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Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.1642 - Account 164.2

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Paragraph D of Account 164.2, Liquefied natural gas stored, the
				  term "Dth" is replaced with "Mcf" to be stated as follows:
"Withdrawals of gas may be priced according to the
				  first-in-first-out, last-in-first-out, or weighted average cost method provided the
				  method adopted by the utility is used consistently from year to year and inventory
				  records are maintained in accordance therewith. Commission approval must be obtained
				  for any other pricing method or for any change in the pricing method adopted by the
				  utility. Separate records shall be maintained for each storage project of the Mcf of
				  gas delivered to storage and remaining in storage."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.1643 - Account 164.3

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Paragraph D of Account 164.3, Liquefied natural gas held for
				  processing, the term "Dth" is replaced with "Mcf" to be stated as follows:
"Withdrawals of gas held for vaporization may be priced according
				  to the first-in-first-out, last-in-first-out or weighted average cost method
				  provided the method adopted by the utility is used consistently from year to year
				  and inventory records are maintained in accordance therewith. Commission approval
				  must be obtained for any other pricing method or for any change from the pricing
				  method adopted by the utility. Separate records shall be maintained for Mcf of gas
				  purchased for processing, processed, and remaining for
				  processing."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.1660 - Account 166

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Account 166, "Advances for gas exploration, development and
				  production," the changes set forth in the remainder of this Section are made.
a) The acronym "FERC" is inserted before the
				phrase "Order No. 529" in Paragraph A, before the phrases "Order No. 499" and "Order
				No. 465" in Paragraph B, and before the phrase "Order No. 513" in Paragraph
				E.
b) In Paragraph J, the word
				"Secretary" is deleted and replaced by the word "Commission."
c) Notes A through G are deleted in their
				entirety.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.1740 - Account 174

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Account 174, Miscellaneous current and accrued assets, delete
				  the "A" designating the first paragraph as Paragraph A and delete Paragraph
				  B.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.2010 - Accounts 201, 202, 203, and 204

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Account 201, Common Stock Issued, Account 202, Common Stock
				  Subscribed, Account 203, Common Stock Liability for Conversion, and Account 204,
				  Preferred Stock Issued, the following changes are adopted:
a) Identify the NOTE as NOTE A.
b) Adopt the following as NOTE B:
"Records with respect to this account shall be maintained so as to
				  identify the amount of discount, including underwriting discounts recorded in this
				  account. The records shall be kept so as to show separately the amount of discount
				  on common stock issuances and preferred issuances. Amounts which have been recovered
				  through rates shall also be identified separately. The details of this account as to
				  amounts of discount on common and preferred stock issuances and amounts recovered
				  through rates shall be disclosed in the annual report to the Commission (ICC Form
				  21). This procedure may be followed for existing common stock expenses which have
				  not been recovered through rates as of December 31, 1993."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.2070 - Account 207

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Account 207, Premium on Capital Stock, add the following as
				  NOTE A:
"Records with respect to this account shall be maintained so as to
				  identify the amount of discount, including underwriting discounts recorded in this
				  account. The records shall be kept so as to show separately the amount of discount
				  on common stock issuances and preferred issuances. Amounts which have been recovered
				  through rates shall also be identified separately. The details of this account as to
				  amounts of discount on common and preferred stock issuances and amounts recovered
				  through rates shall be disclosed in the annual report to the Commission (ICC Form
				  21). This procedure may be followed for existing common stock expenses which have
				  not been recovered through rates as of December 31, 1993."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.2110 - Account 211

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Account 211, Miscellaneous Paid In Capital, delete the word
				  "all" in the last sentence of the first paragraph.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.2140 - Account 214

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Account 214, Capital Stock Expense, add the following to NOTE
				  B:
"The utility may elect to delay amortization of common stock
				  expenses until the Commission determines the recoverability of such expenses through
				  rates. In any case, only those common stock expenses which remain unrecovered
				  through rates shall be recorded in this account. Common stock expenses that have
				  been recovered through rates shall be amortized to Account 211, Miscellaneous
				  Paid-In-Capital. This procedure may be followed for existing capital stock expenses
				  which have not been recovered through rates as of December 31,
				  1993."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.2420 - Account 242

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Account 242, Miscellaneous current and accrued liabilities,
				  delete the "A" designating the first paragraph as Paragraph A and delete Paragraph
				  B.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.3523 - Account 352.3

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Account
				  352.3,
				  Nonrecoverable natural gas, replace Paragraph B with the following language:
"Such nonrecoverable gas shall be priced at the acquisition cost
				  of native gas or, when acquired for storage by purchase or presumed to be supplied
				  from the utility's own production, priced as outlined in Paragraph B of Account 117,
				  Gas stored underground - Noncurrent. After devotion to storage, the cost of the gas
				  shall not be restated to effect subsequent price changes in purchased gas or changes
				  in the cost of gas produced by the utility. When the utility has followed the
				  practice of adjusting nonrecoverable gas to the weighted average cost of gas
				  purchased or supplied from its own production, cost shall be the weighted average
				  cost of such gas at the effective date of this Account."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.4160 - Account 416

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Account 416, "Costs and expenses of merchandising, jobbing and
				  contract work," Note A is deleted and replaced by the following: "NOTE A:
				  Classification between operating and nonoperating functions will depend upon the
				  nature of the revenues, costs and expenses. Refer to Accounts 914 and 915 for
				  operating function classification."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.4390 - Account 439

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Account 439, "Adjustments to retained earnings." The phrase
				  "Director of Accounting of the" is added before "Commission."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.4810 - Account 481

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Paragraph C of Account 481, Commercial and industrial sales,
				  the term "Dth" is replaced with "Mcf" to be stated as follows:
"Records shall be maintained so as to show separately the revenues
				  from commercial and industrial customers, as follows: Large commercial and
				  industrial sales (wherein shall be included the revenues from customers which use
				  large volumes of gas, generally in excess of 200,000 Mcf per year or approximately
				  800 Mcf per day of normal requirements. Reasonable deviations are permissible in
				  order that transfers of customers between the large and small classifications may be
				  minimized). Small commercial and industrial sales (wherein shall be included the
				  revenues from customers which use volumes of gas generally less than 200,000 Mcf per
				  year or less than approximately 800 Mcf per day of normal
				  requirements)."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.4910 - Account 491

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Account 491, Revenues from natural gas processed by others, the
				  language in Paragraph B is restated as follows:
"The records supporting this Account must be maintained so that
				  full information concerning determination of the revenues will be readily available
				  concerning each processor of gas of the utility, including as applicable:
(a) the Mcf of gas and approximately average Btu
				content thereof per cubic foot delivered to such other party for processing,
(b) the Mcf of gas and approximately
				average Btu content thereof per cubic foot of gas received back from the processor,
(c) the field, general production area,
				or other source of the gas processed,
(d) Mcf of gas used for processing fuel, etc.,
				which is chargeable to the utility,
(e)
				total gallons of each product recovered by the processor and the utility's share
				thereof,
(f) the revenues accruing to
				the utility, and
(g) the basis of
				determination of the revenues accruing to the utility. Such records shall be
				maintained even though no revenues are derived from the processor."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.8050 - Account 805

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Account 805, Other gas purchases, delete Paragraphs C and
				  D.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.8060 - Account 806

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Account 806, Exchange gas, restate as follows:
"This Account includes debits or credits for the cost of gas in
				  unbalanced transactions where gas is received from or delivered to another party in
				  exchange transactions and receipt and delivery of such gas is not completed during
				  the accounting period. The costs are to be determined consistent with the accounting
				  method adopted by the utility for its system gas. Contra entries to those in this
				  Account are to be made to Account 174, Miscellaneous current and accrued assets, for
				  gas receivable and to Account 242, Miscellaneous current and accrued liabilities,
				  for gas deliverable under such transactions. Such entries must be reversed and
				  appropriate contra entries made to this Account when gas is received or delivered in
				  satisfaction of the amounts receivable or deliverable."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.8081 - Account 808.1

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Paragraph A of Account 808.1, Gas withdrawn from storage -
				  Debit, restate as follows:
"This Account shall include debits for the cost of gas withdrawn
				  from storage during the year. Contra credits for entries to this Account shall be
				  made to Account 117, Gas stored underground - Noncurrent, or Account 164.2,
				  Liquefied natural gas stored, as appropriate."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.8082 - Account 808.2

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Paragraph A of Account 808.2, Gas delivered to storage -
				  Credit, restate as follows:
"This Account shall include credits for the cost of gas delivered
				  to storage during the year. Contra debits for entries to this Account shall be made
				  to Account 117, Gas stored underground - Noncurrent, or Account 164.2, Liquefied
				  natural gas stored, as appropriate."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.8230 - Account 823

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Account 823, Gas losses, restate as follows:
"This Account shall include the amounts of inventory adjustments
				  representing the cost of gas lost or unaccounted for in underground storage
				  operations due to cumulative inaccuracies of gas measurements or other causes. (See
				  Paragraph G of Account 117, Gas stored underground - Noncurrent.) If, however, any
				  adjustment is substantial, the utility may, with approval of the Commission,
				  amortize the amount of the adjustment to this Account over future operating
				  periods."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.8456 - Account 845.6

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Paragraph B of Account 845.6, Processing of liquefied or
				  vaporized gas by others, the term "Dth" is replaced with "Mcf or Btu" to be stated
				  as follows:
"Records supporting this Account shall be so maintained that there
				  shall be readily available for each agreement: the name of the other party, Mcf or
				  Btu of gas delivered to the other party for processing and the Mcf or Btu of gas
				  received back by the utility after processing, points of delivery to and receipt of
				  gas from the other party, and amount and basis of charges for the processing
				  service."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.8540 - Account 854

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Paragraph B of Account 854, Gas for compressor station fuel,
				  the term "Dth" is replaced with "Mcf" to be stated as follows:
"Records shall be maintained to show the Mcf of gas consumed at
				  each compressor station and the cost of such gas."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.8580 - Account 858

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Paragraph B of Account 858, Transmission and compression of gas
				  by others, the term "Dth" is replaced with "Mcf" to be stated as follows:
"Records supporting this Account shall be so maintained that there
				  shall be readily available for each agreement: name of other party, Mcf of gas
				  delivered to the other party for transmission or compression and the Mcf of gas
				  received back by the utility after transmission or compression, points of delivery
				  to and receipt of gas from other party, and amount and basis of charges for the
				  transmission or compression service."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.9140 - Accounts 914 and 915

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Accounts 914 and 915, which are "Reserved" in 18 CFR 201, are
				  changed to read as set forth in Appendix G, Exhibit A.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Appendix G - Operation and Maintenance Expense Accounts › Exhibit A - Accounts 914 and 915

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
914 Revenues from merchandising, jobbing and contract
					 work.
915 Costs and expenses of merchandising, jobbing and contract
					 work.
A. These accounts shall include
				  respectively all revenues derived from the sale of merchandise and jobbing or
				  contract work and all expenses incurred in such activities.
B. Records in support of these accounts shall be
				  so kept as to permit summarization of revenues, costs and expenses by major
				  items.
ITEMS
Account 914:
1.
				  Revenues from sale of merchandise and from jobbing and contract work.
2. Discounts and allowances made in settlement of
				  bills from merchandise and jobbing work.
Account 915:
Labor:
1. Canvassing
				  and demonstrating appliances in homes and other places for the purpose of selling
				  appliances.
2. Demonstrating and selling
				  activities in sales rooms.
3. Installing
				  appliances on customer premises where such work is done only for purchasers of
				  appliances from the utility.
4.
				  Installing pipe, or other property work on a jobbing or contract basis.
5. Preparing advertising materials for appliance
				  sale purposes.
6. Receiving and handling
				  customer orders for merchandise or for jobbing services.
7. Cleaning and tidying sales rooms.
8. Maintaining display counters and other
				  equipment used in merchandising.
9.
				  Arranging merchandise in sales rooms and decorating display windows.
10. Reconditioning repossessed
				  appliances.
11. Bookkeeping and other
				  clerical work in connection with merchandise and jobbing activities.
12. Supervising merchandising and jobbing
				  operations.
Materials and Expenses:
13. Advertising in newspapers, periodical, radio,
				  television, etc.
14. Cost of merchandise
				  sold and of materials used in jobbing work.
15. Stores expenses on merchandise and jobbing
				  stocks.
16. Fees and expenses of
				  advertising and commercial artists' agencies.
17. Printing booklets, dodgers, and other
				  advertising data.
18. Premiums given as
				  inducement to buy appliances.
19. Light,
				  heat, and power.
20. Rent of sales rooms
				  or of equipment.
21. Transportation
				  expense in delivery and pick-up of appliances by utility's facilities or by
				  others.
22. Stationery and office
				  supplies and expenses.
23. Taxes
				  directly assignable to merchandising and jobbing operations.
24. Losses from uncollectible merchandising and
				  jobbing accounts.
Classification between operating and nonoperating functions
						will depend upon the nature of the revenues, costs and expenses. Refer to Accounts
						415 and 416 for non-operating function
						classification.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 506 - ACCOUNTING FOR NON-PUBLIC UTILITY BUSINESS OF GAS UTILITIES › Section 506.10 - Maintenance of Books and Records and Commission Access

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Gas utilities shall maintain all accounts,
			 irrespective of whether the activity, transaction, or other matter being accounted
			 for constitutes public utility business, in accordance with 83 Ill. Adm. Code 505,
			 Uniform System of Accounts for Gas Utilities.
b) Activities, transactions and other matters
			 pertaining to business other than public utility business shall be recorded in
			 subaccounts of the accounts established in 83 Ill. Adm. Code 505. Allocations of
			 revenues and charges made between the operations of the public utility business and
			 the business other than public utility business shall be made to the principal
			 utility account and to a subaccount created specifically for the non-public utility
			 business. If a gas utility uses a method other than subaccounts to identify revenues
			 and expenses related to certain functions, activities, or projects of the public
			 utility business, it is appropriate for the gas utility to use the same method to
			 identify revenues and expenses related to each non-utility business.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 506 - ACCOUNTING FOR NON-PUBLIC UTILITY BUSINESS OF GAS UTILITIES › Section 506.20 - Cost Allocation Guidelines

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Written
			 guidelines for allocating revenues and charges between the public utility business
			 and the business other than public utility business shall be submitted to the
			 Director of Accounting of the Commission for approval by February 12, 1998 unless
			 the public utility conducts public utility business only or unless the public
			 utility previously has submitted such guidelines.
b) When a public utility that does not conduct any
			 business other than public utility business as of January 13, 1998 begins to conduct
			 such other business after January 13, 1998, the public utility shall submit the
			 guidelines for allocating revenues and charges between the public utility business
			 and such other business prior to the initiation of such other business. These
			 guidelines shall be submitted to the Director of Accounting of the Commission. If
			 the Director of Accounting finds that the cost allocation guidelines provide a
			 subsidy to the non-public utility business, the Director of Accounting will notify
			 the gas utility in writing, and the gas utility will have 45 days to
			 respond.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 506 - ACCOUNTING FOR NON-PUBLIC UTILITY BUSINESS OF GAS UTILITIES › Section 506.30 - Internal Audits

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Public utilities
			 shall conduct biennial internal audits, or internal audits conducted by independent
			 public accountants, of the accounting, for the business other than public utility
			 business. These audits shall test compliance with this Part, with the cost
			 allocation guidelines submitted to the Director of Accounting of the Commission,
			 with any applicable Commission orders, and with 83 Ill. Adm. Code 505. The audits
			 shall include written reports of conclusions and associated workpapers which shall
			 be available to the Commission Staff for review. The audit reports shall be
			 submitted to the Commission's Director of Accounting within 30 days of
			 completion.
b) The first such internal
			 audit report shall be submitted to the Director of Accounting of the Commission on
			 or before December 1, 1998. Succeeding audit reports shall be submitted to the
			 Director of Accounting of the Commission on or before December 1 of each succeeding
			 even numbered year.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 510 - THE PRESERVATION OF RECORDS OF GAS UTILITIES (GENERAL ORDER 187) › Section 510.10 - Scope of This Part

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) This Part applies
			 to all books of account and other records prepared by or on behalf of the public
			 utility. See Item 73 of Appendix A for those records which come into possession of
			 the public utility in connection with the acquisition of property, such as purchase,
			 consolidation, merger, etc.
b) This Part
			 shall not be construed as excusing compliance with any other lawful requirement for
			 the preservation of records for periods longer than those prescribed
			 herein.
c) This Part shall not be
			 construed as requiring the preparation of accounts, records or memoranda not
			 required to be prepared by other Parts, such as the Uniform System of Accounts,
			 prescribed by the Illinois Commerce Commission (83 Ill. Adm. Code 415, 505, 605 and
			 710 - General Orders 179, 180, 183 and 199).
d) Records other than those listed in the annexed
			 Appendix A may be destroyed at the option of the public utility; provided, however,
			 that records which are used in lieu of those listed shall be preserved for the
			 periods prescribed for the records used for substantially similar purposes; and,
			 provided further, that retention of records pertaining to added services, function,
			 plant, etc., the establishment of which cannot be presently foreseen, shall conform
			 to the principles embodied herein.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 510 - THE PRESERVATION OF RECORDS OF GAS UTILITIES (GENERAL ORDER 187) › Section 510.20 - Designation of Supervisory Official

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Each public utility subject to this Part shall designate one or more
				persons with official responsibility to supervise the utility's program for the
				preservation and the authorized destruction of its records.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 510 - THE PRESERVATION OF RECORDS OF GAS UTILITIES (GENERAL ORDER 187) › Section 510.30 - Protection and Storage of Records

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The public utility shall provide reasonable protection for records
				subject to this Part from damage by fires, floods and other hazards; and, in the
				selection of storage spaces, safeguard the records from unnecessary exposure to
				deterioration from excessive humidity, dryness or lack of proper
				ventilation.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 510 - THE PRESERVATION OF RECORDS OF GAS UTILITIES (GENERAL ORDER 187) › Section 510.40 - Index of Records

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
All records which are herein required to be preserved shall be so
				arranged, filed and currently indexed by the utility that they may readily be
				identified and made available to representatives of the Illinois Commerce
				Commission.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 510 - THE PRESERVATION OF RECORDS OF GAS UTILITIES (GENERAL ORDER 187) › Section 510.60 - Destruction of Records

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The destruction of the records permitted to be destroyed under the
				provisions of this Part may be performed in any manner elected by the public utility
				concerned. Precautions should be taken, however, to macerate or otherwise destroy
				the legibility of records, the content of which is forbidden by law to be divulged
				to unauthorized persons.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 510 - THE PRESERVATION OF RECORDS OF GAS UTILITIES (GENERAL ORDER 187) › Section 510.70 - Premature Destruction or Loss of Records

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
When any records are destroyed before the expiration of the
				prescribed period of retention, a certified statement listing, as far as may be
				determined, the records destroyed and describing the circumstances of accidental or
				other premature destruction shall be filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission
				within ninety (90) days from the date of discovery of such destruction. Discovery of
				loss of records is to be treated in the same manner as in the case of premature
				destruction.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 510 - THE PRESERVATION OF RECORDS OF GAS UTILITIES (GENERAL ORDER 187) › Section 510.80 - Retention Periods Designated "Destroy at Option"

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Use of the retention period "Destroy at option" in this Part
				constitutes authorization for such optional destruction under the conditions
				specified for the particular types of records, unless such records are necessary to
				satisfy pending regulatory actions or directives.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 510 - THE PRESERVATION OF RECORDS OF GAS UTILITIES (GENERAL ORDER 187) › Section 510.90 - Schedule of Records and Periods of Retention

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Appendix A annexed hereto shows the periods of time that designated
				records shall be preserved, and the records for which microfilms may be substituted
				therefor, in accordance with the foregoing instructions. It is not intended that
				more than one copy of any record be retained. See Item 74 of Appendix A for
				authority to destroy duplicates.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 512 - OBLIGATIONS OF ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart A - GENERAL › Section 512.15 - Compliance

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Each AGS shall be in full compliance with each requirement set
				  forth in this Part on or before May 1, 2023 unless the Commission grants an
				  extension of time to an AGS for cause. Nothing in this Part modifies or limits
				  compliance by the AGS with any requirement set forth in Public Act
				  101-590.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 512 - OBLIGATIONS OF ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart A - GENERAL › Section 512.30 - Waiver

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a) The Commission, on
				application or petition of an AGS or gas utility, may grant a temporary or permanent
				waiver from this Part, or any applicable subsections contained in this Part, in
				individual cases in which the Commission finds:
1)
				the provision from which the waiver is granted is not statutorily
				mandated;
2) no party will be injured by
				the granting of the waiver; and
3) the
				rule from which the waiver is granted would, as applied to the particular case, be
				unreasonable or unnecessarily burdensome.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 512 - OBLIGATIONS OF ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart A - GENERAL › Section 512.40 - Alternative Gas Supplier Utility Assistance Recipient

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An AGS 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 twelve months from either the
				  Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), Low Income Home Water Assistance
				  Program (LIHWAP), or at the time of enrollment the customer is participating in the
				  Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) unless the enrollment is pursuant to a
				  Commission Approved Savings Guarantee Plan.
[220 ILCS
				  5/19-116(a)] An agreement entered into
				  between an AGS and a customer in violation of Section 19-116 of the Act is void and
				  unenforceable.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 512 - OBLIGATIONS OF ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart B - MARKETING PRACTICES › Section 512.80 - Application of Subpart B

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The provisions of this Subpart shall only apply to an AGS serving
				  or seeking to serve residential or small commercial customers, and only to the
				  extent that an AGS provides services to residential or small commercial retail
				  customers.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 512 - OBLIGATIONS OF ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart B - MARKETING PRACTICES › Section 512.100 - Marketing Materials

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a)
All
				marketing materials, including but not limited to electronic marketing materials,
				in-person solicitations, and telephone solicitations, concerning prices, terms, and
				conditions of retail gas supply service shall contain information that adequately
				discloses the prices, terms, and conditions of the products or services and shall
				disclose the Utility Gas Supply Cost and shall disclose the date on which the
				Utility Gas Supply Cost shall become effective and the date on which it will
				expire
.
b)
All
				marketing materials, including, but not limited to, electronic marketing materials,
				in-person solicitations, and telephone solicitations, shall include the following
				statement:
"(Name of the alternative gas supplier) is not the same
				  entity as your gas delivery company. You are not required to enroll with (name of
				  alternative gas supplier). Beginning on (effective date), the utility gas supply
				  cost rate per therm is (cost). The utility gas supply cost will expire on
				  (expiration date). For more information go to the Illinois Commerce Commission's
				  free website at
www.icc.illinois.gov/ags/consumereducation.aspx
.".
[220 ILCS
				  5/19-115(g)(1)]
c) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to
				goodwill or institutional advertising.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 512 - OBLIGATIONS OF ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart B - MARKETING PRACTICES › Section 512.105 - Use of Utility Logo and Name

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a) An AGS shall not
				utilize the logo of a public utility in any manner.
b)
An AGS shall not utilize the name of a
				public utility in any manner that is deceptive or misleading, including, but not
				limited to, implying or otherwise leading a customer to believe that an AGS is
				soliciting on behalf of or is an agent of a utility
.
c)
An AGS shall not utilize the name, or
				any other identifying insignia, graphics or wording, or that has been used at any
				time to represent a public utility company or its services or to identify, label or
				define any of its natural gas power and energy service offers
.
				[815 ILCS
				505/2DDD(c)(1)]
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 512 - OBLIGATIONS OF ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart B - MARKETING PRACTICES › Section 512.110 - Minimum Contract Terms and Conditions

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The sales contract shall, in plain language, contain the
				  disclosures specified in this Section in 12-point type size or larger, in the order
				  presented in this Section, and in the same language as the sales solicitation. The
				  UDS, which shall be in the same language as the sales contract and the sales
				  solicitation, shall be appended to the sales contract. The disclosures specified in
				  this Section shall appear at the beginning of the sales contract; no other contract
				  terms, other than disclosures required under Part 412 if the AGS is also offering
				  electric supply, may precede these disclosures. Any additional contract language
				  shall use 10-point type size or larger. The sales contract shall include the
				  following disclosures:
a) The legal name of
				the AGS and the name under which the AGS will market its products, if
				different;
b) The business address of
				the AGS;
c) The charges for service for
				the length of the contract by month and, if any charges are variable during the term
				of the contract,
1) an explanation of how the
				variable charges are determined,
2) the
				current rate per therm price, a one-year price history, or history for the life of
				the product if it has been offered less than one year,
3) the statement: "Variable. The variable rate may
				go up or down" followed by one of the following:
A) "and is subject to the savings guarantee
				described below" if the AGS provides a guarantee of savings pursuant to subsection
				(j);
B) "and will be less than the
				Utility Gas Supply Cost during" and describe the intervals during which the rate is
				guaranteed to be at or below the Utility Gas Supply Cost;
C) "and will be equal to the Utility Gas Supply
				Cost during" and describe the intervals during which the rate is guaranteed to equal
				the Gas Utility Supply Cost; or
D) "and
				the rate may be higher than the Utility Gas Supply Cost during any given period" if
				none of the above statements apply.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 512 - OBLIGATIONS OF ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart B - MARKETING PRACTICES › Section 512.115 - Uniform Disclosure Statement

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a) All AGS product
				offers for residential and small commercial customers require a one-page (front and
				back of one 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper) Uniform
				Disclosure Statement (UDS) using the form in Appendix A.
1) All text in the UDS shall be printed in
				12-point type or larger.
2) The UDS may
				include a logo of the AGS.
3) The UDS
				shall not contain any items other than those found in Appendix A or described in
				this Section.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 512 - OBLIGATIONS OF ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart B - MARKETING PRACTICES › Section 512.120 - In-person Solicitation

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a) An AGS
				sales agent
shall state that
the sales agent
represents an
				independent seller of
natural
gas certified by the Illinois
				Commerce Commission
who
is not employed by, representing, endorsed
				by, or acting on behalf of a utility, or a utility program
, a consumer
				group or consumer group program, unless the AGS is, through the consumer group,
				offering services at prices, terms and conditions that are available solely to
				members of that organization, or a governmental body or program of a governmental
				body. [815 ILCS
				505/2DDD(c) (2.3)]
b) When it would be apparent to a reasonable
				person that a customer's language skills in the language used for the solicitation
				are insufficient to allow the customer to understand and respond to the information
				conveyed by the agent in that language, or when the customer or another person
				informs the agent of this circumstance, the AGS sales agent shall find another
				representative fluent in the customer's language, use an interpreter, or end the
				in-person contact with the customer. In the event the AGS sales agent, individually
				or through an interpreter, makes a sales solicitation in a language other than
				English for any reason, the AGS sales agent shall present the UDS, sales contract,
				and third-party verification in the same language as the sales presentation. When an
				interpreter is used, a form consistent with Section 2N of the Consumer Fraud and
				Deceptive Business Practices Act [815 ILCS 505] must be
				completed.
c) AGS sales agents who
				engage in in-person solicitation for the purpose of selling natural gas offered by
				the AGS shall display identification on an outer garment. This identification shall
				be visible at all times and prominently display the following:
1) The AGS sales agent's full name in a reasonably
				sized font;
2) A Sales Agent ID
				number;
3) A photograph of the AGS sales
				agent; and
4) The trade name and logo of
				the AGS the sales agent is representing in the course of solicitation taking
				place.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 512 - OBLIGATIONS OF ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart B - MARKETING PRACTICES › Section 512.140 - Inbound Enrollment Calls

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a) An AGS sales agent
				shall state that the sales agent represents an independent seller of natural gas
				certified by the Illinois Commerce Commission. An AGS sales agent
shall not
				state or otherwise imply that
the sales agent
is employed by,
				representing, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of, a utility or a utility
				program,
a consumer group or consumer group program, unless the AGS is,
				through the consumer group, offering services at prices, terms and conditions that
				are available solely to members of that organization, or a governmental body or
				program of a governmental body. [815 ILCS 505/2DDD(c)
				(2.3)]
b) When it would be apparent to a reasonable
				person that a caller's language skills are insufficient to allow the customer to
				understand and respond to a telephone conversation or solicitation in the language
				spoken by the sales agent, or the customer or another person informs the agent of
				this circumstance, the agent must transfer the customer to a representative who
				speaks the customer's language, if such a representative is available, or end the
				call. When an interpreter is used, a form consistent with Section 2N of the Consumer
				Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act [815 ILCS 505] must
				be completed.
c) The AGS sales agent
				shall verbally disclose the items listed in Section
				512.110(a) and (c) through
				(n). An AGS sales agent may disclose the items in
				any order so long as all applicable items are explained to the customer during the
				sales presentation.
d) All inbound
				enrollment calls that lead to an enrollment shall be recorded, and the recordings
				shall be retained for a minimum of two years. An inbound enrollment call that does
				not lead to an enrollment but lasts at least two minutes shall be recorded and
				retained for a minimum of six months. The recordings shall be provided upon request
				to Commission staff or a customer who has completed a telephone
				enrollment.
e) The AGS shall send the
				UDS and contract to the customer within one business day after the natural gas
				utility's confirmation to the AGS of an accepted enrollment.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 512 - OBLIGATIONS OF ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart B - MARKETING PRACTICES › Section 512.150 - Direct Mail

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a) If an AGS Sales Agent
				contacts customers for enrollment for natural gas supply service by direct mail, the
				direct mail material shall include all the disclosures required in Sections
				512.110(a), (b) and
				(n) for the service being solicited.
b) Statements in any direct mail material shall
				not claim that the AGS sales agent represents, is endorsed by, or is acting on
				behalf of, a utility or a utility program, a consumer group or consumer group
				program, unless the AGS is, through the consumer group, offering services at prices,
				terms and conditions that are available solely to members of that organization, or a
				governmental body or program of a governmental body and shall not utilize false,
				misleading, materially inaccurate or otherwise deceptive language.
c) If a direct mail solicitation includes a
				written Letter of Agency ("LOA"), the direct mail solicitation shall include the
				items listed in Section 512.110(a) and (c) through
				(n) and also the UDS described in Section
				512.115. The UDS shall be provided on
				a separate page from the other marketing materials included in the direct mail
				solicitation. If a written LOA is being used to authorize a customer's enrollment,
				the written LOA shall comply with Section 19-115(c)(1)(E) of the Public Utilities
				Act and shall contain a statement that the customer has read and understood each of
				the disclosures required by Section
				512.110(a), (c), and
				(e) through (m). The LOA to be signed and returned to the AGS shall be separate from
				the documents containing the Section
				512.110 disclosures and from the UDS,
				such that they can remain with the customer.
d) If the direct mail solicitation allows a
				customer to enroll by telephone, and the customer elects to do so, Section
				512.140 shall apply. If the direct
				mail solicitation allows a customer to enroll online, and the customer elects to do
				so, Section 512.160 shall apply.
e) A copy of the contract must be sent to the
				customer within one business day after the natural gas utility's confirmation to the
				AGS of an accepted enrollment.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 512 - OBLIGATIONS OF ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart B - MARKETING PRACTICES › Section 512.160 - Online Marketing

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a) Each AGS offering
				natural gas supply service to customers online shall disclose all items listed in
				Section 512.110 for any services offered
				through online enrollment before requiring the customer to enter any personal
				information other than zip code, natural Gas Utility service territory, and type of
				service sought unless the AGS secures consent to obtain customer-specific
				information for the purposes of pricing a product through a verifiable customer
				consent or another Commission-approved method. The AGS marketing material shall not
				make any statements that it is a representative of, endorsed by, or acting on behalf
				of, a utility or a utility program, a consumer group or consumer group program,
				unless the AGS is, through the consumer group, offering services at prices, terms
				and conditions that are available solely to members of that organization, or a
				governmental body or a program of a governmental body.
b) The UDS and contract must be printable in a PDF
				format and shall be available electronically to the customer.
c) The enrollment website of the AGS shall, at a
				minimum, include:
1) All disclosures required by
				Section 512.110;
2) A statement that
				electronic acceptance of the terms is an agreement to initiate service and begin
				enrollment; and
3) An email address and
				toll-free phone number of the AGS where the customer can express a decision to
				rescind the contract.