Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 450 - NON-DISCRIMINATION IN AFFILIATE TRANSACTIONS FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Section 450.20 - Non-Discrimination

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Electric utilities
			 shall not provide affiliated interests or customers of affiliated interests
			 preferential treatment or advantages relative to unaffiliated entities or their
			 customers in connection with services provided under tariffs on file with the
			 Illinois Commerce Commission (Commission). This provision applies broadly to all
			 aspects of service, including, but not limited to, responsiveness to requests for
			 service, the availability of firm versus interruptible services, the imposition of
			 special metering requirements, and all terms and conditions and charges specified in
			 the tariff.
b) Except for corporate
			 support transactions and services that have been declared competitive pursuant to
			 Section 16-113 of the Act, transactions between an electric utility and one or more
			 of its affiliated interests in competition with alternative retail electric
			 suppliers that are not governed by tariff sheets on file with the Commission shall
			 not discriminate in relation to unaffiliated alternative retail electric
			 suppliers.
c) Electric utilities and
			 affiliated interests shall not notify potential or actual customers, either directly
			 or indirectly, advertise to the public, or otherwise communicate that the electric
			 utility provides any advantages relating to the scheduling, transmission or
			 distribution of electricity to affiliated interests or their customers relative to
			 unaffiliated entities and their customers.
d) A utility shall process requests for similar
			 services provided by the utility in the same manner and within the same time period
			 for its affiliated interests in competition with alternative retail electric
			 suppliers and for all similarly situated unaffiliated alternative retail electric
			 suppliers and their respective customers.
e) If discretion is permitted in application of a
			 tariff provision, electric utilities shall maintain a log detailing each instance in
			 which it exercised discretion, as required in Section
			 450.140(d).
f) If an electric utility offers affiliated
			 interests or customers of affiliated interests a discount, rebate, fee waiver or
			 waivers of its ordinary terms and conditions for services provided under tariffs on
			 file with the Commission, it shall contemporaneously offer the same discount,
			 rebate, fee waiver or waivers of its ordinary terms and conditions to all
			 unaffiliated entities and customers of unaffiliated entities, to the extent
			 consistent with the tariffs, provided, however, that this subsection shall not apply
			 to billing experiments under Section 16-106 of the Act or competitive services under
			 Sections 16-102 and 16-116(b) of the Act. Electric utilities shall maintain a log of
			 such instances, as required in Section
			 450.140(d).
g) A customer's eligibility for participation in
			 any billing experiments under Section 16-106 of the Act or contracts for competitive
			 service under Sections 16-102 and 16-116(b) of the Act, except for those competitive
			 services that have been declared competitive pursuant to Section 16-113 of the Act,
			 shall not be conditioned on, nor tied to, the taking of any goods and services from
			 the utility's affiliated interests. Electric utilities shall inform customers of
			 this prohibition in writing before customers begin taking such service.
h) When providing delivery services as a component
			 of any bundled service, an electric utility shall not offer affiliated interests or
			 the customers of affiliated interests a discount, rebate, fee waiver or waivers of
			 its ordinary terms and conditions for delivery services on file with the Commission
			 unless delivery services have been declared competitive service pursuant to Section
			 16-113 of the Act or the electric utility contemporaneously offers the same
			 discount, rebate, fee waiver or waivers of its ordinary terms and conditions to all
			 unaffiliated entities and customers of unaffiliated entities.