Greenside Properties, LLC v. Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company

Plaintiff filed complaint alleging that Defendant gas company billed it for services provided long after Plaintiff asked Defendant to terminate services for natural gas. Court properly dismissed complaint, finding that claim fell under jurisdiction of Illinois Commerce Commission. Plaintiff's request for compensation for billing errors qualifies as reparations, which is within jurisdiction of Commission. Amendments to Administrative Code do not alter any substantive rights, but instead clarify Commission's jurisdiction and procedures for obtaining remedies for mistakes and misconduct of utilities. Prayer for consequential damages does not take case outside Commission's jurisdiction. (PUCINSKI and MASON, concurring.)