Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 556 - QUALIFYING INFRASTRUCTURE PLANT SURCHARGE › Section 556.10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Terms defined in Section 9-220.3 of the Public Utilities Act shall
				have the same meaning for purposes of this Part as they have under that Section of
				the Act, unless further defined in this Part. The following terms, when used in this
				Part, shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section.
"Act" means the Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5 ].
"Base rate revenues" means the utility's revenues recovered through
				base rates, as determined in the utility's last rate case proceeding,
				excluding:
revenues recovered under negotiated contract rates authorized by
				Section 9-102.1 of the Act;
revenues recovered under billing services offered to alternative gas
				suppliers or application charges assessed to alternative gas suppliers; and
revenues recovered under cost recovery riders that recover specific
				costs outside of rate cases, including, by way of example and not limitation, costs
				recovered under the rider authorized by this Part, gas costs recovered under 83 Ill.
				Adm. Code 525, manufactured gas plant remediation costs, costs for implementing
				energy efficiency and on-bill financing programs under Sections 8-104 and 19-140 of
				the Act, and add-on taxes.
Base rate revenues may include costs and revenues associated with
				uncollectible expense automatic adjustment clause tariffs authorized by Section
				19-145 of the Act, revenue decoupling mechanisms, and base rate storage cost
				recovery.
"Baseline amount" means an amount equal to the utility's average of
				total depreciation expense, as reported on page 336, column (b) of the utility's
				ILCC Form 21, for the calendar years 2006 through 2010. [220 ILCS
				5/9-220.3(d)(4)]
"Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission.
"Costs associated with investments in qualifying infrastructure
				plant" shall include a return on qualifying infrastructure plant and recovery of
				depreciation and amortization expense on qualifying infrastructure plant, net of the
				depreciation included in the utility's base rates on any plant retired in
				conjunction with the installation of the qualifying infrastructure plant.
				[220 ILCS
				5/9-220.3(b)]
"Depreciation expense" shall be calculated by applying the utility's
				approved depreciation rates, including removal and salvage, to the end-of-month QIP
				balance, for each category of QIP identified in Section
				556.40(a)(1)
				through (a)(7). The resulting depreciation expense
				for QIP shall be reduced by the depreciation included in the utility's base rates on
				any plant retired in conjunction with the installation of the qualifying
				infrastructure plant. [220 ILCS 5/9-220.3(b)]
"Difficult to locate main" refers to a main from which a utility
				cannot obtain a reliable locating signal.
"Difficult to locate service pipe" means a service pipe from which a
				utility cannot obtain a reliable locating signal.
"Information sheet" means a tariff sheet filed in accordance with
				this Part to initiate or modify a QIP surcharge percentage.
"Qualifying infrastructure plant" or "QIP" is the qualifying
				infrastructure plant eligible to be recovered through the QIP surcharge as described
				in Section 556.40. It includes only plant additionsplaced in service not reflected
				in the rate base used to establish the utility's delivery base rates. [220 ILCS
				5/9-220.3(b)]
"Qualifying infrastructure investment" means QIP and "costs
				associated with investments in qualifying infrastructure plant". It shall not
				include costs or expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business for the
				ongoing or routine operations of the utility, including, but not limited to:
operating and maintenance costs; and
costs of facilities that are revenue-producing, which means
				facilities that are constructed or installed for the purpose of serving new
				customers. [220 ILCS 5/9-220.3(c)]
"QIP surcharge percentage" is the percentage determined in
				accordance with Section
				556.60
				for filing in an information sheet.
"Rate zone" means the entire service area to which a particular base
				rate applies.
"Reconciliation year" means the calendar year period for which
				actual costs associated with QIP and the QIP surcharge revenues are
				reconciled.