Central Illinois Public Service Co. v. Illinois Commerce Commission

The Electric Supplier Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 1112/3, par. 401 et seq.) was enacted July 2, 1965, to deal with territorial and customer service disputes between public utilities and electric cooperatives. The Act encourages electric suppliers to enter into service-area agreements delineating exclusive service areas between themselves. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 1112/3, par. 406.) This case requires us to interpret the service-area agreement between Central Illinois Public Service Company (CIPS) and Wayne-White Counties Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Wayne-White), and to resolve the…