IL gas supplier (AGS) bonds.
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An Alternative Gas Supplier certified to sell natural gas in Illinois posts a $150,000 license bond with the Illinois Commerce Commission, under the Alternative Gas Supplier Law (815 ILCS 551) and 83 Ill. Admin. Code Part 551. We issue it at a flat 3% — $4,500 on the standard $150,000.
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Your company details, the bond amount (the standard $150,000 unless the ICC set another), and the effective date.
Underwritten and issued
Utility-supplier bonds at this size get a brief underwriter review; most issue within a business day. No credit pull to issue the standard bond.
File with the ICC
Submit the executed bond as part of your AGS certification or renewal at the Illinois Commerce Commission. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. The standard AGS bond is $150,000, which is $4,500.
What it is and who needs it.
What the AGS bond secures
Illinois opened retail natural gas to competition, and a company that sells gas to retail customers must be certified as an Alternative Gas Supplier by the Illinois Commerce Commission. Certification requires the applicant to post a license bond as a financial assurance before it can serve Illinois customers.
Under 83 Ill. Admin. Code Part 551, the bond is set at $150,000 in favor of the People of the State of Illinois, conditioned on the full and faithful performance of the supplier's duties and obligations as an AGS, and valid for at least one year. If the bond is cancelled, expires, or is drawn upon, the supplier must keep replacement security in place so the cumulative coverage never falls below the required amount.
The bond is part of the certification filing with the Commission. We issue the standard $150,000 bond — $4,500 at our flat 3% — without a credit pull; the bond runs in favor of the State and stands behind your obligations to Illinois gas customers.
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These are the actual underwriting fields. The standard $150,000 bond issues without a credit pull, after a brief underwriter review at this size.
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AGS license bond, issued fast.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. $4,500 on the standard $150,000 bond — file with the Commission.