Illinois

For Illinois, who it covers is any residential customer or master-metered apartment building; moratorium window is during the period of time from December 1 through and including March 31 of the immediately succeeding calendar year; condition attached to the protection 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; source authority is 280.135, verified against its source on 2026-08-30.

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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

— law.cornell.edu, retrieved 2026-08-28

Source

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

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