Electric Utility & Energy Distribution

After a century of service, everyday we still ask the question, "How can we better serve our customers?"

What is today Comed began as the Western Edison Light Company, one of several companies owned by inventor & researcher Thomas Edison. As you may know, Edison experimented with electric currents & created an early light bulb that wasn't ready for mass use. It didn't last long enough. One of Edison's employees, African-American draftsman & engineer, Lewis Latimer, perfected the longer-lasting carbon filament, which would revolutionize the world. In July, 1892, another Edison employee moved to Chicago to run Edison's local company, Chicago Edison. Sam Insull had a sharp business mind & eagerly increased his knowledge of electricity. Through improved marketing & increased demand for electric lighting, Commonwealth Edison was born in September 1907.

ComEd is a unit of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ: EXC), a Fortune 200 energy company with approximately 10 million customers. ComEd powers the lives of more than 4 million customers across northern Illinois, or 70 percent of the state’s population.

ComEd's service territory borders Iroquois County to the south (roughly Interstate 80), the Wisconsin border to the north, the Iowa border to the west and the Indiana border to the east.

Carbon-Free

Flexibility & Resilience

Empowerment & Equity

Efficiency & Affordability

Simple & Intuitive Energy Choices

Tomorrow’s electric company must be different from yesterday’s electric company. The future presents ComEd with demands we must meet and opportunities we must capture.

ComEd 2030 sets out an ambitious vision, expressed along five key pillars that will guide our work through this decade and beyond.

Corporate Pillars:

Carbon-free-ComEd expects its grid will be capable of delivering 100%, 24/7 carbon free power in northern Illinois that will support increasingly electrified transportation, building and industrial sectors.

Flexibility & Resilience-ComEd will adapt to and help mitigate the impacts of climate change through careful planning and investments that make its infrastructure stronger, more dynamic and capable of withstanding increasing weather risks.

Empowerment & Equity-ComEd’s service will be a catalyst for positive community outcomes, innovation and job creation across the region and especially in historically under-resourced communities.

Efficiency & affordability-ComEd will provide service that is more reliable at the lowest practical cost to customers by using technology that optimizes operations and efficiency and minimizes costs.

Simple & Intuitive Energy Choices-ComEd will enable its customers to make cleaner energy choices easily and intuitively, bringing confidence and security into low-carbon energy transactions.

Bonita M. Estelle

External Affairs Manager-South Region

4401 W. 135th St. Crestwood, Illinois, 60418

Bonita has been a valued member of the ComEd family for 15 years, bringing passion, dedication, and a strong sense of purpose to everything she does. Her deep commitment to service is what makes her thrive in her role in External Affairs, where she builds and nurtures relationships that help strengthen communities across the region.

ComEd 2030 is ComEd’s vision for advancing this low-carbon future in ways that benefit all communities. It sets out a plan for how investments in ComEd’s infrastructure and customer programs can advance critical policy goals—including the goals of the landmark Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA)—and the company’s long tradition of service. For ComEd/Comed, keeping the lights on for nine million people in northern Illinois is no longer enough. ComEd’s grid will need to enable millions of electric vehicles plugging in. Customers will need easy ways to connect more renewables such as solar and wind, as well as battery storage. At the same time, ComEd’s service must remain highly reliable and resilient as climate change propels severe weather events.

Company Awards and Recognitions

​ComEd is proud to have been recognized for their contributions to the community and industry. They will continue to move smart energy forward by searching for new ways to improve our commitment and service every day.

  • ComEd Received the 2024 ReliabilityOne® Award for Outstanding Reliability Performance in the Midwest and Outstanding Climate Action Leader

  • ComEd Won the Policy Player Award at 2025 SEPA Power Player Awards

  • ComEd Named Most Reliable Electric Utility in America (2023)

  • Chicago United Bridge Awards (2023) for Supporting Diverse Businesses and Communities

  • 2023 Corporate Partner of the Year Award Chamber 57

  • 2024 Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce Corporate Champion Award

  • 2025 You Matter Too Corporate Champion Award

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