Bill Text: IL HB4747 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997 of the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a public service company that is a member of a Regional Transmission Organization shall submit a report to the Illinois Commerce Commission on or before February 1 of each year of any recorded vote cast by the public service company during the immediately preceding calendar year. Provides that a public service company that is a member of a Regional Transmission Organization shall include in the report any recorded vote cast by an affiliate at a meeting of a Regional Transmission Organization during the immediately preceding calendar year. Provides that the report shall include: (i) all recorded votes cast by the public service company, regardless of whether the vote is otherwise disclosed; (ii) all votes cast by an affiliate of the public service company, if the public service company did not vote on the matter; and (iii) a brief description explaining how each vote cast by the public service company or its affiliate, as appropriate, is in the interest of the public.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4747 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4747-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4747 Introduced , by Rep. Joyce Mason SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
220 ILCS 5/16-126.2 new
Amends the Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997 of the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a public service company that is a member of a Regional Transmission Organization shall submit a report to the Illinois Commerce Commission on or before February 1 each year of any recorded vote cast by the public service company during the immediately preceding calendar year. Provides that a public service company that is a member of a Regional Transmission Organization shall include in the report any recorded vote cast by an affiliate at a meeting of a Regional Transmission Organization during the immediately preceding calendar year. Provides that the report shall include: (i) all recorded votes cast by the public service company, regardless of whether the vote is otherwise disclosed; (ii) all votes cast by an affiliate of the public service company, if the public service company did not vote on the matter; and (iii) a brief description explaining how each vote cast by the public service company or its affiliate, as appropriate, is in the interest of the public.
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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 adding
Section 16-126.2 as follows:
(220 ILCS 5/16-126.2 new)
Sec. 16-126.2. Recorded votes report.
(a) Definitions. In this Section:
"Affiliate" has the meaning given in Section 7-108.
"Meeting" means any committee, user group, task force or
other part of the Regional Transmission Organization in which
votes are taken.
"Recorded vote" means any final or non-final vote that is
tabulated, individually or as part of a sector, for any
purpose at a meeting, regardless of (i) whether the vote
represents a final position of any entity casting a vote or
(ii) the decision-making authority of those voting.
"Regional Transmission Organization" means an entity that
qualifies as a Regional Transmission Organization under 18 CFR
35.34.
(b) On or before February 1 each year, each public service
company that is a member of a Regional Transmission
Organization shall submit to the Commission a report of any

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