ComEd Receives 2024 ReliabilityOne® Award for Outstanding Reliability Performance in the Midwest and Outstanding Climate Action Leader
“ComEd continues to make strategic investments in its system to ensure best-in-class reliability for its customers,” said
ComEd customers have seen continuous improvement in grid reliability performance in recent years. Today, ComEd customers enjoy best-in-class reliability, with fewer customer outages at any point in the company’s history, and outages with a shorter duration when they do occur. Since ComEd started smart grid improvements in 2012, it has improved overall reliability by more than 70 percent, helping customers avoid nearly 21.7 million customer interruptions and save more than
“In the face of increased instances of extreme weather and evolving energy needs, Illinoisans rely on reliable, uninterrupted service – and ComEd continues to rise to the challenge," said
This clean energy transition has pushed utilities to equitably incorporate advanced methods of load management, incorporation of distributed energy resources (DERs) to enable its customers to participate in the clean energy transition. ComEd’s investments are also preparing the grid for the introduction of more electrification like electric vehicles (EVs) as well as clean energy via DER, such as solar energy. More than 1,120 MW of DER, including community solar and rooftop solar systems for residential, commercial, and industrial customers, are interconnected to the ComEd system. The company expects to have projects representing over 1,900 MW of renewable energy generation interconnected by 2025.
“Our investments are allowing our customers to have more options and access to cleaner technologies,” said Perez. “Both ComEd and the state of
“As our societal dependence on electricity increases through building electrification, transportation electrification, and routine load growth, the importance of resiliency becomes paramount,” said Derek HasBrouck, PA Consulting’s ReliabilityOne® Director. “ComEd has made resiliency improvements and shaped their planning, operations, and customer journey design to improve system resiliency and provide an elevated customer experience.”
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PA Consulting’s ReliabilityOne® awards are presented to electric utilities providing their customers with the highest levels of reliability in the industry. PA Consulting’s ReliabilityOne® study is based on standard industry reliability statistics that measure the frequency and duration of electric power outages. ReliabilityOne® participants on average experienced 35% fewer sustained outages, and outages were 50% shorter than the average US investor owned utility.
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