Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

Filed: 5/27/2013

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2335
2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2335 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing
5Section 19-130 as follows:
6 (220 ILCS 5/19-130)
7 Sec. 19-130. Commission study and report. The The
8Commission's Office of Retail Market Development shall prepare
9an annual report regarding the development of competitive
10retail natural gas markets in Illinois. The report shall be
11approved by the Commission and be filed by July 1 of each odd
12year with the Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services
13of the General Assembly and the Governor and shall be publicly
14available. The report shall include, at a minimum, the
15following information:
16 (1) an analysis of the status and development of the

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1 retail natural gas market in the State of Illinois; and
2 (2) a discussion of any identified barriers to the
3 development of competitive retail natural gas markets in
4 Illinois and proposed solutions to overcome identified
5 barriers; and
6 (3) any other information the Commission considers
7 significant in assessing the development of gas markets in
8 the State of Illinois.
9 To aid in preparation of its annual report, as well in its
10assessment of barriers to the development of competitive retail
11natural gas markets and proposed solutions to overcome those
12barriers, the Commission's Office of Retail Market Development
13shall gather input from all interested parties as well as from
14other bureaus within the Commission.
15(Source: P.A. 97-223, eff. 1-1-12.)".