Bill Text: IL HB4118 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that each electric and gas utility serving more than 500,000 customers in the State shall implement a Disconnection Protection Program. Provides that where customers have applied for assistance through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) or Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP), the customer shall be temporarily protected from disconnection for 30 days after the utility receives notice from a local administrative agency that the customer has submitted an application to LIHEAP or PIPP. Provides that, in cases where LIHEAP or PIPP assistance is received, the customer shall be protected from disconnection for another 45 days after receiving the notice. Provides that any customer who applies for, but does not receive, LIHEAP or PIPP assistance shall only be temporarily protected from disconnection once in any program year. Provides that each electric and gas utility may recover costs for implementation, administration, and ongoing operation of the utility's Disconnection Protection Program through the utility's revenue requirement, subject to a review for prudence and reasonableness by the Illinois Commerce Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: (Enrolled) 2024-06-13 - Sent to the Governor [HB4118 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB4118-Enrolled.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 8-206.5 as follows:
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| 6 | (220 ILCS 5/8-206.5 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 8-206.5. Disconnection Protection Program. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) No later than June 1, 2025, each electric and gas | ||||||
| 9 | utility serving more than 500,000 customers in this State | ||||||
| 10 | shall implement a Disconnection Protection Program, whereby | ||||||
| 11 | customers who have applied for assistance through the Low | ||||||
| 12 | Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) or Percentage | ||||||
| 13 | of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) shall be temporarily protected | ||||||
| 14 | from disconnection for 30 days after the utility receives | ||||||
| 15 | notice from a local administrative agency that the customer | ||||||
| 16 | has submitted an application to LIHEAP or PIPP and, in cases | ||||||
| 17 | where LIHEAP or PIPP assistance is received, for another 45 | ||||||
| 18 | days after receiving the notice. Any customer who applies for, | ||||||
| 19 | but does not receive, LIHEAP or PIPP assistance shall, by | ||||||
| 20 | operation of this Section, only be temporarily protected from | ||||||
| 21 | disconnection once in any program year. | ||||||
| 22 | (b) Each electric and gas utility may recover costs for | ||||||
| 23 | implementation, administration, and ongoing operation of its | ||||||
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