Electric Energy, Inc. v. Hamer

Taxpayer, Electric Energy, Inc. (EEI), sought judicial review of an administrative decision from the Illinois Department of Revenue (Department) denying a request for a refund of a portion of the use taxes it paid. The circuit court of Massac County affirmed the Department’s decision denying the requested refund. EEI now appeals the circuit court’s decision. We affirm.

EEI is a corporation located in Joppa, Illinois, and is engaged primarily in the wholesale production of electricity. Six percent of its after-tax income, however, is also derived from the sale of type C specification fly ash.…