 100,000 customers under its
authority, as well as suppliers of wind energy, solar energy,
hydroelectricity, nuclear energy, and any other supplier of
energy within this State, to submit an annual report by April
15, 2015 and every April 15 thereafter, in a searchable Adobe
PDF format, on all procurement goals and actual spending for
female-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small
business enterprises in the previous calendar year. These goals
shall be expressed as a percentage of the total work performed
by the entity submitting the report, and the actual spending
for all female-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small
business enterprises shall also be expressed as a percentage of
the total work performed by the entity submitting the report.
(c) Each participating company in its annual report shall
include the following information:
(1) an explanation of the plan for the next year to
increase participation;
(2) an explanation of the plan to increase the goals;
(3) the areas of procurement each company shall be
actively seeking more participation in in the next year;
(4) an outline of the plan to alert and encourage
potential vendors in that area to seek business from the
company;
(5) an explanation of the challenges faced in finding
quality vendors and offer any suggestions for what the
Commission could do to be helpful to identify those

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vendors;
(6) a list of the certifications the company
recognizes;
(7) the point of contact for any potential vendor who
wishes to do business with the company and explain the
process for a vendor to enroll with the company as a
minority-owned, women-owned, or veteran-owned company; and
(8) any particular success stories to encourage other
companies to emulate best practices.
(d) Each annual report shall include as much State-specific
data as possible. If the submitting entity does not submit
State-specific data, then the company shall include any
national data it does have and explain why it could not submit
State-specific data and how it intends to do so in future
reports, if possible.
(e) Each annual report shall include the rules,
regulations, and definitions used for the procurement goals in
the company's annual report.
(f) The Commission and all participating entities shall
hold an annual workshop open to the public in 2015 and every
year thereafter on the state of supplier diversity to
collaboratively seek solutions to structural impediments to
achieving stated goals, including testimony from each
participating entity as well as subject matter experts and
advocates. The Commission shall publish a database on its
website of the point of contact for each participating entity

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for supplier diversity, along with a list of certifications
each company recognizes from the information submitted in each
annual report. The Commission shall publish each annual report
on its website and shall maintain each annual report for at
least 5 years.
(g) For a supplier that is an alternative retail electric
supplier, as defined in Section 16-102 of this Act, subsections
(c) through (f) of this Section shall not apply. Subsection (b)
of this Section may be satisfied by an alternative retail
electric supplier by reporting the number of Illinois-based
female-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small
business enterprises engaged by the supplier. An alternative
retail electric supplier may submit this report on a
confidential basis.
(Source: P.A. 98-1056, eff. 8-26-14; 99-906, eff. 6-1-17.)
Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
Public Act.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law or on the date the provisions of Public Act 99-906
that amend Section 5-117 of the Public Utilities Act take

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effect, whichever is later.