CURRENT PROGRAMS
- Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP)
- Eligibility: Customers of Ameren Illinois, ComEd, Nicor Gas and Peoples Gas/North Shore Gas earning 150% FPG or less
- Participants pay 6% of their income for gas and electric service plus any amount over the maximum monthly benefit that goes towards their utility bill. Note: This program was suspended July 1, 2015 due to state budget discussions and was reinstated September 1, 2016.
- Residential Special Hardship (RSH)
- Eligibility: ComEd customers at 250% FPG or less, experiencing hardship such as job loss, illness; PIPP customers ineligible
- Grants of up to $500 every 2 years for seniors and families; up to $1,000 every 2 years for qualified military personnel
- Arrearage Reduction Component
- Participants that make monthly PIPP payments on time receive a monthly credit amounting to 1/12th of past due bills, up to $1,000/year for gas bills; same amount for electric bills
- Ratepayer funding supplements federal Weatherization Assistance Program; measures include furnace repair/ replacement
- PIPP and energy efficiency: Ameren Illinois, ComEd, Nicor Gas and Peoples Gas/North Shore Gas
- PIPP and other rate assistance: $72.7 million
- RSH: $10 million
- Energy Efficiency: $1 million
- PIPP: 55,863
- RSH: 22,000
- Energy Efficiency: NA
- PIPP, Arrears Reduction and Energy Efficiency: Meters charge of $0.48/month per residential electric and gas account; $4.80 to $360 per month for non-residential/commercial-industrial accounts depending on size
- RSH: Energy Infrastructure Modernization Act (SB1652)
- PIPP, arrears reduction and energy efficiency: IL Dept of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
- RSH: ComEd
LEGISLATION 305 ILCS 20/ (Energy Assistance Act) authorizes SLEAF, PIPP Energy Infrastructure Modernization Act (SB1652)
REPORTS / EVALUATIONS
- Illinois PIPP Program Impact Evaluation, Draft Report, APPRISE, December 2009
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