ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC. v. ILLINOIS COMMERCE COM'N

Nos. 1-96-0265, 1-96-0266.

682 N.E.2d 340 (1997)

289 Ill. App.3d 705

224 Ill.Dec. 779

ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC., Outboard Marine Corporation, Victory Memorial Hospital, National Gypsum Company; Schuller International, and PPG Industries, Inc., Petitioners, v. The ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, North Shore Gas Company, Citizens Utility Board, People of Cook County by Jack O'Malley, Cook County State's Attorney, Enron Capital and Trade Resources, Inc., The People of the State of Illinois by the Attorney General Jim Ryan, Chevron USA, Inc., and Midcon Gas Services Corp., Respondents. A. FINKL & SONS, Precoat Metals Company, LTV Steel Company, Ford Motor Company, Archor-Daniels-Midland Company, Nabisco Brands, Inc., 115th Street Corporation, Acme Steel Company, Art Institute of Chicago, Best Foods, A Division of CIP International, General Mills, Inc., Gutmann Leather Co., Inc., Helene Curtis, Inc., Midwest Zinc Company, Sipi Metals Corporation, South Chicago Packing Co., Sweetheart Cup Company, Inc., Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc., and White Cap, Inc., Petitioners, v. The ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company, Citizens Utility Board, People of Cook County by Jack O'Malley, Cook County State's Attorney, Enron Capital and Trade Resources, Inc., The People of The State of Illinois by the Attorney General, Jim Ryan, Chevron, USA, Inc., Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, City of Chicago, Commonwealth Edison Company, and Midcon Gas Services Corp., Respondents.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

June 27, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Robertson, Edward C. Fitzhenry, Lueders, Robertson & Konzen, Granite City, for Petitioners.

Kathleen Nolan, Counsel for the Illinois Commerce Com'n, Chicago, for Respondents.

James Hinchliff, Gerard T. Fox, Mary Klyasheff, Chicago, for North Shore Gas Co.


Justice HOURIHANE delivered the opinion of the court:

In this consolidated appeal, various transportation customers of Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company (Peoples) and North Shore Gas Company (North Shore) appeal from two final orders entered by the Illinois Commerce Commission (Commission) approving a general rate increase for gas service and other ratemaking adjustments. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the orders of the Commission.

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