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Illinois lawmakers considering legislation that could hike ComEd bills less than a year after utility admitted multimillion-dollar bribery scheme


Illinois lawmakers considering legislation that could hike ComEd bills less than a year after utility admitted multimillion-dollar bribery scheme
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Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris, at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield on Jan. 29, 2020.
It’s only been nine months since Commonwealth Edison admitted to a bribery scheme that padded its profits and helped topple former Speaker Michael Madigan, but there’s already a push to pass legislation that could see Illinois customers paying more.
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Reactor Operator Steve Lorence watches monitors in 2011 in the control room for Unit Two, one of two nuclear reactors a the Byron Nuclear Generating Station. ....

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