Schafer v. Exelon Corp.

OPINION AMD ORDER

WILLIAM T. HART, District Judge.

In two putative class actions challenging retail electric rates, plaintiffs seek: to represent 3.7 million electricity customers of Commonwealth Edison Company (“ComEd”) and 1.2 million customers of three Ameren companies. 1 The two cases were filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County styled Schafer, et al. v. Exelon Corp., et al., No. 07 CH 09036 (Cir. Ct. Cook Cy., Ill.), and Wexler, et al. v. Commonwealth Edison Co., et al., No. 07 CH 08599 (Cir. Ct. Cook Cy., Ill.), and removed to this court by defendants. The complaints allege that…