CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn on Sunday vetoed a plan to increase electricity rates by up to $70 million — a proposal that Commonwealth Edison Co. had pitched as a way to get electrical grid modernization back on track.

The Chicago Democrat said the bill would have undermined oversight and forced automatic rate increases on the public.

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