Chapter 220, UTILITIES

(220 ILCS 5/3-121) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 3-121) Sec. 3-121. As used in Section 2-202 of this Act, the term "gross revenue" includes all revenue which (1) is collected by a public utility subject to regulations under this Act (a) pursuant to the rates, other charges, and classif…

(220 ILCS 5/3-122) Sec. 3-122. Electronic. "Electronic" includes electrical, digital, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, or any other form of technology that entails capabilities similar to these technologies. (Source: P.A. 91-341, eff. 7-29-99.)

(220 ILCS 5/3-123) (Text of Section from P.A. 97-96) Sec. 3-123. Clean coal SNG brownfield facility; sequester; SNG facility; sourcing agreement; substitute natural gas or SNG. As used in this Act: "Clean coal SNG brownfield facility" shall have the same meaning as provided in Se…

(220 ILCS 5/3-124) Sec. 3-124. Adjusted final capitalized plant cost. "Adjusted final capitalized plant cost" means the final capitalized plant cost reduced by the following, without duplication and to the extent not already accounted for or reflected on the books of the facility…

(220 ILCS 5/3-125) Sec. 3-125. Final capitalized plant cost. "Final capitalized plant cost" means the total capitalized asset cost of the plant of the clean coal SNG facility as reflected on the balance sheet of the facility at the time of the commercial production date, with suc…

(220 ILCS 5/3-126) Sec. 3-126. Total capitalized asset cost. "Total capitalized asset cost" means the gross book value of the plant, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles at the commercial production date. (Source: P.A. 97-239, eff. 8-2-11.)…

(220 ILCS 5/3-127) Sec. 3-127. Carbon dioxide pipeline. "Carbon dioxide pipeline" has the same meaning given to that term in Section 10 of the Carbon Dioxide Transportation and Sequestration Act. (Source: P.A. 103-651, eff. 7-18-24.)

(220 ILCS 30/3.1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.1) Sec. 3.1. "Adequate" lines or facilities means having sufficient capacity to meet the maximum estimated service requirements of the customer to be served during the year following the commencement of permanent service and to meet t…

(220 ILCS 30/3.10) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.10) Sec. 3.10. "Normal service connection point" means that point on a customer's premises where an electric connection to serve such premises would be made in accordance with accepted engineering practices. In the case of an incorpo…

(220 ILCS 30/3.11) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.11) Sec. 3.11. "Person" includes an individual, corporation, partnership, electric cooperative, public utility, association, joint stock company, trust, incorporated municipality, municipal corporation, and any governmental entity or…

(220 ILCS 30/3.12) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.12) Sec. 3.12. "Premises" means a physical area (a) which, except for any intervening public or private rights of way or easements, constitutes a single parcel or unit and (b) which a single customer owns, uses or in which it has som…

(220 ILCS 30/3.13) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.13) Sec. 3.13. "Proximity" means that distance which is shortest between a proposed normal service connection point and a point on an electric supplier's line, which is determined in accordance with accepted engineering practices by …

(220 ILCS 30/3.14) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.14) Sec. 3.14. "Public Utility" has the same meaning as is defined in Section 10.3 of the Public Utilities Act. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

(220 ILCS 30/3.15) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.15) Sec. 3.15. "Public Utilities Act" means "An Act concerning public utilities", approved June 29, 1921, as heretofore or hereafter amended. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

(220 ILCS 30/3.16) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.16) Sec. 3.16. "Service" means electric service. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

(220 ILCS 30/3.17) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.17) Sec. 3.17. "Service area" means that area, defined in an agreement between electric suppliers, which has been approved by the Commission, in which an electric supplier is entitled to furnish service, as provided in Section 6. (So…

(220 ILCS 30/3.2) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.2) Sec. 3.2. "Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

(220 ILCS 30/3.3) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.3) Sec. 3.3. "Customer" means any person receiving electricity for any purpose from an electric supplier. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

(220 ILCS 30/3.4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.4) Sec. 3.4. "Electric Cooperative" means (a) any not-for-profit corporation or other person that owns, controls, operates or manages, directly or indirectly, within this State, any plant, equipment or property for the production, tra…

(220 ILCS 30/3.5) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.5) Sec. 3.5. "Electric Supplier" or "Supplier" means an electric cooperative or a public utility which furnishes electric service. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

(220 ILCS 55/3.5) Sec. 3.5. Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any power granted under this Act to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act. (Source: P.A. 94-1…

(220 ILCS 30/3.6) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.6) Sec. 3.6. "Existing line" means any line of an electric supplier which on the effective date of this Act is (a) in existence or (b) is under construction, as determined in accordance with accepted engineering practices. The term in…

(220 ILCS 30/3.7) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.7) Sec. 3.7. "Extension" means any new construction which increases the length of an existing line laterally or otherwise. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

(220 ILCS 30/3.8) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.8) Sec. 3.8. "Incorporated municipality" means any city, village or incorporated town. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

(220 ILCS 30/3.9) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.9) Sec. 3.9. "Line" means any electric line or cable whether overhead or underground. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

(220 ILCS 70/30) Sec. 30. Conflicting provisions. Notwithstanding any provision law to the contrary, this Act shall apply in all crossings of railroad rights-of-way involving a land management company and a utility and shall govern in the event of any conflict with any other prov…

(220 ILCS 75/30) Sec. 30. Safety. Inasmuch as the regulation of the construction, maintenance, and operation of pipelines transporting carbon dioxide, whether interstate or intrastate, falls within the statutory and regulatory jurisdiction of the Pipeline and Hazardous Material S…

(220 ILCS 80/30) Sec. 30. Illinois Century Network Study. (a) The Council shall study the feasibility of connecting all Illinois public schools, public libraries, and State-owned correctional facilities to the Illinois Century Network by January 1, 2030. The purpose and scope of …

(220 ILCS 75/35) Sec. 35. Land surveys and land use studies. For the purpose of making land surveys and land use studies, any applicant that has been granted a certificate of authority under this Section may, 30 days after providing written notice to the landowner thereof by regi…

(220 ILCS 70/35) Sec. 35. Applicability. This Act applies to (i) a crossing commenced prior to the effective date of this Act if an agreement concerning the crossing has expired or is terminated and (ii) a crossing commenced on or after the effective date of this Act. (Source: P.…

(220 ILCS 20/4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 554) Sec. 4. Subject to 49 U.S.C. 60118(d), the Commission may, upon application by any person engaged in the transportation of gas or the operation of pipeline facilities, waive in whole or in part, compliance with any standard established…

(220 ILCS 10/4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 904) Sec. 4. Citizens utility board: formation and membership. (1) There is created a nonprofit public body corporate and politic to be known as the "Citizens Utility Board". Any utility consumer who has submitted a membership form and has …

(220 ILCS 25/4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 574) Sec. 4. The private energy entity shall be required to provide and to pay the total cost of the interconnection as well as any costs associated with providing a transmission capacity sufficient to handle that portion of the natural gas…

(220 ILCS 65/4) (from Ch. 134, par. 20) Sec. 4. Right of condemnation. Every telecommunications carrier as defined in the Telecommunications Infrastructure Maintenance Fee Act may, when it shall be necessary for the construction, maintenance, alteration or extension of its teleco…

(220 ILCS 35/4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1004) Sec. 4. Refunds of Small Business Utility Deposits. Deposits plus interest shall be automatically refunded to the payor after being held for 12 months according to the following: (a) if the 12 months during which the deposit was held …

(220 ILCS 40/4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1204) Sec. 4. Small Business Utility Advocate. (a) There is created the position of Small Business Utility Advocate. The Governor shall appoint the Small Business Utility Advocate by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. In the cas…

(220 ILCS 30/4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 404) Sec. 4. By October 1, 1965, or within such further reasonable time as may be fixed by the Commission, each electric supplier shall make and file with the Commission such map or maps as will clearly indicate the location in this State o…

(220 ILCS 45/4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1554) Sec. 4. (a) Any telecommunications carrier which fails to correct any violation of the rules adopted under this Act after written notice of violation, or, if the violation is disputed, after final determination of violation including …

(220 ILCS 55/4) (from Ch. 134, par. 4) Sec. 4. No such company shall have the right to erect any poles, posts, piers, abutments, wires or other fixtures of their lines along or upon any public ground outside the corporate limits of a city, town or village, without the consent of …

(220 ILCS 66/4) (was 720 ILCS 660/4) Sec. 4. After the 90th day following the effective date of this act, every telephone directory thereafter published for distribution to the members of the general public shall contain a notice which explains this law, such notice to be printed…

(220 ILCS 15/4) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 5504) Sec. 4. At the hearing on said application, the Commission shall receive and hear and make a record of such relevant evidence on the issues as may be offered by any person directly interested, and shall enter an order either granting o…

(220 ILCS 50/4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1604) Sec. 4. Required activities. Every excavator who engages in nonemergency excavation or demolition shall: (a) take reasonable action to inform the excavator of the location of any facilities in and near the area for which such operatio…

(220 ILCS 5/4-101) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 4-101) Sec. 4-101. The Commerce Commission shall have general supervision of all public utilities, except as otherwise provided in this Act, shall inquire into the management of the business thereof and shall keep itself informed as to t…

(220 ILCS 5/4-102) Sec. 4-102. Acquisition of the Leland Building in Springfield. (a) From appropriations enacted for State Fiscal Year 2027, the Commission may, on behalf of the State of Illinois and subject to the Public Contract Fraud Act, acquire and maintain real property co…

(220 ILCS 5/4-201) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 4-201) Sec. 4-201. It is hereby made the duty of the Commission to see that the provisions of the Constitution and statutes of this State affecting public utilities, the enforcement of which is not specifically vested in some other offic…

(220 ILCS 5/4-202) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 4-202) Sec. 4-202. Action for injunction. Whenever the Commission shall be of the opinion that any public utility is failing or omitting or about to fail or omit to do anything required of it by law or by any order, decision, rule, regul…

(220 ILCS 5/4-202.1) Sec. 4-202.1. Enforcement of service area agreement between municipality and electric cooperative. (a) The Commission shall approve, interpret, and enforce service area agreements between municipalities and electric cooperatives as provided in Section 11-117-…

(220 ILCS 5/4-203) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 4-203) Sec. 4-203. Action to recover penalties. (a) All civil penalties established under this Act shall be assessed and collected by the Commission. Except for the penalties provided under Section 2-202, civil penalties may be assessed …

(220 ILCS 5/4-204) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 4-204) Sec. 4-204. If the Secretary of State has dissolved or revoked the authority of any domestic or foreign company regulated under this Act to do business in Illinois because that company has not paid a franchise tax, license fee, fi…

(220 ILCS 5/4-205) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 4-205) Sec. 4-205. This amendatory Act of 1985 shall not have the effect to release or waive any right of action by the State, the Commission, or by any body politic, municipal corporation, person or corporation for any right or penalty …