Chapter 220, UTILITIES

(220 ILCS 5/8-402.2) Sec. 8-402.2. Public Schools Carbon-Free Assessment programs. (a) Within one year after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, each electric utility serving over 500,000 retail customers in this State shall implement a Public…

(220 ILCS 5/8-403) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-403) Sec. 8-403. The Commission shall design and implement policies which encourage the economical utilization of cogeneration and small power production, as these terms are defined in Section 3-105, item (7) of subsection (b), includi…

(220 ILCS 5/8-403.1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-403.1) Sec. 8-403.1. Electricity purchased from qualified solid waste energy facility; tax credit; distributions for economic development. (a) It is hereby declared to be the policy of this State to encourage the development of alter…

(220 ILCS 5/8-406) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-406) Sec. 8-406. Certificate of public convenience and necessity. (a) No public utility not owning any city or village franchise nor engaged in performing any public service or in furnishing any product or commodity within this State a…

(220 ILCS 5/8-406.1) Sec. 8-406.1. Certificate of public convenience and necessity; expedited procedure. (a) A public utility may apply for a certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to this Section for the construction of any new high voltage electric service lin…

(220 ILCS 5/8-406.2) Sec. 8-406.2. Certificate of public convenience and necessity; extension of utility service area and facilities to serve designated hardship areas. (a) This Section is intended to provide a mechanism by which a gas public utility may extend its service territ…

(220 ILCS 5/8-407) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-407) Sec. 8-407. (a) The Commission, after granting any certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a new electric generating facility, shall reevaluate the propriety and necessity for the certificate at lea…

(220 ILCS 5/8-408) Sec. 8-408. Energy efficiency plans for small multi-jurisdictional utilities. (a) Any electric or gas public utility with fewer than 200,000 customers in Illinois on January 1, 2007 that offers energy efficiency programs to its customers in a state adjacent to …

(220 ILCS 5/8-501) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-501) Sec. 8-501. Whenever the Commission, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, shall find that the rules, regulations, practices, equipment, appliances, facilities or service of any public utility, or the methods …

(220 ILCS 5/8-501.5) Sec. 8-501.5. Employees and independent contractors; background checks. (a) Before hiring an employee or independent contractor to perform work involving facilities used for the distribution of natural gas to customers, a public utility shall, in accordance w…

(220 ILCS 5/8-502) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-502) Sec. 8-502. Whenever the Commission, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, shall find that public convenience and necessity require the use by one public utility of the conduits, subways, wires, poles, pipes o…

(220 ILCS 5/8-503) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-503) Sec. 8-503. Whenever the Commission, after a hearing, shall find that additions, extensions, repairs or improvements to, or changes in, the existing plant, equipment, apparatus, facilities or other physical property of any public …

(220 ILCS 5/8-504) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-504) Sec. 8-504. The Commission is authorized to make rules and regulations concerning the conditions to be contained in and become a part of contracts for public utility services, and any and all services concerning the same, or conne…

(220 ILCS 5/8-505) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-505) Sec. 8-505. The Commission shall have power, after a hearing or without a hearing as provided in this Section and upon its own motion, or upon complaint, by general or special orders, rules or regulations, or otherwise, to require…

(220 ILCS 5/8-505.1) Sec. 8-505.1. Non-emergency vegetation management activities. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), and (d), in conducting its non-emergency vegetation management activities, an electric public utility shall: (1) Follow the most current tree care an…

(220 ILCS 5/8-505.5) Sec. 8-505.5. Work on natural gas regulator or manometer. The Commission shall require, under such rules as it may prescribe, a public utility that is performing work on a natural gas regulator or manometer containing mercury that is used to provide natural g…

(220 ILCS 5/8-506) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-506) Sec. 8-506. Whenever the Commission, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, shall determine that public convenience and necessity require a physical connection for the establishment of a continuous line of comm…

(220 ILCS 5/8-507) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-507) Sec. 8-507. Every public utility shall file with the Commission, under such rules and regulations as the Commission may prescribe, a report of every accident occurring to or on its plant, equipment, or other property of such a nat…

(220 ILCS 5/8-508) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-508) Sec. 8-508. No public utility shall abandon or discontinue any service or, in the case of an electric utility, make any modification as herein defined, without first having secured the approval of the Commission, except in case of…

(220 ILCS 5/8-508.1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-508.1) Sec. 8-508.1. (a) As used in this Section: (1) "Decommissioning" means the series of activities undertaken at the time a nuclear power plant is permanently retired from service to ensure that the final entombment, decontaminat…

(220 ILCS 5/8-509) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-509) Sec. 8-509. When necessary for the construction of any alterations, additions, extensions or improvements ordered or authorized under Section 8-406.1 or 8-503 of this Act, any public utility may enter upon, take or damage private …

(220 ILCS 5/8-509.5) Sec. 8-509.5. 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.…

(220 ILCS 5/8-510) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-510) Sec. 8-510. Land surveys and land use studies. For the purpose of making land surveys and land use studies, any public utility that has been granted a certificate of public convenience and necessity by, or received an order under …

(220 ILCS 5/8-512) Sec. 8-512. Renewable energy access plan. (a) It is the policy of this State to promote cost-effective transmission system development that ensures reliability of the electric transmission system, lowers carbon emissions, minimizes long-term costs for consumers…

(220 ILCS 5/8-513) Sec. 8-513. Thermal Energy Network Pilot Program. (a) The Commission shall coordinate with the Illinois Finance Authority, in its role as Climate Bank for the State, to leverage any available federal funding to support thermal energy network pilot projects thro…

(220 ILCS 30/9) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 409) Sec. 9. (a) Any customer receiving service from any electric supplier, which is not subject to the Public Utilities Act, who contends that he is not receiving adequate service from that supplier, or who contends that he is being discri…

(220 ILCS 50/9) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1609) Sec. 9. Negligence. (a) When it is shown by competent evidence in any action for damages to facilities that such damages resulted from excavation or demolition and that the excavator engaged in such excavation or demolition failed to …

(220 ILCS 35/9) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1009) Sec. 9. Effective date. This Act shall take effect upon its becoming law and shall apply to all utility deposits collected from small businesses after the effective date of this Act. (Source: P.A. 83-1343.)

(220 ILCS 40/9) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1209) Sec. 9. Duties Nontransferable. The power, duties, responsibilities and privileges conferred or imposed upon the Small Business Utility Advocate by this Act may not be transferred. (Source: P.A. 84-686.)

(220 ILCS 20/9) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 559) Sec. 9. The Commission shall prepare and file with the Secretary of Transportation the initial and annual certification and report required by 49 U.S.C. 60105(a). (Source: P.A. 100-1172, eff. 1-4-19.)

(220 ILCS 10/9) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 909) Sec. 9. Mailing procedure. (1) As used in this Section: (a) "Enclosure" means a card, leaflet, envelope or combination thereof furnished by the corporation under this Section. (b) "Mailing" means any communication by a State agency, ot…

(220 ILCS 55/9) (from Ch. 134, par. 10) Sec. 9. Any person who, for the purpose of inciting or aiding rebellion, riot or insurrection in this state against the government or laws of this state or of the United States, or a hostile invasion of this state, shall transmit or cause t…

(220 ILCS 5/9-101) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 9-101) Sec. 9-101. All rates or other charges made, demanded or received by any product or commodity furnished or to be furnished or for any service rendered or to be rendered shall be just and reasonable. Every unjust or unreasonable ch…

(220 ILCS 5/9-102) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 9-102) Sec. 9-102. Every public utility shall file with the Commission and shall print and keep open to public inspection schedules showing all rates and other charges, and classifications, which are in force at the time for any product …

(220 ILCS 5/9-102.1) Sec. 9-102.1. Negotiated rates. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other Section of Article IX of this Act, the Commission may approve one or more rate schedules filed by a public utility that enable the public utility to provide service to c…

(220 ILCS 5/9-103) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 9-103) Sec. 9-103. Posting of rate schedules. Subject to such rules and regulations as the Commission may prescribe, the schedules referred to in Section 9-102 shall be posted or kept on file in every office of a public utility where the…

(220 ILCS 5/9-104) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 9-104) Sec. 9-104. No public utility shall undertake to perform any service or to furnish any product or commodity unless or until the rates and other charges and classifications, rules and regulations relating thereto, applicable to suc…

(220 ILCS 5/9-107) Sec. 9-107. Revenue balancing adjustments. (a) In this Section: "Reconciliation period" means a period beginning with the January monthly billing period and extending through the December monthly billing period. "Rate case reconciliation revenue requirement" me…

(220 ILCS 5/9-201) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 9-201) Sec. 9-201. (a) Unless the Commission otherwise orders, and except as otherwise provided in this Section, no change shall be made by any public utility in any rate or other charge or classification, or in any rule, regulation, pra…

(220 ILCS 5/9-201.5) Sec. 9-201.5. Decommissioning nuclear power plants; rates. (a) The Commission may after hearing, in a rate case or otherwise, authorize the institution of rate provisions or tariffs that increase or decrease charges to customers to reflect changes in, or addi…

(220 ILCS 5/9-202) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 9-202) Sec. 9-202. (a) Whenever the Commission is of the opinion and so finds after an examination of any report or reports, annual or otherwise, filed with the Commission by any public utility, together with any other facts or informati…

(220 ILCS 5/9-210) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 9-210) Sec. 9-210. The Commission shall have power to ascertain the value of the property of every public utility in this State and every fact which in its judgment may or does have any bearing on such value. In all proceedings before th…

(220 ILCS 5/9-210.5) (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 1, 2028) Sec. 9-210.5. Valuation of water and sewer utilities. (a) In this Section: "Disinterested" means that the person directly involved (1) is not a director, officer, or an employee of the large public utility or…

(220 ILCS 5/9-210.6) Sec. 9-210.6. Continuation of Section 9-210.5 of this Act; validation. (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that: (1) Public Act 100-751, which took effect on August 10, 2018, contained provisions that would have changed the repeal date for Section 9-2…

(220 ILCS 5/9-211) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 9-211) Sec. 9-211. The Commission, in any determination of rates or charges, shall include in a utility's rate base only the value of such investment which is both prudently incurred and used and useful in providing service to public uti…

(220 ILCS 5/9-211.7) Sec. 9-211.7. Financial assistance; water and sewer utilities. (a) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a water or sewer utility subject to the jurisdiction of t…

(220 ILCS 5/9-212) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 9-212) Sec. 9-212. No new electric utility generating plant or gas production facility, or significant addition to existing facilities or plant, shall be included in a utility's rate base unless and until the utility proves, and the Comm…

(220 ILCS 5/9-213) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 9-213) Sec. 9-213. The cost of new electric utility generating plants and significant additions to electric utility generating plants shall not be included in the rate base of any utility unless such cost is reasonable. Prior to includin…

(220 ILCS 5/9-214) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 9-214) Sec. 9-214. (a) As used in this Section: (1) "CWIP" means those assets which are recorded as construction work in progress on a public utility's books of accounts maintained in accordance with the applicable regulations and orders…

(220 ILCS 5/9-215) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 9-215) Sec. 9-215. The Commission shall have power to consider, on a case by case basis, the status of a utility's capacity and to determine whether or not such utility's capacity is in excess of that reasonably necessary to provide adeq…