{"id":"AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-009","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Illinois (State public utility commission)","state":"IL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG","eco":"","issuer":"Illinois Commerce Commission, Acting Executive Director Jim Zolnierek","authority":"220 ILCS 5 (Public Utilities Act)","instrument":"Letter to Regulatory Representatives of Illinois Public Utilities re Termination of Utility Service and Tracking of Costs during Public Health Emergency","title":"Directive urging every Illinois public utility to cease disconnections for non-payment and suspend late payment fees until May 1, 2020, and to track all COVID-19 costs for prudency review","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"2020-03-13","end":"Requested through May 1, 2020; superseded by the Commission\u0027s Emergency Interim Order of March 18, 2020 in Docket 20-0309 and the stipulated moratorium that expired June 26, 2020 (recited in Ex. 010)","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2020-05-01","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["all Illinois public utilities regulated by the Commission (electric, gas, water, sewer)"],"clause":"I write to you to urge your company to take immediate steps to cease disconnections for non-payment, and to suspend the imposition of late payment fees or penalties, until May 1, 2020.... The Commission is in the process of determining what formal steps should be taken regarding termination of utility service to customers during the public health emergency declared by Governor Pritzker and will likely issue one or more Orders regarding this and related matters at its March 18, 2020 Regular Open Meeting.... Finally, please keep track of all spending as a result of actions and costs incurred due to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While you should take all necessary steps to ensure the health, welfare, and safety of consumers, your staff, and the public in general, the Commission is required, under the Public Utilities Act to review the reasonableness and prudency of all expenditures.","enforcement":"A directive letter, not an order.","functions":["OP collections and disconnection operations of every Illinois public utility","OF cost-tracking and regulatory accounting","CB customers"],"notes":"The Commission\u0027s Emergency Interim Order of March 18, 2020 (Docket 20-0309) imposed the moratorium by order; the June 18, 2020 order approving a stipulation ran the moratorium to a \u0027stipulated moratorium period\u0027 that \u0027expired on June 26, 2020\u0027 (Ex. 010).","sourceUrl":"https://www.icc.illinois.gov/downloads/public/covid-19/Covid-19%20Letter%20to%20Public%20Utilities%203-13-20.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":40461,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG","url":"/library/AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-009","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-009","citation":"Illinois Commerce Commission, Acting Executive Director Jim Zolnierek, Letter to Regulatory Representatives of Illinois Public Utilities re Termination of Utility Service and Tracking of Costs during Public Health Emergency (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-009)","stateName":"Illinois","related":[]}