Peoples Gas, Light & Coke Co. v. Illinois Commerce Commission

The Peoples Gas, Light and Coke Company (the gas company) sent a bill to Alpha Baking Company, Inc. (Alpha), bused on an estimate of Alpha’s gas consumption during a three-month period, May 1985 to July 1985, when the gas company’s meter measuring Alpha’s consumption malfunctioned and underregistered the gas supplied to Alpha. Alpha unsuccessfully disputed the estimated bill in an action before the Illinois Commerce Commission. Thereafter, the gas company issued a second estimated bill for a subsequent eight-month period, September 1985 to April 1986, during which the same meter malfunctioned…