Independent Voters v. Illinois Commerce Commission

This appeal concerns utility rates which were originally set by order of the Illinois Commerce Commission in 1971. On an appeal involving the rates this court held that the Commission had improperly allowed certain expenses and deductions to the Illinois Bell Telephone Company (hereafter Bell) (Illinois Bell Telephone Co. v. Illinois Commerce Com. (1973), 55 Ill. 2d 461), and the matter was remanded for further proceedings. On remand, the Independent Voters of Illinois (hereafter the IVI), an intervenor, petitioned that all “overcharges” received by Bell under the invalid portions of the rate…