Chapter 220 — UTILITIES

(220 ILCS 5/1-101) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1-101) Sec. 1-101. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Public Utilities Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1475.)

(220 ILCS 5/1-102) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1-102) Sec. 1-102. Findings and Intent. The General Assembly finds that the health, welfare and prosperity of all Illinois citizens require the provision of adequate, efficient, reliable, environmentally safe and least-cost public utilit…

(220 ILCS 5/10-101) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 10-101) Sec. 10-101. The Commission, or any commissioner or administrative law judge designated by the Commission, shall have power to hold investigations, inquiries and hearings concerning any matters covered by the provisions of this …

(220 ILCS 5/10-101.1) Sec. 10-101.1. Mediation; arbitration; case management. (a) It is the intent of the General Assembly that proceedings before the Commission shall be concluded as expeditiously as is possible consistent with the right of the parties to the due process of law …

(220 ILCS 5/10-102) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 10-102) Sec. 10-102. All meetings of the Commission shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the Open Meetings Act. Whenever the Commission holds an open meeting or, pursuant to such Act, closes any meeting, or portion of any me…

(220 ILCS 5/10-103) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 10-103) Sec. 10-103. In all proceedings, investigations or hearings conducted by the Commission, except in the disposition of matters which the Commission is authorized to entertain or dispose of on an ex parte basis, any finding, decis…

(220 ILCS 5/10-104) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 10-104) Sec. 10-104. All hearings before the Commission or any commissioner or administrative law judge shall be held within the county in which the subject matter of the hearing is situated, or if the subject matter of the hearing is s…

(220 ILCS 5/10-105) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 10-105) Sec. 10-105. No person shall be excused from testifying or from producing any papers, books, accounts or documents in any investigation or inquiry or upon any hearing ordered by the Commission, when ordered to do so by the Commi…

(220 ILCS 5/10-106) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 10-106) Sec. 10-106. All subpoenas issued under the terms of this Act may be served by any person of full age. The fees of witnesses for attendance and travel shall be the same as fees of witnesses before the circuit courts of this Stat…

(220 ILCS 5/10-107) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 10-107) Sec. 10-107. The Commission, each commissioner and each employee of the Commission properly authorized thereby shall have the right, at any and all times to inspect the papers, books, accounts and documents, plant, equipment or …

(220 ILCS 5/10-108) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 10-108) Sec. 10-108. Complaints; notice; parties. Complaint may be made by the Commission, of its own motion or by any person or corporation, chamber of commerce, board of trade, or any industrial, commercial, mercantile, agricultural o…

(220 ILCS 5/10-109) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 10-109) Sec. 10-109. The Commission shall have power to receive complaints regarding loss or damage occasioned by a public utility, and to make inquiry as to the methods of adjusting such claims. All claims against any public utility fo…

(220 ILCS 5/10-110) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 10-110) Sec. 10-110. At the time fixed for any hearing upon a complaint, the complainant and the person or corporation complained of, and such persons or corporations as the Commission may allow to intervene, shall be entitled to be hea…

(220 ILCS 5/10-111) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 10-111) Sec. 10-111. In any hearing, proceeding, investigation, or rulemaking conducted by the Commission, the Commission, commissioner, or administrative law judge presiding, shall, after the close of evidentiary hearings, prepare a re…

(220 ILCS 5/10-112) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 10-112) Sec. 10-112. Service of Commission orders. Every order of the Commission shall be served upon every person or corporation to be affected thereby by personal delivery of a copy thereof, by mailing in the United States mail a copy…

(220 ILCS 5/10-113) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 10-113) Sec. 10-113. Rescission or hearing of order. (a) Anything in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding, the Commission may at any time, upon notice to the public utility affected, and after opportunity to be heard as provided in …

(220 ILCS 5/10-201) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 10-201) Sec. 10-201. (a) Jurisdiction. Within 35 days from the date that a copy of the order or decision sought to be reviewed was served upon the party affected by any order or decision of the Commission refusing an application for a r…

(220 ILCS 5/10-202) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 10-202) Sec. 10-202. Appeals from all final orders and judgments entered by the appellate court, in review of rules, regulations, orders or decisions of the Commission, may be taken to the Illinois Supreme Court as in other civil cases.…

(220 ILCS 5/10-203) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 10-203) Sec. 10-203. In all appeals from the orders and decisions of the Commission, it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to represent the Commission and defend its orders and decisions. (Source: P.A. 84-617.)

(220 ILCS 5/10-204) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 10-204) Sec. 10-204. (a) The pendency of an appeal shall not of itself stay or suspend the operation of the rule, regulation, order or decision of the Commission, but during the pendency of the appeal the reviewing court may in its disc…

(220 ILCS 5/11-101) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 11-101) Sec. 11-101. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 84-617. Repealed by P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

(220 ILCS 5/11-201) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 11-201) Sec. 11-201. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 84-617. Repealed by P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

(220 ILCS 5/11-202) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 11-202) Sec. 11-202. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 84-617. Repealed by P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

(220 ILCS 5/11-203) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 11-203) Sec. 11-203. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 84-617. Repealed by P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

(220 ILCS 5/11-204) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 11-204) Sec. 11-204. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 84-1118. Repealed by P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

(220 ILCS 5/11-205) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 11-205) Sec. 11-205. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 84-617. Repealed by P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

(220 ILCS 5/11-206) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 11-206) Sec. 11-206. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 84-617. Repealed by P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

(220 ILCS 5/11-207) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 11-207) Sec. 11-207. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 84-617. Repealed by P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

(220 ILCS 5/11-208) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 11-208) Sec. 11-208. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 84-617. Repealed by P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

(220 ILCS 5/11-301) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 11-301) Sec. 11-301. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 84-1025. Repealed by P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

(220 ILCS 5/11-302) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 11-302) Sec. 11-302. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98. Repealed by P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

(220 ILCS 5/12-103) Sec. 12-103. (Renumbered). (Source: P.A. 95-481, eff. 8-28-07; renumbered by P.A. 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)

(220 ILCS 5/13-100) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-100) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-100. This Article shall be known and may be cited as the Universal Telephone Service Protection Law of 1985. (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)

(220 ILCS 5/13-101) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-101) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-101. Application of Act to telecommunications rates and services. The Sections of this Act pertaining to public utilities, public utility rates and services, and the …

(220 ILCS 5/13-102) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-102) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-102. Findings. With respect to telecommunications services, as herein defined, the General Assembly finds that: (a) universally available and widely affordable teleco…

(220 ILCS 5/13-103) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-103) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-103. Policy. Consistent with its findings, the General Assembly declares that it is the policy of the State of Illinois that: (a) telecommunications services should b…

(220 ILCS 5/13-1200) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-1200. Repealer. This Article is repealed January 1, 2030. (Source: P.A. 102-9, eff. 6-3-21; 103-601, eff. 7-1-24.)

(220 ILCS 5/13-201) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-201) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-201. Unless otherwise specified, the terms set forth in the following Sections preceding Section 13-301 of this Article are used in this Act and Article as herein def…

(220 ILCS 5/13-202) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-202) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-202. "Telecommunications carrier" means and includes every corporation, company, association, joint stock company or association, firm, partnership or individual, the…

(220 ILCS 5/13-202.5) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-202.5. Incumbent local exchange carrier. "Incumbent local exchange carrier" means, with respect to an area, the telecommunications carrier that provided noncompetitive local exchange telecommunica…

(220 ILCS 5/13-203) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-203) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-203. Telecommunications service. "Telecommunications service" means the provision or offering for rent, sale or lease, or in exchange for other value received, of the…

(220 ILCS 5/13-204) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-204) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-204. "Local Exchange Telecommunications Service" means telecommunications service between points within an exchange, as defined in Section 13-206, or the provision of…

(220 ILCS 5/13-205) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-205) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-205. "Interexchange Telecommunications Service" means telecommunications service between points in two or more exchanges. (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)

(220 ILCS 5/13-206) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-206) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-206. Exchange. "Exchange" means a geographical area for the administration of telecommunications services, established and described by the tariff of a telecommunicat…

(220 ILCS 5/13-207) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-207) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-207. "Local Access and Transport Area (LATA)" means a geographical area designated by the Modification of Final Judgment in U.S. v. Western Electric Co., Inc., 552 F.…

(220 ILCS 5/13-208) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-208) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-208. "Market Service Area (MSA)" means a geographical area consisting of one or more exchanges, defined by the Commission for the administration of tariffs, services …

(220 ILCS 5/13-209) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-209) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-209. "Competitive Telecommunications Service" means a telecommunications service, its functional equivalent or a substitute service, which, for some identifiable clas…

(220 ILCS 5/13-210) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-210) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-210. "Noncompetitive Telecommunications Service" means a telecommunications service other than a competitive service as defined in Section 13-209. (Source: P.A. 100-2…

(220 ILCS 5/13-211) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-211) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-211. "Resale of Telecommunications Service" means the offering or provision of telecommunications service primarily through the use of services or facilities owned or…

(220 ILCS 5/13-212) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-212) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-212. "Telephone or Telecommunications Cooperative" means any Illinois corporation organized on a cooperative basis for the furnishing of telephone or telecommunicatio…