# Illinois · electric or gas public utility — Winter utility shutoff/disconnection moratorium by state

For Illinois, covered utilities is electric or gas public utility; citation is Ill. Admin. Code tit. 83, § 280.135; moratorium window is December 1 through and including March 31 of the immediately succeeding calendar year; eligibility / income test is Has offered the customer a winter deferred payment arrangement (winter DPA) allowing for payment of past due amounts over a period of not less than four months not to extend beyond the following November, verified against its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Illinois
- **Citation:** Ill. Admin. Code tit. 83, § 280.135
- **Moratorium window:** December 1 through and including March 31 of the immediately succeeding calendar year _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Covered utilities:** electric or gas public utility _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Eligibility / income test:** Has offered the customer a winter deferred payment arrangement (winter DPA) allowing for payment of past due amounts over a period of not less than four months not to extend beyond the following November _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> no electric or gas public utility shall disconnect service to any residential customer or master-metered apartment building for nonpayment of a bill or deposit where gas or electricity is used as the primary source of space heating equipment at the premises during the period of time from December 1 through and including March 31 of the immediately succeeding calendar year, unless: 1 The utility: A Has offered the customer a winter deferred payment arrangement (winter DPA) allowing for payment of past due amounts over a period of not less than four months not to extend beyond the following November

## Source

- https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/illinois/Ill-Admin-Code-tit-83-SS-280.135

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2027-03-01.
Part of [Winter utility shutoff/disconnection moratorium by state](https://referencesource.org/utility-shutoff-moratorium-by-state/).