In any case in which the Commission grants interim relief, the Commission shall, upon final disposition of the proposed permanent change in rates or other charges, classification, contract, practice, rule or regulation, also review the propriety of its prior award of interim relief based upon the criteria used by the Commission in granting the interim rate relief. If, upon such review, the Commission determines that such interim rates or charges were in excess of the rates or charges which should have been prescribed in its temporary order, the Commission shall require the public utility to refund such sum as shall represent the difference between the gross income obtained from the rates or charges prescribed in said temporary increase order and the gross income which would have been obtained during the period such temporary increase order was in effect based upon the same volume, from the rates and charges which the Commission upon final review determines were appropriate. Any refund shall include interest calculated at a rate determined by the Commission and shall be returned according to procedures prescribed by the Commission.
220 ILCS 5/9-202