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220 ILCS 5/18-108
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XVIII - Electric Utility Transitional Funding Law

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 transaction approved in a transitional  funding order, shall be treated as an absolute transfer of all  of the transferor's right, title and interest in, to and under  such intangible transition property or grantee instruments  which places such transferred property beyond the reach of the  transferor or its creditors, as in a true sale, and not as a  pledge or other financing, of such intangible transition  property or grantee instruments, as the case may be; provided,  however, that whether or not such transfer is deemed to be a  sale for federal tax purposes shall be governed by applicable  law without regard to this Section 18-108.  The characterization of any such  transfer as an absolute transfer and the corresponding characterization of the  transferee's property interest  shall not be defeated or adversely affected by, among other things:  (i)  the  commingling of revenues arising with respect to intangible  transition property or grantee instruments, as the case may  be, with funds of the electric utility or other funds of the  assignee, issuer or grantee; (ii) granting to holders of  transitional funding instruments a preferred right to the  intangible transition property, whether direct or indirect; (iii)  the provision by the electric utility, grantee, assignee, or issuer of any  recourse,  collateral or credit enhancement with respect to transitional  funding instruments or grantee instruments, as the case may be;  (iv) the retention by the assigning party of a partial interest in any  intangible  transition property, whether direct or indirect, or whether subordinate or  otherwise; or (v) the electric utility's responsibilities for collecting  instrument funding charges and any retention of bare legal title for the  purpose of such collection activities;  provided, however, that  nothing in this Section 18-108 is intended to preclude  consideration of such provisions in determining whether or not  such transfer is deemed to be a sale for federal tax purposes  under other applicable law.  A sale, assignment, or other  transfer of intangible transition property or grantee  instruments, as the case may be, shall be deemed perfected as  against third persons, including any judicial lien creditors,  when all of the following have taken place:(1) The Commission has issued the transitional     funding order creating the intangible transition property; and(2) A sale, assignment or transfer of the intangible     transition property or grantee instruments, as the case may be, has been executed and delivered in writing by the electric utility.   (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)
220 ILCS 5/18-109
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XVIII - Electric Utility Transitional Funding Law

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 hereby to bring action  against a retail customer or other person for nonpayment of  any instrument funding charges constituting a part of the  intangible transition property then held by such electric  utility, issuer, assignee, grantee or holder.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any such action shall be  subject to any and all applicable consumer credit protection laws and other  laws relating to origination, collection and reporting of consumer credit  obligations.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or  other law, the Commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction  over any dispute arising out of the obligations to impose and  collect instrument funding charges of an electric utility, its  successor or any other entity which provides electric power or  energy or delivery services to a person from whom the electric  utility is authorized to recover transition charges under  Section 16-108.  Nothing in this Section shall prevent  holders from bringing any suit in any court or from exercising  any other legal or equitable remedy against an electric  utility for failure to distribute collections of instrument  funding charges from retail customers, classes of retail  customers or other persons or from bringing suit against an  electric utility for damages arising from any failure by such  electric utility to perform the contractual obligations agreed  to by it under any documents pertaining to or executed in  connection with the transitional funding instruments issued by  or on behalf of such electric utility.    (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)
220 ILCS 5/18-110
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XVIII - Electric Utility Transitional Funding Law

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, income,  transfers, gains, receipts or similar taxes.(b) Any transfer of intangible transition property and  grantee instruments, if any, shall be treated as a pledge or  other financing for State tax purposes, including State and  local income and franchise taxes, unless the documents  governing such transfer specifically state that the transfer  is intended to be treated otherwise.    (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)
220 ILCS 5/18-111
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XVIII - Electric Utility Transitional Funding Law

(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 XVIII:(1) The Commission shall be prohibited from issuing any transitional funding  order prior to January 1, 1998, and no electric utility shall issue any  transitional funding instrument  or  grantee instrument, prior to August 1, 1998, or after December 31, 2004.(2) The Commission shall be authorized to include in any transitional  funding order an expiration date after which date the electric utility shall no  longer be authorized to issue transitional funding instruments or grantee  instruments pursuant to such order, provided, that any such expiration date  specified in a transitional funding order shall be no earlier than 24 months  following the date of issuance of the relevant transitional funding order.(3) No electric utility shall be allowed to increase its rates for tariffed  services, including delivery charges, or its transition charges, above the  level or levels which would have been allowed in accordance with this Act if  the electric utility were not authorized to impose and collect instrument  funding charges.(4) Any transitional funding order issued by the Commission shall set forth,  based on the information set forth in the electric utility's application, the  procedures to be followed by the electric utility for assuring that proceeds  from the issuance of the transitional funding instruments or grantee  instruments  authorized by such order are applied in accordance with the terms of the order.   Any use by an electric utility of the proceeds from issuance of transitional  funding instruments or grantee instruments other than in accordance with the  purposes specified in the relevant transitional funding order of the  Commission, pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 18-103, shall be void.    (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)
220 ILCS 5/Art. XIX heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIX - Alternative Gas Supplier Law

 ARTICLE XIX.      ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIER LAW
220 ILCS 5/19-100
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIX - Alternative Gas Supplier Law

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 5/19-112
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIX - Alternative Gas Supplier Law

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 abilities that the alternative gas supplier must demonstrate, the Commission shall consider, in addition to the requirements in Section 19-110(e)(1), the following:(1) complaints to the Commission by consumers     regarding the alternative gas supplier, including those that reflect on the alternative gas supplier's ability to properly manage solicitation and authorization; and(2) the alternative gas supplier's involvement in the     Commission's consumer complaint process, including the resources the alternative gas supplier dedicates to the process and the alternative gas supplier's ability to manage the issues raised by complaints, and the resolutions of the complaints.(b) 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 services to residential or small commercial customers, unless otherwise noted.   (Source: P.A. 95-1051, eff. 4-10-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
220 ILCS 5/19-116
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIX - Alternative Gas Supplier Law

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 customer received financial assistance in the previous 12 months from either the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program or, at the time of enrollment is participating in the Percentage of Income Payment Plan, unless the customer's change in gas supplier is pursuant to a Commission-approved savings guarantee plan as described in subsection (b).(b) Beginning January 1, 2020, an alternative gas supplier may apply to the Commission to offer a savings guarantee plan to recipients of Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program funding or Percentage of Income Payment Plan funding. The Commission shall initiate a public, docketed proceeding to consider whether or not to approve an alternative gas supplier's application to offer a savings guarantee plan. At a minimum, the savings guarantee plan shall charge customers for natural gas supply at an amount that is less than the amount charged by the gas utility.(c) An agreement entered into between an alternative gas supplier and a customer in violation of this Section is void and unenforceable. Before the gas utility executes a change in a customer's natural gas supplier, other than a change pursuant to a Commission-approved savings guarantee plan as described in subsection (b), the gas utility shall confirm at the time of the request whether its records indicate that the customer has either received financial assistance from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program within the previous 12 months, or, at the time of enrollment is participating in the Percentage of Income Payment Plan; and if so, shall reject such change request. Absent willful or wanton misconduct, no gas utility shall be held liable for any error in acting or failing to act pursuant to this Section.   (Source: P.A. 101-590, eff. 1-1-20.)
220 ILCS 5/19-130
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIX - Alternative Gas Supplier Law

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 conditions in Illinois, identify barriers to retail competition for all customer classes, and actively explore and propose to the Commission and to the General Assembly solutions to overcome identified barriers. Solutions proposed by the Office to promote retail competition must also promote safe, reliable, and affordable natural gas service.On or before October 31 of each year, the Director shall submit a report to the Commission, the General Assembly, and the Governor, that includes, at a minimum, the following  information:(1) an analysis of the status and development of the     retail natural gas market in the State of Illinois; and(2) a discussion of any identified barriers to the     development of competitive retail natural gas markets in Illinois and proposed solutions to overcome identified barriers; and(3) any other information the Office considers     significant in assessing the development of natural gas markets in the State of Illinois.Beginning in 2021, the report shall also include the information submitted to the Commission pursuant to paragraph (6) of subsection (b) of Section 19-115. (Source: P.A. 101-590, eff. 1-1-20; 102-459, eff. 8-20-21.)
220 ILCS 5/19-135
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIX - Alternative Gas Supplier Law

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 alternative gas supplier and the delivery services provided by the gas  utility.  A gas utility shall file a tariff pursuant to Article IX of this Act  that allows alternative gas suppliers to issue single bills to residential and  small commercial customers for both the services provided by the alternative  gas supplier and the delivery services provided by the gas utility to  customers; provided that if a form of single billing is being offered in a gas  utility's service area on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the  92nd General Assembly, that form of single billing shall remain in effect  unless and until otherwise ordered by the Commission.(b) Every alternative gas supplier that issues a single bill for delivery and supply shall include on the single bill issued to a residential customer the current utility gas supply cost rate per therm that would apply to the customer for the billing period if the customer obtained supply from the utility, including all fixed or monthly supply charges and other charges, credits, or rates that are part of the gas supply price.(c) Every gas utility that offers supply choice and provides delivery and alternative gas supply service on a single bill to its residential customers shall include on the bill of each residential customer who purchases supply services from an alternative gas supplier the current utility gas supply cost rate per therm that would apply to the customer for the billing period if the customer obtained supply from the utility, including all fixed or monthly supply charges and other charges, credits, or rates that are part of the gas supply price. (Source: P.A. 101-590, eff. 1-1-20.)
220 ILCS 5/Art. XX heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XX - Retail Electric Competition

 ARTICLE XX.  RETAIL ELECTRIC COMPETITION  (Source: P.A. 94-1095, eff. 2-2-07.)
220 ILCS 5/20-101
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XX - Retail Electric Competition

Sec. 20-101. This Article may be cited as the Retail Electric Competition Act of 2006.  (Source: P.A. 94-1095, eff. 2-2-07.)
220 ILCS 5/20-102
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XX - Retail Electric Competition

Sec. 20-102. Findings and intent.(a) A competitive wholesale electricity market alone will not deliver the full benefits of competition to Illinois consumers.  For Illinois consumers to receive products, prices and terms tailored to meet their needs, a competitive wholesale electricity market must be closely linked to a competitive retail electric market.(b) To date, as a result of the Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997, thousands of large Illinois commercial and industrial consumers have experienced the benefits of a competitive retail electricity market.  Alternative electric retail suppliers actively compete to supply electricity to large Illinois commercial and industrial consumers with attractive prices, terms, and conditions.(c) A competitive retail electric market does not yet exist for residential and small commercial consumers.  As a result, millions of residential and small commercial consumers in Illinois are faced with escalating heating and power bills and  are unable to shop for alternatives to the rates demanded by the State's incumbent  electric utilities.(d)  The General Assembly reiterates its findings from the Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997  that the Illinois Commerce Commission should promote the development of an effectively competitive retail electricity market that operates efficiently and benefits all Illinois consumers.  (Source: P.A. 94-1095, eff. 2-2-07.)
220 ILCS 5/20-105
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XX - Retail Electric Competition

Sec. 20-105. Definitions. In this Article:"Director" means the Director of the Office of Retail     Market Development."Office" means the Office of Retail Market     Development. (Source: P.A. 94-1095, eff. 2-2-07.)
220 ILCS 5/20-110
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XX - Retail Electric Competition

Sec. 20-110. Office of Retail Market Development. Within 90 days after  the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, subject to appropriation, the Commission shall establish an Office of Retail Market Development and  employ on its staff a Director of Retail Market Development to oversee the Office.  The Director shall have authority to employ or otherwise retain at least 2 professionals dedicated to the task of actively seeking out ways to promote retail competition in Illinois to benefit all Illinois consumers.The Office shall actively seek input from all interested parties and shall develop a thorough understanding and critical analyses of the tools and techniques used to promote retail competition in other states.The Office shall monitor existing competitive conditions in Illinois, identify barriers to retail competition for all customer classes, and actively explore and propose to the Commission  and to the General Assembly solutions to overcome identified barriers.  The Director may include municipal aggregation of customers and creating and designing customer choice programs as tools for retail market development. Solutions proposed by the Office to promote retail competition must also promote safe, reliable, and affordable electric service.On or before July 31 of each year, the Director shall submit a report to the Commission, the General Assembly,  and the  Governor, that details specific accomplishments achieved by the Office in the prior 12 months in promoting retail electric competition and that suggests administrative and legislative action necessary to promote further improvements in retail electric competition. On or before July 31, 2021 and each year thereafter, the report shall include the information submitted to the Commission pursuant to paragraph (iii) of subsection (a) of Section 16-115A.   (Source: P.A. 101-590, eff. 1-1-20.)
220 ILCS 5/20-120
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XX - Retail Electric Competition

Sec. 20-120. Residential and small commercial retail electric competition. Within 12 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the Director shall conduct research, gather input from all interested parties and develop and present to the Commission, the General Assembly,  and the  Governor a detailed plan designed to promote, in the most expeditious manner possible, retail electric competition for residential and small commercial electricity consumers while maintaining safe, reliable, and affordable service.  Interested parties shall be given the opportunity to review the plan and provide written comments regarding the plan prior to its submission  to the Commission, the General Assembly,  and the  Governor.  Any written comments received by the Office shall be posted on the Commission's web site.  The final plan submitted to the Commission, the General Assembly,  and the  Governor must  include summaries of any written comments and must  also be posted on the Commission's web site.To the extent the plan calls for Commission action, the Commission shall initiate any proceeding or proceedings called for in the final plan within 60 days after  receipt of  the final plan and complete those proceedings within 11 months after  their initiation.Nothing in this Section shall prevent the Commission from acting earlier to remove identified barriers to retail electric competition for residential and small commercial consumers.  (Source: P.A. 94-1095, eff. 2-2-07.)
220 ILCS 5/Art. XXI heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XXI - Cable and Video Competition

   ARTICLE XXI.  CABLE AND VIDEO COMPETITION  (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
220 ILCS 5/21-100
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XXI - Cable and Video Competition

Sec. 21-100. Short title. This Article may be cited as the Cable and Video Competition Law of 2007.  (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)