Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) Through July 31, 2009, the Energy
Assistance Charge shall be assessed monthly for each customer account as set
out in this subsection (a). Beginning August 1, 2009 and through December 31,
2021, the rates set out in this subsection (a) shall apply to utilities serving
less than 100,000 customers in Illinois on January 1, 2009. Beginning January
1, 2022, the rates set out in this subsection (a) shall apply to utilities
serving less than 100,000 customers in Illinois on January 1, 2021. The rates
are as follows:
1)
$0.40 per month on
each account for residential electric service;
2)
$0.40 per month on each account
for residential gas service;
3)
$4 per month on each account for
non-residential electric service which had less than 10 megawatts of peak
demand during the previous calendar year;
4)
$4 per month on each account for
non-residential gas service which had distributed to it less than 4,000,000
therms of gas during the previous calendar year;
5)
$300 per month on each account for
non-residential electric service which had 10 megawatts or greater of peak
demand during the previous calendar year; and
6)
$300 per month on each account for
non-residential gas service which had 4,000,000 or more therms of gas
distributed to it during the previous calendar year. [305
ILCS 20/13]
b) Beginning August 1, 2009 and through
December 31, 2021, the Energy Assistance Charge shall be assessed monthly for
each customer account as set out in this subsection (b) for those utilities
serving 100,000 or more customers in Illinois on January 1, 2009. The rates are
as follows:
1) $0.48 per month on each
account for residential electric service;
2) $0.48 per month on each account for
residential gas service;
3) $4.80
per month on each account for non-residential electric service which had less
than 10 megawatts of peak demand during the previous calendar year;
4) $4.80 per month on each account for
non-residential gas service which had distributed to it less than 4,000,000
therms of gas during the previous calendar year;
5)
$360 per month on each account for
non-residential electric service which had 10 megawatts or greater of peak
demand during the previous calendar year; and
6)
$360 per month on each account for
non-residential gas service which had 4,000,000 or more therms of gas
distributed to it during the previous calendar year. [305
ILCS 20/13]
c) Beginning January 1, 2022, the Energy
Assistance Charge shall be assessed monthly for each customer account as set
out in this subsection (c) for those utilities serving 100,000 or more
customers in Illinois on January 1, 2021. The rates are as follows:
1)
Base Energy Assistance Charge per
month, as determined under subsection (d), on each account for
residential electrical service;
2)
Base Energy Assistance Charge per
month, as determined under subsection (d), on each account for
residential gas service;
3)
Ten times the Base Energy
Assistance Charge per month, as determined under subsection (d),
on each account for non-residential electric service which had less
than 10 megawatts of peak demand during the previous calendar
year;
4)
Ten times
the Base Energy Assistance Charge per month, as determined under
subsection (d), on each account for non-residential gas service which
had distributed to it less than 4,000,000 therms of gas during the previous
calendar year;
5)
Three hundred and seventy-five times the Base Energy Assistance Charge
per month, as determined under subsection (d), on each account
for non-residential electric service which had 10 megawatts or greater of peak
demand during the previous calendar year; and
6)
Three hundred and seventy-five
times the Base Energy Assistance Charge per month, as determined under
subsection (d), on each account for non-residential gas service which
had 4,000,000 or more therms of gas distributed to it during the previous
calendar year. [305
ILCS 20/13]
d)
Beginning January 1, 2022, the
Base Energy Assistance Charge shall be $0.48 per month for the calendar year
and shall increase by $0.16 per month for any calendar year, provided no less
than 80% of the previous State fiscal year's available Supplemental Low-Income
Energy Assistance Fund funding was exhausted. The maximum Base Energy
Assistance Charge shall not exceed $0.96 per month for any calendar
year. [305
ILCS 20/13]
