Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Utilities
Utility company filed two appeals from decisions of Illinois Commerce Commission on tariffs proposing increase in its gas rates. Commission's decision setting rate of return on utility's equity was not against manifest weight of evidence. Commission had statutory authority to require inclusion of new consumer protections in small volume transportation tariffs. Consumer protection can serve legitimate function of preventing injury from happening, and would be just and reasonable conditions in utility's small volume transportation tariffs. (HARRIS, concurring; STEIGMANN, concurring in part and dissenting in part.)