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Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 202 - VOLUNTARY BINDING ARBITRATION PRACTICE › Subpart F - POST-ARBITRATION PROCEDURE › Section 202.530 - Exceptions; Reply

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a) The parties and Staff
				may each file a "Brief on Exceptions" to the arbitrator's proposed arbitration
				decision at such time as is fixed by the arbitrator. With the agreement of the
				parties and Staff, the arbitrator may also allow the parties to file as a reply a
				"Brief in Reply to Exceptions".
b)
				Exceptions and replies to exceptions with respect to statements, findings of fact or
				rulings of law must be specific and must be stated and numbered separately in the
				brief. When exception is taken or a reply is made as to a statement or finding of
				fact, a suggested replacement statement or finding must be incorporated. Exceptions
				and replies may contain written arguments in support of the position taken by the
				party or Staff representative filing the exceptions or reply.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 202 - VOLUNTARY BINDING ARBITRATION PRACTICE › Subpart F - POST-ARBITRATION PROCEDURE › Section 202.540 - Additional Hearings

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Before issuance of a final decision, the arbitrator may, on his or
				  her own motion, hold additional hearings for the purpose of clarifying any issues.
				  In doing so, the arbitrator may ask the parties to provide additional
				  evidence.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 202 - VOLUNTARY BINDING ARBITRATION PRACTICE › Subpart F - POST-ARBITRATION PROCEDURE › Section 202.550 - Arbitration Decision

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Following the receipt of any Brief on Exceptions and Brief in
				  Reply to Exceptions, the arbitrator shall prepare a written arbitration decision
				  consistent with the requirements of Section
				  202.520.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 202 - VOLUNTARY BINDING ARBITRATION PRACTICE › Subpart F - POST-ARBITRATION PROCEDURE › Section 202.560 - Commission Entry of Award

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The Commission shall enter as the order in the arbitration docket
				  the arbitration decision of the arbitrator without change, subject to Sections
				  202.565
				  and
				  202.570.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 202 - VOLUNTARY BINDING ARBITRATION PRACTICE › Subpart F - POST-ARBITRATION PROCEDURE › Section 202.565 - Vacating an Order Adopting the Arbitrator's Arbitration Decision

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a) Upon a showing by Staff or a party to the
				arbitration, the Commission shall vacate an order entered pursuant to Section
				202.560
				where:
1) the arbitration decision was procured by
				corruption, fraud or other undue means;
2) there was evident partiality, corruption, or
				misconduct by an arbitrator prejudicing the rights of any party or Staff;
3) the arbitrator exceeded his or her powers;
				or
4) the arbitrator refused to hear
				evidence material to the controversy or otherwise conducted the hearing in a manner
				that prejudiced substantially the rights of a party or Staff.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 202 - VOLUNTARY BINDING ARBITRATION PRACTICE › Subpart F - POST-ARBITRATION PROCEDURE › Section 202.570 - Modifying or Correcting an Order Adopting the Arbitrator's Arbitration Decision

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a) Upon application made
				by Staff or a party within 30 days after delivery to the applicant of a copy of the
				order entered pursuant to Section
				202.560, the
				Commission shall modify or correct the order when:
1) there was an evident miscalculation of figures
				or an evident mistake in the description of any person, thing or property referred
				to in the order;
2) the arbitrator ruled
				upon an issue not submitted for arbitration and the order may be corrected without
				affecting the merits of the decision upon the issues submitted; or
3) the order contains errors of a stylistic or
				typographical nature not affecting the merits of the controversy.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 202 - VOLUNTARY BINDING ARBITRATION PRACTICE › Subpart G - ELECTRONIC FILING › Section 202.1000 - Electronic Filing

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With respect to electronic filing, Subpart F of 83 Ill. Adm. Code
				  200 will apply to filings under this Part with the following exceptions:
a) References to "Hearing Examiner" shall be read
				as references to "arbitrator".
b) The
				second sentence of 83 Ill. Adm. Code
				200.1030(b)
				does not apply.
c) References to 83 Ill.
				Adm. Code
				200.150 shall be read
				as references to 83 Ill. Adm. Code
				202.130.
d) References to 83 Ill. Adm. Code
				200.430 shall be read as
				references to 83 Ill. Adm. Code
				202.330.
e) The second sentence of 83 Ill. Adm. Code
				200.1060 is
				altered to read "If a prefiled electronic document is submitted without alteration
				at hearing, any requirement to offer multiple copies at hearing is
				eliminated."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 210 - ANNUAL REPORTS › Section 210.10 - Fiscal Year for Annual Reports

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All public utilities, as that term is defined in Section 3-105 of
				the Public Utilities Act (Act) [220 ILCS
				5/3-105 ], and all telecommunications carriers, as that
				term is defined in Section 13-202 of the Act [220
				ILCS 5/13-202 ] shall report on a calendar year basis,
				ending on December 31 of each year, for purposes of the annual reports required by
				Section 5-109 of the Act [220 ILCS 5/5-109 ], except that this
				requirement shall apply to the services of an electing provider and to competitive
				telecommunications rates and services only to the extent that the Commission
				requires annual reports authorized by Section 5-109, provided the telecommunications
				provider may use the most recent version of generally accepted accounting practices
				or accounting systems it uses for financial reporting purposes in the annual report
				[220
				ILCS 5/13-101 ].
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 210 - ANNUAL REPORTS › Section 210.20 - Annual Report Forms

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a) The
			 Illinois Commerce Commission (Commission) shall notify each public utility or
			 telecommunications carrier by United States mail in December of each calendar year
			 that an annual report shall be submitted to the Commission with instructions on how
			 to obtain the form. Such form can be provided electronically to public utilities or
			 telecommunication carriers.
b) Any
			 public utility or telecommunications carrier that requires a printed copy of the
			 annual report form to be filed by that entity shall request the printed copy by
			 contacting the Chief Clerk of the Commission in accordance with instructions
			 provided by the Commission in the annual mailing required by subsection
			 (a).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 210 - ANNUAL REPORTS › Section 210.30 - Filing Instructions

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a) Pursuant to
			 Section 5-109 of the Act, a completed annual report form shall be filed with the
			 Commission at its Springfield office within three months after the end of the year
			 for which the report is made. [220 ILCS 5/5-109 ]
b) The annual report form shall be filed in
			 accordance with the instructions on the form.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 215 - DESIGNATION OF AGENT › Section 215.10 - Designation of Agent

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a) Every public utility,
			 telecommunications carrier, alternative retail electric supplier (ARES) and meter
			 service provider (MSP) subject to the provisions of the Public Utilities Act (Act)
			 [220 ILCS 5 ] and the Illinois Commerce Commission's (Commission) rules shall
			 annually designate in writing, on a form prescribed by the Commission, an agent
			 within the State of Illinois upon whom service of all process, notices and demands
			 may be had for and on behalf of the public utility, telecommunications carrier, ARES
			 and MSP, in any proceeding before the Commission. Each public utility shall file the
			 designation in the office of the Chief Clerk of the Commission at Springfield,
			 Illinois, after January 1 and prior to January 31 of each year.
b) For purposes of this Part:
"Alternative retail electric supplier" has the same meaning as in
				Section 16-102 of the Act [220 ILCS
				5/16-102 ].
"Meter service provider" has the same meaning as in Section
				460.10 of the Commission's
				rules "Certification Requirements and Standards of Service for Meter Service
				Providers" (83 Ill. Adm. Code 460.10).
"Public utility" has the same meaning as in Section 3-105 of the Act
				[220 ILCS 5/3-105
				].
"Telecommunications carrier" has the same meaning as in Section
				13-202 of the Act [220
				ILCS 5/13-202 ].
c) The required information for each designated
			 agent shall include the name, address, telephone number, any facsimile number and
			 any e-mail address.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 215 - DESIGNATION OF AGENT › Section 215.20 - Out-of-State Agent for Foreign Corporations

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Each foreign corporation may designate one out-of-state agent to be
				sent a copy of each and every process, notice or demand but failure to send a copy
				of any such process, notice or demand to the out-of-state agent will have no effect
				whatever upon the jurisdiction of the Commission.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 215 - DESIGNATION OF AGENT › Section 215.30 - Service of Process, Notices or Demands

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Service of all process, notices or demands may be made upon a public
				utility, telecommunications carrier, ARES or MSP by mailing in the United States
				mail, or by transmitting by electronic means, as provided by 83 Ill. Adm. Code
				200.150, a copy to the
				designated agent within the State of Illinois at the address
				designated.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 215 - DESIGNATION OF AGENT › Section 215.40 - Filing of Name and Address of Chief Executive Officer

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At the time of filing the information specified in Section
				215.10(c) of
				this Part, each public utility, telecommunications carrier, ARES and MSP shall also
				file the name, address, telephone number, any facsimile number and any e-mail
				address of its chief executive officer.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 215 - DESIGNATION OF AGENT › Section 215.50 - Report of Change of Chief Executive Officer or Agent

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Within 15 days after any change regarding the chief executive
				officer or designated agent, a report of such action, and the information relative
				to the new chief executive officer or designated agent required to be filed under
				this Part, shall be filed with the Commission at its Springfield
				office.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 220 - REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS BY FIXED PUBLIC UTILITIES OTHER THAN PIPELINES TRANSPORTING LIQUIDS › Section 220.5 - Introduction

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a) This Part governs all
			 fixed public utilities, other than pipelines transporting liquids and
			 telecommunications carriers subject to public utilities regulation under Section
			 13-101 of the Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5 ], in reporting accidents to the
			 Illinois Commerce Commission (Commission).
b) As used in this Part, "fixed public utilities"
			 shall not include telecommunications carriers subject to public utilities regulation
			 under Section 13-101 of the Public Utilities Act.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 220 - REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS BY FIXED PUBLIC UTILITIES OTHER THAN PIPELINES TRANSPORTING LIQUIDS › Section 220.10 - Reporting Accidents

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Except as otherwise specified in this Part, a report shall be made
				to this Commission of every accident occurring on the property of a public utility,
				or resulting from the construction, operation and maintenance of its property
				whenever it may be located in the State of Illinois.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 220 - REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS BY FIXED PUBLIC UTILITIES OTHER THAN PIPELINES TRANSPORTING LIQUIDS › Section 220.20 - Class of Utilities

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a) For the purpose
			 of reporting accidents, fixed public utilities other than pipelines transporting
			 liquids and telecommunications carriers have been classified according to their last
			 annual report to the Commission, as follows:
1)
			 Class "A" - public utilities having an annual gross operating revenue exceeding
			 $250,000 will report each month, within 30 days after the end of the month for which
			 report is made. No report is required for a month in which there are no
			 accidents.
2) Class "B" - public
			 utilities having an annual gross operating revenue exceeding $50,000, but not more
			 than $250,000, shall report each quarter, within 30 days after the end of the
			 quarter for which report is made. No report is required for a quarter in which there
			 are no accidents.
3) Classes "C" and "D"
			 - public utilities Class "C", having an annual gross operating revenue exceeding
			 $10,000 but not more than $50,000, and public utilities Class "D", having an annual
			 gross operating revenue of $10,000 or less, shall report each year, within 30 days
			 after the end of the year for which report is made.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 220 - REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS BY FIXED PUBLIC UTILITIES OTHER THAN PIPELINES TRANSPORTING LIQUIDS › Section 220.30 - Immediate Report

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a) Section 8-507 of The
			 Public Utilities Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 1112/3, par. 8-507) requires that
			 whenever any accident occasions the loss of life or limb to any person, such public
			 utility shall immediately give notice to the Commission of the fact by the speediest
			 means of communication, whether telephone, telegraph or post.
b) Initial reports by post, telephone, or
			 telegraph shall in every instance show the date, time and place of accident, nature
			 of accident and number of persons killed or injured. All such reports shall be
			 confirmed with Form U-1, as provided for in Section
			 220.50.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 220 - REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS BY FIXED PUBLIC UTILITIES OTHER THAN PIPELINES TRANSPORTING LIQUIDS › Section 220.40 - Periodical Reports

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Reports of all accidents (including those previously reported by
				telephone, telegraph or post), shall be submitted in accordance with the instruction
				for that public utility's assigned class. When there are no accidents to report
				pursuant to Section
				220.20, Form U-3 should be
				used for the annual report.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 220 - REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS BY FIXED PUBLIC UTILITIES OTHER THAN PIPELINES TRANSPORTING LIQUIDS › Section 220.50 - Report Blanks

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a) Form U-1 Blank form
			 to be used for reporting each accident.
b) Form U-2 Statement of officer reporting
			 accidents monthly, quarterly or yearly as the case may be, including
			 summary.
c) Form U-3 Statement of
			 officer reporting no accident, yearly indicating all months containing no accidents
			 to report.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 220 - REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS BY FIXED PUBLIC UTILITIES OTHER THAN PIPELINES TRANSPORTING LIQUIDS › Section 220.60 - Instructions for Reporting

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a) An accident that
			 causes no death or personal injury to any persons and that causes not over $20,000
			 damage to the property of the utility should not be reported. Any traffic accident
			 that causes no death to any persons on public thoroughfares involving a utility
			 operated motor vehicle should not be reported.
b) In reporting damages to property, the amount
			 may be stated in the nearest even dollars. Give an estimate if the actual amount is
			 not known. Do not include sums paid or payable for death or personal
			 injury.
c) Accidents to persons
			 resulting in immediate death, or in death within 24 hours from the time the accident
			 occurred, should be reported as "killed." All other accidents to persons, including
			 those resulting in death of the person injured, after an interval of more than 24
			 hours from the time the accident occurred, should be reported as
			 "injured".
d) Accidents to employees
			 resulting in slight injury, which do not prevent the employee injured from
			 performing his or her accustomed service for more than three days, in the aggregate,
			 should not be reported. Accidents to "other persons", resulting in slight injury
			 when the person injured is not incapacitated for more than one day, should not be
			 reported. "Incapacitated" means an injury that prevents the person injured from
			 following his or her accustomed vocation.
e) In case of persons killed or injured, other
			 than employees, give names and state whether killed or injured.
f) Whenever an employee not on duty is killed or
			 injured, the report should explain the occasion of the employee's presence at the
			 place of the accident.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 240 - REPORTS OF ISSUANCE AND SALE OR DISPOSAL OF SECURITIES AND THE APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS (GENERAL ORDER 129) › Section 240.10 - Reports to be Filed

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Every public utility, which shall hereafter obtain from the
				Commission an order granting authority for the issuance and sale or disposal of
				securities embracing stocks, bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, shall
				file reports, as hereinafter provided, concerning the issuance, sale or disposal
				thereof and the application of the proceeds of securities authorized by such
				order.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 240 - REPORTS OF ISSUANCE AND SALE OR DISPOSAL OF SECURITIES AND THE APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS (GENERAL ORDER 129) › Section 240.20 - Filing Requirements and Procedures

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The first report in each case shall be filed within sixty (60) days
				after the end of the calendar quarter (i.e., the three-month period ending March 31,
				June 30, September 30 or December 31, as the case may be) in which the order
				authorizing the issuance of such securities is entered. Thereafter, reports shall be
				filed covering the transactions during each successive three-month period, each of
				said reports to be filed within sixty (60) days after the end of each such period.
				All reports shall be filed with the Commission in duplicate and shall be signed and
				verified under oath by an executive officer of such public utility having knowledge
				of the facts; each such report to show the following particulars:
a) In respect to the issuance and sale of:
1) Capital stock
A) The number of shares (and par amount of stock
			 having a par value) issued and sold or disposed of;
B) The price per share at which such stock was
			 sold or disposed of;
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 240 - REPORTS OF ISSUANCE AND SALE OR DISPOSAL OF SECURITIES AND THE APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS (GENERAL ORDER 129) › Section 240.30 - Filing Dates

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Every public utility reporting to the Commission, pursuant to the
				provisions of this Part, shall file with the Commission the required report or
				reports (in duplicate) at regular intervals, as herein provided, except in any case
				in which the order authorizing the issue of securities or any amendment or
				modification thereof shall provide otherwise. If, at any time at which the filing of
				a report is due, it shall appear that no change in the status of any item has
				occurred since the filing of the last preceding report, such public utility shall
				nevertheless file a report certifying that such is the fact. When all of the
				transactions relating to the issuance and sale of securities authorized by the
				order, and application of the proceeds thereof, have been completed (or, if all of
				said securities shall not have been disposed of within the time limit fixed by the
				Commission's order therefor, or any extension thereof granted by the Commission,
				then at the expiration of such time), a final report shall be filed in lieu of the
				report at the end of the then current three months' period.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 250 - PUBLIC UTILITY BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS (GENERAL ORDER 140) › Section 250.10 - Maintenance of Office and Keeping of Records

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All public utilities made subject to the jurisdiction and
				supervision of the Illinois Commerce Commission by "An Act concerning public
				utilities," as amended, be, and they are hereby, ordered to maintain an office
				within the State and in such office keep all books, accounts, papers, records and
				memoranda as are employed in their uniform classification of accounts and/or used in
				connection with their utility business conducted within the State.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 250 - PUBLIC UTILITY BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS (GENERAL ORDER 140) › Section 250.20 - Authority to Maintain Out-of-State Location

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The aforestated requirements shall not apply against those public
				utilities that have received authority from the Commission to keep all or any of
				their books, accounts, papers, records and memoranda at some location outside of the
				State (to the extent of the special authority received), providing that such public
				utilities shall file proof with the Chief Clerk of the Commission of such grant of
				authority, within a reasonable time after the effective date of this
				Part.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 250 - PUBLIC UTILITY BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS (GENERAL ORDER 140) › Section 250.30 - Address of Office(s)

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All public utilities shall file with the Chief Clerk of the
				Commission the address of the office, or offices, in which the said books, accounts,
				papers, records and memoranda are kept.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 250 - PUBLIC UTILITY BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS (GENERAL ORDER 140) › Section 250.40 - Special Circumstances

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When special circumstances affecting any particular public utility
				necessitate keeping its said books, accounts, papers, records and memoranda, or any
				of them, outside the State, then upon proper application and hearing, the Commission
				may authorize such books, accounts, papers, records and memoranda to be kept outside
				of the State if the facts and circumstances warrant, and then only upon such
				conditions as may be imposed to facilitate the proper administration of the
				Act.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 250 - PUBLIC UTILITY BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS (GENERAL ORDER 140) › Section 250.50 - Distribution

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This Part shall be mailed to the public utilities of this State. It
				shall be in force and effect thirty (30) days from the date of its passage, provided
				that any public utility, prior to the effective date of this Part, may, upon the
				filing of a proper application, have the Chief Clerk of the Commission set the
				matter for immediate hearing to determine the reasonableness of the requirements of
				this Part as to that particular utility.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 255 - NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR CHANGE IN RATES FOR COOLING, ELECTRIC, GAS, HEATING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, SEWER OR WATER SERVICES › Section 255.20 - Notice to the Public

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Notice to the public, and to persons affected, of any change
				proposed by a public utility in its schedule or schedules shall be given in
				accordance with the following:
a) Public
			 Utility's Schedule.
1) The public utility shall
			 maintain and keep open to public inspection in each office of the public utility a
			 copy of the public utility's schedule applicable to each of the services furnished
			 by the public utility in the territory served by such office. The public utility
			 shall also maintain and keep open to public inspection in each of its said offices a
			 folder in which shall be filed a copy of every proposed change in said schedule or
			 schedules, together with copy of the applicable supplemental statement referred to
			 in Section
			 255.30(l)(1),
			 concurrently with the filing by the public utility with the Commission of such
			 proposed change. The public utility shall keep on file in said folder a copy of said
			 proposed change and a copy of said supplemental statement throughout and during the
			 period such proposed change is pending before the Commission.
2) The public utility shall also post in two
			 public and conspicuous places in each office of the public utility a notice not less
			 than 71/2 inches by 10 inches in size printed in black on a white background,
			 reading substantially as follows:
PUBLIC NOTICE
The schedules of this Company showing all of its rates and other
				charges, classifications, rules and regulations relating thereto now filed with the
				Illinois Commerce Commission and in force and applicable to service rendered through
				this office in this territory, are on file in this office and open to public
				inspection.
An employee of this Company will assist any person to determine from
				the schedules any rate, charge, classification, rule or regulation.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 255 - NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR CHANGE IN RATES FOR COOLING, ELECTRIC, GAS, HEATING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, SEWER OR WATER SERVICES › Section 255.30 - Concerning Composition and Filing

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a)
			 Schedules not to be in handwriting.
All schedules must be clearly printed, mimeographed or typewritten
				on paper of good quality. Alterations in writing or erasures must not be made in
				schedules before filing.
b) Form
			 and size of schedules.
All schedules must be in book, sheet or pamphlet form, and of size
				81/2 x 11 inches. Loose-leaf plan may be used so that changes can be made by
				reprinting and inserting a single leaf. If the public utility has but a few rates,
				the schedule may consist of a single page.
c) Numbering of schedules.
The first schedule filed by each public utility for any class of
				service shall be designated with the prefix, "Ill. C. C. No. 1", and thereafter as
				other schedules are filed to replace such schedules they shall be designated with
				the next higher number in consecutive numerical order. Pages within a schedule shall
				be numbered in consecutive order. Subsequent additional pages inserted between
				existing pages of the schedule shall be numbered in accordance with decimal place
				notations.
d) The title sheet of
			 every schedule shall show:
1) Name of Issuing
			 Company.
2) Ill. C. C. number of the
			 schedule in upper right-hand corner and, immediately thereunder, the schedule number
			 or numbers cancelled thereby.
3) Class
			 of service, whether cooling, electric, gas, heating, sewer, telephone, telegraph or
			 water.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 255 - NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR CHANGE IN RATES FOR COOLING, ELECTRIC, GAS, HEATING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, SEWER OR WATER SERVICES › Exhibit A - Notice of Proposed Change in Schedule

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PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice of Proposed Change in Schedule
To patrons of
				___________________________________________________
(Name of Utility)
The _____________________________________________________
				hereby
(Name of Utility)
gives notice to the public that it has filed with the Illinois
				Commerce Commission a proposed change in its
______________________________________________________________
(State whether the change is in rate, charge,
______________________________________________________________
classification, rule or regulation)
for _______________________________________________________
(State whether electric, gas, heat, telephone,
____________________________________________________service
telegraph or water)
in _________________________________________________________
(area affected)
and that said change involves
				____________________________________
____________________________________________________service
(Describe nature of change)
(For each electric and gas utility, the description of the nature of
				change shall indicate the proposed change in rates (in percentage) for each rate
				classification. In describing the nature of the proposed changes, the utility may
				combine rate classifications which provide for similar services and for which
				similar charges are proposed. In addition, for small, medium and large residential
				customer (as approximated by the utility) the minimum description shall indicate the
				estimated average monthly consumption and the effect of the proposed change in
				percentage and dollar amounts based on such consumption).
A copy of the proposed change in schedule may be inspected by any
				interested party at any business office in this company.
Customers should be advised that the Commission may alter or amend
				the rates or conditions of service after hearings held pursuant to 83 Ill. Adm. Code
				200 and may increase or decrease individual rates in amounts other than those
				requested by the company.
All parties interested in this matter may obtain information with
				respect thereto either directly from this Company or by addressing the Chief Clerk
				of the Illinois Commerce Commission, 527 East Capitol Avenue, Springfield, Illinois
				62706.
_____________________________
(Name of Utility)
By
__________________________
(Official Title)
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 255 - NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR CHANGE IN RATES FOR COOLING, ELECTRIC, GAS, HEATING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, SEWER OR WATER SERVICES › Exhibit B - Petition for Less Than Forty-Five Days Notice

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To the Illinois Commerce Commission
Springfield, Illinois 62706
The
				____________________________________________________________
(Corporate Name of Public Utility)
by
				_____________________________________________________________
(Name of Office)
its
				_____________________________________________________________
(Title of Officer)
does hereby respectfully petition the Illinois Commerce Commission
				that it be permitted, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9-201 of The Public
				Utilities Act, to put in force, to become effective
days after the filing hereof with the Illinois Commerce
				Commission, the attached
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
(Describe specifically by Ill. C. C. No.
_______________________________________________________________
and by sheet number, and by title, the
_______________________________________________________________
rate, rule or regulation)
Your petitioner further represents that said attached proposed
				filing will supersede
_______________________________________________________________
(Describe specifically as above, the rate, rule
				or
_______________________________________________________________
regulation presently effective which it is
_______________________________________________________________
proposed to have superseded)
_______________________________________________________________
State fully all circumstances and conditions
_______________________________________________________________
which are relied upon as justifying the
				application
_______________________________________________________________
for special permission. This shall include
_______________________________________________________________
a statement as to why the filing is sought to
				be
_______________________________________________________________
made effective on less than 45 days notice
_____________________________
(Corporate Name of Public Utility)
By
__________________________
(Name and Title of Officer)
Subscribed and sworn to before me this _____ day of _________,
				19_____.
(Only original need be executed and verified)
_________________________________________________________
(Notary Public)
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 265 - PROTECTION OF UNDERGROUND UTILITY FACILITIES › Section 265.10 - Definitions

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In this Part, the following words shall have the definitions
				shown:
"Act" means the Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage
				Prevention Act [220 ILCS 50 ].
"Approximate location" means the same as in Section 2.8 of the Act
				[220 ILCS 50/2.8
				].
"Clear evidence" includes, but is not limited to, the visual
				evidence of an unmarked utility facility, such as the presence of an
				overhead-underground transition or downfeed, knowledge of the presence of a utility
				facility, or faded marks from previous marking of a utility facility.
"Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission.
"Damage" means the same as in Section 2.5 of the Act [220 ILCS
				50/2.5 ].
"Demolition" means the same as in Section 2.4 of the Act
				[220 ILCS
				50/2.4 ].
"Emergency" means any condition constituting an imminent danger to
				life, health, property, or a utility service outage that requires immediate repair
				or action. An emergency also includes the reinstallation of traffic control
				devices.
"Excavation" means the same as in Section 2.3 of the Act
				[220 ILCS 50/2.3 ].
"Excavator" means any person who performs excavation.
"Hand digging" means the use of hand-operated tools such as shovels,
				spades, picks, bars, etc., or automatically-powered hand devices designed to be held
				in the hand of the operator when in use.
"Immediate safety hazard" means any condition constituting an
				imminent danger to life or health.
"Interfere" means the performance of excavation or demolition
				activities at a location or in a manner that may result in damage to underground
				utility facilities.
"Notice area" means the locations where excavation or demolition
				activities are to occur.
"Operator" means any person who owns, furnishes or transports
				materials or services by means of a utility facility.
"Person" means the same as in Section 2.1 of the Act [220 ILCS
				50/2.1 ].
"Support" means the installation of shoring, braces, props, or other
				equipment or material to prevent the displacement of existing underground facilities
				both during and after the construction or excavation activities of the person doing
				the work.
"Tolerance zone" means the approximate location of underground
				utility facilities defined as a strip of land at least 3 feet wide, but not wider
				than the width of the underground facility plus 1-1/2 feet on either side of such
				facility based upon the markings made by the owner or operator of the
				facility.
"Underground utility facilities" or "facilities" means the same as
				in Section 2.2 of the Act [220 ILCS
				50/2.2 ].
"Vacuum excavation" means excavation through the use of high
				pressure air or water where the excavated material is removed with a
				vacuum.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 265 - PROTECTION OF UNDERGROUND UTILITY FACILITIES › Section 265.20 - Application of Rules

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This Part shall apply to any person and any owner or operator of
				underground utility facilities. Except for the provisions in Section
				265.100,
				this Part is not applicable to any person or any owner or operator of underground
				utility facilities with respect to any excavation or demolition within the
				boundaries of a municipality of at least one million persons that operates its own
				underground facility notice system.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 265 - PROTECTION OF UNDERGROUND UTILITY FACILITIES › Section 265.30 - Location Records

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a) Every underground
			 utility facilities operator shall maintain records showing the location of all of
			 its underground utility facilities, installed after January 16, 1962, except
			 relatively minor facilities that connect a particular premises or building to a
			 facility serving more than one premises or building.
b) Every underground utility facilities operator
			 shall be able to locate all of its underground utility facilities installed after
			 January 16, 1962:
1) by maintaining accurate
			 records showing the location of its underground utility facilities, or
2) by maintaining equipment that can locate its
			 underground utility facilities in the field.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 265 - PROTECTION OF UNDERGROUND UTILITY FACILITIES › Section 265.40 - Non-Emergency Excavation and Demolition

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Every person in connection with any non-emergency excavation or
				demolition or any operation that might interfere with existing underground utility
				facilities shall:
a) Provide notice not
			 more than 14 days nor less than 48 hours (exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and
			 holidays) in advance of the start of any excavation or demolition to the State-Wide
			 One-Call Notice System to request that any underground facilities in the notice area
			 be marked in accordance with the Act;
b)
			 Before commencing excavation or demolition, each person shall take reasonable action
			 to identify the location of underground utility facilities in and near the
			 construction area. Reasonable actions include the performance of a site inspection
			 prior to excavation to verify the person is at the correct location of excavation or
			 demolition activities and to check for any indication of unmarked utility
			 facilities. If clear evidence of unmarked utility facilities exists, each person
			 shall comply with the requirements of Section 11(i) of the Act [220 ILCS
			 50/11(i) ];
c) Identify on appropriate construction plans,
			 with such warnings as may be reasonable, the existence of underground utility
			 facilities determined to be in and near the construction area;
d) Plan the excavation or demolition to avoid or
			 minimize the possibility of damage to underground utility facilities within the
			 tolerance zone by utilizing precautions that include, but are not limited to, hand
			 excavation, vacuum excavation, and visually inspecting the excavation while in
			 progress until clear of the existing marked facilities;
e) Provide support for existing underground
			 utility facilities in and near the construction area as may be reasonably necessary
			 for the protection of those facilities, unless otherwise agreed to by the owner or
			 operator of the underground utility facility; and
f) Backfill all excavations in such manner and
			 with such materials as to provide reliable support for existing underground utility
			 facilities in and near the construction area.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 265 - PROTECTION OF UNDERGROUND UTILITY FACILITIES › Section 265.50 - Emergency Excavation and Demolition

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Every person in connection with emergency excavation or demolition,
				or when any other emergency operation might interfere with existing underground
				facilities, shall:
a) Notify, through the
			 State-Wide One-Call Notice System, as promptly as possible the underground utility
			 facilities operators known to have underground utility facilities in and near the
			 excavation or demolition area;
b) Unless
			 an immediate safety hazard exists, wait two hours after providing notice to the
			 State-Wide One-Call Notice System before beginning excavation or
			 demolition;
c) If an immediate safety
			 hazard exists such that a two-hour wait is not possible:
1) Assume the responsibility for demonstrating
			 that site conditions warranted the earlier start time;
2) Conduct a thorough site assessment to determine
			 the location of underground utility facilities;
3) Locate the underground utility facilities with
			 acceptable equipment, if possible;
4)
			 Use hand or vacuum excavation around any known or suspected underground utility
			 facilities;
5) Immediately and directly
			 notify the utility line operators, if necessary;
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 265 - PROTECTION OF UNDERGROUND UTILITY FACILITIES › Section 265.60 - State-Wide One-Call Notice System

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The utilities, in a joint endeavor, shall continue the operation and
				maintenance of the previously established State-Wide One-Call Notice System (System)
				for the exchanging of information between excavators and utilities so that the
				utilities will know where and when excavation is to take place and the excavators
				will know where the underground facilities are located, all in accordance with the
				following criteria:
a) The System shall
			 continue to be designed, organized, financed, operated, maintained and controlled by
			 the underground utility facility owners and others subject to the jurisdiction of
			 this Part as a joint endeavor;
b) The
			 System shall provide for a minimum notice period not to exceed 48 hours (excluding
			 Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) in order to assure that the marking of the location
			 of underground utility facilities will occur prior to excavation;
c) The System shall provide a readily accessible,
			 free of charge, One-Call Notice System whereby any person desiring to excavate shall
			 give notice to owners of all underground utility facilities located in the area of
			 the proposed excavation;
d) The System
			 shall provide procedures for verifying that notice was received from the excavator
			 and acknowledged by any owners of the underground utility facilities located in the
			 area of excavation;
e) The System shall
			 provide publicity of the One-Call Notice System to assure substantially all
			 excavators are informed of the notice procedure;
f) The System shall provide for participation by
			 utilities not subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission;
g) The System shall provide for participation by
			 small utilities at an economically feasible unit cost per call;
h) The System shall provide for "notice areas" no
			 larger than one section of land;
i) The
			 System shall provide:
1) for the gathering of
			 information from excavators as to:
A) the location
			 and description of the excavation;
B)
			 the date and time the excavation is to begin;
C) the name of person or company doing the
			 excavation; and
D) the name and phone
			 number of persons to be contacted about the excavation;
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 265 - PROTECTION OF UNDERGROUND UTILITY FACILITIES › Section 265.100 - Reporting of Suspected Violations

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a) Any
			 person may report to the Commission a suspected violation of the Act. A report may
			 be made whether or not the suspected violation resulted in any personal injury or
			 property damage.
b) Except for suspected
			 violations that occur within the boundaries of a municipality of at least one
			 million persons that operates its own underground facility notice system, facilities
			 operators shall report suspected violations of the Act in the following
			 circumstances:
1) An underground natural gas
			 utility facilities operator shall report suspected violations when any gas main is
			 damaged causing a gas leak;
2) An
			 underground telecommunications utility facilities operator shall report suspected
			 violations if the damage causes an outage to a provider of an emergency telephone
			 system (i.e., a 9-1-1 system);
3) An
			 underground utility facilities operator shall report a suspected violation if the
			 occurrence results in a fatality or in personal injuries requiring
			 hospitalization.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 265 - PROTECTION OF UNDERGROUND UTILITY FACILITIES › Section 265.200 - Initial Consideration by Staff

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a)
			 Upon the receipt of a report of a suspected violation, the Staff of the Commission
			 shall consider the matter and determine whether a violation has occurred. Staff's
			 consideration may include, among other things, one or more of the following:
1) Verification of records;
2) Informal meetings;
3) Teleconferences;
4) Photo-documentation; and
5) Comments or correspondence obtained from the
			 parties involved.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 265 - PROTECTION OF UNDERGROUND UTILITY FACILITIES › Section 265.210 - Issuance of Notice of Violation

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If Staff determines that a violation has occurred, Staff shall issue
				to the alleged violator either a notice of violation or a warning letter. Copies of
				these documents shall also be provided to the person who reported the suspected
				violation and, if different, to the owner of the facilities involved. The gravity
				and circumstances of the violation and the alleged violator's history of compliance
				or noncompliance shall guide Staff's decision whether to issue a notice of violation
				or a warning letter. If Staff determines that a violation has not occurred, Staff
				shall so inform, in writing, the alleged violator, the reporting party, and, if
				different, the owner of the facilities involved.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 265 - PROTECTION OF UNDERGROUND UTILITY FACILITIES › Section 265.220 - Contents of Notice of Violation

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A notice of violation shall set forth the date, time, and location
				of the violation, briefly describe the circumstances surrounding the violation, cite
				the provision or provisions of the Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage
				Prevention Act allegedly violated, and specify the amount of the penalty being
				assessed. The notice shall also advise the alleged violator of his or her options in
				resolving or contesting the matter.