Exhibit (23)-1
                                              Unicom Corporation
                                              Form 10-Q 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 of our report in this Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
March 31, 1998 (Report), 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 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 Statements
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).  We also consent to the application of our Report to
Commonwealth Edison Company and subsidiary companies' ratios of earnings to
fixed charges and ratios of earnings to fixed charges and preferred and
preference stock dividend requirements for each of the twelve months ended March
31, 1998 and December 31, 1997 appearing in this Form 10-Q.



                                         Arthur Andersen LLP

 
 



Chicago, Illinois
May 11, 1998