SB 2908 — UTILITY-NOTICE IN SPANISH

SB2908 EngrossedEnrolled LRB100 19089 SMS 34346 b AN ACT concerning regulation.

SB2908 EngrossedEnrolled - 2 - LRB100 19089 SMS 34346 b "Large Electing Provider" means an Electing Provider, as defined in Section 13-506.2 of this Act, that (i) reported in its annual competition report for the year 2016 filed with the Commission under Section 13-407 of this Act and 83 Ill.

(b) Beginning June 30, 2017, a Large Electing Provider may, SB2908 EngrossedEnrolled - 3 - LRB100 19089 SMS 34346 b to the extent permitted by and consistent with federal law, including, as applicable, approval by the Federal Communications Commission of the discontinuance of the interstate-access component of a telecommunications service, cease to offer and provide a telecommunications service to an identifiable class or group of customers, other than voice telecommunications service to residential customers or a telecommunications service to a class of customers under subsection (b-5) of this Section, upon 60 days' notice to the Commission and affected customers.

SB2908 EngrossedEnrolled - 4 - LRB100 19089 SMS 34346 b (5) natural gas cooperatives as described in paragraph (4) of subsection (b) of Section 3-105 of this Act;

(A) file a notice of the proposed cessation of the SB2908 EngrossedEnrolled - 5 - LRB100 19089 SMS 34346 b requested service with the Commission, which shall include a statement that the Large Electing Provider will comply with any service discontinuance rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission pertaining to compatibility of alternative voice services with medical monitoring devices;

"If you do not believe that an alternative voice service including reliable access to 9-1-1 SB2908 EngrossedEnrolled - 6 - LRB100 19089 SMS 34346 b is available to you, from either [name of Large Electing Provider] or another provider of wired or wireless voice service where you live, you have the right to request the Illinois Commerce Commission to investigate the availability of alternative voice service including reliable access to 9-1-1.

(2) After June 30, 2017, and only in a geographic area for which a Large Electing Provider has provided notice of proposed cessation of the requested service to existing customers under paragraph (1) of this subsection (c), an SB2908 EngrossedEnrolled - 7 - LRB100 19089 SMS 34346 b existing customer of that provider may, within 60 days after issuance of such notice, request the Commission to investigate the availability of alternative voice service including reliable access to 9-1-1 to that customer.

(i) If, as a result of the investigation, the Commission finds that service from at least one provider offering alternative voice service including reliable access to 9-1-1 through any technology or medium is available to one or more SB2908 EngrossedEnrolled - 8 - LRB100 19089 SMS 34346 b requesting existing customers, the Commission shall declare by order that, with respect to each requesting existing customer for which such a finding is made, the Large Electing Provider may cease to offer or provide the requested service beginning 30 days after the issuance of the notice required by paragraph (5) of this subsection (c).

The willing provider may utilize any form of technology that is capable of providing alternative voice service SB2908 EngrossedEnrolled - 9 - LRB100 19089 SMS 34346 b including reliable access to 9-1-1, including, without limitation, Voice over Internet Protocol services and wireless services.

(ii) If the Commission determines that for one or more of the requesting existing customers for which an emergency has been declared there is no other provider willing and capable of providing alternative voice service including reliable access to 9-1-1, the Commission shall issue an SB2908 EngrossedEnrolled - 10 - LRB100 19089 SMS 34346 b order requiring the Large Electing Provider to provide alternative voice service including reliable access to 9-1-1 to each requesting existing customer utilizing any form of technology capable of providing alternative voice service including reliable access to 9-1-1, including, without limitation, continuation of the requested service, Voice over Internet Protocol services, and wireless services, until another willing provider is available.

Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection (c) to the contrary, if no existing customer requests an SB2908 EngrossedEnrolled - 11 - LRB100 19089 SMS 34346 b investigation under paragraph (2) of this subsection (c), the Large Electing Provider may immediately provide the notice to the Federal Communications Commission as described in paragraph (4) of this subsection (c).

SB2908 EngrossedEnrolled - 12 - LRB100 19089 SMS 34346 b (5) Upon approval by the Federal Communications Commission of its request to discontinue the interstate-access component of the requested service and subject to the requirements of any order issued by the Commission under subdivision (ii) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of this subsection (c), the Large Electing Provider may immediately cease to offer the requested service to all customers not receiving the service on the date of the Federal Communications Commission's approval and may cease to offer and provide the requested service to all customers receiving the service at the time of the Federal Communications Commission's approval upon 30 days' notice to the Commission and affected customers.

(6) The notices provided for in paragraph (1) of this subsection (c) are not required as a prerequisite for the Large Electing Provider to cease to offer or provide a telecommunications service in a geographic area where there are no residential customers taking service from the SB2908 EngrossedEnrolled - 13 - LRB100 19089 SMS 34346 b Large Electing Provider on the date that the Large Electing Provider files notice to the Federal Communications Commission of its intent to discontinue the interstate-access component of the requested service in that geographic area.

(8) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, except as expressly authorized by this subsection (c), the Commission may not, upon its own motion or upon complaint, investigate, suspend, disapprove, condition, or otherwise SB2908 EngrossedEnrolled - 14 - LRB100 19089 SMS 34346 b regulate the cessation of a telecommunications service to an identifiable class or group of customers once initiated by a Large Electing Provider under subsection (b) or (b-5) of this Section or this subsection (c).