Exhibit (23)-1
                                     Unicom Corporation
                                     Form 10-K File No. 1-11375



                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
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     As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation
by reference into Unicom Corporation's previously filed prospectuses dated March
18, 1994, constituting part of Form S-4 Registration Statement File No.
33-52109, as amended (relating to Common Stock of Unicom Corporation), as
further amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 (relating to
Commonwealth Edison Company's Employee Savings and Investment Plan) and Post-
Effective Amendment No. 2 on Form S-8 (relating to Unicom Corporation's Employee
Stock Purchase Plan), Form S-8 Registration Statement File No. 33-56991
(relating to Unicom Corporation's Long-Term Incentive Plan), Form S-4
Registration Statement File No. 333-01003 (relating to the common stock of
Unicom Corporation), Form S-8 Registration Statement File No. 333-04749
(relating to Unicom Corporation's 1996 Directors' Fee Plan), Form S-8
Registration Statement File Nos. 333-10613 and 333-26779 (relating to
Commonwealth Edison Company's Employee Savings and Investment Plan) and Form S-8
Registration Statement File No. 333-39677 (relating to the Unicom Corporation
Management Deferred Compensation Plan


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