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220 ILCS 5/3-116 (2026)

"Rate" includes every individual or joint rate, fare, toll, charge, rental or other compensation of any public utility or any two or more such individual or joint rates, fares, tolls, charges, rental or other compensation of any public utility or any schedule or tariff thereof, and any rule, regulation, charge, practice or contract relating thereto

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(220 ILCS 5/3-116) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 3-116)
    Sec. 3-116. "Rate" includes every individual or joint rate, fare, toll, charge, rental or other compensation of any public utility or any two or more such individual or joint rates, fares, tolls, charges, rental or other compensation of any public utility or any schedule or tariff thereof, and any rule, regulation, charge, practice or contract relating thereto.
(Source: P.A. 84-617.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1995–2025 · leading case: Citizens Util. Bd. v. Illinois Com. Com'n, 655 N.E.2d 961 (Ill. App. Ct. 1995).
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Citizens Util. Bd. v. Illinois Com. Com'n, 655 N.E.2d 961 (Ill. App. Ct. 1995). “" 220 ILCS 5/3-116 (West 1992). [11] The Act elsewhere provides that "[n]o public utility shall undertake to perform any service or to furnish any product or commodity unless or until the rates and other charges and classifications, rules and regulations relating thereto,…”
Commonwealth Edison Co v. Illinois Com. Comm'n, 2025 IL App (3d) 240697-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). “3d 163, 175 (1999) (a utility tariff falls within the Act’s definition of “rate”) (citing 220 ILCS 5/3-116 (West 1998) (“ ‘[R]ate’ includes every individual or joint rate, fare, toll, charge, rental or other compensation of any public utility *** or any schedule or tariff…”
Sheffler v. Commonwealth Edison Co. (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). “” 220 ILCS 5/3-116 (West 2006). The Commission’s jurisdiction has been interpreted broadly since section 9-252 refers to rates or “other charge of any public utility” (220 ILCS 5/9-252 (West 2006)).”
Abbott Labs., Inc. v. Illinois Com. Comm'n (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). “" 220 ILCS 5/3-116 (West 1994). Our supreme court has held that the "statutory authority to approve rate schedules embraces more than the authority to approve rates fixed in terms of dollars and cents.”
Vill. of Evergreen Park v. Commonwealth Edison Co. (Ill. App. Ct. 1998). “The term "rate" is defined by the Public Utility Act to include: "every individual or joint rate, fare, toll, charge, rental or other compensation of any public utility * * * and any rule, regulation, charge, practice or contract relating thereto.”
Bloom Twp. HS v. Com. Comm'n (Ill. App. Ct. 1999). “The notion that a public utility might be vested with unfettered discretion and the ability to act arbitrarily in the rendition of service to its customers is the antithesis of the purposes for regulating utilities.”
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