CHICAGO — Former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore has joined her former colleagues in federal prison nearly three years after they were convicted in a scheme to bribe then-House Speaker Michael Madigan.

Pramaggiore, 67, reported Monday to a minimum-security prison camp in Marianna, Florida, about an hour’s drive west of Tallahassee, where she will serve her 2-year sentence, records show. A release date has not yet been calculated, but federal prisoners typically have to serve 85% of their time.

Pramaggiore’s report date was delayed several times, most recently due to hip surgery, court records show. She also fought to remain free pending appeal of her conviction, but was denied by both the trial judge and the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.

Oral arguments in Pramaggiore’s appeal are expected to be set in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, the Tribune reported last month that Pramaggiore has been paying a high-powered Washington lobbying firm to explore clemency options with the Trump White House. She also has a pending clemency filing before the Office of the Pardon Attorney, which vets requests for the Department of Justice.

In a statement Tuesday, Mark Herr, a spokesman for Pramaggiore, said “Every day she spends in federal prison is another day Justice has been denied.”

A onetime rising star in Chicago’s corporate world, Pramaggiore and three colleagues were convicted in May 2023 in an elaborate scheme to funnel more than $1.3 million and other perks to Madigan’s associates in exchange for help with the utility’s ambitious legislative agenda.

U.S. District Judge Manish Shah later tossed the convictions on underlying bribery counts due to a ruling by the Supreme Court in an unrelated case, but kept intact the main conspiracy count as well as guilty verdicts for falsifying ComEd’s books and records, which were charged under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

All of the so-called “ComEd Four” are now behind bars in separate prisons around the country, including: ComEd lobbyist and Madigan confidante Michael McClain, who was sentenced to 2 years; ex-ComEd internal lobbyist John Hooker, sentenced to a year and a half; and Jay Doherty, a consultant for the utility and former head of the City Club of Chicago, who received a 1-year term.

Madigan, 83, was convicted separately at trial last year and sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison. He’s serving his time in a low-security facility in Morgantown, Pennsylvania, and is not due for release until 2032, though he could be placed on home confinement sooner due to his age.

In handing down his sentence to Pramaggiore last year, Shah acknowledged her transformative leadership at ComEd and her history of charitable works, but said the evidence at trial showed she also participated in a nearly decade-long scheme that undermined the public’s trust in government.

“This was secretive sophisticated criminal corruption of important public policy,” Shah said. “When it came to Mr. Madigan … you didn’t think to change the culture of corruption. Instead you were all in.”

Shah also found that she had lied repeatedly during her testimony at trial, particularly in denying knowledge of the connection of ComEd’s no-work subcontractors to the powerful Democratic speaker and telling the jury she made no effort to cover it up.

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