2026-09-10 · Illinois · Legislation

What happened. SB 25, an omnibus energy act carrying the misleading shell title “SWIMMING FACILITY COLD SPA,” was signed January 8, 2026 as Public Act 104-0458, effective June 1, 2026. Three pieces of it reach Illinois community associations, and the first solves a problem boards have complained about for years.¹

The Utility Data Access Act names your board

Article 5 creates a new Utility Data Access Act. Among the “data recipients” it names is “the board, in the case of a condominium or cooperative ownership of the property or building.” It defines “property” to include “2 or more tax parcels held in the cooperative or condominium form of ownership and governed by a single board of managers” — which captures the multi-parcel campus association as well as the single high-rise.

Where a building or property meets the aggregation threshold — three or more unique nonresidential qualified accounts, or any combination of five or more residential and nonresidential accounts — the board may request aggregated usage data from a covered utility, meaning an electric public utility with more than 500,000 Illinois customers.

The timetable and the delivery obligation

The Illinois Commerce Commission must open a rulemaking within 90 days of the effective date and adopt procedures within 2 years. Utilities must retain usage data for 5 years or as long as it remains in the active billing system, whichever is longer, and must deliver requested data within 30 days of a valid request — uploaded directly to ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager or another ICC-approved format.

1. Public Act 104-0458 (SB 25), omnibus energy act including the Utility Data Access Act ↩
2. 20 ILCS 627, Electric Vehicle Act, current text ↩