Public Act 103-0019
 
HB1541 EnrolledLRB103 25125 AMQ 51462 b


  
    AN ACT concerning utilities.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended  by changing 
Section 8-205 as follows:
 



    (220 ILCS 5/8-205)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-205)



    Sec. 8-205. (a) Termination of gas and electric utility 
service to all
residential users, including all tenants of 
mastermetered apartment
buildings, for nonpayment of bills, 
where gas or electricity is used as the
only source of space 
heating or to control or operate the only space
heating 
equipment at the residence is prohibited,

        (1)  on any day when the National Weather Service 
    forecast for the following
24 hours covering the area of 
    the utility in which the residence is located
includes a 
    forecast that the temperature will be 32 degrees 
    Fahrenheit or below; or

        (2)  on any day preceding a holiday or a weekend when 
    such a forecast
indicated that the temperature will be 32 
    degrees Fahrenheit or below
during the holiday or weekend.
    (b) If gas or electricity is used as the only source of 
space cooling or to control or operate the only space cooling 
equipment at a residence, then a utility with over 100,000 
residential customers may not terminate gas or electric 
utility service to a the residential user, including all 
tenants of mastermetered apartment buildings, for nonpayment 
of bills:
        (1) on any day when the National Weather Service 
    forecast for the following 24 hours covering the area of 
    the utility in which the residence is located includes a 
    forecast that the temperature will be 90 95 degrees 
    Fahrenheit or above; or
        (2) on any day preceding a holiday or weekend when the 
    National Weather Service for the following 24 hours 
    covering the area of the utility in which the residence is 
    located includes a forecast indicates that the temperature 
    will be 90 95 degrees Fahrenheit or above during the 
    holiday or weekend; or
        (3) when the National Weather Service issues an 
    excessive heat watch, heat advisory, or excessive heat 
    warning covering the area of the utility in which the 
    residence is located. 

(Source: P.A. 95-772, eff. 8-1-08.)