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Exhibit (23)-1
Commonwealth Edison Company
Form 10-Q File No. 1-1839
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation
by reference of our report in this Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
September 30, 2000, into Commonwealth Edison Company's (the Company) previously
filed prospectuses as follows: (1) prospectus dated August 21, 1986,
constituting part of Form S-3 Registration Statement File No. 33-6879, as
amended (relating to the Company's Debt Securities and Common Stock); (2)
prospectus dated January 7, 1994, constituting part of Form S-3 Registration
Statement File No. 33-51379 (relating to the Company's Debt Securities and
Cumulative Preference Stock); (3) prospectus dated September 19, 1995,
constituting part of Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 Registration Statement File No.
33-61343, as amended (relating to Company-Obligated Mandatorily Redeemable
Preferred Securities of ComEd Financing I); (4) prospectus dated June 13, 1997
constituting part of Form S-4 Registration Statement File No. 333-28369
(relating to Company-Obligated Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Securities of
ComEd Financing II); and (5) Form S-8 Registration Statement File No. 333-33847
(relating to the Commonwealth Edison Company Excess Benefit Savings Plan).
Chicago, Illinois
November 7, 2000
