IL retail electric ABC bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
Illinois licenses retail electric agents, brokers, and consultants (ABCs) through the Illinois Commerce Commission, and conditions the license on a $5,000 bond. At our flat 3%, $5,000 prices at the $275 minimum — and license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the ICC
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your ICC retail electric ABC license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
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3% of $5,000 is $150 — below our $275 minimum, so this bond is $275, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
An agent, broker, or consultant (ABC) is anyone engaged in the procurement or sale of retail electricity supply for third parties in Illinois — shopping power on behalf of homes and businesses. The Illinois Commerce Commission licenses ABCs under Section 16-115C of the Public Utilities Act (220 ILCS 5), and conditions the license on a $5,000 bond.
The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee: it stands behind your compliance with the ABC licensing rules in 83 Ill. Adm. Code Part 454, including the honest, accurate marketing and procurement of retail electric supply. If an ABC violates those rules and a customer is harmed, the harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you. If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond must stay active for the life of your ICC license — so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $5,000 filing continuous.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
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If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.