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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 J - FUTURE TEST YEAR REQUIREMENTS › Section 285.7045 - Schedule G-8: Actual Gross Additions and Retirements Compared to Original Budget

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Provide a comparison by plant function of the original budget of
				  capital additions and retirements to actual capital additions and retirements for
				  each of the three most recent consecutive years preceding the test year for which
				  actual data exist.
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 J - FUTURE TEST YEAR REQUIREMENTS › Section 285.7050 - Schedule G-9: Comparison of Budgeted Non-Payroll Expense to Actual

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a) Provide, by ICC
				Account number, with operation and maintenance shown by individual operation and
				maintenance expense account (or utility account number or budget item, if utility
				account numbers or budget items are in similar detail or greater detail when
				compared to ICC Account numbers), actual non-payroll expense compared with budgeted
				non-payroll expense for each of the three most recent consecutive years preceding
				the test year for which actual data exist. The budgeted non-payroll expense shall
				represent the originally approved budget. If budgeted amounts are not available by
				ICC Account number, utility account number or budget, provide the comparison by
				function (for example, power production - operation, power production - maintenance,
				distribution - operation, distribution - maintenance, etc.).
b) Information provided shall include:
1) Account number;
2) Account description;
3) Actual non-payroll expense in third prior
				year;
4) Budgeted non-payroll expense in
				third prior year;
5) Difference between
				actual and budgeted non-payroll expense in third prior year;
6) Percentage change for difference between
				budgeted and actual non-payroll expense in third prior year;
7) Actual non-payroll expense in second prior
				year;
8) Budgeted non-payroll expense in
				second prior year;
9) Difference between
				actual and budgeted non-payroll expense in second prior year;
10) Percentage change for difference between
				budgeted and actual non-payroll expense in second prior year;
11) Actual non-payroll expense in prior
				year;
12) Budgeted non-payroll expense
				in prior year;
13) Difference between
				actual and budgeted non-payroll expense in prior year; and
14) Percentage change for difference between
				budgeted and actual non-payroll expense in prior year.
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 J - FUTURE TEST YEAR REQUIREMENTS › Section 285.7055 - Schedule G-10: Budgeted Payroll Expense

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a)
				Provide, by ICC Account number, operation and maintenance by individual operation
				and maintenance expense account (or utility account number or budget item, if
				utility account numbers or budget items are in similar detail or greater detail when
				compared to ICC Account numbers), actual direct payroll expense as defined by
				Section
				285.115 compared with the
				budgeted payroll expense for each of the three most recent consecutive years
				preceding the test year for which actual data exist and the test year. The budgeted
				payroll expense shall represent the originally approved budget. If budgeted amounts
				are not available by ICC Account number, utility account number or budget, provide
				the comparison by function (for example, power production - operation, power
				production maintenance, distribution - operation, distribution - maintenance,
				etc.).
b) Information provided shall
				include:
1) Account number;
2) Account description;
3) Actual payroll expense in third prior
				year;
4) Budgeted payroll expense in
				third prior year;
5) Difference between
				actual and budgeted payroll expense in third prior year;
6) Percentage change for difference between
				budgeted and actual payroll expense in third prior year;
7) Actual payroll expense in second prior
				year;
8) Budgeted payroll expense in
				second prior year;
9) Difference between
				actual and budgeted payroll expense in second prior year;
10) Percentage change for difference between
				budgeted and actual payroll expense in second prior year;
11) Actual payroll expense in the year prior to
				the test year;
12) Budgeted payroll
				expense in the year prior to the test year;
13) Difference between actual and budgeted payroll
				expense in the year prior to the test year;
14) Percentage change for difference between
				budgeted and actual payroll expense in the year prior to the test year;
				and
15) Payroll expense reflected in
				test year.
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 J - FUTURE TEST YEAR REQUIREMENTS › Section 285.7060 - Schedule G-11: Budgeted Number of Employees

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a)
				Schedule G-12 shall list the number of employees by department included within the
				original, approved budget in each month of the three most recent consecutive years
				preceding the test year, for which actual data exist, and the test year.
b) Information shall include:
1) Number of full time employees;
2) Number of part time employees;
3) Number of full time equivalents for part time
				employees (i.e., if a full time employee is defined as working 40 hours per week,
				then part time, non-overtime hours divided by 40 would yield the number of full time
				equivalents); and
4) Total full time
				equivalents (sum of amounts in subsections (b)(1) and (b)(3)).
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 J - FUTURE TEST YEAR REQUIREMENTS › Section 285.7065 - Schedule G-12: Forecasted Property Taxes

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a)
				Provide information on the forecasted property taxes for the test year. If the
				information for the year immediately preceding the test year reflected on Schedule
				C-19 represents a combination of actual and forecasted data, provide information for
				the year preceding the test year also.
b) Information provided shall include:
1) Description of the methodology used to derive
				forecasted amounts reflected on Schedule C-19;
2) Equalized assessed value by county;
				and
3) Effective tax rate by county with
				the basis for the escalation rate used.
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 J - FUTURE TEST YEAR REQUIREMENTS › Section 285.7070 - Schedule G-13: Comparison of Actual Financial Results to the Originally Approved Forecast for Each of the Past Twelve Months and Eight Subsequent Months

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Provide a comparison of each month's actual financial results to
				  each month's forecast within the utility's originally approved annual forecast for
				  each of the past 12 months at the time of filing and each of the eight subsequent
				  months as available.
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 J - FUTURE TEST YEAR REQUIREMENTS › Section 285.7075 - Financial Statements

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Provide the following financial statements (including the most
				  recently completed calendar or fiscal year through the end of the future test year)
				  on a total company basis (including utility subsidiaries). Amounts attributable to
				  non-utility subsidiaries shall be identified and shown separately:
a) Income statement, including non-jurisdictional
				service revenues to be identified as Schedule G-15;
b) Balance sheet to be identified as Schedule G-16
				(This schedule may be omitted if already provided pursuant to Section
				285.2020.);
c) Statement of cash flows to be identified as
				Schedule G-17 (This schedule may be omitted if already provided pursuant to Section
				285.4090(d).);
				and
d) Statement of retained earnings to
				be identified as Schedule G-18.
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 J - FUTURE TEST YEAR REQUIREMENTS › Appendix A - Work Paper Referencing System

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POSITIONDESCRIPTION
1 & 2First and second
				  characters will always be "WP", which denotes work papers.
3Position 3 will
				  always represent the section of standard information requirement schedules to which
				  the work papers are related. The sections are:
ARevenue and
				  Financial Summaries
BRate Base
COperating
				  Income
DRate of
				  Return
ERate and
				  Tariff
FFinancial
				  Projection
GPlanning and
				  Operations
HFuture Test Year
				  Requirements
4Position 4 will
				  always represent the schedule number within a section. The first schedule within a
				  section will always be "1", the second "2", etc. Several standard schedule numbers
				  have been assigned. If the utility wishes to apply additional schedules in any
				  section, the next available (unassigned) schedule number in the appropriate section
				  shall be used.
5Position
Schedules that feed a specific schedule number shall be
				  identified by the fourth position. The first supporting schedule shall have
				  positions 3 and 4 coded with the section and schedule number that the supporting
				  schedules feed, and it shall be numbered "1", the second "2", etc.
For example:
The standard number assigned to the Operating Income
				  Adjustment Summary Schedule is C-3. The first adjustment shall be supported by a
				  separate schedule numbered C-3.1. The second adjustment supporting schedule shall be
				  C-3.2. The work papers would be indexed WPC-3.1 and WPC-3.2, respectively.
6Position
Data is required for supporting a schedule identified
				  by the 5-position digit. The first additional supporting schedule shall be
				  identified with the lower case letter "a", the second "b", etc. In all cases where
				  the 6th position is used, the 3rd, 4th, and 5th position characters shall be coded
				  with the section, schedule and supporting schedule that the additional data
				  supports.
For example:
Information provided as additional support for
				  adjustment C-3.1 would be coded in the work papers as: WPC-3.1 a, b,
				  c...etc.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 286 - SUBMISSION OF RATE CASE TESTIMONY › Section 286.10 - Applicability

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This Part shall apply to all public utilities as defined in Section
				3-105 of the Public Utilities Act (Act) [220 ILCS
				5/3-105 ] and to those telecommunications carriers as
				defined in Section 13-202 of the Act [220
				ILCS 5/13-202 ] that are subject to the requirements of
				Section 9-201 of the Act [220 ILCS 5/9-201 ] and 83 Ill. Adm.
				Code 285. As used in this Part, the term "utilities" shall include both public
				utilities and those telecommunications carriers to which this Part is
				applicable.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 286 - SUBMISSION OF RATE CASE TESTIMONY › Section 286.20 - Submission of Prepared Testimony

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a) Direct
			 Testimony
1) Utilities shall, at the time of
			 filing tariffs for a base rate increase, file the prepared direct testimony of any
			 witnesses and any exhibits in support of the utility's proposed tariffs.
2) For each project listed in 83 Ill. Adm. Code
			 285.6100(a),
			 the utility's direct testimony shall include at least the following information that
			 the utility relied upon to support its conclusion that its investment in the project
			 is both prudent and used and useful in providing utility service:
A) A description of all reports, studies,
			 forecasts, documentation, or other factors that the utility relied upon to support
			 its conclusion; and
B) A description of
			 the manner in which the utility's use of the described reports, studies, forecasts,
			 documentation or other factors in planning, constructing or operating the projects
			 supports the utility's conclusion.
3) The utility shall also submit one electronic
			 copy of the testimony and exhibits to the Director of the Financial Analysis
			 Division or any successor division of the Illinois Commerce Commission (Commission)
			 at the time of filing.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 286 - SUBMISSION OF RATE CASE TESTIMONY › Section 286.30 - Schedules and Work Papers Required to Support the Utility's Revised Revenue Requirement

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When, subsequent to the date of filing initial rates or tariffs in a
				rate proceeding, a utility files testimony or exhibits with a revised revenue
				requirement or a revenue increase different from the revenue increase previously
				presented on Schedule A-2, the utility shall provide the schedules and work papers
				supporting the revised revenue requirement at the time of filing the testimony in
				accordance with the requirements of 83 Ill. Adm. Code 285.
a) The schedules shall be identified in the upper
			 right hand corner with the appropriate schedule reference, the revision date, and
			 the docket number. The following schedules, if affected by the change in the
			 proposed revenue requirement, are required:
1) An
			 overall financial summary as defined by 83 Ill. Adm. Code
			 285.1005
			 to be identified as Revised Schedule A-2;
2) A jurisdictional rate base summary as defined
			 by 83 Ill. Adm. Code
			 285.2005
			 to be identified as Revised Schedule B-1, except that the presentation of rate base
			 components shall include:
A) Prior balance
			 sponsored by the utility;
B) Adjustment;
			 and
C) Adjusted requested
			 balance;
3) A summary of rate
			 base adjustments as defined by 83 Ill. Adm. Code
			 285.2010
			 to be identified as Revised Schedule B-2 that reflects the individual adjustments to
			 rate base included within the aggregated total adjustment amount reflected on
			 Revised Schedule B-1;
4) A schedule of
			 each rate base adjustment providing support for the adjustment as defined by 83 Ill.
			 Adm. Code
			 285.2015
			 to be identified as Revised Schedule B-2.1, B-2.2, etc.;
5) A jurisdictional operating income summary as
			 defined by 83 Ill. Adm. Code
			 285.3005
			 to be identified as Revised Schedule C-1, except that the presentation of the
			 components of operating income shall include:
A)
			 Prior pro forma balance at present rates;
B) Total of adjustments;
C) Revised pro forma balance at present
			 rates;
D) Requested rate increase;
			 and
E) Pro forma balance at proposed
			 rates;
6) A summary of the
			 adjustments to operating income as defined by 83 Ill. Adm. Code
			 285.3010
			 to be identified as Revised Schedule C-2 that reflects the individual adjustments to
			 operating income within the aggregated total adjustment amount reflected on the
			 jurisdictional operating income summary;
7) A schedule of each adjustment to operating
			 income providing support for the adjustment as defined by 83 Ill. Adm. Code
			 285.3015
			 to be identified as Revised Schedule C-2.1, C-2.2, etc.; and
8) All schedules as defined by 83 Ill. Adm. Code
			 285.Subpart G affected by that revision.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 287 - RATE CASE TEST YEAR › Section 287.10 - Applicability

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This Part shall apply to all public utilities as defined in Section
				3-105 of the Public Utilities Act (Act) [220 ILCS
				5/3-105 ] and to those telecommunications carriers as
				defined in Section 13-202 of the Act [220
				ILCS 5/13-202 ] that are subject to the requirements of
				Section 9-201 of the Act [220 ILCS 5/9-201 ] and 83 Ill. Adm.
				Code 285. As used in this Part, "utility" shall include both public utilities and
				those telecommunications carriers to which this Part is
				applicable.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 287 - RATE CASE TEST YEAR › Section 287.20 - Test Year Options

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A utility, at its option, may propose either one of the following
				periods as its proposed test year:
a)
			 Historical. Any consecutive 12 month period, beginning no more than 24 months prior
			 to the date of the utility's filing, for which actual data are available at the time
			 of filing new tariffs; or
b) Future. Any
			 consecutive 12 month period of forecasted data beginning no earlier than the date
			 new tariffs are filed and ending no later than 24 months after the date new tariffs
			 are filed.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 287 - RATE CASE TEST YEAR › Section 287.30 - Updates to Future Test Year Data

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a)
			 During the suspension period, the assigned Administrative Law Judge may require or
			 allow the utility to update its schedules and workpapers, if a utility has proposed
			 a future test year, according to the schedule established in the proceeding when
			 evidence has been introduced that a significant and material change affecting the
			 revenue requirement as defined in subsection (c) of this Section has occurred. In
			 establishing this schedule, the Administrative Law Judge shall consider the timing
			 and scope of the updated filing. A utility shall not be allowed or required to
			 submit more than one updated filing, or to submit an updated filing during the final
			 150 days of the resuspension period. When data are updated, the utility shall also
			 provide updated information for any affected schedules and work papers originally
			 submitted as a requirement of 83 Ill. Adm. Code 285.
b) A determination to require or allow the
			 submission of an update shall include, but not be limited to, the consideration of:
1) Whether the changes significantly and
			 materially affect the revenue requirement;
2) Whether the changes could have been reflected
			 in the initial tariff filing; and
3)
			 Whether the Illinois Commerce Commission staff and other participants will have an
			 adequate opportunity to review the updated information.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 287 - RATE CASE TEST YEAR › Section 287.40 - Pro Forma Adjustments to Historical Test Year Data

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A utility may propose pro forma adjustments (estimated or calculated
				adjustments made in the same context and format in which the affected information
				was provided) to the selected historical test year for all known and measurable
				changes in the operating results of the test year. These adjustments shall reflect
				changes affecting the ratepayers in plant investment, operating revenues, expenses,
				and cost of capital where such changes occurred during the selected historical test
				year or are reasonably certain to occur subsequent to the historical test year
				within 12 months after the filing date of the tariffs and where the amounts of the
				changes are determinable. Attrition or inflation factors shall not be substituted
				for a specific study of individual capital, revenue, and expense components. Any
				proposed known and measurable adjustment to the test year shall be individually
				identified and supported in the direct testimony of the utility. Each adjustment
				shall be submitted according to the standard information requirement schedules
				prescribed in 83 Ill. Adm. Code 285.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 288 - UTILITY RATE CASE EXPENSE AND CONSUMER INTERVENOR COMPENSATION FUND › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 288.10 - Scope

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a) This Part applies to the following rate
				case expenses for which recovery is sought by the public utility through rates:
1) expenses incurred by a public utility to
				compensate outside counsel/support staff and outside technical experts/support
				staff for preparing and litigating a rate case filing; and
2) expenses incurred by a public utility to
				compensate affiliate counsel/support staff and affiliate technical
				experts/support staff for preparing and litigating a rate case
				filing.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 288 - UTILITY RATE CASE EXPENSE AND CONSUMER INTERVENOR COMPENSATION FUND › Subpart B - RATE CASE EXPENSE › Section 288.110 - Determination of Reasonable Compensation Costs

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a)
				Rate case expenses shall be addressed in the attorney review that occurs in
				post-trial briefs.
b) The factors
				to be considered by the Commission in determining the justness and
				reasonableness of compensation costs for all persons covered by Section 288.10 may include, without limitation, the following:
1) The fulfillment of the required support
				for compensation costs as required in Section 288.110;
2) Identification of the type of service
				involved as either professional or support staff;
3) Novelty, complexity, or difficulty of the
				issues;
4) Nature, extent, and
				reasonableness of work performed that was considered at the time the work was
				performed, including, without limitation, the amount of support required for
				pleadings, discovery, briefing, and hearings, and the relevance of the work
				products to the justness and reasonableness of the proposed utility
				rates;
5) Requisite skill required
				to perform services efficiently and accurately;
6) Professional credentials, including,
				without limitation, education, training, experience, achievements, and
				reputation, in the applicable professional discipline;
7) The reasons why multiple outside counsel,
				outside technical experts, utility affiliate counsel, or utility affiliate
				technical experts addressed the same issues;
8) Relevant evidence regarding the market
				rates concerning fees charged for comparable services, including, as
				applicable, fees charged in other rate cases in Illinois or fees charged in
				other jurisdictions for rate cases;
9) Hourly rates applicable to outside counsel
				and outside technical experts representing or retained by utilities and outside
				counsel or outside technical experts representing or retained by other entities
				that regularly appear in Commission proceedings; and
10) The reasonableness of the amount of time
				taken to perform a task.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 288 - UTILITY RATE CASE EXPENSE AND CONSUMER INTERVENOR COMPENSATION FUND › Subpart B - RATE CASE EXPENSE › Section 288.120 - Compensation Costs Support Disclosure

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a)
				Information disclosed by the utility in support of compensation costs for all
				persons covered by Section 288.10 shall be given the same protections for
				privileged, confidential and proprietary information that exist under the
				Commission's Rules of Practice (83 Ill. Adm. Code 200), the Illinois Code of
				Civil Procedure [735 ILCS 5  ], the Illinois Rules of Evidence, and other
				applicable Illinois law.
b) When
				information or a document is withheld from disclosure or discovery on a claim
				that it is privileged pursuant to a common law or statutory privilege, any
				claim shall be made expressly and shall be supported by a description of the
				nature of the documents, communications or things not produced or disclosed and
				the exact privilege that is being claimed.
c) When there is a dispute regarding a claim
				of privilege, any party may file a motion seeking an in camera inspection of
				the documents in question by the Administrative Law Judge to resolve that
				dispute.
d) Nothing in this Section
				is intended to prevent or otherwise change any protections or rights existing
				under the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, the Illinois Supreme Court Rules,
				the Illinois Rules of Evidence, the Commission's Rules of Practice, or any
				other applicable law concerning privileged information or documents.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 288 - UTILITY RATE CASE EXPENSE AND CONSUMER INTERVENOR COMPENSATION FUND › Subpart C - CONSUMER INTERVENOR COMPENSATION › Section 288.200 - Eligibility Requirements

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a) A Consumer
				Interest Representative is eligible for full or partial compensation from the
				Fund if all of the conditions in this subsection (a) are met. Eligible expenses
				include the CIR's reasonable fees for attorneys and experts and reasonable
				costs of participating in a Commission docket. Expenses related to travel or
				meals are not compensable. Nothing in this provision shall exclude a CIR from
				receiving compensation under this Subpart C for cosponsoring a witness's
				testimony, joint discovery, or joint briefing with another party. Other parties
				may include, but are not limited to, a government agency or the Citizens
				Utility Board:
1) The CIR's participation
				includes lay or expert testimony or legal briefing and argument concerning the
				expenses, investments, rate design, rate impact, or other matters affecting the
				programs, plans, tariffs, policies, pricing, rates, costs, charges, or other
				offerings associated with utility service;
2) The Commission adopts a material
				recommendation, in whole, in part, or with modification, made by the CIR or
				adopts a settlement or stipulation agreement in which a material recommendation
				of the CIR is resolved related to a significant issue in the docket;
3) The CIR's participation has caused a
				significant financial hardship to the participant;
4) The CIR does not receive any compensation,
				funding or donations, directly or indirectly, from parties that have a
				financial interest in the outcome of the proceeding, provided that parties that
				have a financial interest do not include residential or small commercial
				utility customers.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 288 - UTILITY RATE CASE EXPENSE AND CONSUMER INTERVENOR COMPENSATION FUND › Subpart C - CONSUMER INTERVENOR COMPENSATION › Section 288.240 - Award Recommendations

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a) In making
				recommendations for awards, the Administrator shall, at a minimum, include
				within its recommendation:
1) The name of the
				CIR to which the Administrator recommends awarding compensation from the
				Fund;
2) The amount of the award
				the Administrator recommends;
3) An
				explanation of how the CIR meets the definition of a Consumer Interest
				Representative;
4) Identification
				of each material recommendation, in whole, in part, or with modification, made
				by the CIR or adopts a settlement or stipulation agreement in which a material
				recommendation of the CIR is resolved related to a significant issue in a
				Commission docket (or dockets) that the Commission adopted in its final order,
				including evidence that the final Commission Order included a discussion of the
				CIR's evidence or recommendations;
5) An explanation of how costs incurred by
				the CIR from participation in the Commission docket (or dockets) identified in
				subsection (a)(4) caused a significant financial hardship for the
				CIR;
6) A determination of whether
				the CIR received directly or indirectly any compensation, funding, or donations
				from parties that have a financial interest in the outcome of the proceeding
				for which the CIR is seeking compensation;
7) An explanation of why the recommended
				award is fair, just, and reasonable, including how the award is consistent with
				the market rates paid to persons of comparable training and experience who
				offer similar services and does not exceed the comparable market rate for
				services paid by the public utility as part of its rate case expense;
8) A statement that sufficient monies exist
				in the Fund to make the award, if that is the case; and
9) A statement of whether the CIR received
				compensation before the Commission's final order after denial or decision on
				rehearing in the proceeding and, if so, the net amount of compensation that the
				CIR is owed by, or is obligated to return to, the Fund.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 288 - UTILITY RATE CASE EXPENSE AND CONSUMER INTERVENOR COMPENSATION FUND › Subpart C - CONSUMER INTERVENOR COMPENSATION › Section 288.250 - Award Payments

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a) Unless the
				Commission enters upon a hearing concerning the propriety of an award within 45
				days after the Administrator submits an award recommendation to the Commission,
				the CIR shall be issued the recommended award within 75 days after the
				Administrator provides the Commission an award recommendation with any
				necessary adjustments to account for compensation provided prior to the
				Commission's final order after denial or decision on rehearing in the
				proceeding.
b) The Commission may,
				without answer or other pleadings but upon reasonable notice, initiate a
				hearing concerning the propriety of an award either on its own initiative or in
				response to a complaint. In determining the grant of awards, the Commission
				shall consider the following:
1) The impact
				the requesting CIR's advocacy had on the outcome of the matter before the
				Commission, as reflected in the Final Order, with respect to a significant
				issue in the docket; and the extent to which that impact made a meaningful
				advancement of public policy in light of the goals and aspirations outlined in
				the Act;
2) The financial ability
				of the requesting CIR, and the imposition of the financial hardship that the
				Consumer Interest Representative would incur to the extent no award was
				granted;
3) The CIR's eligibility,
				as set forth in Section 9-229 of the Act;
4) The location of the residential utility
				customers represented by the CIR relative to the geographic locations or
				service territories affected by the matter for which the award is sought;
				and
5) The reasonableness of the
				fees for which reimbursement is sought, the long-term financial solvency of the
				Fund, and the economic imposition on utilities and the public.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 288 - UTILITY RATE CASE EXPENSE AND CONSUMER INTERVENOR COMPENSATION FUND › Subpart C - CONSUMER INTERVENOR COMPENSATION › Section 288.260 - Compensation Before the Commission's Final Order After Denial or Decision on Rehearing in the Proceeding

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a) The
				Administrator shall have in its sole discretion the authority, subject only to
				the Commission's authority to determine the propriety of any award, to approve,
				but subject to the requirements of this Part and Section 9-229 of the Act, the
				provision of compensation from the Fund to CIRs prior to the Commission's Final
				Order after denial or decision on rehearing in the proceeding.
b) The Administrator will not approve the
				compensation if it exceeds the available monies in the Fund.
c) The Administrator shall notify the
				Executive Director and the Director of the Commission's Administrative Services
				Division of approval of any compensation to be paid from the Fund. The
				notification shall include:
1) The name of the
				CIR to be paid;
2) The address to
				which payment should be sent;
3)
				The CIR's completed Form W-9 containing its taxpayer identification
				number;
4) The amount of
				compensation to be provided;
5) The
				balance that will remain in the Fund after the compensation is provided;
				and
6) A copy of the verified
				request for compensation from the Fund prior to the entry of the Commission's
				final order after denial or decision on rehearing in the proceeding (if such a
				request is made).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 288 - UTILITY RATE CASE EXPENSE AND CONSUMER INTERVENOR COMPENSATION FUND › Subpart C - CONSUMER INTERVENOR COMPENSATION › Section 288.270 - Issuance of Compensation

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a) Upon receipt
				of an Administrator's notice indicating compensation is to be paid from the
				Fund, the Executive Director or a designee shall sign and issue a voucher
				directing payment of the award by the Illinois Office of the Comptroller,
				except that the Executive Director or a designee shall not cause to be issued
				any voucher directing payment of compensation if the amount to be paid exceeds
				the available monies in the Fund or that causes the Commission to exceed its
				legislative appropriation with respect to the Fund.
b) Awards shall be issued based upon the
				order in which notices of compensation to be paid from the Fund are received
				from the Administrator by the Executive Director or a designee.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 288 - UTILITY RATE CASE EXPENSE AND CONSUMER INTERVENOR COMPENSATION FUND › Subpart C - CONSUMER INTERVENOR COMPENSATION › Section 288.280 - Mandatory Contributions from Utilities to Consumer Intervenor Compensation Fund

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a) Each utility
				that files a request for an increase in base rates pursuant to Section 9-201 of
				the Act or a multi-year rate plan pursuant to Section 16-108.18(d) of the Act
				and seeks to recover rate case expenses pursuant to this Part shall deposit the
				lesser of $500,000 or half the rate case attorney and expert expense allowed by
				the Commission into the Fund. The contribution shall be made within 35 days
				after the date of the Commission's Final Order in the rate case or 20 days
				after the denial of rehearing under Section 10-113 of the Act, whichever is
				later. (See Section 9-229(b)(4) of the Act.)
b) Utility contributions to the Fund shall be
				recoverable expenses.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 288 - UTILITY RATE CASE EXPENSE AND CONSUMER INTERVENOR COMPENSATION FUND › Subpart C - CONSUMER INTERVENOR COMPENSATION › Section 288.290 - Annual Report from Administrator of Consumer Intervenor Compensation Fund

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By March 1 of each year, the Administrator shall issue an
				  annual report containing a summary of the Fund's operation for the prior year.
				  The report shall contain at a minimum, the following information:
a) A list of proceedings for which
				compensation was awarded, and the amounts awarded by docket number and by the
				entity receiving an award;
b) A
				list of compensation recipients including, at a minimum, a description of the
				organization receiving the funds, the location of the organization's principal
				place of business, the effect the representative's participation had on the
				outcome of the docket, and the amount paid to each recipient;
c) A list of compensation award requests that
				were denied by the Commission or the Administrator for any reason;
d) A fiscal summary that includes funds on
				hand, receipts from contributions, and expenditures of the fund during the year
				for which the report is submitted;
e) Any additional information the Commission
				requires, or the Administrator considers appropriate to report.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 290 - PUBLIC UTILITY ELECTRONIC TARIFF FILING › Section 290.10 - Overview of Electronic Tariff Filing

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One of the stated purposes of the Electronic Commerce Security Act
				is
to facilitate electronic filing of documents with State and local
				government agencies, and promote efficient delivery of government services by means
				of reliable electronic records
[
				5 ILCS
				175/1-105(3) ]. The Electronic Commerce
				Security Act authorizes State agencies to send and receive electronic records and
				electronic signatures. In addition, the Commission has the authority over its
				process and proceedings pursuant to Section 10-101 of the Public Utilities Act [ 220
				ILCS 5 ]. To that end, the Commission is committed to facilitating the filing,
				distributing and accessing of tariffs electronically through its Electronic Tariff
				Filing System. Any public utility subject to the provisions of this Part may elect
				to submit a tariff and all associated documents for filing in an electronic format
				instead of in hard copy format. However, nothing in this Part should be construed to
				require any public utility to submit any tariff for filing in an electronic
				format.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 290 - PUBLIC UTILITY ELECTRONIC TARIFF FILING › Section 290.20 - Definitions

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"Act" means the Public Utilities Act [ 220 ILCS 5 ].
"Commission" or "ICC" means the Illinois Commerce Commission.
"Electronic Tariff Filing System", "e-Tariff System" or "e-Tariff"
				means the ICC's system used by public utilities to submit tariffs
				electronically.
"ICC External User" or "Authorized User" means a person who is not
				an ICC employee and who has been authorized to use the Commission's electronic
				tariff filing system.
"ICC External User Account" or "Authorized User Account" means the
				unique user name and password that are assigned to a person who is authorized to use
				the Commission's electronic tariff filing system.
"ICC External User Account Application" means the form used to
				request the creation of an ICC external user account.
"Personally Identifiable Information" includes, but is not limited
				to, social security numbers, driver's license numbers, credit card numbers, debit
				card numbers, and medical records.
"PDF" means the Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format.
"Public Utility" has the meaning ascribed in Sections 3-105(a)(1)
				and (2) of the Act.
"Staff" means ICC employees.
"Tariff" has the meaning ascribed in the definition of "Schedule" in
				83 Ill. Adm. Code
				255.10, excluding standard
				information requirement materials submitted pursuant to 83 Ill. Adm. Code
				285.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 290 - PUBLIC UTILITY ELECTRONIC TARIFF FILING › Section 290.50 - Electronic Tariff Filing System Accounts

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a)
			 Each person seeking to submit tariffs electronically must have an active ICC
			 external user account. The ICC external user account application is available on the
			 ICC website or by contacting the Chief Clerk's Office.
b) A completed ICC external user account
			 application must be delivered to the Chief Clerk's Office in accordance with the
			 instructions provided on the form.
c) A
			 public utility is responsible for authorizing the persons who may submit tariffs
			 electronically on its behalf. Any user authorized to submit tariffs electronically
			 on behalf of a public utility can see a list of the public utility's authorized
			 users for the electronic tariff filing system.
d) The public utility shall timely contact the
			 Chief Clerk's Office to request the revocation of an authorized user account if a
			 person is no longer authorized to submit tariffs electronically on behalf of the
			 public utility, or if the public utility becomes aware of a security breach
			 associated with the person or the account.
e) A person whose ICC external user account
			 application is accepted by the ICC will be assigned a unique user name and
			 password.
f) An authorized user is
			 responsible for keeping his or her user name and password confidential. The unique
			 user name and password assigned to a person are used to authenticate authorized
			 users and establish authority to submit tariffs electronically on behalf of a public
			 utility. Therefore, safeguarding this information is important to prevent
			 unauthorized electronic submission of tariffs.
g) The unique user name and password of an
			 authorized user enable the e-Tariff system to trace an electronically submitted
			 tariff to a specific person as if the submission were signed. This shall serve as an
			 electronic signature of the authorized user on those submissions.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 290 - PUBLIC UTILITY ELECTRONIC TARIFF FILING › Section 290.60 - Control Processes

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a) The electronic
			 tariff filing system allows only users with an authorized user account to submit
			 tariffs electronically.
b) If an
			 electronic tariff submission is found to contain malware, the submission will be
			 rejected and the user shall be notified of the rejection.
c) If an electronic tariff submission is found to
			 contain personally identifiable information, the submission will be rejected and the
			 user shall be notified of the rejection.
d) A user's web browser must be set to accept
			 cookies in order for authorized users to submit tariffs electronically. Cookies
			 identify authorized users and enable the server to send customized data to the user.
			 Cookies also submit account information for the authorized user. A privacy statement
			 is available on the ICC website.
e) The
			 electronic tariff filing system logs every electronic tariff submission with the ICC
			 external user account, public utility name, filing description, tracking number,
			 date and time.
f) Any problems or errors
			 experienced during an electronic tariff submission should be reported to the ICC
			 Chief Clerk's Office.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 290 - PUBLIC UTILITY ELECTRONIC TARIFF FILING › Section 290.70 - Required Information

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a) Tariffs submitted
			 electronically shall consist of a letter of transmittal, tariff pages and work
			 papers, if applicable. Letters of transmittal and tariff pages will be publicly
			 viewable. Work papers will be viewable only by the public utility representatives
			 that submitted the work papers and Staff. The work papers represent information the
			 public utility believes is necessary to facilitate the understanding of the tariff
			 submission.
b) The letter of transmittal
			 shall contain the following information:
1) The
			 name of the public utility on record with the ICC.
2) The tariff pages that are being
			 changed.
3) A signature of a
			 representative of the public utility.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 290 - PUBLIC UTILITY ELECTRONIC TARIFF FILING › Section 290.80 - Submission of Tariffs Electronically

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a) An
			 authorized user must verify that the tariff documents submitted electronically do
			 not contain personally identifiable information.
b) Upon submission of an electronic tariff, the
			 electronic tariff filing system will provide the authorized user with a tracking
			 number for the submission. The tracking number should be retained for any inquiries
			 related to the submission.
c) An
			 authorized user can locate and view electronic tariff submissions made by the
			 account in the electronic tariff filing system by tracking number or date range. The
			 entry for the tariff submission will indicate whether the submission is publicly
			 viewable, the status of the submission (pending, accepted or rejected) and a
			 description of the submission. An authorized user may also view all electronic
			 tariff documents submitted on behalf of his or her public utility.
d) Submission of a tariff electronically does not
			 constitute acceptance of the tariff. An electronically submitted tariff is deemed
			 accepted when the Chief Clerk's Office designates the tariff as accepted on the
			 electronic tariff filing system.
e) In
			 order for an electronically submitted tariff to be considered filed on a particular
			 date, it must be accepted by the ICC Chief Clerk's Office before 5:00 PM Central
			 Time on that date. It is the responsibility of the public utility to ensure that its
			 submission is made in such a manner that acceptance of the submission by the ICC
			 Chief Clerk's Office for filing occurs on the date that is shown on the applicable
			 tariff documents the public utility submitted for filing.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 290 - PUBLIC UTILITY ELECTRONIC TARIFF FILING › Section 290.90 - Notification of Acceptance or Rejection of Tariff Submission

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a) An authorized user will be able to create an
			 e-mail notification list for each electronic tariff submitted. The user and any
			 associated e-mail notification list will be notified automatically by email for each
			 electronic tariff submission.
b) When an
			 electronic tariff submission is accepted or rejected by the Chief Clerk's Office, an
			 e-mail is sent to the user and the notification list for the tariff
			 submission.
c) It is the responsibility
			 of the public utility to monitor electronic tariff submissions and verify acceptance
			 or rejection of the tariff.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 295 - ADVERTISING EXPENSES OF ELECTRIC AND GAS UTILITIES › Section 295.10 - Advertising Standard

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In any general rate increase request by any gas or electric utility
				as prescribed in General Order 157, the following advertising standard shall apply
				to the utility's direct presentation to the Commission. Nothing in this Part shall
				prevent the utility from presenting a proposed method of expensing advertising costs
				at variance with this general standard so long as in addition to any variance
				testimony, the advertising expenses are presented as contained in this Part.
a) Unless the Commission otherwise orders, no
			 electric or gas utility shall include as an operating expense in the test year
			 computation any direct or indirect expenditures for promotional, political,
			 institutional or goodwill advertising. In determining whether to allow a variation
			 from this provision, the Commission shall consider, among other things, whether the
			 advertising at issue is necessary to protect consumers, to promote more efficient
			 use of the public utility's system, or to allow the public utility to compete
			 effectively against non-regulated competitors.
b) In making the computation of allowable
			 operating expenses, the utility shall not include any direct or indirect expenditure
			 for advertising which contains any nonallowable material in the
			 expenditure.
c) In providing the
			 advertising expenses as prescribed in this Part, or in any proposed variance to the
			 general standard, the utility shall complete and include in its direct presentation
			 to the Commission, a form entitled "Rate Case Advertising Expense," as prescribed by
			 the Commission.