People ex rel. Hartigan v. Illinois Commerce Commission

I. Nature Of The Case

This is the second time this case has been before the Illinois courts. In October of 1985, the Illinois Commerce Commission (hereinafter the Commission) issued a decision allowing Commonwealth Edison Company (hereinafter Edison) an increase in rates of approximately $495 million annually. The bases of the rate increase were the costs Edison incurred in constructing the Byron Unit I nuclear generating station. Of the $2.55 billion in costs Edison submitted for inclusion in the rate base, the Commission found $101.5 million to be unreasonable and therefore disallowed. Costs…