Chapter 220 — UTILITIES

(220 ILCS 5/16-126.2) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 16-126.2. Energy Reliability Corporation of Illinois. (a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) When Illinois restructured its electric market in 1997, Illinois' largest 2 el…

(220 ILCS 5/16-127) Sec. 16-127. Environmental disclosure. (a) Every electric utility and alternative retail electric supplier shall provide the following information, to the maximum extent practicable, to its customers on a quarterly basis: (i) the known sources of electricity s…

(220 ILCS 5/16-128) Sec. 16-128. Provisions related to utility employees. (a) The General Assembly finds: (1) The reliability and safety of the electric system has depended and depends on a workforce of skilled and dedicated employees, equipped with technical training and experie…

(220 ILCS 5/16-128A) Sec. 16-128A. Certification of installers, maintainers, or repairers. (a) Within 18 months of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the Commission shall adopt rules, including emergency rules, establishing certification requi…

(220 ILCS 5/16-128B) Sec. 16-128B. Qualified energy efficiency installers. (a) Within 18 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, the Commission shall adopt rules, including emergency rules, establishing a process for entities installin…

(220 ILCS 5/16-129) Sec. 16-129. Existing contracts not affected. Nothing in this Article XVI shall affect the right of an electric utility to continue to provide, or the right of the customer to continue to receive, service pursuant to a contract for electric service between the…

(220 ILCS 5/16-130) Sec. 16-130. Annual reports. (a) The General Assembly finds that it is necessary to have reliable and accurate information regarding the transition to a competitive electric industry. In addition to the annual report requirements pursuant to Section 5-109 of t…

(220 ILCS 5/16-135) Sec. 16-135. Energy Storage Program. (a) The Illinois General Assembly hereby finds and declares that: (1) Energy storage systems provide opportunities to: (A) reduce costs to ratepayers directly or indirectly by avoiding or deferring the need for investment i…

(220 ILCS 5/16-145) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 16-145. Powering Up Illinois. (a) For the purposes of this Section: "Electric utility" means an electric utility serving more than 500,000 customers in this State. "Energizati…

(220 ILCS 5/16-201) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 16-201. Integrated resource plan development. (a) The General Assembly hereby finds that: (1) In 2021, Illinois set itself on the path to a clean energy future that would prod…

(220 ILCS 5/16-202) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 16-202. Integrated resource plan review and approval. (a) The Commission shall enter its order approving or approving with modifications an integrated resource plan within 180…

(220 ILCS 5/17-100) Sec. 17-100. Exemption from provisions of this amendatory Act of 1997. Electric cooperatives, as defined in Section 3.4 of the Electric Supplier Act, and public utilities that are owned and operated by any political subdivision, or municipal corporation of thi…

(220 ILCS 5/17-200) Sec. 17-200. Election to provide existing or future customers access to alternative retail electric suppliers. (a) An electric cooperative or municipal system each may, by appropriate action and at the sole discretion of the governing body of each, from time t…

(220 ILCS 5/17-300) Sec. 17-300. Election to be an alternative retail electric supplier. (a) An electric cooperative or municipal system may, by appropriate action, and at the sole discretion of the governing body of each, make an election to become an alternative retail electric…

(220 ILCS 5/17-400) Sec. 17-400. Conditions prohibiting municipal system participation. At no time shall a municipal system make an election under Sections 17-200 or 17-300 of this Article if such election places at risk: (1) Any status held by the municipal system or municipal c…

(220 ILCS 5/17-500) Sec. 17-500. Jurisdiction. Except as provided in the Electric Supplier Act, the Illinois Municipal Code, and this Article XVII, the Commission, or any other agency or subdivision thereof of the State of Illinois or any private entity shall have no jurisdiction…

(220 ILCS 5/17-600) Sec. 17-600. Rights of electric cooperatives and municipal systems in conflict herewith. Except as expressly provided for herein, this Article XVII shall not be construed to conflict with the rights of an electric cooperative or a municipal system as declared …

(220 ILCS 5/17-700) Sec. 17-700. Right to create municipal utility unaffected. Nothing in this amendatory Act of 1997 shall limit the right of a municipality to form a municipal utility in accordance with Article 11, Division 117 of the Illinois Municipal Code and the provisions …

(220 ILCS 5/17-800) Sec. 17-800. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 95-311, eff. 1-1-08. Repealed by P.A. 96-176, eff. 1-1-10.)

(220 ILCS 5/17-900) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-458) Sec. 17-900. Customer self-generation of electricity. (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that municipal systems and electric cooperatives shall continue to be governed by their respective governing bo…

(220 ILCS 5/18-101) Sec. 18-101. Short title and applicability. This Article may be cited as the Electric Utility Transitional Funding Law of 1997 and shall apply to electric utilities as defined in this Article. (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)

(220 ILCS 5/18-102) Sec. 18-102. Definitions. For the purposes of this Article the following terms shall be defined as set forth in this Section. Terms defined in Article XVI shall have the same meanings in this Article. "Assignee" means any party, other than an electric utility …

(220 ILCS 5/18-103) Sec. 18-103. Transitional funding orders. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or other law, the Commission is hereby authorized to issue transitional funding orders in accordance with the provisions of this Section, in order to facilitate (i) t…

(220 ILCS 5/18-104) Sec. 18-104. Terms and provisions of transitional funding orders. (a) Each transitional funding order shall create and establish intangible transition property in an amount not to exceed the sum of (i) the rate base established by the Commission in the electri…

(220 ILCS 5/18-105) Sec. 18-105. Intangible transition property. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or other law, the Commission is hereby authorized, in accordance with the application for a transitional funding order, to create, establish and grant rights in, t…

(220 ILCS 5/18-106) Sec. 18-106. Grantee instruments. (a) If an electric utility to which grantee instruments have been issued discontinues providing electric power and energy services prior to the maturity date of such grantee instruments, such electric utility shall not be enti…

(220 ILCS 5/18-107) Sec. 18-107. Security interests in intangible transition property and grantee instruments. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither intangible transition property, grantee instruments nor any right, title or interest therein, shall constitute pr…

(220 ILCS 5/18-108) Sec. 18-108. Characterization of transfer. A sale, assignment or other transfer of intangible transition property or grantee instruments which is expressly stated in the documents governing such transaction to be a sale or other absolute transfer, in a transac…

(220 ILCS 5/18-109) Sec. 18-109. Actions with respect to intangible transition property and related instrument funding charges. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or other law, any electric utility, issuer, assignee, grantee or holder shall be expressly permitted…

(220 ILCS 5/18-110) Sec. 18-110. Taxation of transfers of intangible transition property and grantee instruments. (a) Any sale, pledge, assignment or other transfer of intangible transition property and grantee instruments, if any, shall be exempt from any State or local sales, i…

(220 ILCS 5/18-111) Sec. 18-111. Limitations on issuance of transitional funding orders, collection of instrument funding charges, and use of proceeds from issuance of transitional funding instruments and grantee instruments. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article X…

(220 ILCS 5/19-100) Sec. 19-100. Short title. This Article may be cited as the Alternative Gas Supplier Law. (Source: P.A. 92-529, eff. 2-8-02.)

(220 ILCS 5/19-105) Sec. 19-105. Definitions. For the purposes of this Article, the following terms shall be defined as set forth in this Section. "Alternative gas supplier" means every person, cooperative, corporation, municipal corporation, company, association, joint stock com…

(220 ILCS 5/19-110) Sec. 19-110. Certification of alternative gas suppliers. (a) The provisions of this Section shall apply only to alternative gas suppliers serving or seeking to serve residential or small commercial customers and only to the extent such alternative gas supplier…

(220 ILCS 5/19-111) Sec. 19-111. Material changes in business. (a) The provisions of this Section shall apply only to alternative gas suppliers serving or seeking to serve residential or small commercial customers and only to the extent such alternative gas suppliers provide serv…

(220 ILCS 5/19-112) Sec. 19-112. Managerial resources. (a) An alternative gas supplier must maintain sufficient managerial resources and abilities to provide the service for which it has a certificate of service authority. In determining the level of managerial resources and abil…

(220 ILCS 5/19-115) Sec. 19-115. Obligations of alternative gas suppliers. (a) The provisions of this Section shall apply only to alternative gas suppliers serving or seeking to serve residential or small commercial customers and only to the extent such alternative gas suppliers …

(220 ILCS 5/19-116) Sec. 19-116. Alternative gas supplier utility assistance recipient. (a) Beginning January 1, 2020, an alternative gas supplier shall not knowingly submit an enrollment to change a customer's natural gas supplier if the gas utility's records indicate that the c…

(220 ILCS 5/19-120) Sec. 19-120. Commission oversight of services provided by gas suppliers. (a) The provisions of this Section shall apply only to alternative gas suppliers serving or seeking to serve residential or small commercial customers and only to the extent such alternat…

(220 ILCS 5/19-125) Sec. 19-125. Consumer education. (a) The Commission shall make available upon request and at no charge, and shall make available to the public on the Internet through the State of Illinois World Wide Web site: (1) a list of all certified alternative gas suppli…

(220 ILCS 5/19-130) Sec. 19-130. Commission study and report. The Commission's Office of Retail Market Development shall prepare an annual report regarding the development of competitive retail natural gas markets in Illinois. The Office shall monitor existing competitive conditi…

(220 ILCS 5/19-135) Sec. 19-135. Single billing. (a) It is the intent of the General Assembly that in any service area where customers are able to choose their natural gas supplier, a single billing option shall be offered to customers for both the services provided by the altern…

(220 ILCS 5/19-140) Sec. 19-140. On-bill financing program; gas utilities. (a) The Illinois General Assembly finds that Illinois homes and businesses have the potential to save energy through conservation and cost-effective energy efficiency measures. Programs created pursuant to…

(220 ILCS 5/19-145) Sec. 19-145. Automatic adjustment clause tariff; uncollectibles. (a) A gas utility shall be permitted, at its election, to recover through an automatic adjustment clause tariff the incremental difference between its actual uncollectible amount as set forth in …

(220 ILCS 5/2-101) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 2-101) Sec. 2-101. Commerce Commission created. There is created an Illinois Commerce Commission consisting of 5 members not more than 3 of whom shall be members of the same political party at the time of appointment. The Governor shall …

(220 ILCS 5/2-102) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 2-102) Sec. 2-102. (a) Each commissioner and each person appointed to office by the Commission shall before entering upon the duties of his office take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office. Before entering upon the duties of h…

(220 ILCS 5/2-103) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 2-103) Sec. 2-103. (a) No former member of the Commission or person formerly employed by the Commission may represent any person before the Commission in any capacity with respect to any particular Commission proceeding in which he parti…

(220 ILCS 5/2-104) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 2-104) Sec. 2-104. It is declared to be the public policy of this State that the Illinois Commerce Commission established herein is a quasi-judicial body and that each commissioner shall receive an annual salary of $39,000, or such amoun…

(220 ILCS 5/2-105) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 2-105) Sec. 2-105. Organization; executive director; assistants to Commissioners. (a) In order that the Commission may perform the duties and exercise the powers granted to it and assume its responsibilities under this Act and any and al…

(220 ILCS 5/2-106) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 2-106) Sec. 2-106. (a) The executive director shall employ administrative law judges to make valuations of public utility properties, or to estimate proper rates of service of public utilities, or to examine other questions coming before…