Bill Text: IL HB4769 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a public utility shall freeze its monthly customer charge for low-income households at an amount equal to a percentage of the household's income that is no greater than the current percentage of income used to determine the amount of monthly credits administered to participants of the Percentage of Income Payment Plan under the Energy Assistance Act.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4769 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB4769-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026HB4769 Introduced , by Rep. Dagmara Avelar SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
220 ILCS 5/9-241.5 new
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a public utility shall freeze its monthly customer charge for low-income households at an amount equal to a percentage of the household's income that is no greater than the current percentage of income used to determine the amount of monthly credits administered to participants of the Percentage of Income Payment Plan under the Energy Assistance Act.
LRB104 16641 AAS 30044 b
A BILL FOR
HB4769 LRB104 16641 AAS 30044 b
AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding
Section 9-241.5 as follows:
(220 ILCS 5/9-241.5 new)
Sec. 9-241.5. Monthly customer charge freeze.
(a) As used in this Section:
"Customer charge" means a customer's fixed utility service
costs, such as billing and meter readings, that do not vary
with the customer's usage of the utility.
"Low-income household" means a residential household with
annual household income at or below 135% of the poverty
guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the
authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2).
(b) A public utility shall freeze its monthly customer
charge for low-income households at an amount equal to a
percentage of the household's income that is no greater than
the current percentage of income used to determine the amount
of monthly credits administered to participants of the
Percentage of Income Payment Plan under subsection (c) of
Section 18 of the Energy Assistance Act.