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220 ILCS 5/9-240 (2026)

Except as in this Act otherwise provided, no public utility shall charge, demand, collect or receive a greater or less or different compensation for any product, or commodity furnished or to be furnished, or for any service rendered or to be rendered, than the rates or other charges applicable to such product or commodity or service as specified in its schedules on file and in effect at the time, except as provided in Section 9-104, nor shall any such public utility refund or remit, directly or indirectly, in any manner or by any device, any portion of the rates or other charges so specified, nor extend to any corporation or person any form of contract or agreement or any rule or regulation or any facility or privilege except such as are regularly and uniformly extended to all corporations and persons

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(220 ILCS 5/9-240) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 9-240)
    Sec. 9-240. Except as in this Act otherwise provided, no public utility shall charge, demand, collect or receive a greater or less or different compensation for any product, or commodity furnished or to be furnished, or for any service rendered or to be rendered, than the rates or other charges applicable to such product or commodity or service as specified in its schedules on file and in effect at the time, except as provided in Section 9-104, nor shall any such public utility refund or remit, directly or indirectly, in any manner or by any device, any portion of the rates or other charges so specified, nor extend to any corporation or person any form of contract or agreement or any rule or regulation or any facility or privilege except such as are regularly and uniformly extended to all corporations and persons.
    No law of the State shall be construed to prohibit a public utility from furnishing its service, product or commodity to its employees, officers, directors or pensioners, or its employees, officers, directors or pensioners from receiving such service, product or commodity, free or at rates or charges less than those specified in its filed schedules.
(Source: P.A. 84-617.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1995–2014 · leading case: State of Illinois ex rel. Pusateri v. Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co., 2014 IL 116844 (Ill. 2014).
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State of Illinois ex rel. Pusateri v. Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co., 2014 IL 116844 (Ill. 2014). “220 ILCS 5/9-240 (West 2008) (providing that, “[e]xcept as in this Act otherwise provided, no public utility shall charge *** a greater or less or different compensation for any product *** than the rates or other charges applicable to such product *** as specified in its…”
State of Illinois ex rel. Pusateri v. Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co., 2014 IL 116844 (Ill. 2014). “220 ILCS 5/9-240 (West 2008) (providing that, “[e]xcept as in this Act otherwise provided, no public utility shall charge *** a greater or less or different compensation for any product *** than the rates or other charges applicable to such product *** as specified in its…”
Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Illinois Com. Comm'n, 2013 IL App (2d) 120334 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “37) [(now 220 ILCS 5/9-240 (West 2010))] and was statutorily required to follow the 1971 rates set by the Commission.”
Citizens Util. Bd. v. Illinois Com. Com'n, 655 N.E.2d 961 (Ill. App. Ct. 1995). · cites it 2× “) They further argue that, as a result, the tariff contravenes the Act's prohibition against (i) changing rates without 45 days' prior notice to the Commission and the public (220 ILCS 5/9-201 (West 1992)); (ii) charging rates different from the published rates (220 ILCS 5/9-240…”
Wernikoff v. RCN Telecom Servs. of Illinois, Inc. (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). · cites it 3× “Thereafter, the defendants preemptively address concerns regarding the General Assembly's choice not to apply sections 9-240 and 9-243 of the Act (220 ILCS 5/9-240, 9-243 (West 2000)) to competitive telecommunications service prices.”
Globalcom, Inc. v. Illinois Com. Comm'n (Ill. App. Ct. 2004). “220 ILCS 5/9-240, 243 (West 2002). After weighing these arguments very carefully, we have determined that the ICC was correct in finding SBC's collocation requirement improperly exceeded the conduct prescribed by the legislature in Act section 13-801 for the provision of new…”
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