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                              Exhibit (10)-36
                              Unicom Corporation and Commonwealth Edison Company
                              Form 10-K File Nos. 1-11375 and 1-1839


                     AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO UNICOM CORPORATION
                           STOCK BONUS DEFERRAL PLAN
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     WHEREAS, Unicom Corporation, an Illinois corporation ("Unicom"), has
heretofore adopted and maintains a Deferred Compensation Plan for the benefit of
certain of its employees designated the Unicom Corporation Stock Bonus Deferral
Plan (the "Plan"); and

     WHEREAS, Unicom desires to amend the Plan in certain respects.

     NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the power of amendment contained in Section 8
of the Plan, the Plan hereby is amended, effective as of January 1, 1996, as
follows:

     1.  The last sentence of Section 3(b) is amended by substituting the words
"on which such individual is notified of his or her eligibility, but not later
than December 31 of the preceding year" for the words "of eligibility" appearing
therein.

     2.  Section 3(e) is amended by inserting the parenthetical "(together with
any dividend equivalents credited with respect to each such deferral pursuant to
Section 4)" immediately after the words "Sections 3(c) or (d)" appearing
therein.

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     3.   The second and third sentences of Section 4 are amended to read as
follows:

          Each Deferred Stock Account shall be divided into a separate sub-
          account (a "class year subaccount") to which shall be credited the
          amount deferred to a year pursuant to Section 3(b). Each class year
          subaccount shall also be credited with the amount ("dividend
          equivalents") equal to the dividends declared from time to time, on
          the number of shares of Unicom Stock credited to such subaccount.

     4.   The penultimate sentence of Section 4 is amended to read as follows:

          Unless the participant has elected, in the time and manner set forth
          in Section 5 below, to receive current payment in respect of such
          dividend equivalents, such dividend equivalents shall be credited to
          the appropriate class year subaccount of the participant's Deferred
          Stock Account to which such dividend equivalents relate as a number of
          additional shares of Unicom Stock determined by dividing the aggregate
          amount of such dividend equivalents by the purchase price used under
          the Unicom Corporation Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan
          related to each such dividend.


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     5.   Section 6 is amended by adding the words "of a balance in a class year
subaccount" prior to the word "shall" appearing therein and substituting the
word "Unicom" for the word "Union" appearing therein, and by adding the
following new sentence at the end thereof:

          The amount of any such distribution shall be reduced by any amount
          required by law to be deducted or withheld, including income tax
          withholding.

     6.   The first sentence of Section 7 is amended by substituting the word
"remain" for the word "remains" appearing therein.

     7.   The last sentence of Section 7 is amended by inserting the word
"Employee" immediately after the words "Commonwealth Edison" appearing therein.

     8.   Section 14(a) is amended to read as follows:

          Notwithstanding Section 3, the amount deferred for any calendar year
          pursuant to Section 3 shall be reduced by an amount which, after the
          payment of all federal and state income taxes and the tax imposed by
          section 3121 of the Code with respect to the amount deferred, is equal
          to the amount of the tax imposed by section 3121 of the Code on the
          amount otherwise subject to deferral (determined without regard to
          this Section) pursuant to Section 3 for such calendar year.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Unicom Corporation has caused this instrument to be
executed in its name by its duly authorized officers on this ____ day of
___________________, 1996.


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