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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB0679 Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| | Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning service obligations.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB0679 | | LRB097 04947 ASK 44987 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,
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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 16-103 as follows:
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| 6 | | (220 ILCS 5/16-103)
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| 7 | | Sec. 16-103. Service obligations of electric utilities.
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| 8 | | (a) An electric utility shall continue offering to
retail |
| 9 | | customers each tariffed service that
that it offered as a
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| 10 | | distinct and identifiable service on the effective date of
this |
| 11 | | amendatory Act of 1997 until the service is (i) declared
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| 12 | | competitive pursuant to Section 16-113, or (ii) abandoned
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| 13 | | pursuant to Section 8-508. Nothing in this subsection shall be
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| 14 | | construed as limiting an electric utility's right to propose,
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| 15 | | or the Commission's power to approve, allow or order
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| 16 | | modifications in the rates, terms and conditions for such
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| 17 | | services pursuant to Article IX or Section 16-111 of this Act. |
| 18 | | (b) An electric utility shall also offer, as tariffed
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| 19 | | services, delivery services in accordance with this Article,
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| 20 | | the power purchase options described in Section 16-110 and
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| 21 | | real-time pricing as provided in Section 16-107.
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| 22 | | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
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| 23 | | each electric utility shall continue offering to all
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| 1 | | residential customers and to all small commercial retail
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| 2 | | customers in its service area, as a tariffed service, bundled |
| 3 | | electric power
and
energy delivered to the customer's premises |
| 4 | | consistent with
the bundled utility service provided by the |
| 5 | | electric utility
on the effective date of this amendatory Act |
| 6 | | of 1997. Upon
declaration of the provision of electric power |
| 7 | | and energy as
competitive, the electric utility shall continue |
| 8 | | to offer to
such customers, as a tariffed service, bundled |
| 9 | | service options
at rates which reflect recovery of all cost |
| 10 | | components for
providing the service. For those components of |
| 11 | | the service
which have been declared competitive, cost shall be |
| 12 | | the market
based prices. Market based prices as referred to |
| 13 | | herein shall
mean, for electric power and energy, either (i) |
| 14 | | those prices
for electric power and energy determined as |
| 15 | | provided in
Section 16-112, or (ii) the electric utility's cost |
| 16 | | of
obtaining the electric power and energy at wholesale through |
| 17 | | a
competitive bidding or other arms-length acquisition |
| 18 | | process.
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| 19 | | (d) Any residential or small commercial retail customer
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| 20 | | which elects delivery services is entitled to return to the
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| 21 | | electric utility's bundled utility tariffed service offering
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| 22 | | provided in accordance with subsection (c) of this Section
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| 23 | | payment of a reasonable administrative fee which shall be
set |
| 24 | | forth in the tariff, provided, however, that the electric
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| 25 | | utility shall be entitled to impose the condition that such
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| 26 | | customer may not elect delivery services for up to 24 months
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