The power company admitted to using lobbyists to shower jobs, contracts and payoffs for the purpose of gaining favor with Madigan, who denies any wrongdoing, but, at minimum, is standing in a bad storm.
Editorial by the Chicago Sun-Times.
ComEd's parent company is Exelon, the largest nuclear power utility in the country, with two-dozen reactors in its fleet, including 11 still operating in IL. In 2016, Exelon's lobbying juggernaut rammed a $2.35 billion, decade-long bailout for its old reactors through the IL state legislature, with Madigan's support.