99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB3014
 
Introduced 2/18/2016, by Sen. Sue Rezin
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



  
220 ILCS 5/16-122

 Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that an electric utility serving more than 1,000,000 customers shall make available at no cost to an alternative retail electric supplier a list of customer names and addresses of residential and small commercial customers who have not been declared competitive for the purpose of marketing alternative retail electric supply service. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission may allow additional information on the lists if it finds the information necessary to allow innovative product offerings. Provides that customers shall have the right to remove their information from the marketing list at least annually. Effective immediately.



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A BILL FOR
 


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1 AN ACT concerning regulation.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing 
5Section 16-122 as follows:




6 (220 ILCS 5/16-122)



7 Sec. 16-122. Customer information. 

8 (a) Upon the request of a retail customer, or a person
who 
9presents verifiable authorization and is acting as the

10customer's agent, and payment of a reasonable fee, electric

11utilities shall provide to the customer or its authorized
agent 
12the customer's billing and usage data.

13 (b) Upon request from any alternative retail electric

14supplier and payment of a reasonable fee, an electric utility

15serving retail customers in its service area shall make

16available generic information concerning the usage, load shape

17curve or other general characteristics of customers by rate

18classification. Provided however, no customer specific

19billing, usage or load shape data shall be provided under this

20subsection unless authorization to provide such information is

21provided by the customer pursuant to subsection (a) of this

22Section.

23 (c) Upon request from a unit of local government and 
 
 
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1payment of a
reasonable fee, an electric utility shall make 
2available information concerning
the usage, load shape curves, 
3and other characteristics of customers by
customer 
4classification and location within the boundaries of the unit 
5of local
government, however, no customer specific billing, 
6usage, or load shape data
shall be provided under this 
7subsection unless authorization to provide that
information is 
8provided by the customer.

9 (d) All such customer information shall be made available

10in a timely fashion in an electronic format, if available.

11 (e) An electric utility serving more than 1,000,000 
12customers shall make available at no cost to an alternative 
13retail electric supplier a list of customer names and addresses 
14of residential and small commercial customers who have not been 
15declared competitive for the purpose of marketing alternative 
16retail electric supply service. The Commission may allow 
17additional information on the lists if it finds the information 
18necessary to allow innovative product offerings. Customers 
19shall have the right to remove their information from the 
20marketing list at least annually. 
21(Source: P.A. 92-585, eff. 6-26-02.)



22 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
23becoming law.