Illinois Administrative Code

Section 602.60 Records a) Each public utility shall retain a paper or electronic record of the written notice that is to be provided by March 1 of each year and the date on which the written notice was made. b) Each public utility shall retain a paper or electronic record that id…

Section 602.70 Sanctions Upon complaint or upon its own motion the Commission may find that a public utility has not met the requirements or standards established in this Part. Upon such a finding, the Commission may pursue any penalties, including, but not limited to, injunctive…

Section 602.EXHIBIT A Notice of Work Authorization UTILITY LOGO UTILITY ADDRESS and CONTACT INFORMATION NOTICE OF WORK AUTHORIZATION FOR CUSTOMERS This is to inform you that (EMPLOYEE NAME) of (CONTRACTOR NAME) has been engaged by (UTILITY NAME) to perform (DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE…

Section 615.10 Scope of This Part a) This Part applies to all books of account and other records prepared by or on behalf of the public utility. See Item 73 of Appendix A for those records which come into possession of the public utility in connection with the acquisition of prop…

Section 615.100 "Commission" "Commission," as used hereafter in Appendix A, refers to the Illinois Commerce Commission.

Section 615.20 Designation of Supervisory Official Each public utility subject to this Part shall designate one or more persons with official responsibility to supervise the utility's program for the preservation and the authorized destruction of its records.

Section 615.30 Protection and Storage of Records The public utility shall provide reasonable protection for records subject to this Part from damage by fires, floods and other hazards; and, in the selection of storage spaces, safeguard the records from unnecessary exposure to det…

Section 615.40 Index of Records All records which are herein required to be preserved shall be so arranged, filed and currently indexed by the utility that they may readily be identified and made available to representatives of the Illinois Commerce Commission.

Section 615.50 Preservation of Records on Microfilm a) Certain records indicated in Appendix A may be microfilmed and such film retained in lieu of the original records, provided the procedures prescribed herein are followed. b) Indicators are used in Appendix A to designate thos…

Section 615.60 Destruction of Records The destruction of the records permitted to be destroyed under the provisions of this Part may be performed in any manner elected by the public utility concerned. Precautions should be taken, however, to macerate or otherwise destroy the legi…

Section 615.70 Premature Destruction or Loss of Records When any records are destroyed before the expiration of the prescribed period of retention, a certified statement listing, as far as may be determined, the records destroyed and describing the circumstances of accidental or …

Section 615.80 Retention Periods Designated "Destroy at Option" Use of the retention period "Destroy at option" in this Part constitutes authorization for such optional destruction under the conditions specified for the particular types of records, unless such records are necessa…

Section 615.90 Schedule of Records and Periods of Retention Appendix A annexed hereto shows the periods of time that designated records shall be preserved, and the records for which microfilms may be substituted therefor, in accordance with the foregoing instructions. It is not i…

Section 615.APPENDIX A Schedule of Records and Periods of Retention Description of Records Period to be Retained CORPORATE AND GENERAL 1. Capital stock records: (a) Capital stock ledgers or other records showing the same information. 7 years after the stockholder's account is clo…

Section 655.10 Applicability a) A purchased water/sewage treatment surcharge shall be applied to water/sewer bills of customers of water/sewer utilities in the applicable rate zone for utilities having a purchased water/sewage treatment surcharge rider and information sheet in ef…

Section 655.20 Definitions "Act" means the Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5]. "Base period" means the remaining months in the reconciliation year that includes the effective month. "Billing unit" means the unit of billing for water billed to the customer by the utility, for examp…

Section 655.30 Recoverable Purchased Water/Sewage Treatment Costs a) Costs recoverable through the purchased water/sewage treatment surcharge shall include the following: 1) The cost of purchased water from an entity other than the utility (including wheeling or delivery charges)…

Section 655.40 Determination of Purchased Water/Sewage Treatment Surcharge a) For the recovery of purchased water costs, the water surcharge shall consist of a monthly fixed charge and a variable charge. 1) The monthly fixed charge shall recover costs that do not vary with the qu…

Section 655.50 Annual Reconciliation a) At the time that the utility files its annual reconciliation, the utility shall file a petition pursuant to 83 Ill. Adm. Code 200 seeking approval of its annual reconciliation. The annual reconciliation shall be verified by an officer of th…

Section 655.60 Implementation a) A utility proposing a purchased water/sewage treatment surcharge under this Part shall file a purchased water/sewage treatment surcharge rider in accordance with the requirements of Section 9-201 of the Act [220 ILCS 5/9-201]. b) The amount of any…

Section 656.10 Applicability a) The qualifying infrastructure plant surcharge (QIP surcharge) shall be applied to water/sewer bills of customers of water/sewer utilities in the rate zone where qualifying infrastructure plant (QIP) is installed by utilities having an effective QIP…

Section 656.100 Annual Internal Audit The utility shall submit annually to the Commission's Manager of the Accounting Department, no later than June 30 for the previous calendar year, an internal audit report that determines whether the QIP surcharge and information provided unde…

Section 656.20 Definitions "Act" means the Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5]. "Information sheet" means a tariff sheet filed in accordance with this Part to initiate or modify a QIP surcharge percentage. "Operation year" means the calendar year (or portion thereof) during which a…

Section 656.30 General Requirements a) The amount of increases billed under the QIP surcharge since the utility's most recent rate order for the rate zone shall not exceed an annual average 2.5% of the QIP base rate revenues, but shall not exceed 3.5% in any given year for the ra…

Section 656.40 Qualifying Infrastructure Plant a) To be classified as QIP, the plant additions must meet the following criteria: 1) The plant additions must be replacements of existing plant items from the accounts listed in subsection (b); 2) The replacements must be nonrevenue …

Section 656.50 Recoverable Qualifying Infrastructure Plant Costs QIP costs shall include the pre-tax return on QIP and the net depreciation expense applicable to QIP. a) The pre-tax return is calculated using the weighted cost of debt and weighted cost of equity determined in the…

Section 656.60 Determination of the Qualifying Infrastructure Plant 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 total amount billed to each customer loc…

Section 656.70 Rider and Information Sheet Filings a) A utility shall file a proposed QIP surcharge rider consistent with this Part pursuant to Section 9-201 of the Act. After a QIP surcharge rider is in effect, the QIP surcharge percentage shall be filed on an information sheet …

Section 656.80 Annual Reconciliation a) On or before March 15 of each year, a utility that had a QIP surcharge in effect for all or part of the immediately preceding calendar year shall submit to the Commission an annual reconciliation regarding the results for the previous recon…

Section 656.90 Application for Qualifying Infrastructure Plant Surcharge Rider a) A utility's filing seeking initial approval of a QIP surcharge rider for a rate zone shall be accompanied with the necessary testimony and exhibits justifying the rider. b) Required testimony and ex…

Section 705.10 Scope of This Part a) This Part applies to all books of account and other records prepared by or on behalf of a telecommunications carrier. b) This Part shall not be construed as excusing compliance with any other lawful requirement for the preservation of records …

Section 705.100 "Commission" (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 38 Ill. Reg. 18159, effective August 15, 2014)

Section 705.20 Designation of Supervisory Official Each telecommunications carrier subject to this Part shall designate one or more persons with official responsibility to supervise the telecommunications carrier's program for the preservation and the authorized destruction of it…

Section 705.30 Protection and Storage of Records The telecommunications carrier shall: a) provide reasonable protection for records using any form of recordable media subject to this Part from damage by fires, floods and other hazards; and b) in the selection of storage spaces, s…

Section 705.40 Preservation of Records a) Each telecommunications carrier subject to this Part shall keep a plan of its record management and retention policy at its principal place of business, which shall be readily identified and made available to representatives of the Illino…

Section 705.5 Applicability This Part applies to all telecommunications carriers subject to regulation by the Illinois Commerce Commission (Commission) under the provisions of Article XIII of the Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5/Art. XIII]. (Source: Added at 38 Ill. Reg. 18159, e…

Section 705.50 Preservation of Records on Microfilm (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 38 Ill. Reg. 18159, effective August 15, 2014)

Section 705.60 Destruction of Records The destruction of records permitted to be destroyed under this Part may be performed in any manner elected by the telecommunications carrier concerned. Precautions should be taken, however, to macerate or otherwise destroy the legibility of …

Section 705.70 Premature Destruction or Loss of Records When any records are destroyed before the expiration of the prescribed period of retention, a certified statement listing, as far as may be determined, the records destroyed and describing the circumstances of accidental or …

Section 705.80 Retention Periods Designated "Destroy at Option" (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 38 Ill. Reg. 18159, effective August 15, 2014)

Section 705.90 Schedule of Records and Periods of Retention (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 38 Ill. Reg. 18159, effective August 15, 2014)

Section 705.APPENDIX A Schedule of Records and Periods of Retention (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 38 Ill. Reg. 18159, effective August 15, 2014)

Section 32.5003 is deleted in its entirety. (Source: Added at 27 Ill. Reg. 13360, effective August 1, 2003)

Section 710.1 Adoption of 47 CFR 32 by Reference The Illinois Commerce Commission (Commission) adopts 47 CFR 32, as of November 1, 2021, as its uniform system of accounts for telecommunications carriers, as defined in Section 13-202 of the Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5/13-202]…

Section 710.100 List of retirement units (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 27 Ill. Reg. 13360, effective August 1, 2003)

Section 710.105 Retirement units for use in conjunction with Account 2112 "Motor vehicles" (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 27 Ill. Reg. 13360, effective August 1, 2003)

Section 710.11 Classification of companies a) In Section 32.11(a), delete existing language and replace with "For purposes of this Section, the term "company'' or "companies'' means telecommunications carriers as defined in Section 13-202 of the Public Utilities Act". b) In Secti…