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| Public Act 097-1092 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning utilities.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | ||||
Section 16-127 as follows:
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(220 ILCS 5/16-127)
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Sec. 16-127. Environmental disclosure.
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(a) Effective January 1, 2013 1999, every electric utility | ||||
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alternative retail electric supplier shall provide the
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following information, to the maximum extent practicable, with
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its bills to its customers on a quarterly basis:
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(i) the known sources of electricity supplied,
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broken-out by percentages, of biomass power, coal-fired
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power, hydro power, natural gas-fired power, nuclear
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power, oil-fired power, solar power, wind power and other
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resources, respectively;
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(ii) a pie-chart that graphically depicts the
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percentages of the sources of the electricity supplied as
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set forth in subparagraph (i) of this subsection; and
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(iii) a pie-chart that graphically depicts the | ||||
quantity of renewable energy resources procured pursuant | ||||
to Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act as a | ||||
percentage of electricity supplied to serve eligible | ||||
retail customers as defined in Section 16-111.5(a) of this | ||
Act.
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(b) In addition, every electric utility and alternative
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retail electric supplier shall provide, to the maximum extent
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practicable, with its bills to its customers on a quarterly
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basis, a standardized chart in a format to be determined by
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Commission in a rule following notice and hearings which
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provides the amounts of carbon dioxide,
nitrogen oxides
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sulfur dioxide emissions and nuclear waste
attributable to the | ||
known sources of electricity supplied as
set forth in | ||
subparagraph (i) of subsection (a) of this
Section.
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(c) The electric utilities and alternative retail
electric | ||
suppliers may provide their customers with such other
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information as they believe relevant to the information
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required in subsections (a) and (b) of this Section. All of the | ||
information required in subsections (a) and (b) of this Section | ||
shall be made available by the electric utilities or | ||
alternative retail electric suppliers either in an electronic | ||
medium, such as on a website or by electronic mail, or through | ||
the U.S. Postal Service.
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(d) For the purposes of subsection (a) of this Section,
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"biomass" means dedicated crops grown for energy production
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organic wastes.
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(e) All of the information provided in subsections (a)
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(b) of this Section shall be presented to the Commission
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inclusion in its World Wide Web Site.
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(Source: P.A. 95-481, eff. 8-28-07.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on | ||
January 1, 2013.
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