Bill Text: IL SB3437 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Chaptered


Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that an annual report prepared by the Illinois Commerce Commission's Office of Retail Market Development shall be filed by July 1 of each odd year beginning in 2015 (instead of July 1 of each odd year). Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1121 [SB3437 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB3437-Chaptered.html



Public Act 098-1121
SB3437 EnrolledLRB098 19532 RPS 54709 b
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 19-130 as follows:
(220 ILCS 5/19-130)
Sec. 19-130. Commission study and report. The Commission's
Office of Retail Market Development shall prepare an annual
report regarding the development of competitive retail natural
gas markets in Illinois. The Office shall monitor existing
competitive conditions in Illinois, identify barriers to
retail competition for all customer classes, and actively
explore and propose to the Commission and to the General
Assembly solutions to overcome identified barriers. Solutions
proposed by the Office to promote retail competition must also
promote safe, reliable, and affordable natural gas service.
On or before October 1 of each year, beginning in 2015, the
Director shall submit a report to the Commission, the General
Assembly, and the Governor, that includes The report shall be
approved by the Commission and be filed by July 1 of each odd
year with the Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services
of the General Assembly and the Governor and shall be publicly
available. The report shall include, at a minimum, the
following information:
(1) an analysis of the status and development of the
retail natural gas market in the State of Illinois; and
(2) a discussion of any identified barriers to the
development of competitive retail natural gas markets in
Illinois and proposed solutions to overcome identified
barriers; and
(3) any other information the Office Commission
considers significant in assessing the development of
natural gas markets in the State of Illinois.
To aid in preparation of its annual report, as well in its
assessment of barriers to the development of competitive retail
natural gas markets and proposed solutions to overcome those
barriers, the Commission's Office of Retail Market Development
shall gather input from all interested parties as well as from
other bureaus within the Commission.
(Source: P.A. 97-223, eff. 1-1-12.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
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