Energy Recognition

ComEd gets a shout-out from the Energy Coalition for its efficiency efforts

ComEd’s Energy Efficiency Program won the Stars of Energy Efficiency award in the Power & Utilities category from the Alliance to Save Energy (ASE). The award highlights ComEd’s efforts to lower energy costs for customers facing high energy burdens. ASE announced the recognition at its 33rd annual gala May 6 in Washington, DC, where five finalists competed in the Power & Utilities category.

Last year, the ComEd EE Program – which offers a variety of services and incentives to help customers manage energy use, lower costs and protect the environment – achieved its most impactful year to date. It offered energy efficiency solutions to low-income customers and communities focused on environmental justice throughout northern Illinois – showing that an equity-driven utility portfolio can significantly enhance affordability and deliver widespread energy savings.

In 2025, ComEd delivered $95 million in incentives to income-eligible customers – about one-third of total incentives for that year. Incentives help defray the costs of energy-efficiency improvements. These efforts resulted in an estimated $62.9 million in lifetime bill savings for participating households by lowering energy use, improving heating and cooling performance, and replacing inefficient appliances. Some programs offer no-cost delivery, which eliminates upfront expenses to help customers further reduce monthly bills.

“We are grateful to be recognized by an organization that is a leading international authority on energy efficiency,” said Gil Quiniones, President & CEO at ComEd. “ComEd boasts one of the nation’s largest EE programs, and for years we have been helping customers reduce consumption and costs. Since we launched the EE program in 2008, we saved customers enough electricity to power 12 million ComEd homes for one year, while taking over $13 billion off our customers’ bills and avoiding 77 billion pounds of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere.”