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(220 ILCS 5/Art. III heading)

ARTICLE III. DEFINITIONS

 

(220 ILCS 5/3-101) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 3-101)

Sec. 3-101. Definitions. Unless otherwise specified, the terms set forth in Sections 3-102 through 3-126 are used in this Act as therein defined.

(Source: P.A. 97-96, eff. 7-13-11; 97-239, eff. 8-2-11; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)

 

(220 ILCS 5/3-102) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 3-102)

Sec. 3-102. "Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission, which is created and established under the provisions of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 84-617.)

 

(220 ILCS 5/3-103) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 3-103)

Sec. 3-103. "Commissioner" means one of the members of the Commission.

(Source: P.A. 84-617.)

 

(220 ILCS 5/3-104) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 3-104)

Sec. 3-104. "Executive Director" means the person holding the position of Executive Director created and established under the provisions of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 84-617.)

 

(220 ILCS 5/3-105) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 3-105)

Sec. 3-105. Public utility.

(a) "Public utility" means and includes, except where otherwise expressly provided in this Section, every corporation, company, limited liability company, association, joint stock company or association, firm, partnership or individual, their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever that owns, controls, operates or manages, within this State, directly or indirectly, for public use, any plant, equipment or property used or to be used for or in connection with, or owns or controls any franchise, license, permit or right to engage in:

  • (1) the production, storage, transmission, sale, delivery or furnishing of heat, cold, power, electricity, water, or light, except when used solely for communications purposes;
  • (2) the disposal of sewerage; or
  • (3) the conveyance of oil or gas by pipe line.

(b) "Public utility" does not include, however:

  • (1) public utilities that are owned and operated by any political subdivision, public institution of higher education or municipal corporation of this State, or public utilities that are owned by such political subdivision, public institution of higher education, or municipal corporation and operated by any of its lessees or operating agents;
  • (2) water companies which are purely mutual concerns, having no rates or charges for services, but paying the operating expenses by assessment upon the members of such a company and no other person;
  • (3) electric cooperatives as defined in Section 3-119;
  • (4) the following natural gas cooperatives:
    • (A) residential natural gas cooperatives that are not-for-profit corporations established for the purpose of administering and operating, on a cooperative basis, the furnishing of natural gas to residences for the benefit of their members who are residential consumers of natural gas. For entities qualifying as residential natural gas cooperatives and recognized by the Illinois Commerce Commission as such, the State shall guarantee legally binding contracts entered into by residential natural gas cooperatives for the express purpose of acquiring natural gas supplies for their members. The Illinois Commerce Commission shall establish rules and regulations providing for such guarantees. The total liability of the State in providing all such guarantees shall not at any time exceed $1,000,000, nor shall the State provide such a guarantee to a residential natural gas cooperative for more than 3 consecutive years; and
    • (B) natural gas cooperatives that are not-for-profit corporations operated for the purpose of administering, on a cooperative basis, the furnishing of natural gas for the benefit of their members and that, prior to 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, either had acquired or had entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire all or substantially all of the operating assets of a public utility or natural gas cooperative with the intention of operating those assets as a natural gas cooperative;
  • (5) sewage disposal companies which provide sewage disposal services on a mutual basis without establishing rates or charges for services, but paying the operating expenses by assessment upon the members of the company and no others;
  • (6) (blank);
  • (7) cogeneration facilities, small power production facilities, and other qualifying facilities, as defined in the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act and regulations promulgated thereunder, except to the extent State regulatory jurisdiction and action is required or authorized by federal law, regulations, regulatory decisions or the decisions of federal or State courts of competent jurisdiction;
  • (8) the ownership or operation of a facility that sells compressed natural gas at retail to the public for use only as a motor vehicle fuel and the selling of compressed natural gas at retail to the public for use only as a motor vehicle fuel;
  • (9) alternative retail electric suppliers as defined in Article XVI; and
  • (10) the Illinois Power Agency.

(c) An entity that furnishes the service of charging electric vehicles does not and shall not be deemed to sell electricity and is not and shall not be deemed a public utility notwithstanding the basis on which the service is provided or billed. If, however, the entity is otherwise deemed a public utility under this Act, or is otherwise subject to regulation under this Act, then that entity is not exempt from and remains subject to the otherwise applicable provisions of this Act. The installation, maintenance, and repair of an electric vehicle charging station shall comply with the requirements of subsection (a) of Section 16-128 and Section 16-128A of this Act.

For purposes of this subsection, the term "electric vehicles" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 10 of the Electric Vehicle Act.

(Source: P.A. 97-1128, eff. 8-28-12.)

 

(220 ILCS 5/3-112) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 3-112)

Sec. 3-112. "Company," when used in connection with a public utility, includes any corporation, company, limited liability company, association, joint stock company or association, firm, partnership or individual, their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever, owning, holding, operating, controlling or managing such a public utility, but not municipal corporations. "Company" when used other than in connection with a public utility, includes any corporation, company, limited liability company, association, joint stock company or association, firm or partnership, but does not include municipal corporations.

(Source: P.A. 88-480.)

 

(220 ILCS 5/3-113) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 3-113)

Sec. 3-113. "Corporation" includes any corporation, company, limited liability company, association, joint stock company or association, but not municipal corporations.

(Source: P.A. 88-480.)

 

(220 ILCS 5/3-114) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 3-114)

Sec. 3-114. "Person" includes an individual, firm, limited liability company, or co-partnership.

(Source: P.A. 88-480.)

 

(220 ILCS 5/3-115) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 3-115)

Sec. 3-115. "Service" is used in its broadest and most inclusive sense, and includes not only the use or accommodation afforded consumers or patrons, but also any product or commodity furnished by any public utility and the plant, equipment, apparatus, appliances, property and facilities employed by, or in connection with, any public utility in performing any service or in furnishing any product or commodity and devoted to the purposes in which such public utility is engaged and to the use and accommodation of the public.

(Source: P.A. 84-617.)

 

(220 ILCS 5/3-116) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 3-116)

Sec. 3-116. "Rate" includes every individual or joint rate, fare, toll, charge, rental or other compensation of any public utility or any two or more such individual or joint rates, fares, tolls, charges, rental or other compensation of any public utility or any schedule or tariff thereof, and any rule, regulation, charge, practice or contract relating thereto.

(Source: P.A. 84-617.)

 

(220 ILCS 5/3-117) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 3-117)

Sec. 3-117. "City council" includes the mayor and commissioners of cities which have adopted the Commission form of municipal government and the council of all other cities and the president and board of trustees of villages and incorporated towns.

(Source: P.A. 84-617.)

 

(220 ILCS 5/3-118) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 3-118)

Sec. 3-118. "City" includes all villages and incorporated towns.

(Source: P.A. 84-617.)

 

(220 ILCS 5/3-119) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 3-119)

Sec. 3-119. "Electric cooperative" is any electric cooperative which is subject to the Electric Suppliers Act, enacted by the 74th General Assembly, and has the same meaning as is defined in Section 3.4 of that Act.

(Source: P.A. 84-617.)

 

(220 ILCS 5/3-120) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 3-120)

Sec. 3-120. As used in Section 3-121 of this Act, the term "intrastate public utility business" includes all that portion of the business of the public utilities designated in Section 3-105 of this Act and over which this Commission has jurisdiction under the provisions of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 84-617; 84-1118.)

 

(220 ILCS 5/3-121) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 3-121)

Sec. 3-121. As used in Section 2-202 of this Act, the term "gross revenue" includes all revenue which (1) is collected by a public utility subject to regulations under this Act (a) pursuant to the rates, other charges, and classifications which it is required to file under Section 9-102 of this Act and (b) pursuant to emergency rates as permitted by Section 9-104 of this Act, and (2) is derived from the intrastate public utility business of such a utility. Such term does not include revenue derived by such a public utility from the sale of public utility services, products or commodities to another public utility, to an electric cooperative, or to a natural gas cooperative for resale by such public utility, electric cooperative, or natural gas cooperative. "Gross revenue" shall not include any charges added to customers' bills pursuant to the provisions of Section 9-221, 9-221.1 and 9-222 of this Act or consideration received from business enterprises certified under Section 9-222.1 of this Act to the extent of such exemption and during the period in which the exemption is in effect.

(Source: P.A. 94-738, eff. 5-4-06.)

 

(220 ILCS 5/3-122)

Sec. 3-122. Electronic. "Electronic" includes electrical, digital, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, or any other form of technology that entails capabilities similar to these technologies.

(Source: P.A. 91-341, eff. 7-29-99.)

 

(220 ILCS 5/3-123)

(Text of Section from P.A. 97-96)

Sec. 3-123. Clean coal SNG brownfield facility; sequester; SNG facility; sourcing agreement; substitute natural gas or SNG. As used in this Act:

"Clean coal SNG brownfield facility" shall have the same meaning as provided in Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power Agency Act.

"Sequester" shall have the same meaning as provided in Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power Agency Act.

"SNG facility" means a facility that produces substitute natural gas from feedstock that includes coal through a gasification process, including a clean coal facility, the clean coal SNG brownfield facility, and the facility described in subsection (h) of Section 9-220 of this Act.

"Sourcing agreement" means an agreement between the owner of a clean coal SNG brownfield facility and the gas utility that has the terms and conditions meeting the requirements of subsection (h-1) of Section 9-220 of this Act.

"Substitute natural gas" or "SNG" shall have the same meaning as provided in Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power Agency Act.

(Source: P.A. 97-96, eff. 7-13-11.)

(Text of Section from P.A. 97-239)

Sec. 3-123. Clean coal facility; clean coal SNG facility; sequester; SNG facility; substitute natural gas or SNG. As used in this Act:

"Clean coal facility" shall have the same meaning as provided in Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power Agency Act.

"Clean coal SNG facility" shall have the same meaning as provided in Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power Agency Act.

"Sequester" shall have the same meaning as provided in Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power Agency Act.

"SNG facility" means a facility that produces substitute natural gas from feedstock that includes coal through a gasification process, including a clean coal facility, and the clean coal SNG facility.

"Substitute natural gas" or "SNG" shall have the same meaning as provided in Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power Agency Act.

(Source: P.A. 97-239, eff. 8-2-11.)

 

(220 ILCS 5/3-124)

Sec. 3-124. Adjusted final capitalized plant cost. "Adjusted final capitalized plant cost" means the final capitalized plant cost reduced by the following, without duplication and to the extent not already accounted for or reflected on the books of the facility: (1) any State of Illinois financial assistance, (2) any U.S. financial assistance, and (3) any quantifiable benefit from a U.S. Clean Coal Gasification Program received by the facility during a period equal to the shorter of (A) the life of such program or (B) the term of the agreement, such quantifiable benefit to be discounted at a rate of 14% per annum over such period.

(Source: P.A. 97-239, eff. 8-2-11.)

 

(220 ILCS 5/3-125)

Sec. 3-125. Final capitalized plant cost. "Final capitalized plant cost" means the total capitalized asset cost of the plant of the clean coal SNG facility as reflected on the balance sheet of the facility at the time of the commercial production date, with such capitalized cost to be accrued in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and includes, without limitation, the following items: major equipment, the SNG pipeline from the plant to the receiving pipeline, water lines, railroad improvements, access road improvements, all coal transportation assets, including the slurry line, slurry prep plant, carbon dioxide capture metering and compression, licensing fees, all costs incurred in the management planning, oversight and execution of the construction and start-up of the plant, and all fees and costs payable under engineering, procurement, and design contracts for the construct of the plant accrued as of the time of the commercial production date, but does not include capitalized financing costs including capitalized interest during construction and all fees associated with financing, coal reserve leasing costs, marketing, training, any and all costs payable under the contract miner agreement, the cost of coal mining equipment and similar costs, and any other costs, including general and administrative costs, not reasonably incurred in connection with the design, construction, testing, start-up, or commissioning of the plant in preparation for commercial production date.

(Source: P.A. 97-239, eff. 8-2-11.)

 

(220 ILCS 5/3-126)

Sec. 3-126. Total capitalized asset cost. "Total capitalized asset cost" means the gross book value of the plant, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles at the commercial production date.

(Source: P.A. 97-239, eff. 8-2-11.)


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