Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 470 - GOVERNMENTAL ELECTRIC AGGREGATION › Subpart A - GENERAL › Section 470.10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Aggregate Area" means the area within the geographic boundaries
				  of a municipality, a township or the unincorporated areas of a county that has
				  adopted an ordinance to aggregate residential and/or small commercial retail
				  electric loads.
"Aggregation Customer" means a residential or small commercial
				  retail customer receiving retail electric supplier (RES) service pursuant to an
				  Aggregation Program.
"Aggregation Program" means a program offered by a municipality,
				  township or county, individually or collectively, pursuant to Section 1-92 of the
				  Illinois Power Agency Act and Section 16-104(b) of the PUA.
"Aggregation Supplier" means the retail electric supplier chosen
				  by the Governmental Aggregator that provides electric supply service to the
				  aggregated residential and small commercial retail electrical loads located within
				  the Aggregate Area.
"Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission.
"Electric Utility" means an electric utility, as defined in
				  Section 16-102 of the PUA.
"Governmental Aggregator" means the corporate authorities of a
				  municipality, a township board, or a county board in the Aggregate Area that
				  individually or collectively procure electricity to serve residential retail
				  electrical loads located within its or their jurisdiction (Section 1-10 of the IPA
				  Act). "Governmental Aggregator" shall have the same meaning as "aggregated entity"
				  as used in Section 1-92 of the Illinois Power Agency Act.
"Incumbent Aggregation Supplier" means the Aggregation Supplier
				  currently providing retail electric supply service pursuant to an Aggregation
				  Program.
"IPA Act" means the Illinois Power Agency Act [20 ILCS 3855 ].
"Office of Retail Market Development" or "ORMD" has the meaning
				  ascribed in Section 20-110 of the PUA.
"Opt-in Aggregation Program" means an Aggregation Program offered
				  in accordance with Section 1-92 of the IPA Act and Section 16-104(b) of the PUA,
				  whereby the corporate authorities of a municipality, township board, or county board
				  adopt an ordinance to aggregate the electric loads of residential and small
				  commercial retail customers, provided, however, that only those residential and
				  small commercial retail customers that affirmatively elect to participate in the
				  Opt-in Aggregation Program will have their electric load included in the Opt-in
				  Aggregation Program.
"Opt-out Aggregation Program" means an Aggregation Program offered
				  in accordance with Section 1-92 of the IPA Act and Section 16-104(b) of the PUA,
				  whereby the corporate authorities of a municipality, township board, or county board
				  adopt an ordinance to aggregate the electric loads of residential and small
				  commercial retail customers, when the voters of the municipality, township or county
				  previously passed, by a majority of electors voting on the question, a referendum
				  granting the municipality, township or county the authority to arrange for the
				  supply of electricity for its residential and small commercial retail customers,
				  except for those customers who take no action and thus remain RES customers or
				  customers on hourly service, or customers who affirmatively elect not to participate
				  in the Opt-out Aggregation Program.
"PUA" means the Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5 ].
"Retail Electric Supplier" or "RES" means either:
an alternative retail electric supplier (ARES) as defined in
				  Section 16-102 of the PUA and certified by the Commission pursuant to Section 16-115
				  of the PUA, meeting all obligations of an ARES pursuant to Section 16-115A of the
				  PUA, and authorized to provide electric power and energy supply services in an
				  Illinois electric utility's service territory; or
an Illinois electric utility as defined in Section 16-102 of the
				  PUA providing service pursuant to Section 16-116 of the PUA and meeting all
				  obligations provided in Sections 16-115A and 16-116 of the PUA. "RES Customer" means
				  a retail customer receiving RES service who is not an Aggregation Customer.
"RES Service" means electric supply service provided by a RES to
				  retail electric customers.
"Retail Customer" shall have the meaning ascribed in Section
				  16-102 of the PUA.
"Small Commercial Retail Customer" shall have the meaning ascribed
				  in Section 16-102 of the PUA.
"Utility Fixed-Price Service" means electric supply service
				  provided by the electric utility to retail customers under fixed-price service
				  tariffs.
"Utility Hourly Service" means electric supply service provided
				  by the electric utility to retail customers, pursuant to tariff, that is not under
				  fixed-price service tariffs.