The communities of Bensenville and Lombard are much like proud parents when it comes to their new smart LED street lights: their babies can ‘talk’, they’re bright, (and good looking,Read More
“STEM means science, technology, engineering, and math, but to me, STEM is life,” says Ty’Nya Larry, a chemical engineering major about to enter her sophomore year at the University ofRead More
Microgrids: Keeping Power Flowing When Communities Need It Most At ComEd, we’re proud to be producing record reliability for our customers today. But we know that the challenges of tomorrowRead More
Brittle parchment paper, pulleys and gears, and forged iron are usually the stuff of museums. But in Illinois, it’s where past and future collide in a perfect way. The IllinoisRead More
Following the successful launch of ComEd’s Peak Time Savings program in 2015, more than 100,000 ComEd customers with smart meters have enrolled in the program’s second year. This summer’s enrollmentRead More
Meet Koran Ward and Norelis Gonzalez and hear their stories about their experiences in CONSTRUCT, an 11-week job training program that helps prepare its graduates to compete for entry-level jobsRead More
Trees provide shade on hot days…pour oxygen into the air we breathe…and come to symbolize “home” to families whose children play and grow under their canopies. Sometimes, though, these giftsRead More
Thomas Kennedy, better known to his friends as TK, likes to fix things. Trained as a mechanical engineer, TK is no stranger to tinkering in the shop and figuring outRead More
When Dunk Buie and Justin Odom were children, they often asked, “How does that work?” Now engineers at ComEd, they continue to ask that question with a higher purpose inRead More
Mark Zimmerman of Addison likes the weekly electricity-usage reports he receives, now that ComEd installed a new smart meter at his home. “Weekly usage reports have been great because IRead More
