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Electric utility means a public utility, that has a franchise, license, permit or right to furnish or sell electricity to retail customers within a service area. Public utility means and includes, except where otherwise expressly provided in this Section, every corporation, company, limited liability company, association ...

Electric cooperative is any electric cooperative which is subject to the Electric Suppliers Act, enacted by the 74th General Assembly, and has the same meaning as is defined in Section 3.4 of that Act. [220 ILCS 5/3-119]

Agents, brokers, and consultants means any person or entity that attempts to procure on behalf of or sell retail electric service to an electric customer in the State. Agents, brokers, and consultants does not include the Illinois Power Agency or any of its employees, any entity licensed as an alternative retail electric ...

"Alternative retail electric supplier" means every person, cooperative, corporation, municipal corporation, company, association, joint stock company or association, firm, partnership, individual, or other entity, their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever, that offers electric power or ...

A Distributed Generation Installer means an organization, institution or individual that has its own existence for legal or tax purposes and is involved in the business of installing distributed generation facilities. Distributed generation facility means the equipment used by an interconnection customer to generate or ...

Electric Vehicle Charging Station Installer means persons or entities that install, maintain, or repair electric vehicle charging stations. Electric vehicle charging station means any facility or equipment that is used to charge a battery or other energy storage device of an electric vehicle. Install, installing or ...

Energy Efficiency Measures Installer means persons or entities that perform installations of energy efficiency measures. Energy efficiency measures mean measures that reduce the amount of electricity or natural gas required to achieve a given end use. Energy efficiency also includes measures that reduce the ...

Meter service provider or MSP means every provider of metering service certified by the Commission. Metering service means the performance of functions related to the provision, installation, testing, maintenance, repair and reading of electric meters used for billing of retail customers and maintaining meter ...

Public utility means and includes, except where otherwise expressly provided in this Section, every corporation, company, limited liability company, association, joint stock company or association, firm, partnership or individual, their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever that ...

"Alternative gas supplier" means every person, cooperative, corporation, municipal corporation, company, association, joint stock company or association, firm, partnership, individual, or other entity, their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever, that offers gas for sale, lease, or in ...

"Common carrier by pipeline" means (1) a person or corporation that owns, controls, operates, or manages, within this State, directly or indirectly, equipment, facilities, or other property, or a franchise, permit, license, or right, used or to be used in connection with the conveyance of gas or any liquid other than water ...

Public utility means and includes, except where otherwise expressly provided in this Section, every corporation, company, limited liability company, association, joint stock company or association, firm, partnership or individual, their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever that ...

Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5/13-900] - 9-1-1 system provider − Any person, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, sole proprietorship, or entity of any description that acts as a 9-1-1 system provider within the meaning of Section 2.18 at the ETSA by contracting to provide 9-1-1 network and database ...

Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5/13-214 (a)] Public mobile services means air-to-ground radio telephone services, cellular radio telecommunications services, offshore radio, rural radio service, public land mobile telephone service and other common carrier radio communications ...

Providers of pay telephones who locate pay telephones in locations accessible to or used by a large number of the public are telecommunications carriers within the meaning of Section 13-202 of the Act. Pay telephones in the following locations are deemed to be "public" or "for public use": transportation ...

Telecommunications carrier means and includes every corporation, company, association, joint stock company or association, firm, partnership or individual, their lessees, trustees or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever that owns, controls, operates or manages, within this State, directly or indirectly, for ...

Telecommunications carrier means and includes every corporation, company, association, joint stock company or association, firm, partnership or individual, their lessees, trustees or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever that owns, controls, operates or manages, within this State, directly or indirectly, for ...

Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5/13-231] - Prepaid calling service provider means and includes every corporation, company, association, joint stock company or association, firm, partnership, or individual and their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever that contracts directly with ...

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The Office of Cybersecurity and Risk Management is focused on developing policy as well as supporting and prioritizing ongoing efforts of Illinois utilities to protect critical infrastructure and prevent unauthorized access to data ...

The Office of Retail Market Development (ORMD) was created pursuant to Public Act 094-1095 because the Illinois General Assembly recognized that in order "for Illinois consumers to receive products, prices and terms tailored to meet their needs, a competitive ...

Utility-Scale Solar Installers perform the electrical wiring and connections necessary to interconnect the new solar project with the electric utility's transmission or distribution system at the point of interconnection between the project and the utility. A utility-scale solar project means an electric generating facility that: (1) generates electricity using photovoltaic cells; and (2) has a nameplate capacity that is greater than 5,000 kilowatts. [83 Ill. Adm. Code 461]

Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5/4-610] - Thermal energy means piped noncombustible fluids used for transferring heat into and out of buildings for the purpose of reducing any resultant onsite greenhouse gas emissions of all types of heating and cooling processes, including, but not limited to, comfort heating and cooling, domestic hot water, and refrigeration. Thermal energy network means all real estate, fixtures, and personal property operated, owned, used, or to be used for, in connection with, or to facilitate a utility-scale distribution infrastructure project that supplies thermal energy.