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Extra Extra: ComEd Ordered To Refund $36.7 Million

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Feb 25, 2012 12:00AM


  • The Illinois Commerce Commission ordered ComEd to refund $36.7 million to customers who were overcharged between October 2010 and May 2011. How often do you get a check from your electric company? [Crain's]

  • Twitter co-founder Biz Stone says it's unhealthy for people to spend too much time on... hang on, I just got an at-reply... haha... on Twitter. [Mashable]

  • Richard M. Daley talks about life after being Chicago’s Elected Majesty and about losing his wife Maggie Daley. [Tribune]

  • Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez now claims releasing transcripts from the David Koschman investigation would “undermine” the case. [Sun-Times]

  • Jerry L. Hudson says he shot his ex-wife to death in her car outside an Oak Brook hotel where she was staying with her new boyfriend, but it wasn’t murder. [The Doings]

  • A daycare worker was sentenced to 31 years in prison for killing a toddler under her care. [Sun-Times]