# Illinois — Winter utility disconnection moratorium dates by state

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.

- **State:** Illinois _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Who it covers:** any residential customer or master-metered apartment building _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Moratorium window:** during the period of time from December 1 through and including March 31 of the immediately succeeding calendar year _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Condition attached to the protection:** 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)_
- **Source authority:** 280.135 _(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: 2026-08-30. Review by: 2027-03-16.
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