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Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 280 - PROCEDURES FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, WATER AND SANITARY SEWER UTILITIES GOVERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE, DEPOSITS, BILLING, PAYMENTS, REFUNDS AND DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE › Subpart I - DISCONNECTION › Section 280.138 - Repealed

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Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 280 - PROCEDURES FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, WATER AND SANITARY SEWER UTILITIES GOVERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE, DEPOSITS, BILLING, PAYMENTS, REFUNDS AND DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE › Subpart I - DISCONNECTION › Section 280.140 - Disconnection for Lack of Access to Multi-Meter Premises

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a Intent: This Section provides adequate notice
				and reason for disconnection of an entire multi-meter premises when a utility is
				unable to gain access to its facilities; allows for the property owner/manager and
				customers of the premises to remedy the problem and thereby avoid disconnection; and
				sets prohibitions and limits on this form of disconnection.
b Allowable Reasons for Disconnection of an Entire
				Multi-Meter Premises:
1 The customers and property
				owner/manager have failed two consecutive times to provide access to utility
				facilities in order to meet regulatory requirements, including, but not limited to,
				inside safety inspections and meter exchanges;
2 The customers and property owner/manager have
				failed three consecutive times to provide access to utility facilities for
				non-payment disconnections; or
3 The
				customers and property owner/manager have failed four consecutive times to provide
				access to utility facilities for meter readings.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 280 - PROCEDURES FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, WATER AND SANITARY SEWER UTILITIES GOVERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE, DEPOSITS, BILLING, PAYMENTS, REFUNDS AND DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE › Subpart I - DISCONNECTION › Section 280.150 - Disconnection of Master-Metered Apartment Buildings

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Reference to Governing Statute: The Rental Property Utility
				  Service Act [765 ILCS 735 ] governs procedures for disconnection of service to
				  accounts affecting master-metered apartment buildings when a landlord or property
				  manager has not paid the utility bill for the master-metered account. These
				  procedures include requirements for a utility to:
a Inform tenants of the pending disconnection of
				their utility service; and
b Set out
				their remedies, including the right to petition a court for appointment of a
				receiver to collect rents and remit a portion of the rents to the utility for
				payment of utility bills.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 280 - PROCEDURES FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, WATER AND SANITARY SEWER UTILITIES GOVERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE, DEPOSITS, BILLING, PAYMENTS, REFUNDS AND DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE › Subpart J - MEDICAL CERTIFICATION › Section 280.160 - Medical Certification

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a Intent: The
				purpose of this Section is to temporarily prohibit disconnection of utility service
				to a residential customer for at least 60 days in cases of certified medical
				necessity; and to provide an opportunity for the customer to retire past due amounts
				by periodic installments under an automatic medical payment arrangement commencing
				after 30 days.
b Certifying Parties:
				Certification may be made by either a licensed physician or a local board of
				health.
c Method of Certification:
1 Initial certification by phone call is
				allowed.
2 Written (may be mailed, faxed
				or delivered electronically) certification must be provided within 7 days after an
				initial certification by phone call.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 280 - PROCEDURES FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, WATER AND SANITARY SEWER UTILITIES GOVERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE, DEPOSITS, BILLING, PAYMENTS, REFUNDS AND DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE › Subpart K - RECONNECTION › Section 280.170 - Timely Reconnection of Service

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a Intent: This Section
				provides for the timely reconnection of disconnected customers after they have
				remedied the reasons for the disconnection or provided valid medical
				certification.
b Timing: Once a
				disconnected customer remedies the reason for the disconnection or provides a valid
				medical certificate, the utility shall prioritize reconnection as indicated in this
				subsection (b). If the utility does not comply with the time limits in this
				subsection (b), it shall not bill the customer a reconnection charge. If, through no
				fault of the customer, the utility delays reconnection for two or more calendar days
				beyond the number of days required in this subsection (b), it shall issue a credit
				to the customer's account equal to two non-prorated monthly customer charges for
				that customer. If a disconnection is made in error, the penalty shall be an amount
				equal to three non-prorated monthly customer charges, in addition to any
				reconnection fees made for non-timely reconnection.
1 A customer account for which a valid medical
				certificate has been provided shall receive first priority and be reconnected within
				one business day after the certification.
2 A customer disconnected in error shall be
				reconnected within one business day.
3 A
				disconnected electric, water or sewer customer who remedies the reason for the
				disconnection, and is not required by the utility to provide information as a new
				applicant for service, shall be reconnected within four calendar days.
4 A disconnected natural gas customer who remedies
				the reason for the disconnection, and is not required by the utility to provide
				information as a new applicant for service, shall be reconnected within seven
				calendar days.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 280 - PROCEDURES FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, WATER AND SANITARY SEWER UTILITIES GOVERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE, DEPOSITS, BILLING, PAYMENTS, REFUNDS AND DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE › Subpart L - UNAUTHORIZED SERVICE USAGE › Section 280.190 - Treatment of Illegal Taps

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a Intent: The purpose of
				this Section is to require the utility to investigate high bills resulting from an
				abnormal or unexplained increase in consumption alleged by a customer. The utility
				shall investigate the allegation, to the extent customer-owned facilities are
				readily visible or accessible, to determine the reason and whether the consumption
				is caused by an illegal tap or diversion of service.
b Utility Investigation: When, within 30 days
				after receipt of a utility's bill, a customer alleges that the level of consumption
				is unreasonably high, the public utility furnishing natural gas, electricity or
				water to that customer shall investigate the allegation.
c Notice of Investigation Results: If, as a result
				of the investigation, the public utility determines that a tap has been constructed
				on the pipes and/or wires of the customer, the utility shall attempt to notify the
				landlord, property owner or his or her agent and instruct that the tap be removed
				immediately. The customer shall also be provided with notice of the investigation
				results.
d Disconnection of Service:
				This Section shall in no way prohibit a utility from disconnecting service if the
				utility determines that an unsafe condition exists.
e Utility Determination of Benefitting Party: The
				utility shall also attempt to determine the identity of the party benefitting from
				the tapped service. The following procedures shall apply once the tap has been
				removed:
1 The customer whose pipes and/or wires
				had been tapped by a third party shall be billed by the utility according to the
				newly established usage pattern and/or degree day analysis, whichever is
				appropriate.
2 If the utility identifies
				the third party and finds that the third party is currently a customer of the
				utility on another account, the utility is authorized to bill that third party's
				account for the excess usage that is not attributable to the customer whose line had
				been tapped plus all related expenses incurred by the utility.
3 If the utility identifies the third party and
				finds that the third party is not a customer of the utility, the utility is
				authorized to bill that third party for the excess usage that is not attributable to
				the customer whose line had been tapped plus all related expenses incurred by the
				utility using the procedures established for the billing of unauthorized use of
				utility service.
4 In cases when the
				utility cannot determine the identity of the party benefitting from the tap, the
				utility may assign the dollar amount representing the excess usage and expenses to
				its bad debt account.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 280 - PROCEDURES FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, WATER AND SANITARY SEWER UTILITIES GOVERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE, DEPOSITS, BILLING, PAYMENTS, REFUNDS AND DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE › Subpart L - UNAUTHORIZED SERVICE USAGE › Section 280.200 - Tampering

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a Intent: Tampering with
				utility wires, pipes, meters or other service equipment is prohibited. The intent of
				this Section is to describe the process by which the utility shall bill the customer
				for the unauthorized usage when the utility has proof that the customer benefitted
				from tampering.
b Proof: The utility has
				the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that tampering has occurred
				with the utility's wires, pipes, meters or other service equipment, that the
				customer has benefitted from the tampering, and that the utility's billing is
				reasonable.
c Investigation: When the
				utility has reason to suspect that tampering has occurred, it shall investigate
				without delay.
d Notice to Customer:
				Once the utility has full proof of the tampering, it shall report to the customer
				the details of the investigation.
e
				Remedy: As soon as the condition becomes known to the utility, it shall take steps
				to correct the condition and issue a corrected bill without delay. Pursuant to any
				tariffed meter tampering charge, before assessing the charge, the utility shall
				review the situation to determine if the person benefitting from the tampering was
				responsible either directly or indirectly for the tampering.
f Timing: If tampering evidence extends to
				previous customers of record, the current customer shall not have to pay for the
				portions of the unauthorized usage that are attributable to the previous
				customers.
g Record Keeping: The utility
				shall document and record the evidence that proves the tampering, and it shall save
				the full evidence proving the tampering for a minimum of three years from the date
				that the customer is issued a corrected bill for the tampering.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 280 - PROCEDURES FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, WATER AND SANITARY SEWER UTILITIES GOVERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE, DEPOSITS, BILLING, PAYMENTS, REFUNDS AND DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE › Subpart L - UNAUTHORIZED SERVICE USAGE › Section 280.205 - Non-Residential Tampering

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a Intent: The
				provisions of Section
				280.200
				shall apply in cases of non-residential tampering. In addition, this Section shall
				provide the utility with immediate relief from further unauthorized usage of service
				by a non-residential customer.
b
				Disconnection: When the utility has evidence proving the unauthorized use of
				non-residential service, it may disconnect service to the tampering customer until:
1 The utility or the customer removes the
				facilities that allow the customer to use service without paying for it. If the
				utility must remove the facilities, the customer shall pay the costs associated with
				the work; and
2 The customer pays for
				the unauthorized usage. The utility shall determine the amount of unauthorized usage
				and provide a bill to the customer without delay.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 280 - PROCEDURES FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, WATER AND SANITARY SEWER UTILITIES GOVERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE, DEPOSITS, BILLING, PAYMENTS, REFUNDS AND DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE › Subpart L - UNAUTHORIZED SERVICE USAGE › Section 280.210 - Payment Avoidance by Location

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a Intent: With the
				understanding that a utility and its customers must deal in good faith with each
				other, this Section defines the process by which a utility may protect itself and
				its ratepayers from persons seeking to use a pattern of action to avoid payment for
				service used at a specific service location.
b Conditions: Payment avoidance by location (PAL)
				applies only when all the following conditions occur:
1 a utility receives a new application for service
				at a service location;
2 a former
				customer who was disconnected for non-payment at the same service location still
				resides at the service location; and
3
				the utility has proof that the new applicant for service also occupied the service
				location during the time the previous customer's debt accrued.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 280 - PROCEDURES FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, WATER AND SANITARY SEWER UTILITIES GOVERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE, DEPOSITS, BILLING, PAYMENTS, REFUNDS AND DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE › Subpart M - COMPLAINT PROCEDURES › Section 280.220 - Utility Complaint Process

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a Intent: To provide
				utilities and customers with the ability to resolve complaints or appeal complaints
				that cannot be resolved directly between the parties.
b Customer Contact: The customer must contact the
				utility and attempt to resolve the complaint directly with the utility before
				proceeding to the Commission's informal complaint process. The customer and the
				utility shall cooperate to resolve the complaint.
c Methods of Contact: The utility shall maintain
				local and/or toll free telephone numbers; a mailing address to receive customer
				complaints and correspondence; and, when the utility has the capability, a means of
				receiving electronically submitted complaints.
d Availability: The utility shall maintain regular
				business hours and staffing to answer all customer inquiries and
				complaints.
e Complaint Response
				Timeline: The utility shall respond to complaints within 14 days after their
				receipt, with exceptions in which both the customer and the utility agree to an
				extension or in which the utility can demonstrate to the customer that more time is
				required by circumstances beyond its control.
f Customer Payment During Complaint: If the
				complaint involves a dispute over the amount billed:
1 The customer shall pay the undisputed portion of
				the bill or an amount equal to last year's bill at the location for the same period
				normalized for weather;
2 The utility
				shall confirm the disputed portion and the amount to be paid by the customer;
				and
3 The utility shall note and set
				aside the disputed amount in its records for the account.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 280 - PROCEDURES FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, WATER AND SANITARY SEWER UTILITIES GOVERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE, DEPOSITS, BILLING, PAYMENTS, REFUNDS AND DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE › Subpart M - COMPLAINT PROCEDURES › Section 280.230 - Commission Complaint Process

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a Intent: This Section
				provides utilities and customers with a process through the Commission's Consumer
				Services Division that allows the parties to settle a dispute without litigation; or
				to appeal an ongoing conflict that cannot be resolved informally to the Commission's
				formal complaint process.
b Intake of
				Complaints by the Commission's Consumer Services Division:
1 Telephone or in person: The Consumer Services
				Division shall perform a customer interview and draft an informal complaint,
				including a description of the dispute and the relief sought. Telephone or in person
				informal complaints may also be taken from the customer's designated
				representative.
2 Writing: The customer
				or the customer's designated representative may submit informal complaints in
				writing, either electronically or through traditional mail or fax (if available), to
				the Consumer Services Division.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 280 - PROCEDURES FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, WATER AND SANITARY SEWER UTILITIES GOVERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE, DEPOSITS, BILLING, PAYMENTS, REFUNDS AND DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE › Subpart N - INFORMATION › Section 280.240 - Public Notice of Commission Rules

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Each utility shall provide notice to customers of the availability
				  of Commission rules. Notice substantially in the form shown in Appendix C shall be
				  posted on any utility web site and written notice shall be provided to customers
				  annually. The notice to customers may be in the form of a bill message in which
				  customers will be provided the opportunity to obtain copies of the Commission's
				  rules upon request or by accessing the utility's website.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 280 - PROCEDURES FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, WATER AND SANITARY SEWER UTILITIES GOVERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE, DEPOSITS, BILLING, PAYMENTS, REFUNDS AND DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE › Subpart N - INFORMATION › Section 280.250 - Second Language Requirements

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When there is a demonstrated need for second language notices in
				  the service area of any utility, notices as set out in Appendices A and B sent to
				  customers located within the area should contain the following warning in the
				  appropriate second language: "Important - This notice affects your rights and
				  obligations and should be translated immediately."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 280 - PROCEDURES FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, WATER AND SANITARY SEWER UTILITIES GOVERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE, DEPOSITS, BILLING, PAYMENTS, REFUNDS AND DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE › Subpart N - INFORMATION › Section 280.260 - Customer Information Packet

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a Intent: The utility
				shall develop customer information material and provide the material to customers
				without additional charge.
b Content:
1 Description of the services provided;
				and
2 Customer rights and
				responsibilities under this Part, including, at a minimum:
A A brief description of billing information such
				as frequency of billing, due dates, and electronic billing and other billing
				options;
B A description of the
				estimated bill process;
C Payment
				options, including budget payment plan and deferred payment arrangements;
D Payment methods and locations;
E Late fees;
F Deposit requirements;
G Disconnection and reconnection
				procedures;
H Utility dispute procedures
				and escalation procedures if a dispute is not resolved;
I Contact information for the utility;
J Commission's Consumer Services Division's
				informal complaint procedures;
K Contact
				information for the Commission's Consumer Services Division;
L A statement that the Commission's rules apply to
				service standards and reliability;
M
				Notice of the availability of the Commission's rules; and
N That special rights are available to low income
				customers, and how to qualify for low income customer status.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 280 - PROCEDURES FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, WATER AND SANITARY SEWER UTILITIES GOVERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE, DEPOSITS, BILLING, PAYMENTS, REFUNDS AND DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE › Subpart N - INFORMATION › Appendix A - Disconnection Notice

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Disconnection notices sent to customers shall be in red and
				  substantially in the following form:
Issuance date:
Effective date:
Utility name
Customer name and address
Utility contact information
Customer account number
URGENT!
This is a DISCONNECTION NOTICE!
Your utility service is in danger of disconnection because (reason
				  for notice here, including past due amounts for which the service may be
				  disconnected).
In order to stop disconnection, you must (detailed description of
				  what customer must do in order to avoid disconnection; in lieu of detailed steps,
				  utility may offer contact info where customer can immediately access complaint
				  handling utility personnel). If you have recently paid, please contact us to confirm
				  that the service will not be disconnected.
You can be shut off on or after (effective date), and you can
				  still be shut off until (date notice expires) or we send you a new notice to replace
				  this one.
Residential customers have certain rights regarding this notice,
				  including the right to a deferred payment arrangement and the potential to stop
				  disconnection for 60 days and start a medical payment arrangement if a doctor of
				  local board of health contacts us directly on behalf of a patient living in your
				  household. Please see the reverse side of this notice for further details of your
				  rights.
You will lose many of your rights if you wait to do something
				  until after disconnection.
If you have questions or concerns about this notice, please
				  contact us immediately at: (utility contact information).
If we are unable to assist you, you have a right to contact and
				  review your rights with the government agency that regulates us:
The Illinois Commerce Commission's Consumer Services
				  Division can be reached at
1-800-524-0795 (TTY
				  1-800-858-9277).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 280 - PROCEDURES FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, WATER AND SANITARY SEWER UTILITIES GOVERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE, DEPOSITS, BILLING, PAYMENTS, REFUNDS AND DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE › Subpart N - INFORMATION › Appendix C - Public Notice

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RULES PERTAINING TO ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE,
				  DEPOSITS, BILLING, PAYMENT, REFUNDS AND DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE
ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION
83 Ill. Adm. Code 280
Part 280, the rules and regulations of the Illinois Commerce
				  Commission prescribing procedures governing eligibility for service, deposits,
				  billing, payment, refunds and disconnection of service, is on file in the Commission
				  offices and open to public inspection.
Copies of Part 280 in the Spanish language are available for
				  inspection at the offices and online.
Any employee will direct you to the place where you may inspect a
				  copy of Part 280 and will direct you to personnel assigned the duty of providing
				  information about Part 280.
Copies of Part 280 may also be reviewed and/or obtained at the
				  Commission's offices at 160 North LaSalle Street, Suite C-800, Chicago, Illinois
				  60601 or 527 East Capitol Avenue, Springfield, Illinois 62701 or at
http://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/083/08300280sections.html
.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 281 - UTILITY SERVICE OF MILITARY PERSONNEL IN MILITARY SERVICE › Section 281.20 - Definitions

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"Act" means the Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5 ].
"Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission.
"Hardship to the consumer" means an installment payment amount that
				a gas or electric utility customer will be unable to pay due to a lack of available
				funds, provided that the amount in arrears to be placed on installment payments is
				owed by a residential customer at a premises where a service member had his/her
				primary residence immediately prior to being ordered into military service.
"Military service" means any full-time training or duty, no matter
				how described under federal or State law, for which a service member is ordered to
				report by the President, Governor of a state, commonwealth, or territory of the
				United States, or other appropriate military authority. [220 ILCS
				5/8-201.5(a)]
"Service member" means a resident of Illinois who is a member of any
				component of the U.S. Armed Forces or the National Guard of any state, the District
				of Columbia, a commonwealth, or a territory of the United States. [220 ILCS
				5/8-201.5(a)]
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 281 - UTILITY SERVICE OF MILITARY PERSONNEL IN MILITARY SERVICE › Section 281.30 - Prohibition on Service Shut-offs

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No gas or electric utility shall for nonpayment stop gas or
				electricity from entering the residential premises that was the primary residence of
				a service member immediately before the service member was assigned to military
				service. [220
				ILCS 5/8-201.5(b)]
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 281 - UTILITY SERVICE OF MILITARY PERSONNEL IN MILITARY SERVICE › Section 281.40 - Eligibility

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In order to be eligible for the benefits granted to service members
				under this Part, a service member must provide the utility with a copy of the orders
				calling the service member to military service in excess of 29 consecutive days and
				of any orders further extending the service member's period of service.
				[220 ILCS
				5/8-201.5(c)]
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 281 - UTILITY SERVICE OF MILITARY PERSONNEL IN MILITARY SERVICE › Section 281.50 - Proof of Primary Residence

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a) If a
			 service member is not the customer of record for the premises and the service
			 member's copy of orders calling him or her into military service do not contain the
			 primary residence of the service member, then a utility may require documentation to
			 prove the primary residence of the service member immediately prior to the service
			 member's order into military service. If the utility requires documentation, it may
			 require no more than two proofs of address.
b) This documentation may include, but is not
			 limited to, the following:
1) Leases;
2) Government issued identification;
3) Student identification;
4) Bank statements;
5) Mortgage statements;
6) Credit card statements;
7) Student loan statements;
8) Credit reports;
9) Pay stub or electronic deposit
			 receipt;
10) Affidavit certifying
			 residency;
11) Vehicle
			 registration;
12) Phone book
			 listing;
13) Other utility bill
			 statements;
14) Voter
			 registration;
15) Report cards;
			 or
16) Official mail from a school or
			 any unit of government.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 281 - UTILITY SERVICE OF MILITARY PERSONNEL IN MILITARY SERVICE › Section 281.60 - Installment Payment Arrangements

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Upon return from military service of a service member, if the gas or
				electric utility account at the service member's primary residence has gone into
				arrears during the service member's service, the utility shall offer a period equal
				to at least the period of military service to pay the arrearage. The utility shall
				inform the residential consumer that, if the period the utility offers presents a
				hardship to the consumer, the consumer may request a longer period to pay the
				arrearages and may request the assistance of the Illinois Commerce Commission to
				obtain a longer period. [220 ILCS
				5/8-201.5(d)]
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 281 - UTILITY SERVICE OF MILITARY PERSONNEL IN MILITARY SERVICE › Section 281.70 - Prohibition of Late Fees and Interest

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No late payment fees or interest shall be charged to the residential
				consumer during the period of military service or the repayment period.
				[220 ILCS
				5/8-201.5(d)]
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 281 - UTILITY SERVICE OF MILITARY PERSONNEL IN MILITARY SERVICE › Section 281.80 - Recovery of Uncollectible Costs

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a) A
			 gas or electric utility that does not have in effect an automatic adjustment clause
			 tariff under either Section 16-111.8 or Section 19-145 of the Act may elect to
			 recover its uncollectible costs incurred as a result of compliance with Section
			 8-201.5 of the Act in either of two ways:
1) file
			 a tariff in conformance with Section 16-111.8 or Section 19-145 of the Act to
			 recover the uncollectible costs incurred in compliance with Section 8-201.5 of the
			 Act; or
2) defer its uncollectible costs
			 incurred in compliance with Section 8-201.5 of the Act for cost recovery in its next
			 general rate case.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 285 - STANDARD INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS IN FILING FOR AN INCREASE IN RATES › Subpart A - GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS › Section 285.110 - Purpose

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a) These standard
				information requirements are designed to assist the Staff of the Illinois Commerce
				Commission (Commission, ICC, or ILCC) to review filings for tariffed rate increases
				under Sections 9-201, 16-108 and 16-108.5 of the Public Utilities Act (Act) [220
				ILCS 5/9-201, 16 -108 and 16-108.5].
b)
				These standard information requirements do not bind the Commission to a decision
				based solely on data provided pursuant to this Part, and parties and Commission
				Staff may seek additional information through discovery.
c) Information required by this Part does not
				become part of the record unless admitted into evidence under applicable Commission
				Rules of Practice (83 Ill. Adm. Code 200).
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a)
				Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Part, a utility providing information
				to Commission Staff pursuant to this Part, except for information provided under
				subsection (b), shall also provide one copy of that information to the Chief Clerk
				in a format that complies with 83 Ill. Adm. Code 200.
b) A utility providing information to the Chief
				Clerk under this Section may designate portions of that information as information
				for which it intends to seek a protective order. This designated information shall
				be separated from the remainder of the information provided to the Chief
				Clerk.
c) Subject to subsections (c)(3)
				and (4), the Chief Clerk shall not provide any information designated for a
				protective order to parties in the rate case without utility permission, provided
				the utility requests a protective order for that information under 83 Ill. Adm. Code
				200.430 by no later than the
				first status hearing in the rate case.
1) Any
				party shall have 21 days after the date of the request for a protective order to
				respond to the request, and the utility shall have ten days after the deadline date
				for filing responses to file its reply.
2) If the utility's tariffs are not suspended, the
				designated information shall not be released to any individual or entity by the
				Chief Clerk without the utility's permission.
3) The Staff of the Commission is entitled to
				review the designated information at any time.
4) Pursuant to
				15 ILCS
				205/6.5(d), the Illinois Attorney General
				has a statutory right to review the designated information.
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a)
				A utility providing information to the Director of the Financial Analysis Division
				or his/her designee under this Part may, when the information is filed, designate
				portions of that information as information for which it intends to seek a
				protective order.
b) Information that
				has been designated by a utility as that for which it intends to seek a protective
				order shall not be disclosed by Staff to any person outside the Commission other
				than representatives of the Illinois Attorney General pursuant to
				15 ILCS
				205/6.5(d) without utility permission,
				provided the utility requests a protective order for that information under 83 Ill.
				Adm. Code
				200.430 by no later than the
				first status hearing in the rate case.
c) Information provided to Staff under this Part
				for which the utility has requested a protective order shall be treated by Staff as
				directed in the protective order or other order or decision issued in response to
				the utility's request for a protective order. Information provided to Staff under
				this Part, for which the utility has indicated it will request a protective order,
				but for which information no protective order is in fact requested by the first
				status hearing in the rate case, shall be treated by Staff as if the utility had not
				indicated it would seek a protective order.
d) The utility need not provide information to
				Commission Staff pursuant to this Part that is protected from disclosure by Illinois
				Supreme Court Rule 201(b)(2). However, in any case in which a utility withholds
				information otherwise required to be provided by this Part, by reason of assertion
				of a privilege, it shall provide a description of the information and a description
				of the basis for the assertion of the privilege claim.
e) Subject to the above limitations, Commission
				Staff is hereby authorized to prepare, from information provided under this Part,
				material for introduction into the record of any rate case and to disclose that
				information in connection with discharge of its responsibilities under the
				Act.
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a) Unless otherwise
				specified, the standard information requirements are applicable to all utilities
				under the jurisdiction of the Commission filing for a change in tariffed rates that
				increases annual revenue 1.0 % or more when comparing revenue as first calculated
				using current authorized rates against the revenue that is calculated using the
				requested rates. The standard information requirements are also applicable to
				increases of less than 1% if cumulative filings, including the current filing, over
				the previous 12 month period would increase revenues by 1% or more. If certain rates
				are not to be changed by the utility's request, revenues resulting from the
				application of those rates are to be included in the comparison, provided that the
				rates that are not changing are a component of the applicable service for which the
				utility is seeking a rate change.
b) The
				standard information requirements are not applicable to filings for competitive
				service, for other services over which the Commission lacks jurisdiction for rate
				setting, or for reclassifying a previously noncompetitive service to competitive
				service. Such filings are to be made, where applicable, in accordance with the
				applicable provisions of the Act.
c) The
				standard information requirements are not applicable to telecommunications carriers
				that have no more than 35,000 subscriber access lines. Such carrier's filing
				requirements are subject to the provisions of Section 13-504 of the Act
				[220
				ILCS 5/13-504 ].
d) The standard information requirements are not
				applicable to electric, gas, water, or sewer utilities that provide utility service
				to no more than 35,000 customers. When determining if a utility serves no more than
				35,000 customers, all customers of that utility shall be counted, regardless of the
				type of service provided or the jurisdiction under which a customer is provided
				service, except that no customer shall be counted more than once.
e) The standard information requirements are not
				applicable to utilities requesting a staff review, examination, and evaluation of
				its books, records and operations prior to the filing of a general rate case
				pursuant to the notice requirements of 83 Ill. Adm. Code
				255.20(g).
				(See Section 9-201(a) of the Act [220 ILCS 5/9-201(a)
				].)
f) Unless the context of Article
				XIII of the Act [220 ILCS 5 /Art. XIII] clearly renders such provisions
				inapplicable, the ratemaking provisions of Article IX of the Act [220 ILCS 5 /Art.
				IX] relating to public utilities and the standard information requirements are fully
				applicable to telecommunications carriers.
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a) Utilities
				shall submit the standard information requirements at the time of making any filing
				that meets the criteria of Section
				285.120(a).
				The standard information requirements provide minimum information normally required
				to support a utility's filing. If the utility believes that further information, in
				addition to pre-filed testimony and exhibits, is necessary to support its case or is
				proposing a position that requires a departure from the basic schedules (e.g., a
				special revenue adjustment proposal), it is the utility's responsibility to
				supplement the standard information requirements as necessary to support its
				position.
b) Rather than submitting each
				schedule with a separate notation that the schedule is not required or is not
				applicable, a utility shall identify all such exceptions on Schedule A-1.
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a) A
				petition for waiver of any provisions of the standard information requirements shall
				be filed with the Commission. The Commission shall list all waivers requested on the
				Report of Daily Filing. If an order on the waiver request is not entered within 60
				days after the date it was filed, the waiver request shall be deemed to have been
				granted. The granting of any waiver of provisions of the standard information
				requirements shall not be a bar to parties and Commission Staff seeking that
				information through discovery.
b) A
				request for waiver of any of the provisions of the standard information requirements
				shall be verified and must set forth the specific reasons in support of the request.
				A request for waiver shall be granted upon good cause being shown by the utility.
				While other factors may be considered, and shall be mentioned if considered, the
				following factors shall be considered:
1) Whether
				other information available in the rate filing permits a review of the rate filing
				in a complete and timely manner;
2)
				Whether other information, that the utility would provide if the waiver is granted,
				permits a review of the rate filing in a complete and timely manner;
3) The degree to which the information that is the
				subject of the waiver request is maintained by the utility in the ordinary course of
				business or is available to it from the information that it maintains; and
4) The expense to the utility in providing the
				information that is the subject of the waiver request.
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a) Within 35 days after
				the date of filing the tariffs, the Director of the Administrative Law Judges
				Division of the Commission or the assigned Administrative Law Judge shall provide a
				written list of any deficiencies in the materials submitted pursuant to this Part to
				the utility with two copies to the Director of the Financial Analysis Division. The
				utility shall have 28 days after receipt of the list of deficiencies to submit the
				additional information to the assigned Administrative Law Judge and the Director of
				the Financial Analysis Division. If a utility does not intend to supply the
				information requested in the list of deficiencies, it shall notify the Director of
				the Administrative Law Judges Division of the Commission or the assigned
				Administrative Law Judge of its intention within 10 days after its receipt of the
				list of deficiencies.
b) If the utility
				fails to comply with this Part, after having been notified in writing, and fails to
				provide to the Director of the Administrative Law Judges Division of the Commission
				or the assigned Administrative Law Judge the requested information, the failure
				could result in a citation or other enforcement pursuant to law for failure to
				comply with this Part. In determining whether to take enforcement action, the
				Commission shall consider, among other things:
1)
				Any explanation that may be provided by the utility;
2) The Commission's need for the
				information;
3) The difficulty to the
				utility of providing the information, including the cost of compliance to the
				utility; and
4) The utility's previous
				record of compliance with the requirements of this Part and the utility's efforts at
				cooperation with the Commission and its Staff.
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The utility shall make the following information available to the
				  Commission Staff at the utility's office:
a) The work papers of the independent auditor
				related to the utility's most recent fiscal year for which an audit has been
				completed and the test year used in the current filing. If no independent auditor's
				opinion is expressed on the utility alone, then the audit workpapers for the
				utility's parent shall be made available. The work papers shall include engagement
				letters, representation letters, and additional correspondence between the utility
				and the independent auditor regarding the engagement;
b) Information directly or indirectly supporting
				the utility's testimony, exhibits, and standard information requirements submitted
				in conjunction with the utility's filing for a tariff rate increase, such as
				workpapers, invoices, the general ledger, schedules, other supporting data,
				etc.;
c) All minutes of board of
				directors meetings for the utility and all minutes of board of director meetings for
				its parent and all other affiliated interests to the extent those minutes relate to
				transactions listed in Section
				285.3150
				between the utility and such affiliated interests and a list of all other affiliated
				interests defined by Section 7-101 of the Act [220 ILCS
				5/7-101 ];
d)
				List of all internal audits and all audits by outside entities performed during the
				past three years. The list will include the title of the audit, the scope of the
				audit, and the date of the audit report;
e) Any written communications from the independent
				auditor received by the utility since the last rate case that indicates the
				existence of any material weakness in the utility's internal controls;
f) Information pertaining to legal matters,
				defined as any case or lawsuit whose potential liability is greater than $100,000,
				included within any reserve or test year operating expense as follows:
1) Filing date of case or lawsuit;
2) Description of case or lawsuit;
3) Amount of any damages sought;
4) Amount of any damages awarded, if
				any;
5) Estimated liability and amount
				included in any reserve or expense account in the test year; and
6) Status of case or lawsuit.