Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 200 - RULES OF PRACTICE › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 200.40 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Unless otherwise defined, the following terms as used in this Part
				  shall have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission.
"Commissioner" means a member of the Commission.
"Complainant" means a person who complains to the Commission by
				  formal written complaint of any acts or things done or omitted to be done in
				  violation, or claimed to be in violation, of the jurisdictional acts or of any order
				  or rule of the Commission.
"Contested case" means any proceeding, not including rate making,
				  rulemaking, quasi-legislative, informational or similar proceedings, where
				  individual legal rights, duties or privileges of a party are required by law to be
				  determined by the Commission after an opportunity for a hearing. [5 ILCS 100/1-30
				  ] With respect to proceedings under the Public Utilities Act, however, complaint
				  cases initiated pursuant to any section of that Act, investigative proceedings and
				  ratemaking cases shall be considered "contested cases" [220 ILCS 5/10-101
				  ].
"e-Docket" means a Web based electronic filing system 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 pleading or 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
				  200.1020
				  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 ]
"Hearing Examiner" means an employee of the Commission, or a
				  Commissioner, designated by the Commission to conduct hearings and take evidence,
				  who shall have additional powers as are provided by the Electric Supplier Act [220
				  ILCS 30 ], the Illinois Commercial Relocation of Trespassing Motor Vehicles Law [625
				  ILCS 5 /Ch. 18A], the Illinois Commercial Transportation Law [625 ILCS 5/Ch. 18C],
				  the Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5 ] and the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
				  [5 ILCS 100 ].
"ICTL" means the Illinois Commercial Transportation Law [625 ILCS
				  5 /Ch. 18C].
"Intervenor" means a person who, upon written petition, is
				  permitted to intervene in any proceeding before the Commission; provided that, in
				  the case of any inquiry, investigation or hearing under the Public Utilities Act on
				  any matter relating to rates or other charges or services within any city, such city
				  may become a party to the proceeding and an intervenor by filing with the Commission
				  a written appearance of its attorney or authorized representative.
"License." A license includes the whole or part of any permit,
				  certificate, approval, registration or similar type of permission required by law.
				  [5 ILCS 100/1-35
				  ]
"Licensing Proceeding" means the Commission process respecting the
				  grant, denial, renewal, revocation, suspension, annulment, withdrawal or amendment
				  of a license, when required by law to be preceded by notice and opportunity for
				  hearing [5 ILCS 100/1-40 and 10 -65].
"Non-party participant" means a person who either through
				  testimony or a statement comments on any matter pending before the Commission. A
				  non-party participant is not an "Intervenor" and does not have the rights of an
				  Intervenor. A person need not file a petition to become a non-party participant but
				  must comply with those procedures established by the Hearing Examiner.
"Party" means any person who initiates a Commission proceeding by
				  filing an application, complaint or petition with the Commission, or who is named as
				  a respondent, or who is allowed by the Commission or by statute to intervene in a
				  proceeding. Such a party to a proceeding before the Commission may be an applicant,
				  complainant, intervenor, petitioner or respondent. Staff witnesses are not parties
				  but shall have the specific rights and duties enumerated in this Part.
"Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation,
				  governmental body or unincorporated association.
"Petitioner" or "Applicant" means a party who by written petition
				  or application applies for or seeks relief under any provisions of the
				  jurisdictional acts or any order or rule of the Commission and who is not otherwise
				  designated in this Section.
"Pleading" means any application, complaint, motion, petition or
				  answer filed in writing with the Commission in a formal proceeding.
"Public Utilities Act" means the Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5
				  ].
"Respondent" means a party against whom a complaint or petition is
				  filed, or a party who, by reason of interest in the subject matter of a petition or
				  application or the relief sought therein, is made a respondent, or a party to whom
				  an order is directed by the Commission initiating a proceeding, including public
				  utilities, telecommunications carriers and carriers under the ICTL which have filed
				  tariff schedules that are suspended for investigation by the Commission.
"Staff" or "Commission Staff" means individuals employed by the
				  Commission. For purposes of this Part, a Hearing Examiner 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 proceeding before the
				  Commission. Except for staff witnesses, this definition shall not limit the
				  utilization of Commission staff as technical advisors to the Hearing Examiner or
				  Commission.