Today ComEd announced its filing with the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) to establish the Distributed Generation Rebate Tariff that creates a rebate offering business customers and community supply projects $250 per kilowatt.
ComEd has introduced new energy efficiency programs to help public sector and income-eligible customers manage their energy use and save on their electric bills. Thanks to the Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA), ComEd has launched an energy efficiency plan that will invest up to $1.4 billion over four years to substantially expand and create new energy efficiency offerings.
Winter's colder temperatures have arrived and ComEd is reminding customers that help may be available for those who have fallen behind on their energy bills. As of January 2, 2018, CARE is accepting applications for Residential Special Hardship (RSH) and CHAMP grants.
Illinois’ future is bright and not just because holiday lights are everywhere! It’s bright because one year ago today, the Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA), which was passed by the Illinois General Assembly, was signed into law by Governor Bruce Rauner. This landmark bi-partisan legislation took more than two years to finalize but represents an exciting and significant step toward growing renewables like solar energy in Illinois. While implementation of the new law didn’t actually begin until June, considerable progress has already been made and more is planned in 2018.
Today, on the one-year anniversary the Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA), ComEd announced four organizations have been selected to develop and conduct solar pipeline training programs made possible through grants funded by FEJA. Elevate Energy, Illinois Central College, OAI, Inc., and the Safer Foundation, will receive a total of $3 million as a part of the first wave of FEJA funding to train individuals to work in the solar industry.
For the last five years, work to modernize ComEd's energy grid has contributed to record reliability for its customers. This work, in addition to the passage of the Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA) and participation in the Illinois Commerce Commission's (ICC) NextGrid initiative, helped position Illinois as second in nation in the 2016 Grid Modernization Index (GMI), available at www.gridwise.org.
ComEd has provided a total of $7 million to seven grant recipients who have been selected to develop and administer future energy jobs training programs as a part of the Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA). The funding will enable APAC, ASPIRA, Chatham Business Association, Chicago Urban League, HACIA, National Latino Education Institute (NLEI) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) 134 to implement diverse training programs that will help prepare people from local Illinois communities for future energy jobs in areas like solar and energy efficiency.
As temperatures begin to dip, ComEd has been hard at work to ensure the company's electric system is ready to meet the energy needs of customers all winter long. Throughout 2017, ComEd has continued its work to create an advanced energy delivery system, improving reliability and building smart infrastructure for the future. From 2012 through September of this year, more than 9.2 million customer interruptions have been avoided, the frequency of outages has been reduced by 44 percent, and the duration of outages has been reduced by 48 percent thanks in part to ComEd's work to modernize the grid.
Calling all Illinois college students! ComEd wants to help grow solar energy in Illinois and is asking for your help. ComEd is asking individual students or a team of students attending colleges or universities located in Illinois to enter the Student Innovation Contest. Participants will design a solar dashboard that will help promote the valuable benefits of solar power to ComEd customers.
ComEd wants to help grow solar energy in Illinois and is enlisting college students to help. ComEd is launching its Student Innovation Contest and encouraging Illinois college students to design a solar dashboard that will help promote the valuable benefits of solar power to ComEd customers.
October is National Energy Awareness Month and ComEd is encouraging customers to take advantage of offers within the ComEd Energy Efficiency Program to help them save on energy costs this fall. As temperatures cool off this fall, customers in Illinois typically increase the temperatures on their thermostats to maintain the comfort level in their homes. With cooler temperatures on their way, now is the perfect time to explore energy efficient plans that can help save energy and money while keeping homes warm.
The ICC has approved ComEd's plan to expand the energy choices of Illinois consumers by opening the market for community energy. Community solar development is a feature of the Future Energy Jobs Act. Community renewable projects are designed to provide access to renewables, particularly solar to customers who want to share in the benefits of renewables, but for whom a private solar unit may not be feasible.
The Illinois Commerce Commission yesterday approved ComEd's new four-year Energy Efficiency (EE) Plan under the Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA). The new plan is set to begin in 2018. It is the first of three energy efficiency plans put in place by FEJA. In total, these plans are expected to generate $4 billion in customer benefits by 2030.
The Illinois Commerce Commission yesterday approved ComEd's request to provide ComEd customers with an approximately $80 million refund as a result of ComEd's efforts to implement the new Energy Efficiency funding mechanism established by the historic Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA). As a result, the average ComEd residential customer will see a credit of close to $14 on their October monthly bill.
ComEd made a filing today with the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) that begins to lay the groundwork and set terms and conditions to enable customers to participate in renewable projects through Community Supply as a result of the Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA).
A combination of six business associations and social have been named as recipients of funding for the development and administration of future energy jobs training as a part of the Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA). Chicago Urban League, Austin People's Action Center, ASPIRA, HACIA, Chatham Business Association and the National Latino Education Institute (NLEI) will develop training programs related to solar and energy efficiency as a part of the FEJA's goal to prepare a workforce ready for the future energy industry.
Amid the hottest time of the year, consumer advocates joined with Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) and the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) Tuesday to make Chicago-area consumers aware that cooling an empty home, while they are away at work or on vacation, can cause summer energy bills to soar.
ComEd has been named as a Most Trusted Brand for 2017 for residential utility customers, according to a new Cogent Reports™ study from Market Strategies International. This annual study recognizes companies with the highest levels of brand trust, which Market Strategies research shows to be most strengthened through utilities' community engagement and support of new customer offerings.
ComEd filed today with the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) the first set of annually required reports detailing anticipated customer rate impacts of the Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA). As a part of FEJA, passed by the Illinois General Assembly and signed by Governor Rauner in 2016, impact caps are in place to protect customers from significant bill increases resulting from programs authorized through the Act.
ComEd's Energy Efficiency Program has excelled to new heights. To date, ComEd customers have saved a record-breaking $2.5 billion through energy efficiency programs and will save even more with a new plan to be filed under the Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA) that will nearly double savings for customers and reduce electricity use in Illinois by 21 percent by 2030.
The Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA) went into effect as Illinois law on June 1stand will result in some immediate savings and a few line item changes on ComEd residential customer monthly statements.
ComEd and the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus (MMC) announced today a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will support the study and development of new energy efficiency programs, smart streetlights, and community and residential solar and other infrastructure projects. The MOU provides for a one-of-a-kind collaboration between ComEd and the MMC to develop a pilot for a national model on how utilities and municipalities can work together to create greener, more resilient and sustainable communities.
In celebration of Earth Day and during National Volunteer Week, a team of ComEd volunteers came together to install a variety of energy efficiency measures at Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church on Chicago's South Side that will help them save about 122,447 kWh per year - enough to power 14 homes for one year.
ComEd today filed its annual delivery service rate update with the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC). It reflects capital investments authorized by the $2.6 billion Energy Infrastructure Modernization Act (EIMA), or Smart Grid Law, to modernize Illinois’ energy infrastructure. ComEd’s 2016 investments – including $621 million for Smart Grid-related work – have resulted in record reliability for its customers with a 44-percent reduction in the frequency of outages and "Best in Class" distinction for performance among peer utilities nationally.
The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) today approved the first major step toward expanding energy efficiency (EE) programs in Illinois under the Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA), setting the stage to save residential customers more than $2.00 per month over the course of 2017.
Exelon representatives and nuclear plant employees today joined Governor Bruce Rauner, state legislators, local business leaders, environmental groups and hundreds of community members to celebrate the signing of the Future Energy Jobs Bill, a comprehensive energy plan that safeguards the state's top source of clean energy, protects and creates thousands of jobs and strengthens the Illinois economy, while preserving competitive rates.
Exelon Generation and ComEd today commended Illinois lawmakers on the passage of the Future Energy Jobs Bill, which will maintain Illinois' competitive electric rates, preserve and create tens of thousands of jobs and expand clean energy at a cost capped at 25 cents per month for the average ComEd residential customer. Both the House and Senate approved the bill, and it now heads to Governor Rauner. Once signed, the bill will take effect June 1, 2017.
Exelon Generation and ComEd today announced they have reached an agreement with Governor Rauner on the Future Energy Jobs Bill, which has been further enhanced with additional customer protections, based on input from Governor Rauner's office. The amendment, filed today, provides for an overall cost cap on all measures within the bill that will limit rate increases to all residential and business customers.
