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91_HB3635
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1 AN ACT to amend the Public Utilities Act by changing
2 Section 16-109.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by
6 changing Section 16-109 as follows:
7 (220 ILCS 5/16-109)
8 Sec. 16-109. Unbundling of delivery services; Commission
9 review. The General Assembly finds that the offering of
10 delivery services will, and is intended to, facilitate the
11 development of competition for generation services, and that
12 competition may develop for other services currently offered
13 on a tariffed basis by the electric utility. The Commission
14 shall open a proceeding to investigate the need for and
15 desirability of different or additional unbundling of
16 delivery services for some or all electric utilities 3 years
17 from the date that a tariff for delivery services is first
18 approved or allowed into effect pursuant to this Section.
19 The Commission shall open an additional proceeding to again
20 investigate the need for and desirability of different or
21 additional unbundling of delivery services for some or all
22 electric utilities, 3 years after the entry of its final
23 order in the first investigation proceeding. The Commission
24 shall issue its final order in each investigation proceeding
25 no later than 6 months after the proceeding is initiated. In
26 each such proceeding under this Section the Commission shall
27 consider, at a minimum, the effect of additional unbundling
28 on (i) the objective of just and reasonable rates, (ii)
29 electric utility employees, and (iii) the development of
30 competitive markets for electric energy services in Illinois.
31 Specific changes to the delivery services tariffs of
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1 individual electric utilities to implement findings and
2 directives stated in an order in an investigation proceeding
3 initiated under this Section shall be addressed through
4 individual electric utility tariff filings. The Commission
5 may also, in accordance with Section 16-108, upon complaint
6 or upon its own initiative without complaint, upon reasonable
7 notice, enter upon a hearing concerning the need and
8 desirability of requiring additional or other unbundling of
9 delivery services offered by electric utilities.
10 (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)