Illinois Administrative Code

Section 550.50 Release, Assignment, Transfer, and Brokering of Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline and Storage Services Except to the extent reserved to the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), gas utilities shall not grant preferences r…

Section 550.60 Nondiscriminatory Provision of Information to Unaffiliated Entities Employees of the gas utility's affiliated interests in competition with ARGS shall not have preferential access to any information about the gas utility's distribution systems.

Section 550.70 Customer Information Gas utilities shall not provide any preferences to affiliated interests in the release of billing and usage data.

Section 550.80 Exception for Corporate Support Information Except as proscribed by Sections 550.60 and 550.70, gas utilities may share information concerning corporate support with affiliated interests without being required to share this information with unaffiliated entities.

Section 550.85 Indirect Information Sharing A gas utility shall neither directly nor indirectly provide preferential access to information to any of the utility's affiliated interests in competition with ARGS where the utility's direct sharing of this information with an affiliat…

Section 550.90 Confidentiality of ARGS Information Gas utilities shall treat all information obtained from an ARGS as confidential information, and shall not provide this information to their affiliated interests or to unaffiliated entities unless the ARGS provides authorization …

Section 551.10 Definitions and Incorporations a) Definitions "Accountant's report" has the same meaning as in 17 CFR 210.1-02 and 210.2-02 as of April 1, 2001. "Act" means the Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5]. "Alternative gas supplier" or "AGS" has the same meaning as in Sectio…

Section 551.100 Managerial Qualifications An applicant shall be deemed to possess sufficient managerial capabilities to serve residential or small commercial customers if it has two or more individuals in management positions with four or more years demonstrated experience in a m…

Section 551.110 Commission Order in Proceedings The Commission shall issue an order granting or denying an application within 45 days after the date on which a complete application has been filed with the Commission and notice of the application's filing is published in the Offic…

Section 551.120 General Procedures for Reporting Continuing Compliance with Certification Requirements a) An AGS shall continue to remain in compliance with the provisions of the Act and this Part, as now or hereafter amended. If an AGS received a certificate before the effective…

Section 551.130 Erroneous or Defective Reports a) When any report is erroneous or defective or appears to the Commission to be erroneous or defective, the Commission may notify the AGS to amend that report within 30 days, and before or after the termination of the period the Comm…

Section 551.140 Financial Reporting Requirements The AGS shall provide a copy of only those documents that the AGS requires to demonstrate that it continues to possess sufficient financial resources to serve the residential or small commercial customers for which it has received …

Section 551.150 Managerial Reporting Requirements An AGS shall certify during January of each year that it continues to maintain the required managerial qualifications for the service authority granted in its certificate. An AGS that meets the managerial qualifications requiremen…

Section 551.160 Technical Reporting Requirements An AGS shall certify during January of each year that it continues to maintain the required technical qualifications for the service authority granted in its certificate. An AGS that meets the technical qualifications requirements …

Section 551.170 Information Reporting Requirements No later than March 1 of every year, each AGS shall file with the Chief Clerk of the Commission, and provide to the Commission's Director of the Energy Division or its successor, a report stating the total annual dekatherms deliv…

Section 551.20 Requirements for Applicants under Section 19-110(e) of the Act Each applicant for certification as an AGS shall include with its application the following items, as required by Section 19-110(e) of the Act [220 ILCS 5/19-110(e)]: a) The applicant shall certify that…

Section 551.30 Required Filings and Procedures a) The applicant shall publish, as provided by the Notice by Publication Act [715 ILCS 5], notice of its application for certification in the Official State Newspaper within 10 days following the filing of the application for certifi…

Section 551.40 Residential and Small Commercial Customer Records and Information a) The applicant shall agree to adopt and follow rules and procedures ensuring that authorizations received from residential or small commercial customers, customer billing records, and requests for …

Section 551.50 License or Permit Bond Requirements a) The applicant shall execute and maintain a license or permit bond issued by a qualifying surety or insurance company authorized to transact business in the State of Illinois in favor of the People of the State of Illinois. The…

Section 551.60 Confidential Documentation If an applicant or AGS believes any of the information to be disclosed by an applicant or AGS is privileged or confidential, the applicant or AGS should request that the Commission enter an order to protect the confidential, proprietary o…

Section 551.70 General Procedures for Applicants a) An applicant that seeks to serve residential or small commercial customers within a geographic area that is smaller than a gas utility's service area shall demonstrate that the designation of this smaller area does not violate a…

Section 551.80 Financial Qualifications An applicant shall be deemed to possess sufficient financial resources to be certified as an AGS able to serve available residential or small commercial customers if it meets any of the following criteria: a) The applicant provides a copy o…

Section 551.90 Technical Qualifications a) An applicant that uses natural gas transmission or distribution facilities that it owns, controls, or operates in serving customers shall be deemed to possess sufficient technical capabilities to serve residential or small commercial cus…

Section 556.10 Definitions Terms defined in Section 9-220.3 of the Public Utilities Act shall have the same meaning for purposes of this Part as they have under that Section of the Act, unless further defined in this Part. The following terms, when used in this Part, shall have t…

Section 556.100 Annual Reconciliation a) A utility that has a QIP surcharge in effect shall file with the Commission an annual petition to initiate a reconciliation proceeding. The petition shall comply with the following provisions: 1) For each calendar year in which a surcharge…

Section 556.110 Annual Internal Audit The utility shall submit annually to the Commission's Manager of the Accounting Department, no later than July 31 for the previous calendar year, an internal audit report that determines whether the QIP surcharge and information provided unde…

Section 556.120 Gas Utility Commitments A natural gas utility that has in effect a QIP surcharge tariff shall: a) Recognize that the General Assembly identifies improved public safety and reliability of natural gas facilities as the cornerstone upon which Section 9-220.3 of the A…

Section 556.130 Annual QIP Plan Update Beginning in 2015, a utility with an approved QIP surcharge tariff shall file with the Commission by April 1 of each year an annual QIP plan update on e-Docket in the docket that approved the utility's QIP surcharge tariff, with copies provi…

Section 556.20 Applicability a) Pursuant to Section 9-220.3 of the Act, a natural gas utility serving more than 700,000 customers may file a tariff for a qualifying infrastructure plant surcharge (QIP surcharge) which adjusts rates and charges to provide for recovery of costs ass…

Section 556.30 Terms and Conditions a) The cumulative amount of increases billed under the QIP surcharge, since the utility's most recent delivery service rate order, shall not exceed an annual average 4% of the utility's delivery base rate revenues, but shall not exceed 5.5% in …

Section 556.40 Qualifying Infrastructure Plant, or QIP a) QIP shall be related to one or more of the following: 1) The installation of facilities to retire and replace underground natural gas facilities, including facilities appurtenant to facilities constructed of those material…

Section 556.50 Recoverable Costs – Return on QIP a) The pre-tax return (PTR) is the return on the QIP. The pre-tax return shall be calculated using the weighted cost of debt and weighted cost of equity determined in the utility's last gas rate case proceeding. The weighted cost o…

Section 556.60 Determination of the QIP Surcharge Percentage a) The QIP surcharge percentage shall be expressed as a percentage carried to two decimal places. The QIP surcharge percentage shall be applied to the charges billed to each customer that represent base rate revenues as…

Section 556.70 Application for QIP Surcharge Tariff A filing by a utility that seeks approval of a QIP surcharge tariff shall include testimony and the following exhibits: a) The utility shall provide a history of the installation, relocation, upgrading, modernization, and replac…

Section 556.80 Approval or Withdrawal of QIP Surcharge Tariff a) The Commission shall issue an order approving, or approving with modification to ensure compliance with Section 9-220.3 of the Act, the QIP surcharge tariff no later than 120 days after such filing of the tariffs fi…

Section 556.90 Information Sheet Filings to Amend the QIP Surcharge a) The amount of qualifying infrastructure investment shall be shown on an Information Sheet supplemental to the QIP surcharge tariff and filed with the Commission monthly or some other time period at the option …

Section 590.10 Standards a) Incorporations by Reference 1) The Illinois Commerce Commission (Commission) adopts the standards contained in 49 CFR 191.1, 191.3, 191.5, 191.7, 191.9, 191.11, 191.13, 191.15, 191.17, 191.22, 191.23, 191.25, 191.29, 192 (excluding Section 192.12), 193…

Section 590.20 Submission of Federal Reports to the Commission Each person who engages in the transportation of gas or who owns or operates pipeline facilities shall file with the Commission any report filed with the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration …

Section 590.30 Submission of Plans, Procedures and Programs a) Each person who engages in the transportation of gas or who owns or operates pipeline facilities shall make electronically available to the Commission any plans, procedures and programs required by or necessary to imp…

Section 590.40 External User Accounts a) Each person seeking to make electronic documents available to the Commission in the manner prescribed by Section 590.30(b)(1) must have an active external user account. b) The application for an external user account is available on the Co…

Section 596.10 Definitions "Commission" shall mean the Illinois Commerce Commission. "Gas" shall mean natural gas, flammable gas or gas that is toxic or corrosive. "Inspection information" shall include all information that has come to the Commission in the course of any inspecti…

Section 596.20 Public Availability of Inspection Information Any inspection information regarding any person who either engages in the transportation of gas or who owns or operates pipeline facilities within this State under the jurisdiction of the Commission under the Illinois G…

Section 596.30 Confidential or Proprietary Information Any person, as set forth in Section 596.20, who believes that any inspection information is confidential or proprietary shall request that the Commission enter an order to protect the confidential or proprietary information p…

Section 596.40 Pre-Existing Inspection Information To the extent that the Commission seeks to make inspection information gathered previous to October 1, 2012 available to the public or post that inspection information to the Commission's website, it shall make available copies o…

Section 596.50 Inspection Information Posted on Commission Website In all cases other than those addressed in Section 596.40, any affected person shall be given 14 days to review all inspection information attributed to the person, prepared based on information provided by the pe…

Section 602.10 Applicability This Part applies to any public utility, as defined in Section 3-105 of the Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5/3-105], that provides water service or disposal of sewage.

Section 602.20 Definitions "Act" means the Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5]. "Office of the public utility" means and includes only those offices maintained by the public utility for the purpose of the public transacting business with the public utility. It does not mean or incl…