City of Chicago v. Illinois Commerce Commission

The City of Chicago (City) appeals from an order of the Illinois Commerce Commission (Commission) approving with modification Commonwealth Edison Company’s (Edison) proposed Rider 28 — "Local Government Compliance Clause” (Rider 28). In general, Rider 28 directs Edison to recover the marginal costs of providing "nonstandard” service from customers within any governmental unit that mandates such service. Currently any additional costs associated with mandated nonstandard service are recovered from all Edison consumers as a component of Edison’s base electricity rates. Rider 28 would, for…