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220 ILCS 5/16-105.6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XVI - Electric Service Customer Choice And Rate Relief Law Of 1997

Sec. 16-105.6. Amortization of charges or credits.(a)  It is in the public interest to mitigate the customer bill impacts of large expenses incurred by electric utilities by directing that expenses exceeding the applicable threshold specified in this Section be amortized over the prescribed period.  Such amortization will levelize customer bill impacts and, in many instances, better align the period of cost recovery with the period over which customers receive the benefit of the expenditure.  Accordingly, an electric utility that files a general rate increase under Section 9-201 of this Act or a Multi-Year Rate Plan under Section 16-108.18 of this Act shall amortize, over a 5-year period, each charge or credit that exceeds the applicable amount identified in subsection (b) of this Section and that relates to (1) a workforce reduction program's severance costs; (2) changes in accounting rules;  (3) changes in law;  (4) compliance with any Commission-initiated audit;  and (5) a single storm or weather system, or other similar expense.Any unamortized balance shall be reflected in rate base.In this Section, "changes in law" includes any enactment, repeal, or amendment in a law, ordinance, rule, regulation, interpretation, permit, license, consent, or order, including those relating to taxes, accounting, or environmental matters, or in the interpretation or application thereof by any governmental authority occurring after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.Nothing in this Section is intended to prohibit the Commission from reviewing the prudence and reasonableness of the costs amortized pursuant to this Section.(b) An electric utility that serves more than 3,000,000 customers in the State shall amortize the full amount of each charge or credit described in subsection (a) of this Section that exceeds $10,000,000 in the applicable calendar year, and an electric utility that serves less than 3,000,000 customers in the State shall amortize the full amount of each such charge or credit that exceeds $3,700,000 in the applicable calendar year.   (Source: P.A. 102-662, eff. 9-15-21.)
220 ILCS 5/16-106
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XVI - Electric Service Customer Choice And Rate Relief Law Of 1997

Sec. 16-106.     Billing experiments.     During the mandatory  transition period, an electric utility may at its discretion  conduct one or more experiments for the provision or billing  of services on a consolidated or aggregated basis, for the  provision of real-time pricing, or other billing or pricing  experiments, and may include experimental programs offered to  groups of retail customers possessing common attributes as  defined by the electric utility, such as the members of an  organization that was established to serve a well-defined  industry group, companies having multiple sites, or closely located or  affiliated buildings, provided that such groups  exist for a purpose other than obtaining energy services and  have been in existence for at least 10 years.  The offering of  such a program by an electric utility to retail customers  participating in the program, and the participation by those  customers in the program, shall not create any right in any  other retail customer or group of customers to participate in  the same or a similar program.  The Commission shall allow  such experiments to go into effect upon the filing by the  electric utility of a statement describing the program.  Nothing contained in this Section shall be deemed to prohibit  the electric utility from offering, or the Commission from  approving, experimental rates, tariffs and services in  addition to those allowed under this Section.  The Commission shall review and  report annually the progress, participation and effects of such experiments to  the General Assembly.  Based upon its review, recommendations for modification  of such experiments may be made by the Commission to the Illinois General  Assembly.    (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)
220 ILCS 5/16-108.11
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XVI - Electric Service Customer Choice And Rate Relief Law Of 1997

Sec. 16-108.11. Employment opportunities. To the extent feasible and consistent with State and federal law, the procurement of contracted labor, materials, and supplies by electric utilities in connection with the offering of delivery services under Article XVI of this Act should provide employment opportunities for all segments of the population and workforce, including minority-owned and female-owned business enterprises, and shall not, consistent with State and federal law, discriminate based on race or socioeconomic status.  (Source: P.A. 99-906, eff. 6-1-17.)
220 ILCS 5/16-108.19
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XVI - Electric Service Customer Choice And Rate Relief Law Of 1997

Sec. 16-108.19. Division of Integrated Distribution Planning.(a) The Commission shall establish the Division of Integrated Distribution Planning within the Bureau of Public Utilities. The Division shall be staffed by no less than 13 professionals, including engineers, rate analysts, accountants, policy analysts, utility research and analysis analysts, cybersecurity analysts, informational technology specialists, and lawyers to review and evaluate Integrated Grid Plans, updates to Integrated Grid Plans, audits, and other duties as assigned by the Chief of the Public Utilities Bureau.(b) The Division of Integrated Distribution Planning shall be established by January 1, 2022.   (Source: P.A. 102-662, eff. 9-15-21.)
220 ILCS 5/16-108.20
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XVI - Electric Service Customer Choice And Rate Relief Law Of 1997

Sec. 16-108.20. Cost-effectiveness incentive.(a)  The General Assembly finds that it is critical to maintain this focus on utility bill affordability as the State transitions to a clean energy economy.  The General Assembly accordingly finds that it may be in the public interest to incentivize electric utilities to reduce spending where practicable and where such reduction will not have an adverse impact on the State's clean energy goals; this Act's overarching objectives of efficiency, environmental quality, reliability, and equity; or the utility's achievement on its metrics.(b)  In addition to the performance metrics established and approved by the Commission pursuant to Section 16-108.18 of this Act, the Commission may also determine whether each electric utility that serves more than 500,000 retail customers in the State may also be subject to a performance metric that incentivizes the utility to make cost-effective choices and stretch to achieve cost savings for public utility customers where it can do so without adverse impact (on efficiency, environmental quality, reliability or equity).(c) The Commission shall initiate a docket on the subject of cost-effective shared savings, and shall make a determination if it would be in the public interest and the best interest of electric utility customers to establish a performance metric that incentivizes utilities to reduce their costs while meeting all other performance metrics and addressing state goals as found in this Act.(d) At the conclusion of the docket, if the Commission determines that such an incentive is in the best interest of consumers, the Commission shall have the authority to set a specific metric as part of the performance metric process pursuant to Section 16-108.18. Such metric shall include a determination of the percentage of the shared savings to be returned to the customers and to the utility. Such percentage shall be set so as to incentivize the utility to make savings, while providing substantial benefits to consumers.   (Source: P.A. 102-662, eff. 9-15-21.)
220 ILCS 5/16-108.21
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XVI - Electric Service Customer Choice And Rate Relief Law Of 1997

Sec. 16-108.21. Accelerated repayment of excess deferred income tax.(a) The General Assembly finds:(1) That a portion of each utility's compensation     from ratepayers is attributable to reimbursement for federal taxes paid by the utility.(2) Due to the enactment of the 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs     Act, the federal income tax rate for corporations was lowered, resulting in excess deferred income tax for distribution utilities in the State that serve more than 100,000 customers.(3) In proceedings before the Commission, it was     determined that the repayment period to ratepayers by the utilities which serve more than 100,000 customers in this State for this excess deferred income tax would be 39.5 years.(4) The COVID-19 pandemic has harmed many customers     of all rate classes in the State, and resulted in the Commission adopting a number of measures to provide relief for customers.(5) It would be in the interest of the State for the     repayment of the excess deferred income tax referenced in Commission Dockets 19-0436, 19-0387, 20-0381, and 20-0393 to be paid back to ratepayers on a timetable greatly accelerated from that set forth in the dockets.(b) Notwithstanding the Commission Orders in Dockets 19-0436, 19-0387, 20-0381, and 20-0382, the excess deferred income tax referenced in those dockets shall be fully refunded to ratepayers by the respective utilities no later than December 31, 2025.(c) The Commission shall initiate a docket to provide for the refunding of these excess deferred income taxes to ratepayers of the utilities referenced in those dockets, and shall set forth any necessary provisions to accomplish the reimbursement on the schedule delineated in subsection (b).  (Source: P.A. 102-662, eff. 9-15-21.)
220 ILCS 5/16-108.25
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XVI - Electric Service Customer Choice And Rate Relief Law Of 1997

Sec. 16-108.25. Tariff regarding transition in rates. Each electric utility that files a Multi-Year Rate Plan pursuant to Section 16-108.18 of this Act or a general rate case as described in this Act shall also file a tariff that sets forth the processes and procedures by which the electric utility will transition from its current rates and ratemaking mechanism to the new Multi-Year Rate Plan or a general rate case and rates that will take effect under that multi-year plan. The proposed tariff shall be consistent with the tariff approved by the Commission in Docket No. 20-0426 and covers the period until the new delivery rates are effective and all required processes and procedures described in the tariff have been completed.Each electric utility subject to this Section shall file its proposed tariff no later than 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, and the Commission shall enter its order approving the tariff no later than 120 days after it was filed if the Commission finds that the proposed tariff is consistent with the tariff previously approved in Docket No. 20-0426 for the period until the new delivery rates are effective and all required processes and procedures described in the tariff have been completed.  If the Commission does not so find, then the Commission shall approve the utility's tariff with those modifications that are required to make the proposed tariff consistent with the tariff approved in Docket 20-0426 until the new delivery rates are effective and all required processes and procedures described in the tariff have been completed.An electric utility that has a tariff in effect on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly that provides for the transition from its current rates and ratemaking mechanism to new base rates approved pursuant to Article IX of this Act, shall file a compliance tariff modifying its existing tariff to comply with the provisions of this Section. The compliance tariff shall go into effect on 45 days' notice.   (Source: P.A. 102-662, eff. 9-15-21.)
220 ILCS 5/16-109
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XVI - Electric Service Customer Choice And Rate Relief Law Of 1997

Sec. 16-109.         Unbundling of delivery services; Commission  review.  The General Assembly finds that the offering of delivery  services will, and is intended to, facilitate the development  of competition for generation services, and that competition  may develop for other services currently offered on a tariffed  basis by the electric utility.  The Commission shall open a  proceeding to investigate the need for and desirability of  different or additional unbundling of delivery services for  some or all electric utilities 3 years from the date that  a tariff for delivery services is first approved or allowed  into effect pursuant to this Section.  The Commission shall  open an additional proceeding to again investigate the need  for and desirability of different or additional unbundling of  delivery services for some or all electric utilities, 3  years after the entry of its final order in the first  investigation proceeding.  The Commission shall issue its  final order in each investigation proceeding no later than 6  months after the proceeding is initiated.  In each such  proceeding the Commission shall consider, at a minimum, the  effect of additional unbundling on (i) the objective of just  and reasonable rates, (ii) electric utility employees, and  (iii) the development of competitive markets for electric  energy services in Illinois.  Specific changes to the delivery  services tariffs of individual electric utilities to implement  findings and directives stated in an order in an investigation  proceeding initiated under this Section shall be addressed  through individual electric utility tariff filings.  The Commission may also, in accordance with Section 16-108, upon complaint or  upon its own initiative without complaint, upon reasonable notice, enter upon a  hearing concerning the need and desirability of requiring additional or other  unbundling of delivery services offered by electric utilities.    (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)
220 ILCS 5/16-109A
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XVI - Electric Service Customer Choice And Rate Relief Law Of 1997

Sec. 16-109A.         Unbundling of prices for tariffed services; Commission  investigation.  In addition to the unbundling authorized under Sections 16-108  and 16-109, the Commission shall have the authority to investigate the need  for, and to require, the restructuring or unbundling of prices for tariffed  services, other than delivery services, offered by an electric utility;  provided, however, that the Commission shall not enter an order requiring the  restructuring or unbundling of prices for any such tariffed services for a  customer class of an electric utility prior to the date that the class first  becomes eligible for delivery services pursuant to Section 16-104.    (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)
220 ILCS 5/16-111.3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XVI - Electric Service Customer Choice And Rate Relief Law Of 1997

Sec. 16-111.3.     Transition period earnings calculations.     At such time as  the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ceases to include the  monthly average yields of 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds in its weekly H.15  Statistical Release or successor publication, the Monthly Treasury Long-Term  Average Rates (25 years and above) published by the Board of Governors of the  Federal Reserve System in its weekly H.15 Statistical Release or successor  publication shall instead be used to establish a rate for the purpose of  calculating the Index defined in subsection (e) of Section 16-111 of this Act,  and at such time, such Monthly Treasury Long-Term Average Rates (25 years and  above) shall also be used in place of the monthly average yields of 30-year  U.S. Treasury bonds in the rate of return calculation required by subsection  (d) of Section 16-111.  An electric utility shall also remove the effects, if  any, of any impairment due to the application of Statement of Financial  Accounting Standards No. 142,  which was issued in June 2001, when making the calculations required by this  Section or by subsections (d) and (e) of Section 16-111.    (Source: P.A. 92-537, eff. 6-6-02.)
220 ILCS 5/16-111.6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XVI - Electric Service Customer Choice And Rate Relief Law Of 1997

Sec. 16-111.6. Termination of utility service to electric space-heating customers. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any other law to the contrary, a public utility that, on December 31, 2005, served more than 100,000 electric customers in Illinois may not, prior to September 1, 2007, terminate electric service to a residential electric space-heating customer for non-payment. For 2007 and every year thereafter, such an electric utility shall not terminate electric service to a residential space-heating customer for non-payment from December 1 through March 31.  (Source: P.A. 95-481, eff. 8-28-07.)
220 ILCS 5/16-111.9
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XVI - Electric Service Customer Choice And Rate Relief Law Of 1997

Sec. 16-111.9. Rate relief; electricity suppliers. On and after August 14, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-533), any electric utility providing rate relief pursuant to Section 16-111.5A of this Act shall not deem any residential or non-residential customer to be ineligible to receive that relief solely based upon that customer's purchase of electricity from a supplier other than that electric utility at the time the rate relief is to be credited to that customer. Nothing in this Section shall entitle customers of an electric utility that had been previously deemed ineligible prior to August 14, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-533) to become eligible for rate relief credits.  (Source: P.A. 96-533, eff. 8-14-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
220 ILCS 5/16-115E
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XVI - Electric Service Customer Choice And Rate Relief Law Of 1997

Sec. 16-115E. Alternative retail electric supplier utility assistance recipient.(a) Beginning January 1, 2020, an alternative retail electric supplier shall not knowingly submit an enrollment to change a customer's electric supplier if the electric utility's records indicate that the customer either received financial assistance in the previous 12 months from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program or, at the time of enrollment is participating in  the Percentage of Income Payment Plan, unless (1) the customer's change in electric supplier is pursuant to a government aggregation program adopted in accordance with Section 1-92 of the Illinois Power Agency Act, or (2) the customer's change in electric supplier is pursuant to a Commission-approved savings guarantee plan as described in subsection (b).(b) Beginning January 1, 2020, an alternative retail electric 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 retail electric supplier's application to offer a savings guarantee plan. At a minimum, the savings guarantee plan shall charge customers for electric supply at an amount that is less than the amount charged by the electric utility.(c) An agreement entered into between an alternative retail electric supplier and a customer in violation of this Section is void and unenforceable. Before the electric utility executes a change in a customer's electric supplier, other than a change pursuant to a government aggregation program adopted in accordance with Section 1-92 of the Illinois Power Agency Act or a Commission-approved savings guarantee plan as described in subsection (b), the electric utility shall confirm at the time of the request whether its records indicate that the customer either has received financial assistance from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program in 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 electric 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 5/16-116
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XVI - Electric Service Customer Choice And Rate Relief Law Of 1997

Sec. 16-116. Commission oversight of electric utilities serving retail  customers  outside their service areas or providing  competitive, non-tariffed services.(a) An electric utility that has a tariff on file for  delivery services may, without regard to any otherwise  applicable tariffs on file, provide electric power and energy  to one or more retail customers located outside its service  area, but only to the extent (i) such retail customer (A) is  eligible for delivery services under any delivery services  tariff filed with the Commission by the electric utility in  whose service area the retail customer is located and (B) has  either elected to take such delivery services or has paid or  contracted to pay the charges specified in Sections 16-108 and  16-114, or (ii) if such retail customer is served by a  municipal system or electric cooperative, the customer is  eligible for delivery services under the terms and conditions  for such service established by the municipal system or  electric cooperative serving that customer.(b) An electric utility may offer any competitive  service to any customer or group of customers without filing  contracts with or seeking approval of the Commission, notwithstanding any rule  or regulation that would require such  approval.  The Commission shall not increase or decrease the  prices, and may not alter or add to the terms and conditions  for the utility's competitive services, from those agreed to by the electric  utility and the customer or customers.  Non-tariffed, competitive services  shall  not be subject to the provisions of the Electric Supplier Act or to Articles V,  VII, VIII or  IX of the Act, except to the extent that any provisions of  such Articles are made applicable to alternative retail  electric suppliers pursuant to Sections 16-115 and 16-115A, but shall be  subject to the provisions of subsections (b) through (g) of Section 16-115A,  and Section 16-115B to the same extent such provisions are applicable to the  services provided by alternative retail electric suppliers.(c) Electric utilities serving retail customers outside their service areas shall be subject to the requirements of paragraph (5) of subsection (d) of Section 16-115 of the Public Utilities Act, except that the numerators referred to in that subsection (d) shall be the utility's retail market sales of electricity (expressed in kilowatthours sold) in the State outside of the utility's service territory in the prior month. (Source: P.A. 95-1027, eff. 6-1-09.)