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220 ILCS 5/19-135

(220 ILCS 5/19-135)

Sec. 19-135. Single billing.

(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly
that in any service
area where customers are able to choose their natural gas supplier, a single
billing option shall be offered to customers for both the services provided by
the alternative gas supplier and the delivery services provided by the gas
utility.  A gas utility shall file a tariff pursuant to Article IX of this Act
that allows alternative gas suppliers to issue single bills to residential and
small commercial customers for both the services provided by the alternative
gas supplier and the delivery services provided by the gas utility to
customers; provided that if a form of single billing is being offered in a gas
utility's service area on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
92nd General Assembly, that form of single billing shall remain in effect
unless and until otherwise ordered by the Commission.

(b) Every alternative gas supplier that issues a single bill for delivery and supply shall include on the single bill issued to a residential customer the current utility gas supply cost rate per therm that would apply to the customer for the billing period if the customer obtained supply from the utility, including all fixed or monthly supply charges and other charges, credits, or rates that are part of the gas supply price.

(c) Every gas utility that offers supply choice and provides delivery and alternative gas supply service on a single bill to its residential customers shall include on the bill of each residential customer who purchases supply services from an alternative gas supplier the current utility gas supply cost rate per therm that would apply to the customer for the billing period if the customer obtained supply from the utility, including all fixed or monthly supply charges and other charges, credits, or rates that are part of the gas supply price.

(Source: P.A. 101-590, eff. 1-1-20.)