City of Chicago v. Illinois Commerce Commission

PRESIDING JUSTICE EGAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

The City of Chicago (City) has filed this petition for review of an order of the Illinois Commerce Commission (Commission) which approved an energy plan submitted by the respondent, Commonwealth Edison Company (Edison). The City contends that the Commission did not use the proper standard in evaluating Edison’s plan.

The present Public Utilities Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 1112/3, par. 1—101 et seq.) was enacted in 1985 and consists of 14 articles governing the regulation of public utilities. One of the objectives of the Act is…