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| Utility Rebates and Credits Begin to Go to Customers |
| 10/2/2007 |
ELECTRICITY customers of the state’s two largest distribution utilities began to receive rebates and bill credits in September as part of the $1 billion electric rate relief bill passed by the General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Blagojevich.
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| ICC Approves Revised Rate Design for Ameren,ComEd |
| 10/31/2007 |
ON October 11, the Illinois Commerce Commission approved implementation of new electric rate design formulas for Commonwealth Edison and the Ameren utilities.
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| Governors Sign Climate Platform and Greenhouse Gas Accord |
| 11/30/2007 |
ON November 16, nine Midwestern governors and the Premier of Canada’s Manitoba Province signed the Midwestern Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord.
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| Bills of Interest |
| 3/31/2008 |
THE following bills of interest to the energy industry are still under consideration during the spring session of the Illinois General Assembly:
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| EEI Releases White Paper on 'Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act' |
| 7/1/2008 |
ON May 15, 2008, EEI submitted a white paper addressing key issues underlying S. 2191, the “Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007,” to the bill’s sponsors Senators Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and John Warner (R-VA).
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| Legislative Activities - Week of June 2, 2008 |
| 6/2/2008 |
The General Assembly was finally able to adjourn the Spring Session around midnight last Saturday. The House and Senate spent most of last week working on a budget agreement, which was finally reached early Saturday and passed the House just hours before an extended session would have been required.
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| Illinois Energy Forum - July, 2008 |
| 7/1/2008 |
ComEd Completes $350 Million West Loop Project
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| Miscellaneous Publications |
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| Bills of Interest |
| 6/5/2007 |
THE following bills of interest to the energy industry passed both houses of the Illinois General Assembly during its spring session and will now be considered by Governor Rod Blagojevich:
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| Electricity Discussions Inch Forward |
| 7/3/2007 |
AN agreement to settle the long-standing dispute over Illinois’ new electricity rates continues to inch forward toward closure. While all participants seem optimistic regarding a favorable outcome, no final agreement has yet been reached.
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| Record-Breaking Session Continues |
| 8/2/2007 |
AFTER setting a record for the longest overtime session since passage of the 1970 state Constitution, the Illinois General Assembly continued its struggle to pass a FY2008 state budget into the month of August. The one-month temporary budget that was passed at the end of June expired on July 31 and fears were expressed that a new budget would not be passed in time to avoid shutdown of at least some government operations.
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| Governor Signs Electric Rate Relief Bill |
| 8/30/2007 |
GOVERNOR Rod Blagojevich signed the electric rate relief bill (Senate Bill 1592) on August 28 at the DuQuoin State Fair in Southern Illinois. The bill was a product of months of intense negotiations between key legislators, the Attorney General’s Office and both distribution utilities and electricity generators.
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