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Illinois House Committee Recommends Passage For Amended Bill With Various Retail Energy Marketing Prohibitions, Requirements

Prohibits All Mass Market Termination Fees, More


May 28, 2019

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Copyright 2010-19 EnergyChoiceMatters.com
Reporting by Paul Ring • ring@energychoicematters.com

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The Illinois House Public Utilities Committee has adopted House Amendment 001 to SB0651 and recommended that the bill be passed as amended

SB0651 has been Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

As first reported by RetailEnergyX.com today (see story here), House Amendment 001 to SB0651:

-- Prohibits all termination fees

-- Only prohibits auto-renewals from fixed to variable, but requires various new disclosure procedures in order for other contracts to auto-renew

-- Does not include a switch block mechanism as proposed earlier

-- Includes higher bonding requirements for suppliers serving the mass market, and those engaged in in-person marketing

See more details in RetailEnergyX.com's story here

Also, House Amendment 001 does not disturb other previously reported provisions of the bill, including a prohibition on service to assistance program customers, except where savings are guaranteed, or through a muni aggregation, plus various new marketing and TPV requirements (see more details here)

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