Quinn seeking hearing on ComEd exec compensation

Wire Services CHICAGO (AP) - Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn has written a letter seeking public hearings on salaries paid to Exelon Corp. and ComEd executives and the companies' relationship with a group advocating a competitive electrical market. In a letter addressed to Illinois Commerce Commission chairman Charles Fox and obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, Quinn questions Exelon's warning that its ComEd subsidiary could be pushed into bankruptcy if next year's proposed electric rate hikes are blocked. Quinn's office planned to file the letter with the ICC this morning, spokeswoman Elizabeth Austin said. Quinn wrote that the ICC's interest in keeping electric rates reasonable gives it the right to look into Exelon's executive pay and other com