2018 Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 220 - UTILITIES
220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.
Article XVII - Electric Cooperatives And Municipal Systems

(220 ILCS 5/Art. XVII heading)

(220 ILCS 5/17-100)
Sec. 17-100. Exemption from provisions of this amendatory Act of 1997. Electric cooperatives, as defined in Section 3.4 of the Electric Supplier Act, and public utilities that are owned and operated by any political subdivision, or municipal corporation of this State, or owned by such an entity and operated by any lessee or any operating agent thereof, hereinafter referred to as municipal systems, shall not be subject to the provisions of this amendatory Act of 1997, except as hereinafter provided in this Article XVII.
(Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)

(220 ILCS 5/17-200)
Sec. 17-200. Election to provide existing or future customers access to alternative retail electric suppliers.
(a) An electric cooperative or municipal system each may, by appropriate action and at the sole discretion of the governing body of each, from time to time make one or more elections to cause one or more of the existing or future customers of each respective system to be eligible to take service from an alternative retail electric supplier for a specified period of time. Provided that, and subject to their authority to serve customers pursuant to the Electric Supplier Act with respect to electric cooperatives and pursuant to the Illinois Municipal Code with respect to municipal systems, each shall continue to provide exclusive distribution facilities for any existing and future customers that the electric cooperative or municipal system are now or in the future otherwise entitled to serve and which customers are now or in the future receiving service provided by an alternative retail electric supplier.
(b) Notification of election to provide existing or future customers access to alternative retail electric suppliers. The election by an electric cooperative or municipal system authorizing access to alternative retail electric suppliers for existing or future customers shall be made by filing notice thereof with the Commission and shall be made effective only by such filing.
(Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)

(220 ILCS 5/17-300)
Sec. 17-300. Election to be an alternative retail electric supplier.
(a) An electric cooperative or municipal system may, by appropriate action, and at the sole discretion of the governing body of each, make an election to become an alternative retail electric supplier. A generation and transmission electric cooperative may not, as an alternative retail electric supplier, serve any present or future retail customers of a distribution electric cooperative not a member of that generation and transmission electric cooperative unless at least 30% of the total number of meters of the generation and transmission electric cooperative's member-cooperatives are eligible to obtain electric power and energy from an alternative retail electric supplier other than the generation and transmission electric cooperative or an electric utility due to member-cooperative elections pursuant to either Section 17-200 or 17-300.
(b) Commission authority over an electric cooperative or municipal system electing to be an alternative retail electric supplier. An electric cooperative or municipal system electing to be an alternative retail electric supplier shall provide those services in accordance with Sections 16-115A and 16-115B of this Act, to the extent that these Sections have application to the services being offered by the electric cooperative or municipal system as an alternative retail electric supplier. In no case shall these provisions apply to the existing or future customers taking delivery services from an electric cooperative or municipal system pursuant to their respective authority under the Electric Supplier Act or the Illinois Municipal Code.
(c) Notification of election to be an alternative retail electric supplier. Upon filing notice of intent by an electric cooperative or a municipal system to become an alternative retail electric supplier, the Commission shall issue within 45 days a certificate of service authority for the entire State or for a specified geographic area of the State, as specified in the notice. Issuance of a certificate of service authority shall constitute compliance with Section 16-115 of this Act.
(d) Delivery services provided by electric cooperatives or municipal systems. Municipal systems or electric cooperatives making an election under this Section shall be required to provide delivery services on their respective systems to the electric utility or utilities in whose service area or areas the proposed service will be offered. Such required delivery services to be provided by the electric cooperatives and municipal systems shall be reasonably comparable to the delivery services provided to the electric cooperative's and municipal system's own customers.
(e) Exclusive authority over distribution facilities. Provided that, and subject to their authority to serve customers pursuant to the Electric Supplier Act with respect to electric cooperatives and pursuant to the Illinois Municipal Code with respect to municipal systems, each shall continue to provide the exclusive distribution facilities for any existing and future customers that the electric cooperative or municipal system is now or in the future otherwise entitled to serve, and which customers are now or in the future receiving service provided by an alternative retail electric supplier.
(Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97; 90-624, eff. 7-10-98.)

(220 ILCS 5/17-400)
Sec. 17-400. Conditions prohibiting municipal system participation. At no time shall a municipal system make an election under Sections 17-200 or 17-300 of this Article if such election places at risk:
(1) Any status held by the municipal system or municipal corporation or political subdivision which provides exemption from State or federal tax statutes; or
(2) Any debt, credit instrument or other contractual financial obligation held by, or on behalf of the municipal system which was entered into under an exemption from State or federal tax statutes.
(Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)

(220 ILCS 5/17-500)
Sec. 17-500. Jurisdiction. Except as provided in the Electric Supplier Act, the Illinois Municipal Code, and this Article XVII, the Commission, or any other agency or subdivision thereof of the State of Illinois or any private entity shall have no jurisdiction over any electric cooperative or municipal system regardless of whether any election or elections as provided for herein have been made, and all control regarding an electric cooperative or municipal system shall be vested in the electric cooperative's board of directors or trustees or the applicable governing body of the municipal system.
(Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)

(220 ILCS 5/17-600)
Sec. 17-600. Rights of electric cooperatives and municipal systems in conflict herewith. Except as expressly provided for herein, this Article XVII shall not be construed to conflict with the rights of an electric cooperative or a municipal system as declared in the Electric Supplier Act or as set forth in the Illinois Municipal Code or the public policy against duplication of facilities as set forth therein.
(Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)

(220 ILCS 5/17-700)
Sec. 17-700. Right to create municipal utility unaffected. Nothing in this amendatory Act of 1997 shall limit the right of a municipality to form a municipal utility in accordance with Article 11, Division 117 of the Illinois Municipal Code and the provisions of this Article XVII shall apply to any municipal utility formed after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
(Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)

(220 ILCS 5/17-800)
Sec. 17-800. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 95-311, eff. 1-1-08. Repealed by P.A. 96-176, eff. 1-1-10.)