ComEd Honored with Drive Electric Award by Plug in America for its Efforts to Advance EV Adoption
05 September 2024 - 3:00AM
Business Wire
Top honors in the utility category a testament
to ComEd’s work to remove barriers and support widespread,
equitable EV adoption in northern Illinois
Plug in America, a national electric vehicle advocacy group,
today announced that ComEd is the only energy company to earn a
2024 Drive Electric award. ComEd was selected for the exclusive
honors based on its efforts to advance the electric vehicle (EV)
movement, and for the creation of EV customer programs designed to
address gaps and equitably increase the adoption of EVs.
EVs are on the rise in Illinois today, with over 111,000 EVs
currently registered in Illinois, and nearly 90 percent of them in
ComEd’s northern Illinois service territory. EV adoption is
expected to increase in the future, as the state of Illinois,
through its Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA), has set a goal
of getting 1 million EVs on the road by 2030.
“As I’ve said since day one of my administration, a clean energy
future is meaningless if it leaves behind the historically
disenfranchised and perpetuates inequities. ComEd is working
alongside state programs like CEJA to ensure this isn’t the case,
and I’m grateful for their leadership,” said Governor JB
Pritzker. “This award recognizes the work they’ve done to make
EVs accessible to a broader audience of Illinoisans, helping us on
our goal of 1 million EVs on the road by 2030.”
“ComEd has made targeted investments to help remove barriers and
empower more customers to tap into the benefits of EVs, while our
industry-leading reliability has given them confidence in
charging,” said Gil C. Quiniones, President and CEO of
ComEd. “This recognition from Plug in America is a testament to
the work we are doing alongside our communities and partners across
the region to ensure that everyone can enjoy the economic and
environmental benefits that come with Illinois’ fast-growing EV
ecosystem.”
Through its annual Drive Electric Awards, Plug In America has
selected the top individuals and organizations who are making an
impact in the electric vehicle movement. This marks the first time
that ComEd is recognized. Other honorees this year include U.S.
Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, major urban
cities of New York and San Antonio and more.
“ComEd has established itself as a leader in the EV transition.
They have taken a comprehensive approach to removing barriers to EV
adoption for customers, dealers, fleets and communities,” said
Joel Levin, Executive Director of Plug in America. “Most
notable is their focus on EV equity, including higher rebates and
point-of-purchase rebates to reduce upfront costs. They also target
the most impacted communities by reducing pollution through fleet
electrification programs. We applaud ComEd for helping Illinois
achieve its goal of putting one million EVs on the road in the next
six years.”
Through investments in its infrastructure, delivering the most
reliable and clean energy in the nation, and through customer
resource programs, ComEd aims to help ease the transition for
customers who are interested in switching to EVs.
Most recently, ComEd launched nearly $90 million in EV rebate
programs for customers, helping residential, business and community
customers alike pursue charging infrastructure and fleet
electrification projects. The EV rebate programs so far have helped
support the incentivization of nearly 1,600 residential and
non-residential private and public charging ports, 109 electric
fleet vehicle purchases, including over a dozen heavy duty, school
bus and transit vehicles and has reached customers in nearly 300
different zip codes across the northern Illinois region. Funding
through the program remains available, with larger amounts
available for low-income and equity communities in an effort to
enable an equitable EV transition. ComEd encourages customers to
apply at www.comed.com/cleanenergy.
ComEd has also created tailored programs to help prepare local
communities to accommodate the growth of electric vehicles (EVs)
and EV infrastructure. Through the EV Readiness Program, created in
partnership with and administered by the Metropolitan Mayors
Caucus, more than 30 communities have received training to support
them in the development of permitting, safety plans and community
engagement strategies so that EV use is made accessible to all.
“ComEd has launched innovative transportation electrification
initiatives that are responsive to the needs of our region.
Recognizing that local governments are essential partners in the
safe and rapid adoption of electric vehicle technologies, they have
partnered with the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus to support
municipalities in becoming EV Ready Communities, said Kevin
Burns, Mayor of the City of Geneva, Illinois and Executive Board
Chairman and Environment and Energy Committee Chairman of the
Metropolitan Mayors Caucus. “We are thrilled to see them earn
this prestigious recognition.”
Customers interested in an EV can also find a number of online
resources to support them no matter where they are on their EV
journey. The ComEd EV Toolkit is a free, one stop shop resource to
help customers get individualized cost savings data, information on
different vehicles and chargers and a public charging finder tool.
The new EV Service Provider network connects customers with
ICC-certified vendors to support their EV charger installation.
Additionally, ComEd offers an EV load capacity map and a free fleet
electrification assessments to help communities plan and site
infrastructure that will support EV drivers.
For more on this year’s Plug In America Drive Electric awards,
visit their website.
About ComEd
ComEd is a unit of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:
EXC), a Fortune 250 energy company with approximately 10 million
electricity and natural gas customers – the largest number of
customers in the U.S. ComEd powers the lives of more than 4 million
customers across northern Illinois, or 70 percent of the state's
population. For more information visit ComEd.com, and connect with
the company on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, and YouTube.
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