Business & Professional People for the Public Interest v. Illinois Commerce Commission

This is a consolidated appeal of four cases, all of which concern an Illinois Commerce Commission (Commission) order entered on October 7, 1987, directing Commonwealth Edison Company (Edison) to refund $70,019,453 plus interest to its customers by means of the fuel adjustment rate. The order resulted from a reconciliation hearing during which the Commission reviewed Edison’s costs of fuel and purchased power for 1983. Pursuant to section 4 — 402 of the new Public Utilities Act, review of the Commission’s order is governed by the public utilities law in effect at the initiation of the…