Illinois Bell Telephone Co. v. Illinois Commerce Commission

Petitioner Illinois Bell Telephone Company (doing business as SBC Illinois) (SBC Illinois) appeals two orders issued by the Illinois Commerce Commission (Commission). SBC Illinois contends the Commission lacked statutory authority to include a wholesale performance remedy plan and a capital spending requirement in its two orders reviewing and extending an alternative regulatory plan. SBC Illinois specifically contends that the Commission unlawfully extended conditions contained in a prior 1999 Commission order that concerned the reorganization of SBC Illinois. Additionally, SBC Illinois…