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Water ComparedAppendix AStateIllinoisTelecommunications[a]1987. IntraLATA tollcompetition allowed.5/14/92. PUA 13-404 and13-405 allowed localexchange competition.7/2/94. Local Exchange.MFS request granted.1995. Alternativeregulation began.9/1/95. Competitionbegan.Electricity[b]2/96. Two utilities conducted retailwheeling pilot programs.8/97. ICC took a position against SB55 as anti-competitive on thegrounds that the stranded costrecovery mechanism is flawed andthe rate reduction is insufficient.9/10/97. ICC approved merger oftwo utilities (Docket 95-0551). On10/15/97, FERC approved themerger.11/97. HB 362 enacted providing forrate cuts for two utilities and accordsresidential customers full choice fortheir generation supplier by 2002.Customers who choose an alternatesupplier will pay an exit fee until2006. Allows for recovery of asubstantial amount of the utilities'stranded costs through exit fees andfor a portion of the stranded costs tobe securitized.Natural Gas[c]5/95. Legislation allowedutilities to presentperformance-basedratemaking proposals.5/97. Utility's customerchoice pilot program forsmall commercial,industrial, and largerresidential customers wasannounced.7/97. ICC opened aresidential unbundlinginquiry requestingcomments on obligation toserve, marketerresponsibilities andobligations, consumerprotection, affiliatecompany regulations, ]owincomecustomers,performance-based rates,taxation, pace ofimplementation, strandedcosts, and other issues.8/97. Workshops held.10/97. Workshop finalreport concluded significantdifferences of opinion onmost of the unbundlingissues. No consensusreached. Utility's three-yearcustomer choice pilotapproved. Unbundlingavailable for several years.Four utilities offertransportation service forindustrial and commercialcustomers.IllSeptember I 998____________________________ j