Illinois First District Appellate Court Issues Noteworthy Opinion Regarding Illinois Commerce Commission’s Authority to Set Utility Return on Equity

by Albert Sturtevant | Sep 14, 2018 | Energy Regulation - Illinois

On September 11, 2018, the Illinois First District appellate court issued an opinion (Case No. 1-17-0527 cons.) affirming the Illinois Commerce Commission’s 9.79% return on equity award to Illinois-American Water Company in its 2016 rate case (ICC Docket 16-0093). The...

Illinois Utilities Respond to Commission’s Tax Investigation

by Nikhil Vijaykay | Mar 2, 2018 | Energy Regulation - Illinois

Illinois utilities responded this week to the January 25 order initiating an investigation into their rates following changes in state and federal corporate income tax rates.[1] In that order, the Commission directed utilities to either: (a) file tariffs reflecting...

Commission Initiates Investigations into Illinois Utilities’ Rates Following Changes in State and Federal Corporate Income Tax Rates

by Nikhil Vijaykay | Feb 27, 2018 | Energy Regulation - Illinois

On January 25, the Illinois Commerce Commission issued an order initiating investigations into Illinois public utilities’ rates due to changes in state and federal corporate income tax rates. Illinois state corporate income tax rates changed effective July 1, 2017,...

Commission Initiates Rulemaking to Address Ratemaking Treatment of Cloud Computing in Illinois

by Nikhil Vijaykay | Jan 5, 2018 | Energy Regulation - Illinois

On December 6, the Illinois Commerce Commission issued an Order initiating Docket 17-0855, a rulemaking to clarify the regulatory accounting treatment of utility cloud-based computing systems. Cloud-based computing systems are arrangements in which a pool of computing...