(220 ILCS 5/8-101.1)
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
    Sec. 8-101.1. Duties of public utilities; labor force.
    (a) As used in this Section:
    "Labor force" means the employees hired directly by the utility and all employees of any and all suppliers and subcontractors of the utility tasked with the construction, maintenance and repair of such utility's infrastructure.
    "Public utility" means a public utility, as defined in Section 3-105 of this Act, serving more than 100,000 customers as of January 1, 2025.
    "Substantial change in labor force" means either (1) a greater than 5% reduction in the total labor force or (2) more than a 5% decrease in the ratio of labor force spending compared to capital spending.
    (b) A public utility shall ensure that it has the necessary labor force in order to furnish, provide, and maintain such service instrumentalities, equipment, and facilities to promote the safety, health, comfort, and convenience of its patrons, employees, and the public and to be in all respects adequate, efficient, just, and reasonable.
    (c) Unless the Commission specifically orders and except as otherwise provided in this Section, no substantial change shall be made by any public utility in its labor force unless the public utility provides notice to the Commission at least 45 days before the implementation of the change. A public utility shall include a report with its notice that provides the following:
        (1) a detailed analysis and explanation of how and
    
why a change in a specific law, regulation, or market factor requires the public utility to make the substantial change in its labor force; and
        (2) whether the substantial change in the public
    
utility's labor force, at a minimum:
            (i) is in the public interest;
            (ii) will not endanger the quality and
        
availability of public utility services;
            (iii) will not have a negative impact on the
        
safety or reliability of public utility services; and
            (iv) is designed to minimize the financial
        
hardship on the members of its labor force impacted by the substantial change.
(Source: P.A. 104-458, eff. 6-1-26.)