Ex-ComEd CEO, 3 others indicted

Defendants include former ComEd lobbyist Michael McClain

As reported by Crain's Chicago Business.

Exelon Nuclear enjoyed a $2.35 billion, ratepayer-funded nuclear power bailout for dangerously old reactors, in Dec. 2016. IL House Speaker Madigan, implicated in the bribery scheme described in the article, was central to Exelon's lobbying success in the nuclear bailout scheme. Exelon has sought additional nuclear bailouts since, including currently.