Bill Text: IL SB3437 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Engrossed
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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-Engrossed.html
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-Engrossed.html
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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,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 19-130 as follows:
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| 6 | (220 ILCS 5/19-130)
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| 7 | Sec. 19-130. Commission study and report. The Commission's | ||||||
| 8 | Office of Retail Market Development shall prepare an annual
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| 9 | report regarding the
development of competitive retail natural | ||||||
| 10 | gas markets in Illinois. The report shall be approved by the | ||||||
| 11 | Commission and be filed by
July 1
of each odd year beginning in | ||||||
| 12 | 2015 with the Joint
Committee on Legislative Support Services | ||||||
| 13 | of the General Assembly and the
Governor and shall be
publicly | ||||||
| 14 | available. The report shall include, at a minimum, the | ||||||
| 15 | following
information:
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| 16 | (1) an analysis of the status and development of the | ||||||
| 17 | retail natural gas
market in the State of Illinois; and | ||||||
| 18 | (2) a discussion of any identified barriers to the | ||||||
| 19 | development of competitive retail natural gas markets in | ||||||
| 20 | Illinois and proposed solutions to overcome identified | ||||||
| 21 | barriers; and
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| 22 | (3) any other information the Commission considers | ||||||
| 23 | significant in
assessing
the development of gas
markets in | ||||||
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| 1 | the State of Illinois.
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| 2 | To aid in preparation of its annual report, as well in its | ||||||
| 3 | assessment of barriers to the development of competitive retail | ||||||
| 4 | natural gas markets and proposed solutions to overcome those | ||||||
| 5 | barriers, the Commission's Office of Retail Market Development | ||||||
| 6 | shall gather input from all interested parties as well as from | ||||||
| 7 | other bureaus within the Commission. | ||||||
| 8 | (Source: P.A. 97-223, eff. 1-1-12.)
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| 9 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 10 | becoming law.
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