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In its Initiating Order the Illinois Commerce Commission adopts Staff’s recommendation outlined in the Staff Report against Wieland Rolled Products North America, LLC for failure to comply with annual and quarterly filing requirements as outlined in Attachment A, Exhibit 1, appended to the Staff Report .

Staff recommends the Commission impose a total penalty of $111,500.

Staff’s recommended penalty comprises penalties of the following amounts for failure to file:

• Its Annual Compliance Certification due on April 30, 2022, on April 30, 2023, and on April 30, 2024, $10,000 for each year;
• Its REPS Report due on September 1, 2022, on September 1, 2023, and September 1, 2024, $7,500 for each year;
• Its Call Center Information Report due on March 1, 2022, on March 1, 2023, and on March 1, 2024, $7,500 for each year;
• Its Net Metering Report due on April 1, 2022, on April 1, 2023, and on April 1, 2024, $2,500 for each year;
• Its Environmental Disclosures, $500 for failure to file each report due in October 2021, January 2022, April 2022, July 2022, October 2022, January 2023, April 2023, July 2023, October 2023, January 2024, April 2024, July 2024, and October 2024;
• Its Kilowatt-hour Report due on March 1, 2023, and on March 1, 2024, $7,500 for each year; and
• Its Designated Agent Form due on January 31, 2022, on January 31, 2023, and on January 31, 2024, $2,500 for each year.

The Commission’s order directs the following:

• Supplier should be made a Respondent to the docketed proceeding and should be ordered to file a Notice of Appearance;
• Supplier should be directed to file all missing reports within 30 days of this Initiating Order;
• The presiding administrative law judge should be directed to issue a Proposed Order, including findings of violations and recommended penalties;
• If supplier files the required reports within the 30 days of the Initiating Order, the Proposed Order should reflect a reduction in the recommended penalties;
• If supplier fails to file the required reports within 30 days, the Proposed Order should recommend an additional finding of violation for each 30 days each report remains delinquent, with an associated penalty;
• If supplier fails to appear in the proceeding, the Proposed Final Order should recommend termination of the ARES’s Certificate of Authority to operate in Illinois; and
• The associated Staff Report including accompanying attachment, the Charging Document relevant to the supplier should be filed in the docket and made a part of the record of this proceeding.