Bill Text: IL SB1973 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the State may not, rather than shall not, directly prohibit a qualifying electric utility from seeking membership in a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved regional transmission organization of its choosing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB1973 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB1973-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB1973 Introduced 2/10/2017, by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
220 ILCS 5/16-126.1
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the State may not, rather than shall not, directly prohibit a qualifying electric utility from seeking membership in a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved regional transmission organization of its choosing.
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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 16-126.1 as follows:
(220 ILCS 5/16-126.1)
Sec. 16-126.1. Regional transmission organization
memberships. The State may shall not directly or indirectly
prohibit an electric utility that on December 31, 2005 provided
electric service to at least 100,000 customers in Illinois from
membership in a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved
regional transmission organization of its choosing. Nothing in
this Section limits any authority the Commission otherwise has
to regulate that electric utility. This Section ceases to be
effective on July 1, 2022 unless extended by the General
Assembly by law.
(Source: P.A. 95-481, eff. 8-28-07.)