ComEd Helps Customers in Bronzeville Community Save Money and Energy, While Giving Back with First-of-its-Kind Save and Share™ Mobile App
Pilot app and website empower residential customers to earn dollars
for local non-profit organizations
After helping customers save money by taking control of their energy use
for years, ComEd is empowering them to save even more through a new Save
and Share™ mobile app. The app allows residents who live in and near
Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood to save on energy bills – and give
back to their community at the same time. A website
version is also available.
Save and Share gives eligible residential customers weekly targets for
reducing their energy use based on their historic use and weather
forecasts. Energy use is recorded in 30-minute intervals and displayed
the next day. Customers can make daily adjustments using energy-saving
tips and resources available at their fingertips.
Save and Share keeps customers on track to reach their energy use
targets, and links them to relevant ComEd energy efficiency offerings
and rewards them with Save and Share dollars if they meet their goals.
Customers can then share their Save and Share dollars with participating
local non-profit organizations.
“By making smarter energy choices, customers can save money and live
better – and we’re developing the creative solutions that empower them
to do that,” said Dana Bolton, ComEd vice president of customer
solutions. “Our energy efficiency offerings already make it easy for
customers to reduce their energy use and expenses. With the addition of
our mobile app pilot, customers who call Bronzeville home can make their
energy savings work harder for them and help support non-profits that
serve their community.”
ComEd is piloting Save and Share in Bronzeville, the Community
of the Future – a collaborative effort of local residents and ComEd
to use smart grid technologies to create a connected, green and
resilient community and enhance people’s everyday lives. Depending on
the success of the one-year program, Save and Share may be introduced to
other ComEd residential customers.
“Residents of Bronzeville and other neighborhoods are looking for
additional opportunities to make our communities healthier,” said Rev.
Brian J. Sauder, executive director of nonprofit Faith in Place, which
works to raise awareness of energy efficiency offerings in Bronzeville.
“Programs like ComEd’s Save and Share provide us pathways to use less
energy, reduce electric bills and give back to our communities, at the
same time.”
Save and Share is available to Bronzeville residents who opened their
current ComEd account before April 17, 2018, and live in the 60608,
60609, 60615, 60616, 60621, 60637 or 60653 ZIP codes. The app is
available for download on the App Store and Google Play. The website is ComEd.com/SaveAndShare.
Program Helps Customers in Bronzeville and Beyond Save More
All ComEd customers can save money and energy with the ComEd Energy
Efficiency Program. Homeowners and tenants with incomes at or below 80
percent of the median income for their area qualify as income eligible
customers and can take advantage of program offerings specially designed
for them. Multi-family building owners and managers with qualifying
properties also can start saving with free upgrades for tenant units and
common areas.
Income
eligible offerings from ComEd include free home energy upgrades,
free multi-family energy upgrades, deep discounts for LEDs at local
retailers, free energy savings kits at community action agencies and
others.
The Future Energy Jobs Act, enacted in Illinois in 2017, significantly
expands ComEd’s energy efficiency program, increasing funding from $250
million in 2017 to about $400 million by 2030. This includes
approximately $42 million per year from 2018 to 2021 for programs that
specifically help income eligible customers reduce their energy use and
save money.
Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) is a unit of Chicago-based Exelon
Corporation (NYSE: EXC), the nation’s leading competitive energy
provider, with approximately 10 million customers. ComEd provides
service to approximately 4 million customers across northern Illinois,
or 70 percent of the state’s population. For more information
visit ComEd.com,
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