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CITIZENS FOR BETTER ENVIRONMENT v. ICC

No. 17086.

103 Ill. App.3d 133 (1981)

430 N.E.2d 684

CITIZENS FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, Defendant-Appellee. — ILLINOIS POWER COMPANY, Plaintiff-Cross-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, Defendant-Cross-Appellee. — AMERICAN STEEL FOUNDRIES, DIVISION OF AMSTED INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, Defendant-Appellee. — (ILLINOIS POWER COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant.) — GEORGIA HAMPTON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed December 30, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Goldsmith, of Citizens for a Better Environment, and Debra Senn and William J. Herrmann, both of Governor's Office of Consumer Services, both of Chicago (Barbara J. Revak, of counsel), for appellant Citizens for a Better Environment.

Susan B. Drake, of Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, Inc., of Champaign, and Jack Ver Steegh, of Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, Inc., of East St. Louis, for appellants Georgia Hampton et al.

Schiff, Hardin & Waite, of Chicago, and Hatch, Blockman & McPheters, of Champaign (William T. Hart, Owen E. MacBride, and Lawrence R. Hatch, of counsel), for appellee Illinois Power Company.

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Chicago (Hercules F. Bolos and J. Thomas Russell, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for appellee Illinois Commerce Commission.

Order affirmed.

JUSTICE WEBBER delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal lies from an order of the circuit court of Champaign County which affirmed an order of the Illinois Commerce Commission (Commission) granting a general increase in its gas and electric rates to Illinois Power Company (IPC).

Some brief background will be helpful in understanding the issue with which we are concerned. IPC filed a request for rate increases with the Commission...

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