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Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 791 - COST OF SERVICE › Section 791.40 - Methods and Assumptions

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a) The
			 methodology and assumptions in this Part apply to cost studies required by this Part
			 and the Act.
b) Nothing in this Part
			 shall require a carrier in any LRSIC study to account for, allocate, apportion,
			 assign or reflect costs in any manner inconsistent with the Uniform System of
			 Accounts (83 Ill. Adm. Code 710) or the Federal Communications Commission's Uniform
			 System of Accounts ( 47 CFR 32 ).
c)
			 Since LRSIC represents a measurement of the costs to a carrier of providing a
			 service or group of services on a prospective basis over a planning horizon long
			 enough to have no sunk inputs or costs, when determining the LRSIC of a service or a
			 group of services, use of the following assumptions and methods shall be presumed
			 reasonable:
1) The LRSIC study shall be based upon
			 the locations of, and planned locational changes to, the existing central office and
			 facilities configuration. As used in this Section, "facilities" shall be interpreted
			 to include feeder routes, central offices, drop wire, network interface devices, and
			 other specific items that make up the facilities of a telecommunications
			 company;
2) To the fullest extent
			 possible, volume-insensitive costs shall be directly attributed to particular
			 services or, where shared by a group of services, to that group of services,
			 consistent with the cost causation principle;
3) Volume-sensitive costs shall be directly
			 attributed to the service that causes the costs, consistent with the cost causation
			 principle;
4) The LRSIC study shall
			 reflect the demand for the entire service that is affected by the business or
			 regulatory decision at hand. If the LRSIC study is for a new service, the study
			 shall include all demand forecasts used in the computations.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 791 - COST OF SERVICE › Section 791.50 - Cost Study Component Presentation

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All cost studies provided by a carrier shall specifically identify
				the components outlined in Section
				791.60
				when such components are incurred and directly attributable to the service being
				studied. Further detail on each component shall be provided where
				identified.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 791 - COST OF SERVICE › Section 791.60 - General Cost Study Components

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a) Service
			 description. Each cost study shall include a definition of the service being
			 studied. This definition shall be in terms of technical characteristics,
			 functionality, application, targeted market, and availability. The elements of the
			 service shall also be defined.
b) Demand
			 Information. The carrier shall provide the demand figures and/or forecasts used in
			 the LRSIC computations and an explanation detailing the explicit and implicit
			 assumptions and methods used to derive the figures and/or forecasts. Demand
			 forecasts for new services shall reflect total demand for the service, averaged over
			 the projected revenue producing life of the service.
c) Revenue life. Each cost study shall identify
			 and provide a basis for the projected revenue producing life of the service or group
			 of services.
d) Economic life. Each cost
			 study shall identify and provide a basis for the projected economic life of the
			 equipment involved in providing the service or group of services.
e) Input prices. Each cost study shall reflect
			 input prices (e.g., the prices for materials, labor, and capital) that the carrier
			 is actually expected to face. The carrier shall provide the underlying bases for
			 projected changes in input price levels, using, wherever possible, projections based
			 on market expectations and rates set in labor contracts. Where appropriate, costs
			 shall be based on prevailing vendor prices or vendor prices under consideration that
			 reflect volume discounts or term discounts off listed input prices. These discounts
			 shall be reflected in the cost study.
f)
			 Factors. Whenever any factors are used to estimate costs, such as maintenance or
			 labor costs, the basis for those factors shall be described in an annual filing with
			 the Manager of the Telecommunications Division of the Illinois Commerce Commission.
			 Factors shall be based upon historical costs only to the extent that it can be
			 demonstrated that those historical costs are relevant to the study of
			 forward-looking costs. Any deviations in individual cost studies from factors filed
			 on an annual basis shall be identified and explained in each cost study.
g) Volume-insensitive costs. To the fullest extent
			 possible, volume-insensitive costs shall be directly attributed to particular
			 services or, where shared by a group of services, to that group of
			 services.
h) Volume-sensitive costs.
			 Volume-sensitive costs shall be directly attributed to the service that causes the
			 costs.
i) The cost study shall include
			 all relevant service-specific start-up costs, including installation
			 costs.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 791 - COST OF SERVICE › Section 791.70 - Investment-related Cost Study Components

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a)
			 Material. The material component of investment shall be based on the most recent
			 vendor prices, reflecting applicable discounts and all applicable taxes, for the
			 hardware and software resources required to provide the service. The carrier shall
			 provide a breakdown of the material involved in providing the service.
b) Inventory and supply. The inventory and supply
			 components shall reflect the costs to the company of inventory, administration,
			 storage and delivery.
c) Labor
			 investment. The labor investment component shall consist of the labor required to
			 install and put into service capital assets. The labor investment component shall be
			 divided into two components, vendor-related and carrier-related labor investment.
			 Vendor-related labor investment shall include billed installation and engineering.
			 Carrier-related investment may be calculated based on either account averages or
			 product specific plant engineering and installation hours. Total labor costs shall
			 be computed by multiplying the account average or product specific work time by the
			 appropriate labor hours. Hourly labor rates shall include the operational wages,
			 benefits, paid absence, tools, and miscellaneous expenses.
d) Utilization factors. The utilization factor
			 measures the usable capacity of a capital resource pursuant to the definition of
			 usable capacity in Section
			 791.20(n).
			 Investment shall be adjusted to reflect the usable capacity by dividing the dollar
			 amount of investment by the utilization factor estimated pursuant to this
			 Section.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 791 - COST OF SERVICE › Section 791.80 - Annual Cost Study Components

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a)
			 Depreciation.
1) Depreciation shall represent the
			 periodic recognition of investment cost as dictated by accounting rules (83 Ill.
			 Adm. Code 710). Depreciation costs for a service shall be computed based upon the
			 projected life of plant at age zero underlying the depreciation rates most recently
			 approved by the Commission. (For purposes of a cost study submitted in a rate
			 proceeding which includes a depreciation represcription proposal, a
			 telecommunications carrier may, as an alternative, use the projected life of plant
			 at age zero filed for approval in that proceeding, subject to final Commission
			 action on represcription proposal.)
2)
			 For a carrier seeking approval of an alternative regulatory plan under Section
			 13-506.1 of the Act, the Commission shall make a finding of, or adopt a methodology
			 for determining the projected life of plant at year zero underlying the carrier's
			 rates of depreciation for purposes of this Part in any order approving an
			 alternative regulatory plan.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 791 - COST OF SERVICE › Section 791.90 - Subsidy Tests

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a) A service is not
			 being subsidized if the total revenue resulting from the service equals or exceeds
			 the long-run service incremental cost of providing that service.
b) A group of services is not being subsidized if
			 the total revenue resulting from the group of services equals or exceeds the
			 long-run service incremental cost of providing that group of services.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 791 - COST OF SERVICE › Section 791.100 - Required LRSIC Filings

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An LRSIC study shall be filed with the Commission under the
				following circumstances:
a) For the service
			 when a carrier offering or providing noncompetitive services files a tariff to
			 reclassify a previously noncompetitive service as competitive;
b) For the service when a carrier offering or
			 providing noncompetitive services files a tariff classifying a new service as
			 competitive;
c) For all noncompetitive
			 services in any proceeding under Section 13-506.1 of the Act to implement an
			 alternative form of regulation; or
d)
			 For a service when the Commission requests an LRSIC study in order to establish just
			 and reasonable rates for that service.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 791 - COST OF SERVICE › Section 791.200 - Aggregate Revenue Test for Competitive Services

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a)
			 The competitive services of a carrier that provides both competitive and
			 noncompetitive services shall provide revenues which equal or exceed the sum of the
			 following:
1) The sum of the LRSICs of all
			 competitive services, less the LRSICs of noncompetitive tariffed elements that are
			 imputed into the costs of those services;
2) The sum of the imputed costs of the
			 noncompetitive tariffed elements that are inputs to competitive services;
			 and
3) The common costs that are to be
			 allocated to competitive services pursuant to the relative LRSIC method. The portion
			 of common costs that shall be recovered by competitive services in the aggregate
			 shall be equal to the ratio of the amount in subsection (a)(3)(A) to the amount in
			 subsection (a)(3)(B):
A) The sum of the LRSICs of
			 all competitive services, less the LRSICs of noncompetitive tariffed elements that
			 are imputed into the costs of these services; and
B) The sum of the LRSICs of all noncompetitive and
			 competitive services of the carrier.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1200 - FEE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION FOR REGULAR PROCUREMENT EVENTS, SPECIAL PROCUREMENT EVENTS AND OTHER SERVICES › Subpart A - INTRODUCTION › Section 1200.100 - Scope

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This Part covers fee assessment by the Agency for development of
				  Procurement Plans, regular procurement events, special procurement events, contract
				  review, evaluation and mediation as required under the Illinois Power Agency Act and
				  the Public Utilities Act.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1200 - FEE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION FOR REGULAR PROCUREMENT EVENTS, SPECIAL PROCUREMENT EVENTS AND OTHER SERVICES › Subpart A - INTRODUCTION › Section 1200.120 - Publication of Overhead

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No later than July 1 annually, or such later date that the General
				  Assembly approves the Agency's appropriation, the Agency shall publish on its
				  website its budgeted overhead, which shall be based on the appropriation approved by
				  the General Assembly for the fiscal year starting on July 1.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1200 - FEE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION FOR REGULAR PROCUREMENT EVENTS, SPECIAL PROCUREMENT EVENTS AND OTHER SERVICES › Subpart A - INTRODUCTION › Section 1200.130 - Publication of Mediation Rates

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When the Act or the Public Utilities Act requires or allows the
				  Agency to offer mediation services, the Agency shall, within 20 days after retaining
				  a mediator, publish on its website the hourly rates for its retained mediator and/or
				  Agency employees if the Agency intends to or is required to charge for
				  mediation.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1200 - FEE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION FOR REGULAR PROCUREMENT EVENTS, SPECIAL PROCUREMENT EVENTS AND OTHER SERVICES › Subpart A - INTRODUCTION › Section 1200.140 - Statement of Policy

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a) It shall be the
				policy of the Agency to recover its authorized overhead for each fiscal year, avoid
				double billing any entities for the same cost, and minimize over- or
				under-collection while balancing considerations of cash flow.
b) The Agency further shall allocate costs
				consistent with the principles of cost causation, which includes directly billing
				any entity that directly causes a cost, to the extent practicable.
c) To the extent a particular cost or fee that the
				Agency is entitled to recover is not covered in this Part, the Agency may collect
				fees allowable under Act or the Public Utilities Act consistent with this Section.
				Any funds collected other than a pass through of contract costs shall offset
				overhead that the Agency may collect pursuant to other Sections of this
				Part.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1200 - FEE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION FOR REGULAR PROCUREMENT EVENTS, SPECIAL PROCUREMENT EVENTS AND OTHER SERVICES › Subpart B - REGULAR PROCUREMENTS › Section 1200.200 - Scope

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Each Section of this Subpart B shall be applicable only to costs
				  incurred pursuant to Sections 1-75 and 1-77 of the Act and Section 16-111.5 of the
				  Public Utilities Act.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1200 - FEE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION FOR REGULAR PROCUREMENT EVENTS, SPECIAL PROCUREMENT EVENTS AND OTHER SERVICES › Subpart B - REGULAR PROCUREMENTS › Section 1200.210 - Planning Cycle Fees Assessed to Participating Utilities

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a) The Agency shall assess fees to each affected
				utility to recover the costs incurred in preparation of the annual procurement plan
				for the utility. [20 ILCS
				3855/1-75(g) ] These fees shall cover
				costs for the Agency and its agents, representatives and consultants.
b) The costs incurred by the Agency and its
				agents, representatives and consultants shall consist of the following:
1) Actual contract costs invoiced by the
				procurement planning consultant in furtherance of work required under or related to
				requirements of Section 1-75 of the Act.
2) 67% of the overhead budgeted by the Agency for
				the fiscal year, reduced by the amount of overhead collected through fees otherwise
				authorized in Subparts B, C and D pursuant to Section
				1200.140
				already collected at the time of billing during the same fiscal year, and further
				reduced by 67% of the interest generated by the Agency's Trust Fund to fund the
				Agency's Operating Fund.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1200 - FEE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION FOR REGULAR PROCUREMENT EVENTS, SPECIAL PROCUREMENT EVENTS AND OTHER SERVICES › Subpart B - REGULAR PROCUREMENTS › Section 1200.220 - Bidder And Supplier Fees

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a) The Agency
				shall recover the following costs from bidders and suppliers in all regular
				procurement events during a fiscal year:
1) Actual
				costs incurred by the procurement administrator for the procurement event in which
				the bidder or supplier participates.
2)
				The Agency's overhead to the extent not recovered pursuant to Section
				1200.210
				and Subpart D.
3) If a procurement event
				was authorized by a procurement plan in a previous fiscal year, the Agency may
				collect fees from suppliers authorized in subsection (c) for the fiscal year in
				which the procurement event occurs.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1200 - FEE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION FOR REGULAR PROCUREMENT EVENTS, SPECIAL PROCUREMENT EVENTS AND OTHER SERVICES › Subpart B - REGULAR PROCUREMENTS › Section 1200.230 - Timing for Invoices to and Payment by Utilities

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a) No later than February 15 of any year, the
				Agency shall issue an invoice to each participating utility summarizing the total
				fee assessment pursuant to Section
				1200.210
				in the previous planning cycle. Nothing in this subsection prevents the Agency from
				providing additional invoices during the fiscal year, or prevents a participating
				utility from inquiring as to actual or estimated fee assessments incurred pursuant
				to this Part at any time.
b) Periodic
				invoices issued by the Agency pursuant to subsection (a) must be paid no later than
				the due date on the invoices.
c) No
				later than March 15 of any year, each participating utility shall pay the full
				undisputed amount of all invoices issued pursuant to subsection (a). For any
				invoices issued after February 15 of the fiscal year, each participating utility
				shall pay the full undisputed amount of each invoice within 30 days after receipt of
				the invoice.
d) To the extent that a
				participating utility disputes the amount of one or more invoices, the participating
				utility shall pay the undisputed amount, and all disputed amounts shall be subject
				to Section
				1200.240.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1200 - FEE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION FOR REGULAR PROCUREMENT EVENTS, SPECIAL PROCUREMENT EVENTS AND OTHER SERVICES › Subpart B - REGULAR PROCUREMENTS › Section 1200.240 - Communications Regarding Fees and Fee Dispute Resolution

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a) The Agency may meet with representatives from
				participating utilities from time to time at the request of the participating
				utilities to discuss fees invoiced, incurred but not invoiced, or expected to be
				incurred and charged to the participating utility pursuant to Section
				1200.200. Notwithstanding
				the participating utility's request, the Agency shall offer to hold at least one
				meeting in the first two quarters of the fiscal year and one meeting in the second
				two quarters of the fiscal year with the participating utilities separately or
				jointly. Nothing in this Section prevents the Agency from offering to meet with one
				or more participating utilities additional times or including the procurement
				planning consultants at one or more meetings. All conversations pursuant to this
				Section are subject to any applicable reporting requirements imposed by statute or
				rule.
b) Fee Disputes
1) If any party assessed a fee has a good-faith
				dispute regarding fees, the party shall pay the undisputed amount in a timely
				fashion.
2) If a party pays the disputed
				amount and provides written correspondence explaining the disputed amount and the
				grounds for dispute, full payment shall not be considered a waiver of the
				dispute.
3) The Agency and the party
				shall make reasonable efforts to resolve the dispute.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1200 - FEE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION FOR REGULAR PROCUREMENT EVENTS, SPECIAL PROCUREMENT EVENTS AND OTHER SERVICES › Subpart C - SPECIAL PROCUREMENTS › Section 1200.300 - Scope

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This Subpart C shall be applicable only to costs incurred in
				  support of special procurements, to the extent that the Agency is permitted by
				  statute to recover its costs.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1200 - FEE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION FOR REGULAR PROCUREMENT EVENTS, SPECIAL PROCUREMENT EVENTS AND OTHER SERVICES › Subpart C - SPECIAL PROCUREMENTS › Section 1200.310 - Fees Assessment and Payment Schedules for Participating Utilities in Special Procurements

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a) Each
				participating utility shall be responsible for the costs incurred by the Agency and
				its agents, representatives and consultants incurred for a special procurement to
				the extent allowable under the Act.
b)
				The costs incurred by the Agency and its agents, representatives and consultants
				shall consist of actual contract costs invoiced by the procurement planning
				consultant in furtherance of work required under or related to requirements of the
				Act or the Public Utilities Act that are not recoverable under Section
				1200.320.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1200 - FEE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION FOR REGULAR PROCUREMENT EVENTS, SPECIAL PROCUREMENT EVENTS AND OTHER SERVICES › Subpart C - SPECIAL PROCUREMENTS › Section 1200.320 - Bidder and Supplier Fees

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a) The Agency
				shall recover the following costs from bidders and suppliers in a special
				procurement event to the extent the fees are recoverable from suppliers under the
				Act or the Public Utilities Act:
1) Actual costs of
				the procurement administrator.
2) All
				other costs incurred by the Agency in support of the Special procurement
				event.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1200 - FEE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION FOR REGULAR PROCUREMENT EVENTS, SPECIAL PROCUREMENT EVENTS AND OTHER SERVICES › Subpart C - SPECIAL PROCUREMENTS › Section 1200.330 - Timing for Invoices to and Payment by Utilities

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To the extent that the Act or the Public Utilities Act does not
				  have explicit timeframes for invoices to and payment by utilities, the Agency shall
				  bill utilities not less often than quarterly. Invoices shall be due no later than 30
				  days after the date of the invoice from the Agency.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1200 - FEE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION FOR REGULAR PROCUREMENT EVENTS, SPECIAL PROCUREMENT EVENTS AND OTHER SERVICES › Subpart D - CONTRACT REVIEW, EVALUATION AND MEDIATION › Section 1200.400 - Scope

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This Subpart D shall be applicable to costs incurred in support of
				  clean coal-related procurements authorized by Sections 1-77 and 1-78 of the Act,
				  assistance with evaluation of bids or development of facilities other than
				  facilities authorized under Section 1-80 of the Act (including review of any
				  contracts, facility cost reports, or equivalent documents), or such new mandates as
				  may be placed on the Agency from time to time.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1200 - FEE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION FOR REGULAR PROCUREMENT EVENTS, SPECIAL PROCUREMENT EVENTS AND OTHER SERVICES › Subpart D - CONTRACT REVIEW, EVALUATION AND MEDIATION › Section 1200.410 - Facility Cost Report or Development Plan Evaluation

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In all instances in which the Agency is required to undertake
				  review of a facility cost report and evaluate development plans, the Agency shall
				  charge fees authorized in the Act or the Public Utilities Act to the party or
				  parties from whom recovery is authorized. These fees shall include, to the extent
				  not otherwise recoverable, the fees of all outside consultants and attorneys. The
				  Agency shall bill the appropriate party or parties from time to time for the
				  authorized fees. Payment shall be received by the Agency within the time specified
				  in the invoice, but no later than 60 days after the invoice date.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1200 - FEE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION FOR REGULAR PROCUREMENT EVENTS, SPECIAL PROCUREMENT EVENTS AND OTHER SERVICES › Subpart D - CONTRACT REVIEW, EVALUATION AND MEDIATION › Section 1200.420 - Mediation

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When the Agency is required or permitted to offer mediation
				  services:
a) The Agency may, to the extent
				permitted by the Act or the Public Utilities Act, hire outside mediators at the
				expense of the party or parties identified in either Act.
b) The Agency may recover fees for its own
				employees' participation in the mediation based on the following hourly rates:
1) Director: $125/hour;
2) Chief Legal Counsel: $100/hour;
3) Other agency personnel: $75/hour.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1220 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS › Section 1220.100 - Scope

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This Part governs the Agency's development of systems of accounts to
				comply with the requirements of the Illinois Power Agency Act and requirements of
				other statutes or rules triggered by the Agency's actions.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1220 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS › Section 1220.110 - Definitions

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The following terms are defined for this Part:
"Act" shall mean the Illinois Power Agency Act [20 ILCS 3855
				].
"Agency" shall mean the Illinois Power Agency.
"Commission" shall mean the Illinois Commerce Commission.
"FOM" shall mean the Financial Operations Manual maintained by the
				Agency.
"GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles as
				defined by the Financial Standards Accounting Board (401 Merritt 7, P.O. Box 5116,
				Norwalk CT 06856-5116 (203/847-0700)).
"GRM" shall mean the GAAP Reporting Manual maintained by the
				Agency.
"SAMS" shall mean the Statewide Accounting Management System in the
				Office of the Illinois State Comptroller.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1220 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS › Section 1220.120 - SAMS Accounting

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The Agency shall follow SAMS and the Agency's FOM. If the two
				reference materials conflict, the Agency shall follow SAMS and make appropriate
				changes to the Agency's FOM.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1220 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS › Section 1220.130 - GAAP Accounting

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The Agency shall maintain and update from time to time GRM, a GAAP
				reporting manual describing the policies and procedures for a GAAP-compliant
				accounting of the Agency's finances for each fiscal year and for a reconciliation
				between SAMS and GAAP accounting of the Agency's finances.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1220 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS › Section 1220.140 - Compliance With Illinois Finance Authority Requirements

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If the Agency elects to seek financing from the Illinois Finance
				Authority for the purposes of constructing a facility pursuant to Section 1-57, 1-80
				or 1-85 of the Act or any other lawful use, the Agency shall comply with all
				accounting requirements of the Illinois Finance Authority.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1220 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS › Section 1220.150 - Compliance With Public Utilities Act Requirements

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The Agency shall comply with the accounting requirements in the
				Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5 ] to the extent that the Agency is required by law
				or elects to submit financial information to the Commission subject to the Uniform
				System of Accounts in the Commission's Rules (83 Ill. Adm. Code 415) or any other
				Uniform System of Accounts required for the submittal of financial
				information.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1324 - CONSOLIDATION OF 9-1-1 EMERGENCY SYSTEMS › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1324.100 - Scope

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This Part shall apply to all 9-1-1 systems and 9-1-1 Authorities,
				  except that it shall not apply to the City of Chicago.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1324 - CONSOLIDATION OF 9-1-1 EMERGENCY SYSTEMS › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1324.120 - Duties

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a) The Department:
1) Has the following responsibilities under the
				Act:
A) Review consolidation plans to ensure
				technical compliance with 83 Ill. Adm. Code 725 or 1325.400, whichever is
				applicable; and
B) Review requests for
				waiver to ensure technical compliance with ETSA Section 15.4 a(c).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1324 - CONSOLIDATION OF 9-1-1 EMERGENCY SYSTEMS › Subpart B - CONSOLIDATION › Section 1324.200 - Consolidation Plans and Requests for Waiver

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a) By
				January 1, 2016, the Department shall post a link on its website for the electronic
				submission of consolidation plans and requests for waiver.
b) Counties and 9-1-1 Authorities:
1) Shall use their service population to determine
				whether they are required to consolidate pursuant to ETSA Section 15.4 a;
2) Are re sponsible for submitting consolidation
				plans and requests for waiver. PSAPs within 9-1-1 Authorities do not have standing
				to submit consolidation plans or requests for waiver; and
3) May not convert PSAPs to SAPs, VAPs, or
				Dispatch Centers to avoid the requirements for consolidation in ETSA Section
				15.4(a). The authorized PSAPs remaining after consolidation shall directly dispatch
				all emergency calls and shall not transfer or relay those calls to an unauthorized
				entity. Nothing in this subsection (b)(3) shall be construed to mean a PSAP, SAP or
				VAP cannot serve as a Dispatch Center.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1324 - CONSOLIDATION OF 9-1-1 EMERGENCY SYSTEMS › Subpart B - CONSOLIDATION › Section 1324.210 - Hearings of the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board

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a) Hearings of the Advisory Board may be conducted
				at the posted date and time when a quorum of the members is present in person, by
				video, telephonically or by other electronic means. The hearing shall be
				recorded.
b) The Advisory Board shall
				determine the date, time and location of the public hearing. The Advisory Board
				shall make reasonable efforts to hold the public hearing at a date, time and
				location convenient to all parties.
c)
				The Chairperson shall preside over the public hearing, including closed sessions, if
				needed, as provided by Section 2(c) of the Open Meetings Act [5
				ILCS 120/2(c) ].
d) The Advisory Board shall make a public
				recommendation to approve the plan, approve the plan as modified, reject the plan,
				and/or grant a waiver to the Administrator upon conclusion of the closed session, if
				any.
e) A transcript of the recorded
				hearing shall be provided to the applicant upon written request.
1) The cost of transcription shall be the
				responsibility of the applicant.
2) Fees
				shall not exceed the actual cost for the preparation of the transcript.
3) The record need not be transcribed unless the
				Advisory Board receives a written request and fee from the applicant in accordance
				with this Section or a request from the Administrator.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1324 - CONSOLIDATION OF 9-1-1 EMERGENCY SYSTEMS › Subpart B - CONSOLIDATION › Section 1324.220 - Decisions of the Administrator

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a) The
				Administrator shall consider the recommendation received from the Advisory Board
				regarding any consolidation plan and/or request for waiver it receives.
b) The Administrator shall provide a written
				decision to the applicant no later than 90 calendar days after the Advisory Board
				receives the plan and/or request for waiver.
1)
				Any order of authority issued by the Commission to a 9-1-1 Authority prior to
				January 1, 2016 shall remain in effect as if issued by the Administrator until the
				9-1-1 Authority files a plan for consolidation under Section 1324.200 or for
				modification under 83 Ill. Adm. Code 1328, and a new order of Authority is issued by
				the Administrator. When appropriate, the Administrator shall issue an order of
				authority to operate a 9-1-1 system as detailed and described in the approved
				plan.
2) If the decision is inconsistent
				with the recommendation of the Advisory Board, the Administrator shall provide a
				written explanation to the Advisory Board and the applicant regarding the deviation
				in his or her decision.
3) If the
				Administrator does not approve the plan, approve the plan as modified, or grant a
				waiver, prior to issuing the written decision, the Administrator shall read the
				record of all hearings conducted to ensure his/her decision is consistent with the
				record.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1325 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE APPLICABLE TO 9-1-1 EMERGENCY SYSTEMS › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1325.100 - Application of Part

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This Part shall apply to all public agencies, public safety
				  agencies, public safety answering points and 9-1-1 Authorities. This Part also
				  pertains to 9-1-1 service regardless of the technology provisioned by the 9-1-1
				  system provider and 9-1-1 Authority for the delivery of 9-1-1
				  service.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1325 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE APPLICABLE TO 9-1-1 EMERGENCY SYSTEMS › Subpart B - AUTHORIZATION TO OPERATE AS A 9-1-1 SYSTEM › Section 1325.200 - General Requirements

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a) The digits
				"9-1-1" shall be the primary emergency telephone number within the system, but a
				public agency or public safety agency shall maintain a separate secondary 10-digit
				emergency backup number for at least six months after the 9-1-1 system is in
				operation and shall at all times maintain a separate number for nonemergency
				telephone calls.
b) 9-1-1 service is a
				terminating-only service that connects a person who has dialed the universal
				emergency service code 9-1-1 to the appropriate PSAP.
c) Outbound notification systems used to notify
				the general public of a particular incident are not considered part of a 9-1-1
				"system" as defined in this Part.
d)
				9-1-1 plans for 9-1-1 systems shall be filed in compliance with this Part and the
				Act.
e) 9-1-1 plans shall be filed
				electronically at the link posted on the Department's website as detailed in Section
				1325.205.
f) A 9-1-1 system shall not
				become operational without an order from the Commission, prior to January 1, 2016,
				or the Administrator. Pursuant to ETSA Section 10, all orders of authority issued by
				the Commission shall continue in force unless rescinded by the
				Administrator.
g) The following
				modifications to a 9-1-1 Authority's existing 9-1-1 plan shall be filed for approval
				electronically at the link posted on the Department's website. The submission shall
				include a modified plan, consisting of the revised application prescribed in Section
				1325.205. Modifications requiring Administrator approval shall include:
1) Changing boundaries that require an
				intergovernmental agreement between local governmental entities to exclude or
				include residents within the 9-1-1 jurisdiction;
2) Changing or adding a 9-1-1 system
				provider;
3) Changes in network
				configuration, except as provided for in subsection (h); and
4) Change of backup arrangement.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1325 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE APPLICABLE TO 9-1-1 EMERGENCY SYSTEMS › Subpart B - AUTHORIZATION TO OPERATE AS A 9-1-1 SYSTEM › Section 1325.210 - Order of Authority

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a) Any order of
				authority issued by the Commission to a 9-1-1 Authority prior to January 1, 2016
				shall remain in effect as if issued by the Administrator until the 9-1-1 Authority
				files a plan for consolidation under 83 Ill. Adm. Code 1324.200 or for modification
				under Section 1325.205 of this Part and a new order of authority is issued by the
				Administrator. The 9-1-1 Authority of a proposed or modified 9-1-1 system shall file
				a plan with the Administrator for an order of authority to operate a 9-1-1 system as
				detailed and described in the Authority's 9-1-1 plan. The Administrator will issue
				an order of authority authorizing the 9-1-1 Authority to operate under the terms of
				its initial or modified plan.
b)
				Pursuant to ETSA Section 10, the Department is authorized to set technical standards
				for the provision of 9-1-1 Authorities throughout the State of Illinois. Pursuant to
				the Public Utilities Act [220
				ILCS 5/13-900 ], the Commission is authorized to set
				technical standards for the provision of 9-1-1 service to be provided by
				telecommunication carriers and 9-1-1 system providers.
c) All 9-1-1 plans must be filed electronically
				with the Department. Upon receipt of the plan, it will be posted on the Department's
				website. The Department will notify all vendors registered with it pursuant to
				Section 1325.305, perform a technical review to ensure compliance with this Part,
				and simultaneously submit the plan for a technical review by the Commission to
				ensure compliance with 83 Ill. Adm. Code 725.
d) The public and industry will have 20 days to
				file written comments with the Administrator. After 20 days, or until notified
				otherwise by the Commission, the Department will proceed as though no separate
				Commission proceeding will be undertaken.
e) If there are no contested issues in the filing,
				no public hearing will be warranted.
f)
				If there are contested issues, the Administrator will schedule a public hearing to
				allow the parties who have issued written comments to appear in front of the
				Administrator and the applicant.
g) Once
				the hearing is concluded the Administrator will decide whether to issue an order of
				authority or to deny the plan.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1325 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE APPLICABLE TO 9-1-1 EMERGENCY SYSTEMS › Subpart B - AUTHORIZATION TO OPERATE AS A 9-1-1 SYSTEM › Section 1325.215 - Records and Reports

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a) The 9-1-1
				Authority shall maintain those records it considers necessary to document its
				operations. As a minimum, those records shall include:
1) a log of major system operations;
2) critical CPE or network outages; and
3) records of telecommunications carrier database
				queries by the 9-1-1 Authority.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1325 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE APPLICABLE TO 9-1-1 EMERGENCY SYSTEMS › Subpart B - AUTHORIZATION TO OPERATE AS A 9-1-1 SYSTEM › Section 1325.220 - Compliance with Technical and Operational Standards

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The Department and Administrator shall have the authority to
				  complete a site visit with 9-1-1 systems to verify compliance with technical and
				  operational standards set forth in the Act and in this Part.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1325 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE APPLICABLE TO 9-1-1 EMERGENCY SYSTEMS › Subpart C - MANAGEMENT › Section 1325.300 - Department Liaison

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Each 9-1-1 Authority, and each vendor eligible to receive network
				  cost reimbursements pursuant to 83 Ill. Adm. Code 1329.210 or providing 9-1-1
				  service shall designate an individual as the Department liaison for the system. The
				  9-1-1 Authority and vendors shall provide the Department with their liaison's name,
				  phone number, mailing address and e-mail address. The Department shall be notified
				  of any change in this information within 10 days after this change. These liaisons
				  shall be responsible for receiving and responding to all legal notices provided
				  pursuant to 83 Ill. Adm. Code 1324, 1327 and 1329 and this Part.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1325 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE APPLICABLE TO 9-1-1 EMERGENCY SYSTEMS › Subpart E - OPERATIONS › Section 1325.500 - Testing Procedures

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a) The 9-1-1
				Authority shall prepare a written test plan to be submitted as an exhibit to the
				final plan filled with the Administrator, pursuant to Section 1325.205. The test
				plan will explain how the 9-1-1 Authority plans to perform its testing in
				conjunction with the 9-1-1 system providers and carriers.
b) The 9-1-1 Authority shall ensure that proper
				field testing and data verification has been performed on access lines in the 9-1-1
				service area as prescribed in this subsection (b). The testing shall include each
				NXX for every telecommunications carrier and for every ESN within each service area
				prior to the 9-1-1 system being able to announce its availability to the public.
1) New 9-1-1 system, or a new 9-1-1 system
				consolidating with an existing 9-1-1 system: 10% of the new portion only shall be
				tested;
2) Change of 9-1-1 system
				provider, conversion to NG9-1-1, consolidation of an ETSB with a rerouting of calls
				to a different PSAP, and consolidation with a reduction of PSAPs with the same ETSB:
				a sample of each exchange, 2 test calls per type of service; i.e., each land-line
				carrier (2 calls each), each wireless carrier (2 calls each), each Interconnected
				VoIP provider (2 calls each, if known); and
3) Other changes to a 9-1-1 system, not outlined
				in subsection (b)(1) or (2): testing as directed by the Department's Office of the
				Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1325 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE APPLICABLE TO 9-1-1 EMERGENCY SYSTEMS › Subpart E - OPERATIONS › Section 1325.505 - Call Handling Procedures

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a) The 9-1-1
				Authority shall ensure that the disposition of each emergency call is handled
				according to the agreements it has negotiated with its participating public agencies
				and public safety agencies and adjacent 9-1-1 Authorities and/or public agencies or
				public safety agencies listed in the plan (see Section
				1325.205
				).
b) Certified notification of the
				continuing agreements shall be made among the involved parties on an annual basis
				pursuant to ETSA Section 14.
c) In
				instances in which a selected agency refuses a 9-1-1 request on the basis that a
				request is outside its jurisdictional boundaries, the telecommunicator shall make
				every effort to determine the appropriate responding agency and complete the
				disposition of the call.
d)
The
				agreements shall provide that, once an emergency unit is dispatched in response to a
				request through the system,
that
unit shall render its services to
				the requesting party without regard to whether the unit is operating outside its
				normal jurisdictional boundaries
. [
				50
				ILCS 750/14 ]
e) Call Handling Guidelines for Sexual Assault and
				Sexual Abuse Calls
1) No later than January 1,
				2018, the Administrator shall establish comprehensive guidelines for the handling of
				sexual assault and sexual abuse calls by telecommunicators. These guidelines must
				meet the following minimum standards:
A) Evidence
				Based - describe techniques and procedures that have been demonstrated to minimize
				retraumatization associated with the criminal justice process by recognizing the
				presence of trauma symptoms and acknowledging the role that trauma has played in a
				sexual assault or sexual abuse victim's life;
B) Trauma Informed - describe how specific
				experiences impact victim trauma, memory, reactions and behavior; how interpretation
				of victim behavior can impact their cooperation with investigations; and how victim
				trauma impacts others involved in the investigation; and
C) Victim Centered - focus on the needs and
				concerns of the victim to ensure compassionate and sensitive delivery of services in
				a nonjudgmental manner.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1325 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE APPLICABLE TO 9-1-1 EMERGENCY SYSTEMS › Subpart E - OPERATIONS › Section 1325.510 - Electronic Communication Devices

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Except for the purpose specifically indicated and authorized by
				  law, the installation of or connection to the 9-1-1 system network of an automatic
				  alarm, automatic alerting device, or mechanical dialer that causes the number 9-1-1
				  to be dialed is prohibited in a 9-1-1 system (e.g., elevator one-button phones,
				  security pole one-button phones, or burglar alarms).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1325 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE APPLICABLE TO 9-1-1 EMERGENCY SYSTEMS › Subpart E - OPERATIONS › Section 1325.515 - Physical Security

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a) The 9-1-1
				Authority must ensure that critical areas of an answering point shall have adequate
				physical security to prevent malicious disruption of service and shall be protected
				against damage due to vandalism, terrorism and civil disturbances. These critical
				areas shall, at a minimum, include all communications equipment, personnel,
				electronic equipment rooms, and mechanical equipment rooms that are vital to the
				operation of the answering point.
b) The
				answering point and its personnel shall be isolated from direct public
				contact.
c) Entry to the answering point
				shall be restricted to authorized persons only. Additionally, doors that lead
				directly from the exterior into the answering point, or from within a building into
				the answering point, shall be secured at all times.
d) Access to the communications and electronic
				equipment rooms shall be restricted within the building by means of secured
				doors.
e) Wherever practical, service
				entrances for electric and telephone service shall be underground, at least to the
				respective utilities' nearest serving distribution point. Protective measures shall
				be taken against vandalism and natural or manmade hazards at each answering
				point.
f) The answering point shall be
				equipped with a fire extinguisher. Personnel shall be instructed in proper use of
				these extinguishers.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1325 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE APPLICABLE TO 9-1-1 EMERGENCY SYSTEMS › Subpart E - OPERATIONS › Section 1325.525 - Outage Notification

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Once the 9-1-1 Authority has been notified of an outage occurring
				  in the 9-1-1 system, it must make notification to any other PSAPs in the 9-1-1
				  system that are affected by the outage.