A. Representatives:
1. The Licensee agrees to maintain such local offices and facilities as it deems adequate for the purposes of providing repair and maintenance services and personnel available during office hours to address concerns the Village might have regarding the provision of electric service and the administration of this Chapter. The Licensee shall provide the Village with the location and telephone number of the local office and the name and telephone number of the Edison representative.
2. The Licensee further agrees to maintain such local offices and facilities as it deems adequate for the purpose of providing the Village with twenty four (24) hour emergency service pertaining to the operation of the utility facilities. The Licensee shall provide the Village with the location and telephone number of the local office, the name of the Edison emergency representative and the telephone number or numbers at which the Edison emergency representative can be reached twenty four (24) hours a day.
3. The Village agrees to provide the Licensee with the name of the Municipal electric representative and the telephone number or numbers at which the Municipal electric representative can be reached during office hours.
4. The Village agrees to provide the Licensee with the name of the Municipal emergency electric representative and the telephone number or numbers at which the Municipal emergency electric representative can be reached twenty four (24) hours a day.
5. The Village and the Licensee agree that each one will promptly notify the other party in the event that any of the information required under the foregoing subsections is changed, so as to keep such information current at all times while this Chapter remains in effect.
B. Facilities Maps: Upon the request of the Village, the Licensee shall provide the Village with a current map or set of maps, showing the location of all utility facilities installed in or under public ways within the corporate limits of the Village; provided, that the Licensee shall not be required to prepare new maps to comply with this provision if no such maps exist.
C. Duty to Provide Information: The Licensee shall, from time to time, furnish such additional information as the Village may reasonably deem to be necessary to enable it to determine whether the Licensee is complying or has complied with the provisions of this Chapter, other than those matters subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of a competent authority other than the Village. The Licensee shall not be required to provide information as to which it has a legal privilege to refuse to provide.
D. Disclosures of Documents or Information: The Village agrees that no documents or information provided to the Village by the Licensee in accordance with this Chapter shall be made available to the public if such documents or information are exempt from disclosure under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act or section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act, as such statutes may be amended, from time to time.
E. Inspection of Facilities: The Licensee shall permit the Village, at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice, to inspect the utility facilities within the corporate boundaries of the Village so as to determine whether the Licensee is complying or has complied with the provisions of this Chapter, other than those matters subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of a competent authority other than the Village.
F. Superintendent of Public Works: The Superintendent of Public Works, or such other person as the corporate authorities may designate from time to time, is hereby designated the official of the Village having full power and authority to take appropriate action for and on behalf of the Village to administer and enforce the provisions of this Chapter and to investigate any alleged violations or failures of the Licensee to comply with the provisions hereof or to adequately and fully discharge its responsibilities and obligations hereunder.
G. Notices:
1. Notice to Village: Unless otherwise specified herein, all notices from the Licensee to the Village under this Chapter shall be made in writing and delivered to the Village Administrator at the following address:
Ms. Elaine Palmer
Village Administrator
Village of Green Oaks
2020 O'Plaine Road
Green Oaks, Illinois 60048
2. Notice to the Licensee: Unless otherwise specified herein, all notices from the Village under this Chapter shall be made in writing and delivered to Ms. Kathryn Houtsma, Director, Regulatory Affairs, at the following address:
Ms. Kathryn Houtsma
Director, Regulatory Affairs
Commonwealth Edison Company
P.O. Box 767
Chicago, IL 60690-0767
3. Changes in Person or Place for Notification: In the event that either the Village or Licensee changes the person to whom written notices are to be directed or the address to which such notices are to be sent, the party making the change shall promptly notify the other party of such change in writing.
4. All notices shall be effective upon their receipt by the person or persons to whom they are directed.
H. Coordination of Construction Activities: The Licensee and the Village agree to exercise their best efforts to coordinate to the extent practicable the timing of construction activities of each so as to minimize any public inconvenience that might otherwise occur. In conjunction with this goal, shortly after January 1 of each year, as agreed by the parties, the Licensee shall meet with the Village and such other users of the public ways as may be invited by the Village to discuss scheduling of construction in the public ways in that calendar year.
I. Annual Meeting: No less than once a year, the Licensee shall attend a meeting of the corporate authorities to provide a status report of the Licensee's activities within the Village during the previous year, to outline its planned activities for the next year, and to answer questions the corporate authorities may have regarding the Licensee's performance under this Chapter.
J. Notice of Boundary Changes: The Village agrees to notify the Licensee in writing of any ordinance, statute or court or administrative action that causes a change in the Village's boundaries. Failure to give such notice excuses the Licensee both from noncompliance with this Chapter and from the noncollection of Municipal utility taxes within the area affected until such notice is given.
K. Notice of Regulatory Changes: In the event that either the ICC or the FERC opens a docket or proposes an administrative rule that 1) would directly affect the Licensee and 2) would, in the Licensee's opinion, be inconsistent with or change any provision of or duty under this Chapter, the Licensee, within seven (7) days of determining such inconsistency, shall notify the Village of such docket or proposed rule and what it thinks is the inconsistency. The Licensee shall make a good faith effort to make such determination and to give such notice prior to the expiration of any intervention period or comment period.
L. Notice of Actions Before Competent Authorities: In the event that the Licensee becomes a party to any proceedings of a competent authority that 1) would directly affect the Licensee and 2) would, in the Licensee's opinion, be inconsistent with or change any provision of or duty under this Chapter, the Licensee, within seven (7) days of determining such inconsistency, shall notify the Village of such proceeding and what it thinks is the inconsistency. The Licensee shall make a good faith effort to make such determination and to give such notice prior to the expiration of any intervention period or comment period.
M. Notice of Requests for Rate Changes: The Licensee shall notify the Village of any applications the Licensee may make to the ICC to effectuate any change in its rates, including the riders thereto. The notice shall be made in accordance with the notice provisions of this Chapter, and shall be sent no later than two (2) business days following the date on which the rate application is accepted for filing by the ICC. For each rate or charge affected by the application, the notice shall contain a statement of the existing rates or charges and all proposed rates or charges. If the proposed rates or charges are to be phased in over a period of time, the notice shall also contain a statement of the proposed rates or charges for each increment and the time period each incremental increase is to be in effect. Upon the written request of the Village, the Licensee shall send the Village a copy of the complete application filed with the ICC. This provision shall not apply to applications filed solely for the purpose of effectuating Municipal utility taxes. (Ord. 92-26, 11-18-92)