§469.10. Definitions

Terms defined in Section 16-128A of the Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5/16-128A] shall have the same meaning for purposes of this Part as they have under Section 16-128A of the Public Utilities Act, unless further defined in this Part. The following terms, when used in this Part, shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section.

 

"Act" means the Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5].

 

"Applicant" means a person or entity that files an application with the Illinois Commerce Commission (Commission) requesting certification pursuant to Section 16-128A of the Act to install, maintain or repair electric vehicle charging stations.

 

"Best's financial size category" refers to a numerical value that A.M. Best Company or its successor assigns to an insurance company based on the amount of that insurance company's policyholders' surplus and reserve funds.

 

"Best's rating" refers to a rating from A.M. Best Company or its successor that provides an overall opinion of an insurance company's ability to meet its obligations to policyholders.

 

"Certificate holder" or "Commission-certified IMR" means a person or entity that has received certification pursuant to this Part.

 

"Commercial general liability insurance" means insurance that covers suits against the insured for personal injury and property damages.

 

"Commercial purposes" means use by any person of an electric vehicle charging station not located on his or her own premises. 

 

"Directly supervised" means that there is a qualified person on-site available for consultation and review of the installation, maintenance or repair work of electric vehicle charging stations performed by apprentices.

 

"DOL certification of satisfactory completion" means that person has received a nationally recognized and portable Certificate of Completion from a United States Department of Labor (DOL) registered apprenticeship program.

 

"DOL-registered electrician apprenticeship program" means an electrician apprenticeship training program that is certified by the DOL.

 

"Electric utility" means a corporation, company, limited liability company, association, joint stock company or association, firm, partnership or individual, their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever that owns, controls, operates or manages, within Illinois, directly or indirectly, for public use, any plant, equipment or property used or to be used for or in connection with, or owns or controls any franchise, license, permit or right to engage in the production, storage, transmission, sale, delivery or furnishing of heat, cold, power, electricity; or a public utility, as defined in Section 3-105 of the Act, that has a franchise, license, permit or right to furnish or sell electricity to retail customers within a service area. [220 ILCS 5/3-105 and 16-102]

 

"Electric vehicle" means a battery-powered electric vehicle operated solely by electricity or  a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that operates on electricity and gasoline and has a battery that can be recharged from an external source. [20 ILCS 627/10]

 

"Electric vehicle charging station" means any facility or equipment that is used to charge a battery or other energy storage device of an electric vehicle. [220 ILCS 5/16-128A(d)]

 

"Entity" means an organization, institution or being that has its own existence for legal or tax purposes and is involved in the business of installing, maintaining or repairing electric vehicle charging stations.

 

"IMR" or "IMRs" means electric vehicle charging station installers, maintainers or repairers.

 

"Install", "installing" or "installation" means the major activities and actions required to connect, in accordance with applicable building and electrical codes, the conductors, connectors and all associated fittings, devices, power outlets or apparatuses mounted at the premises that are directly involved in delivering energy from the premises' electrical wiring to the electric vehicle charging station. 

           

"Maintain", "maintaining" or "maintenance" means the major activities and actions required to keep in an appropriate, safe condition and operation the conductors, connectors and all associated fittings, devices, power outlets or apparatuses mounted at the premises that are directly involved in delivering energy from the premises' electrical wiring to the electric vehicle charging station.

 

"NEC" means the National Electrical Code adopted by the National Fire Protection Association, Inc., of 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02169  (NFPA 70E), effective August 25, 2010.

 

"Premises and operations insurance" coverage pays for bodily injury or property damage that occurs on an entity's premises or as a result of an entity's business operations.

 

"Products and completed operations insurance" coverage pays for bodily injury and property damage that occurs away from an entity's business premises and is caused by the entity's products or completed work.

 

"Qualified person" means a person who performs installation, maintenance or repair of electric vehicle charging stations and who has either satisfactorily completed at least five installations of an electric vehicle charging station or has completed at least one of the following programs requiring lab or field work and received a certification of satisfactory completion:  an apprenticeship as a journeyman electrician from a United States Department of Labor Registered Electrician Apprenticeship and Training Program or an Underwriters Laboratories (UL) electric vehicle charging station installation certification program.

 

"Repair" or "repairing" means the major activities and actions required to restore to a safe, sound condition and operation the conductors, connectors and all associated fittings, devices, power outlets or apparatuses mounted at the premises that are directly involved in delivering energy from the premises' electrical wiring to the electric vehicle charging station.

 

"Retail customer" means

 

a single entity using electric power or energy at a single premises and that  either is receiving or is eligible to receive tariffed services from an electric utility or that is served by a municipal system or electric cooperative; or

 

an entity that, on December 16, 1997, was receiving electric service from a public utility and was engaged in the practice of resale and redistribution of such electricity within a building prior to January 2, 1957, or was providing lighting services to tenants in a multi-occupancy building, but only to the extent such resale, redistribution or lighting service is authorized by the electric utility's tariffs that were on file with the Commission on December 16, 1997. [220 ILCS 5/16-102]. For purposes of this Part, a "retail customer" includes that retail customer's employees, officers, and agents. [220 ILCS 5/16-128A(d)]

 

"Self-installer" means an individual who leases or purchases an electric vehicle charging station for his or her own personal use and installs an electric vehicle charging station on his or her own premises without the assistance of any other person. [220 ILCS 5/16-128A(d)]

 

"Surplus Line Association of Illinois" is an organization of Illinois surplus line producers as defined in Section 445.1 of the Illinois Insurance Code [215 ILCS 5/445.1].