Central Illinois Public Service Co. v. Illinois Commerce Commission

Plaintiff in administrative review Central Illinois Public Service Company (CIPS) appeals a circuit court order which affirmed an order of the Illinois Commerce Commission (Commission). In its order, the Commission determined that CIPS is exclusively entitled to serve approximately 20 acres of the 100-acre site of a new State prison at Canton, and a competing electricity supplier, Spoon River Electric Cooperative (SREC), is exclusively entitled to serve the remaining 80 acres of the tract.

The prison tract was formerly a part of the 545-aere Gavenda farm. On the July 2, 1965, effective date of…