Illinois Compiled Statutes 220 Utilities: Article XV - Common Carriers By Pipeline

• Illinois Public Utilities Act. - 220 ILCS 5, Section 15-100
  Short Title. This Article may be cited as the Common Carrier by Pipeline Law. (Source: P.A. 89-42, eff. 1-1-96.)
• Illinois Public Utilities Act. - 220 ILCS 5, Section 15-101
  Application of Article. Except to the extent modified or supplemented by the specific provisions of this Article, Articles I to IV, Sections 5-101, 5-201,...
• Illinois Public Utilities Act. - 220 ILCS 5, Section 15-102
  Application to natural gas and water common carriers by pipeline. Article VII of the Public Utilities Act is fully and equally applicable to transactions...
• Illinois Public Utilities Act. - 220 ILCS 5, Section 15-201
  Definitions. In this Law: "Common carrier by pipeline" means (1) a person or corporation that owns, controls, operates, or manages, within this State, directly...
• Illinois Public Utilities Act. - 220 ILCS 5, Section 15-301
  Records and accounts. (a) Each common carrier by pipeline shall: (1) Keep written accounts and records of its revenues, expenses, contracts, and other activities...
• Illinois Public Utilities Act. - 220 ILCS 5, Section 15-401
  Licensing. (a) No person shall operate as a common carrier by pipeline unless the person possesses a certificate in good standing authorizing it to operate...
• Illinois Public Utilities Act. - 220 ILCS 5, Section 15-501
  Published rates. No common carrier by pipeline shall render service until the carrier has in effect a tariff or schedule of rates applicable to...
• Illinois Public Utilities Act. - 220 ILCS 5, Section 15-502
  Effective dates of new or amended rates. The Commission shall prescribe the periods of notice that must elapse between the filing of a proposed...
• Illinois Public Utilities Act. - 220 ILCS 5, Section 15-503
  (a) General requirement of filing, publication, and posting. Each common carrier by pipeline shall file, publish, and make available for public inspection its current...
• Illinois Public Utilities Act. - 220 ILCS 5, Section 15-504
  Rate proceedings. (a) Initiation of proceedings. The Commission may initiate a proceeding to investigate or prescribe tariffs or schedules on its own motion or...
• Illinois Public Utilities Act. - 220 ILCS 5, Section 15-505
  Ratemaking standards. Rates for common carrier by pipeline service must be just, reasonable, and not discriminatory. The Commission shall, in exercising its ratemaking powers,...
• Illinois Public Utilities Act. - 220 ILCS 5, Section 15-506
  Charges to conform to tariffs or schedules and orders of the Commission. (a) Overcharges and undercharges prohibited. No common carrier by pipeline shall offer,...
• Illinois Public Utilities Act. - 220 ILCS 5, Section 15-507
  Joint rates and routes. (a) Establishment by carriers. Two or more common carriers by pipeline may establish through routes and joint rates, provided that...
• Illinois Public Utilities Act. - 220 ILCS 5, Section 15-508
  Statute of limitations for charges. (a) Collection actions. Actions to collect charges under lawfully applicable rates must be instituted within 3 years after rendition...
• Illinois Public Utilities Act. - 220 ILCS 5, Section 15-509
  Rules. The Commission may adopt standards and procedures to ensure that the rates of common carriers by pipeline are reasonable and not discriminatory. These...
• Illinois Public Utilities Act. - 220 ILCS 5, Section 15-601
  Safety regulation. Each common carrier by pipeline shall construct, maintain, and operate all of its pipelines, related facilities, and equipment in this State in...
• Illinois Public Utilities Act. - 220 ILCS 5, Section 15-701
  Grandfather provision. All certificates of public convenience and necessity for common carrier by pipeline, tariffs and schedules, and findings, orders, decisions, rules, and regulations,...

Last modified: February 18, 2015