Chapter 220, UTILITIES

(220 ILCS 5/7-208) Sec. 7-208. HVAC affiliate marketing. (a) "HVAC affiliate" means all affiliated interests of a gas utility that provide heating, ventilating, or air conditioning services to customers within the service territory of the affiliated gas utility. (b) When an HVAC …

(220 ILCS 5/7-209) Sec. 7-209. Marketing limitation; gas utilities. If a gas utility has an HVAC affiliate, the prohibition contained in this Section applies to the employees of the gas utility. While a gas utility employee is responding to a service call related to services prov…

(220 ILCS 5/7-210) Sec. 7-210. Commission oversight of nonpublic, unregulated sales at retail of natural gas by public utilities. (a) This Section shall apply to any gas utility that served more than 60,000 gas customers but less than 75,000 gas customers in this State on January…

(220 ILCS 5/7-213) Sec. 7-213. Limitations on the transfer of water systems. (a) In the event of a sale, purchase, or any other transfer of ownership, including, without limitation, the acquisition by eminent domain, of a water system, as defined under Section 11-124-5 of the Ill…

(220 ILCS 10/7.1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 907.1) Sec. 7.1. Director statement of financial interest. Every director shall file annually with the board a current financial statement which includes the information required under subsection (3) of Section 12. (Source: P.A. 86-1028.)…

(220 ILCS 10/7.2) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 907.2) Sec. 7.2. Executive director: qualifications; appointment. (1) The executive director hired by the board under Section 7 shall have the same qualifications as a director under Section 12, except that the executive director need not…

(220 ILCS 20/7.5) Sec. 7.5. NOPV; Commission hearing. (a) For the purposes of this Section, "violation" means a failure to comply with any provision of this Act or any Commission order or rule issued under this Act. (b) After investigation and determination of a probable violatio…

(220 ILCS 50/7.5) Sec. 7.5. Exposed facility. (a) If any previously unmarked facility is exposed during excavation or demolition, emergency or nonemergency, the excavator responsible for the excavation or demolition operations shall immediately notify JULIE. (b) At a minimum, the…

(220 ILCS 32/70) Sec. 70. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 103-1066, eff. 2-20-25; text omitted.)

(220 ILCS 55/7a) (from Ch. 134, par. 8) Sec. 7a. Any telegraph company or any officer, agent or employee of a telegraph company which shall disclose or knowingly permit to be disclosed, or shall impart or knowingly permit to be imparted, the contents of any message entrusted to s…

(220 ILCS 10/8) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 908) Sec. 8. Annual membership meeting. All members shall be eligible to attend, participate in and vote in the annual membership meeting called by the board under subsection (3) of Section 7. The meeting shall be open to the public and sha…

(220 ILCS 15/8) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 5508) Sec. 8. If any section, paragraph, sentence or phrase of this Act shall be declared unconstitutional, or void for any reason by any court of final jurisdiction, such fact shall not in any manner invalidate or affect any other section, …

(220 ILCS 35/8) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1008) Sec. 8. The Commission shall administer this Act and is authorized to promulgate rules or issue orders it deems necessary for the administration of this Act. (Source: P.A. 83-1343.)

(220 ILCS 30/8) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 408) Sec. 8. When a complaint has been filed as provided in Section 7, the Commission shall proceed, after reasonable notice to the suppliers concerned, to a hearing to determine which of the suppliers is entitled or should be permitted und…

(220 ILCS 55/8) (from Ch. 134, par. 9) Sec. 8. Whoever shall transmit or cause to be transmitted by telegraph, from any place in this state to any other place in this state or elsewhere, any falsehood, knowing the same to be such, shall be guilty of a petty offense. (Source: P.A.…

(220 ILCS 20/8) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 558) Sec. 8. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Public Utilities Act applies to pipeline facilities and to persons engaged in the transportation of gas or operating pipeline facilities. (Source: P.A. 76-1588.)

(220 ILCS 50/8) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1608) Sec. 8. Liability or financial responsibility. (a) Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to affect or determine the financial responsibility for any operation under this Act or liability of any entity or individual for any damages that …

(220 ILCS 40/8) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1208) Sec. 8. The Governor shall include a budgeted dollar amount in each annual State budget at a level necessary and sufficient for the Advocate to carry out the intent of this Act. (Source: P.A. 84-686.)

(220 ILCS 5/8-101) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-101) Sec. 8-101. Duties of public utilities; nondiscrimination. A public utility shall furnish, provide, and maintain such service instrumentalities, equipment, and facilities as shall promote the safety, health, comfort, and convenien…

(220 ILCS 5/8-101.1) Sec. 8-101.1. Duties of public utilities; labor force. (a) As used in this Section: "Labor force" means the employees hired directly by the utility and all employees of any and all suppliers and subcontractors of the utility tasked with the construction, main…

(220 ILCS 5/8-101.5) Sec. 8-101.5. Use of credit information of prospective and existing customers. A public utility may not deny, cancel, or nonrenew utility service solely on the basis of credit information of prospective or existing customers. If a public utility denies, cance…

(220 ILCS 5/8-102) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-102) Sec. 8-102. Audit or investigation. The Commission is authorized to conduct or order a management audit or investigation of any public utility or part thereof. The audit or investigation may examine the reasonableness, prudence, o…

(220 ILCS 5/8-103) Sec. 8-103. Energy efficiency and demand-response measures. (a) It is the policy of the State that electric utilities are required to use cost-effective energy efficiency and demand-response measures to reduce delivery load. Requiring investment in cost-effecti…

(220 ILCS 5/8-103A) Sec. 8-103A. Energy efficiency analysis. Beginning in 2013, an electric utility subject to the requirements of Section 8-103 of this Act shall include in its energy efficiency and demand-response plan submitted pursuant to subsection (f) of Section 8-103 an an…

(220 ILCS 5/8-103B) (Text of Section from P.A. 104-477) Sec. 8-103B. Energy efficiency and demand-response measures. (a) It is the policy of the State that electric utilities are required to use cost-effective energy efficiency and demand-response measures to reduce delivery load…

(220 ILCS 5/8-104) Sec. 8-104. Natural gas energy efficiency programs. (a) It is the policy of the State that natural gas utilities and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity are required to use cost-effective energy efficiency to reduce direct and indirect costs to …

(220 ILCS 5/8-201) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-201) Sec. 8-201. It is the policy of this State that no person should be denied essential utility service during the winter months due to financial inability to pay. It is also the policy of this State that public utilities and residen…

(220 ILCS 5/8-201.10) Sec. 8-201.10. Disconnection and credit and collections reporting. (a) The Commission shall require all gas, electric, water and sewer public utilities under its authority to submit an annual report by May 1, 2022 and every May 1 thereafter, reporting and ma…

(220 ILCS 5/8-201.4) Sec. 8-201.4. Prohibition on use of utility name or logo by non-utility entity. No non-utility individual, business, or entity shall use a public utility name or logo, in whole or in part, in any manner to market, solicit, sell, or bill for a home insurance, …

(220 ILCS 5/8-201.5) Sec. 8-201.5. Military personnel in military service; no stoppage of gas or electricity; arrearage. (a) In this Section: "Military service" means any full-time training or duty, no matter how described under federal or State law, for which a service member is…

(220 ILCS 5/8-201.6) Sec. 8-201.6. Deferral of deposit; victims of domestic violence. For the purposes of this Section, "domestic violence" means abuse by a family or household member, as "abuse" and "family or household members" are defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domesti…

(220 ILCS 5/8-201.7) Sec. 8-201.7. Prohibition on deposits for low-income residential customers or applicants. (a) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, no electric or gas utility shall, as a condition for standard service, require …

(220 ILCS 5/8-201.8) Sec. 8-201.8. Prohibition on late payment fees for low-income residential customers or applicants. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, an electric utility shall no…

(220 ILCS 5/8-201.9) Sec. 8-201.9. Prohibition on credit card convenience fees. (a) No electric or natural gas utility shall assess any convenience fee, surcharge, or other fee to any customer who elects to pay for service using a credit card that the electric or natural gas util…

(220 ILCS 5/8-202) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-202) Sec. 8-202. Any public utility, or two or more public utilities, which furnishes electricity or gas for space heating shall, during the calendar months of November, December, January, February, and March: (a) give written notice o…

(220 ILCS 5/8-203) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-203) Sec. 8-203. No public utility company which furnishes gas or electricity for space heating shall, during the calendar months of October, November, December, January, February and March, terminate or cut off service to any residenc…

(220 ILCS 5/8-204) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-204) Sec. 8-204. Every public utility company which furnishes electricity to residential customers shall (a) maintain a registry of those individuals who are dependent on an electrically operated respirator, dialysis machine or any oth…

(220 ILCS 5/8-205) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-205) Sec. 8-205. (a) Termination of gas and electric utility service to all residential users, including all tenants of mastermetered apartment buildings, for nonpayment of bills, where gas or electricity is used as the only source of …

(220 ILCS 5/8-206) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-206) Sec. 8-206. Winter termination for nonpayment. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no electric or gas public utility shall disconnect service to any residential customer or mastermetered apartment building for non…

(220 ILCS 5/8-206.5) Sec. 8-206.5. Disconnection Protection Program. (a) No later than June 1, 2025, each electric and gas utility serving more than 500,000 customers in this State shall implement a Disconnection Protection Program, whereby customers who have applied for assistan…

(220 ILCS 5/8-207) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-207) Sec. 8-207. Any former residential customer whose gas or electric service was used to provide or control the primary source of space heating in the dwelling and whose service is disconnected for nonpayment of a bill or a deposit f…

(220 ILCS 5/8-208) Sec. 8-208. (a) The General Assembly finds that the availability of adequate, affordable housing bears a close relationship to efficient and reliable delivery of utility services and that the lack of affordable housing exacerbates difficulties in the delivery o…

(220 ILCS 5/8-209) Sec. 8-209. Utility credit reporting. If a public utility reports a customer to a credit reporting agency for non-payment of an outstanding utility bill, then a public utility shall notify the credit reporting agency within 5 business days of any full payment m…

(220 ILCS 5/8-218) Sec. 8-218. Utility-scale pilot projects. (a) Electric utilities serving greater than 500,000 customers but less than 3,000,000 customers may propose, plan for, construct, install, control, own, manage, or operate up to 2 pilot projects consisting of utility-sc…

(220 ILCS 5/8-301) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-301) Sec. 8-301. The Commission shall have power to ascertain, determine and fix for each kind of public utility suitable and convenient standard commercial units of service, product or commodity, which units shall be lawful units for …

(220 ILCS 5/8-302) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-302) Sec. 8-302. The Commission shall require that every public utility furnishing natural or artificial gas, electricity or water to the public, where the individual consumption is measured by meter, shall, upon written request of any…

(220 ILCS 5/8-303) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-303) Sec. 8-303. Where, within 30 days of receipt of a utility bill, a customer alleges that the level of consumption reflected in his utility bill is unreasonably high, it shall be the responsibility of the public utility furnishing n…

(220 ILCS 5/8-305) Sec. 8-305. Braille billing statements. Upon the request of a customer, a public utility that serves at least 50,000 customers shall furnish billing statements in braille. (Source: P.A. 88-497.)

(220 ILCS 5/8-306) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-493) Sec. 8-306. Special provisions relating to water and sewer utilities. (a) No later than 120 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the Commission shall prepare, make …

(220 ILCS 5/8-401) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-401) Sec. 8-401. Every public utility subject to this Act shall provide service and facilities which are in all respects adequate, efficient, reliable and environmentally safe and which, consistent with these obligations, constitute th…