220 ILCS 5/13-504
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIII - Telecommunications

 (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-504)(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2026)Sec. 13-504. Application of ratemaking provisions of Article IX.(a) Except where the context clearly renders such provisions  inapplicable, the ratemaking provisions of Article IX of this Act relating  to public utilities are fully and equally applicable to the rates, charges,  tariffs and classifications for the offer or provision of noncompetitive  telecommunications services. However, the ratemaking provisions do not apply to  any proposed change in rates or charges, any proposed change in any  classification or tariff resulting in a change in rates or charges, or the  establishment of new services and rates therefor for  a noncompetitive local exchange telecommunications service offered or provided  by a local exchange telecommunications carrier with no more than 35,000  subscriber access lines. Proposed changes in rates, charges,  classifications, or tariffs meeting these criteria shall be permitted upon  the filing of the proposed tariff and 30 days notice to the Commission and  all potentially affected customers.  The proposed changes shall not be  subject to suspension. The Commission shall investigate whether any proposed  change is just and reasonable only if a telecommunications  carrier that is  a customer of the local exchange telecommunications carrier or 10% of the potentially affected access line subscribers of the  local exchange telecommunications carrier shall file a petition or  complaint requesting an investigation of the proposed  changes.  When the  telecommunications carrier or 10% of the  potentially  affected access line subscribers of a local exchange telecommunications  carrier file a complaint, the Commission shall, after notice and hearing,  have the power and duty to establish the rates, charges, classifications,  or tariffs it finds to be just and reasonable.(b) Subsection (c) of Section 13-502 and Sections 13-505.1, 13-505.4,  13-505.6, and 13-507 of this Article do not  apply to rates or charges or proposed changes in rates or charges for  applicable competitive or interexchange services when offered or provided  by a local exchange telecommunications carrier with no more than 35,000  subscriber access lines.  In addition, Sections 13-514, 13-515, and 13-516 do  not apply to telecommunications carriers with no more than 35,000 subscriber  access  lines.  The Commission may require telecommunications  carriers with no more than 35,000 subscriber access lines to  furnish  information that the Commission deems necessary for a determination that  rates and charges for any competitive telecommunications service are  just and reasonable.(c) For a local exchange telecommunications carrier with no more than  35,000 access lines, the Commission shall consider and adjust,  as  appropriate, a local exchange telecommunications carrier's depreciation  rates only in ratemaking proceedings.(d) Article VI and Sections 7-101 and 7-102 of Article VII of this Act  pertaining to public utilities, public utility rates and services, and the  regulation thereof are not applicable to local exchange telecommunication  carriers with no more than 35,000 subscriber access lines.  (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)