Illinois Administrative Code

Section 220.20 Class of Utilities a) For the purpose of reporting accidents, fixed public utilities other than pipelines transporting liquids and telecommunications carriers have been classified according to their last annual report to the Commission, as follows: 1) Class "A" – p…

Section 220.30 Immediate Report a) Section 8-507 of The Public Utilities Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 111⅔, par. 8-507) requires that whenever any accident occasions the loss of life or limb to any person, such public utility shall immediately give notice to the Commission of t…

Section 220.40 Periodical Reports Reports of all accidents (including those previously reported by telephone, telegraph or post), shall be submitted in accordance with the instruction for that public utility's assigned class. When there are no accidents to report pursuant to Sect…

Section 220.5 Introduction a) This Part governs all fixed public utilities, other than pipelines transporting liquids and telecommunications carriers subject to public utilities regulation under Section 13-101 of the Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5], in reporting accidents to th…

Section 220.50 Report Blanks a) Form U-1 Blank form to be used for reporting each accident. b) Form U-2 Statement of officer reporting accidents monthly, quarterly or yearly as the case may be, including summary. c) Form U-3 Statement of officer reporting no accident, yearly indi…

Section 220.60 Instructions for Reporting a) An accident that causes no death or personal injury to any persons and that causes not over $20,000 damage to the property of the utility should not be reported. Any traffic accident that causes no death to any persons on public thorou…

Section 240.10 Reports to be Filed Every public utility, which shall hereafter obtain from the Commission an order granting authority for the issuance and sale or disposal of securities embracing stocks, bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, shall file reports, as here…

Section 240.20 Filing Requirements and Procedures The first report in each case shall be filed within sixty (60) days after the end of the calendar quarter (i.e., the three-month period ending March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31, as the case may be) in which the order …

Section 240.30 Filing Dates Every public utility reporting to the Commission, pursuant to the provisions of this Part, shall file with the Commission the required report or reports (in duplicate) at regular intervals, as herein provided, except in any case in which the order auth…

Section 250.10 Maintenance of Office and Keeping of Records All public utilities made subject to the jurisdiction and supervision of the Illinois Commerce Commission by "An Act concerning public utilities," as amended, be, and they are hereby, ordered to maintain an office within…

Section 250.20 Authority to Maintain Out-of-State Location The aforestated requirements shall not apply against those public utilities that have received authority from the Commission to keep all or any of their books, accounts, papers, records and memoranda at some location outs…

Section 250.30 Address of Office(s) All public utilities shall file with the Chief Clerk of the Commission the address of the office, or offices, in which the said books, accounts, papers, records and memoranda are kept.

Section 250.40 Special Circumstances When special circumstances affecting any particular public utility necessitate keeping its said books, accounts, papers, records and memoranda, or any of them, outside the State, then upon proper application and hearing, the Commission may aut…

Section 250.50 Distribution This Part shall be mailed to the public utilities of this State. It shall be in force and effect thirty (30) days from the date of its passage, provided that any public utility, prior to the effective date of this Part, may, upon the filing of a proper…

Section 255.10 Definitions "Act" means The Public Utilities Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 111⅔, par. 1-101, et seq.). "Change," used in reference to a schedule, does not mean or include a change resulting from the operation of a provision which by its terms proposes no increase …

Section 255.20 Notice to the Public Notice to the public, and to persons affected, of any change proposed by a public utility in its schedule or schedules shall be given in accordance with the following: a) Public Utility's Schedule. 1) The public utility shall maintain and keep …

Section 255.30 Concerning Composition and Filing a) Schedules not to be in handwriting. All schedules must be clearly printed, mimeographed or typewritten on paper of good quality. Alterations in writing or erasures must not be made in schedules before filing. b) Form and size of…

Section 255.EXHIBIT A Notice of Proposed Change in Schedule PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Proposed Change in Schedule To patrons of (Name of Utility) The hereby (Name of Utility) gives notice to the public that it has filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission a proposed change in its…

Section 275.10 Scope and Application This Part shall apply to all electric and gas public utilities engaged in the production, storage, distribution, sale, delivery or furnishing of electricity and gas, or both, subject to the jurisdiction of this Commission. Such electric and ga…

Section 275.100 Powers of Suspension All schedules of promotional practices and allowances filed with the Commission by any public electric or gas utility shall be subject to the suspension and other powers of this Commission with respect to rates, charges and classifications of …

Section 275.20 Definitions As used herein, the term: a) "Affiliate of a Public Utility" shall include any individual or corporation which directly or indirectly controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, a public utility; b) "Electric and Gas Public Utility" …

Section 275.30 Promotional Practices or Allowances Prohibited No electric or gas utility and/or its affiliates shall, without first obtaining specific authorization from this Commission, engage in or make any of the following promotional practices or allowances: a) Make any loans…

Section 275.40 Standards Governing Promotional Practices and Allowances All promotional practices and allowances must be: a) Not unlawfully or unreasonably discriminatory and uniformly applied (No public electric or gas utility or its affiliates shall, directly or indirectly, in …

Section 275.50 Filing of Present Promotional Practices and Allowances with and Approved by the Commission a) Each public electric or gas utility shall file with the Commission on or before May 1, 1969, a schedule setting forth all promotional practices being engaged in or promoti…

Section 275.60 Filing of Proposed Promotional Practices and Allowances a) No public electric or gas utility, after the effective date of this Part, shall be required to file with the Commission a schedule of any variation in any promotional practice or allowance filed pursuant to…

Section 275.70 Filing of Annual Report Each public electric or gas utility shall file with the Commission, concurrently with the annual reports required by 83 Ill. Adm. Code 260 (General Orders 181 and 182), a report of the promotional practices granted or promotional allowances …

Section 275.80 Retroactive Effect Notwithstanding any provisions of this Part, any public electric or gas utility, or affiliate thereof, may perform commitments entered into prior to January 1, 1969, unless such commitments were made in violation of the Commission's Interim Order…

Section 275.90 Right to Amend The adoption of this Part shall in no way preclude the Commission from altering or amending it, in whole or in part, or from requiring or authorizing rules or regulations containing other provisions whenever the Commission shall deem it in the public…

Section 281.10 Scope and Application This Part shall apply to electric and natural gas utilities and establishes procedures governing eligibility for protection of the households of military service members.

Section 281.20 Definitions "Act" means the Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5]. "Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission. "Hardship to the consumer" means an installment payment amount that a gas or electric utility customer will be unable to pay due to a lack of availab…

Section 281.30 Prohibition on Service Shut-offs No gas or electric utility shall for nonpayment stop gas or electricity from entering the residential premises that was the primary residence of a service member immediately before the service member was assigned to military service…

Section 281.40 Eligibility In order to be eligible for the benefits granted to service members under this Part, a service member must provide the utility with a copy of the orders calling the service member to military service in excess of 29 consecutive days and of any orders fu…

Section 281.50 Proof of Primary Residence a) If a service member is not the customer of record for the premises and the service member's copy of orders calling him or her into military service do not contain the primary residence of the service member, then a utility may require …

Section 281.60 Installment Payment Arrangements Upon return from military service of a service member, if the gas or electric utility account at the service member's primary residence has gone into arrears during the service member's service, the utility shall offer a period equa…

Section 281.70 Prohibition of Late Fees and Interest No late payment fees or interest shall be charged to the residential consumer during the period of military service or the repayment period. [220 ILCS 5/8-201.5(d)]

Section 281.80 Recovery of Uncollectible Costs a) A gas or electric utility that does not have in effect an automatic adjustment clause tariff under either Section 16-111.8 or Section 19-145 of the Act may elect to recover its uncollectible costs incurred as a result of complianc…

Section 286.10 Applicability This Part shall apply to all public utilities as defined in Section 3-105 of the Public Utilities Act (Act) [220 ILCS 5/3-105] and to those telecommunications carriers as defined in Sec­tion 13-202 of the Act [220 ILCS 5/13-202] that are subject to th…

Section 286.20 Submission of Prepared Testimony a) Direct Testimony 1) Utilities shall, at the time of filing tariffs for a base rate increase, file the prepared direct testimony of any witnesses and any exhibits in support of the utility's proposed tariffs. 2) For each project l…

Section 286.30 Schedules and Work Papers Required to Support the Utility's Revised Revenue Requirement When, subsequent to the date of filing initial rates or tariffs in a rate proceeding, a utility files testimony or exhibits with a revised revenue requirement or a revenue incre…

Section 286.40 Work Papers Supporting the Testimony of Parties Other Than the Utility Provision of work papers supporting the testimony of parties other than the utility shall be determined at the pre-hearing conference.

Section 287.10 Applicability This Part shall apply to all public utilities as defined in Section 3-105 of the Public Utilities Act (Act) [220 ILCS 5/3-105] and to those telecommunications carriers as defined in Sec­tion 13-202 of the Act [220 ILCS 5/13-202] that are subject to th…

Section 287.20 Test Year Options A utility, at its option, may propose either one of the following periods as its proposed test year: a) Historical. Any consecutive 12 month period, beginning no more than 24 months prior to the date of the utility's filing, for which actual data …

Section 287.30 Updates to Future Test Year Data a) During the suspension period, the assigned Administrative Law Judge may require or allow the utility to update its schedules and workpapers, if a utility has proposed a future test year, according to the schedule established in t…

Section 287.40 Pro Forma Adjustments to Historical Test Year Data A utility may propose pro forma adjustments (estimated or calculated adjustments made in the same context and format in which the affected information was provided) to the selected historical test year for all know…

Section 288.10 Scope a) This Part applies to the following rate case expenses for which recovery is sought by the public utility through rates: 1) expenses incurred by a public utility to compensate outside counsel/support staff and outside technical experts/support staff for pre…

Section 288.100 Required Support for Compensation Costs a) A public utility subject to this Part shall, upon request during discovery, make information available to parties of record to assist them in developing a recommended amount of rate case expense and to assist the Commissi…

Section 288.110 Determination of Reasonable Compensation Costs a) Rate case expenses shall be addressed in the attorney review that occurs in post-trial briefs. b) The factors to be considered by the Commission in determining the justness and reasonableness of compensation costs …

Section 288.120 Compensation Costs Support Disclosure a) Information disclosed by the utility in support of compensation costs for all persons covered by Section 288.10 shall be given the same protections for privileged, confidential and proprietary information that exist under t…

Section 288.20 Definitions "Act" means the Illinois Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5]. "Administrator" means the person or entity independent of the Commission and chosen by the Commission through a competitive bid process who is responsible for the prudent management of the Cons…

Section 288.200 Eligibility Requirements a) A Consumer Interest Representative is eligible for full or partial compensation from the Fund if all of the conditions in this subsection (a) are met. Eligible expenses include the CIR's reasonable fees for attorneys and experts and rea…