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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4747 Introduced , by Rep. Joyce Mason SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | 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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| | HB4747 | | LRB103 36509 LNS 66615 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 16-126.2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (220 ILCS 5/16-126.2 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 16-126.2. Recorded votes report. |
| 8 | | (a) Definitions. In this Section: |
| 9 | | "Affiliate" has the meaning given in Section 7-108. |
| 10 | | "Meeting" means any committee, user group, task force or |
| 11 | | other part of the Regional Transmission Organization in which |
| 12 | | votes are taken. |
| 13 | | "Recorded vote" means any final or non-final vote that is |
| 14 | | tabulated, individually or as part of a sector, for any |
| 15 | | purpose at a meeting, regardless of (i) whether the vote |
| 16 | | represents a final position of any entity casting a vote or |
| 17 | | (ii) the decision-making authority of those voting. |
| 18 | | "Regional Transmission Organization" means an entity that |
| 19 | | qualifies as a Regional Transmission Organization under 18 CFR |
| 20 | | 35.34. |
| 21 | | (b) On or before February 1 each year, each public service |
| 22 | | company that is a member of a Regional Transmission |
| 23 | | Organization shall submit to the Commission a report of any |