Rural Electric Convenience Cooperative Co. v. Illinois Commerce Commission

Rural Electric Convenience Cooperative Company (RECC) filed a complaint with the Illinois Commerce Commission (Commission), pursuant to the Electric Supplier Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. lll2/3, par. 401 et seq.), requesting that the Commission declare that RECC was entitled to provide electric service to the Freeman United Crown III Coal Mine in Macoupin County. The Commission found that Central Illinois Public Service Company (CIPS) should furnish electric service to the Crown III Mine. RECC sought administrative review of the Commission’s decision, and the circuit court of Macoupin…