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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 3549   </title>
<shortdesc>UTIL-ELEC-REAL-TIME PRICING</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Elaine Nekritz-Jack D. Franks-Dave Winters-Julie Hamos-Sara Feigenholtz, Barbara Flynn Currie, Joseph M. Lyons, Eddie Washington and John D'Amico</sponsors>
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<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/9/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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<reference>220 ILCS 5/16-101A</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>220 ILCS 5/16-102</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>220 ILCS 5/16-107</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires each electric utility to file, on or before February 1, 2006, a tariff or tariffs which allow residential retail customers in the electric utility's service area to elect real-time pricing beginning January 1, 2007. Sets forth information required to be included in the tariff. Requires an electric utility providing real-time pricing to install an appropriate meter for customers who elect to use real-time pricing and in all new service locations unless the customer requests a watt-hour meter. Requires the electric utility to contract with an Illinois nonprofit corporation to develop a program of consumer outreach, education, and enrollment concerning real-time pricing and to establish and administer information and technical and customer assistance for management of electricity use. Authorizes the electric utility to impose a uniform charge on all residential customers in order to recover its reasonable costs in complying with the real-time pricing provisions. Defines "real-time pricing" to mean tariffed retail charges for delivered electric power and energy that vary hour-to-hour (now, that vary on an hour-to-hour basis for non-residential retail customers and that vary on a periodic basis during the day for residential retail customers) and that are determined from prices posted by the Independent System Operator or by a comparable methodology approved by the Illinois Commerce Commission. Effective immediately.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
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<statusdate>2/24/2005</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz</action>
<statusdate>2/24/2005</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>2/24/2005</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/1/2005</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Assigned to Executive Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/2/2005</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks</action>
<statusdate>3/2/2005</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters</action>
<statusdate>3/2/2005</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie</action>
<statusdate>3/3/2005</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos</action>
<statusdate>3/3/2005</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz</action>
<statusdate>3/10/2005</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/11/2005</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons</action>
<statusdate>3/16/2005</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington</action>
<statusdate>3/16/2005</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico</action>
<statusdate>1/9/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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