Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 202 - VOLUNTARY BINDING ARBITRATION PRACTICE › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 202.30 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Unless otherwise defined, the following terms used in this Part
				  shall have the following meanings:
"Act" means the Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5 ].
"Arbitration" means a process in which an impartial third-party
				  renders a binding decision resolving a complaint brought under the Act.
"Arbitrator" means an attorney employed by the Commission who has
				  been trained in arbitration and who renders a binding decision pursuant to this Part
				  resolving a complaint brought under the Act.
"Documents" means petitions, pleadings, responses, amended and
				  supplemental petitions, written discovery, responses to discovery, verified
				  statements, verified exhibits, depositions, motions, responses, replies, notices,
				  briefs, draft proposed arbitration decisions, and similar writings.
"e-Docket" means a Web based electronic filing system maintained
				  by the Commission that allows electronic filing, management, and access to
				  electronic records that make up case files.
"Electronic" includes electrical, digital, magnetic, optical,
				  electromagnetic, or any other form of technology that entails capabilities similar
				  to these technologies. [220 ILCS 5/3-122 ]
"Electronic document" means a document transmitted by electronic
				  means to the Commission with an electronic signature attached.
"Electronic record" means a record generated, communicated,
				  received, or stored by electronic means for use in an information system or for
				  transmission from one information system to another. [5 ILCS
				  175/5-105 ]
"Electronic signature" means a signature in electronic form issued
				  by the Commission pursuant to Section
				  202.1000 and
				  consisting of a user I.D. and password attached to or logically associated with an
				  electronic document.
"E-mail address" means a destination, commonly expressed as a
				  string of characters, to which electronic mail may be sent or delivered.
				  [815 ILCS 511/5 ]
"Party" means any person who initiates arbitration by filing a
				  petition for arbitration pursuant to this Part. Staff witnesses are not parties, but
				  shall have the specific rights and duties of parties as enumerated in this Part.
				  Intervention by other persons shall be limited as described in Section
				  202.50.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, business trust,
				  estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture,
				  government, governmental subdivision, agency, instrumentality, public corporation,
				  or any other legal or commercial entity.
"Pleading" means any petition, motion, response or reply filed
				  with the Commission in an arbitration proceeding.
"Staff" or "Commission Staff" means individuals employed by the
				  Commission. For purposes of this Part, an arbitrator employed by the Commission is
				  not considered a member of the Commission Staff.
"Staff witness" means a member of the Commission Staff, excluding
				  counsel, who testifies or enters an appearance in a particular arbitration
				  proceeding before the Commission. Except for Staff witnesses, this definition shall
				  not limit the utilization of Commission Staff as technical advisors to the
				  arbitrator or Commission.