Section 290.20  Definitions

"Act" means the Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5].

"Commission" or "ICC" means the Illinois Commerce Commission.

"Electronic Tariff Filing System", "e-Tariff System" or "e-Tariff" means the ICC's system used by public utilities to submit tariffs electronically.

"ICC External User" or "Authorized User" means a person who is not an ICC employee and who has been authorized to use the Commission's electronic tariff filing system.

"ICC External User Account" or "Authorized User Account" means the unique user name and password that are assigned to a person who is authorized to use the Commission's electronic tariff filing system.

"ICC External User Account Application" means the form used to request the creation of an ICC external user account.

"Personally Identifiable Information" includes, but is not limited to, social security numbers, driver's license numbers, credit card numbers, debit card numbers, and medical records.

"PDF" means the Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format.

"Public Utility" has the meaning ascribed in Sections 3-105(a)(1) and (2) of the Act.

"Staff" means ICC employees.

"Tariff" has the meaning ascribed in the definition of "Schedule" in 83 Ill. Adm. Code 255.10, excluding standard information requirement materials submitted pursuant to 83 Ill. Adm. Code 285.