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ComEd is engaged principally in the production, purchase, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity to both wholesale and retail customers. The geographical area in which ComEd provides retail service extends across one-fifth of the state of Illinois and includes the city of Chicago. ComEd serves more than 3.3 million customers, representing 8.2 million people or approximately 70 percent of the state's population.
Throughout northern Illinois, ComEd employees are performing their jobs with fresh intensity. They understand that everything they do revolves around a common goal--satisfying each customer's requirements.
Finding new and better ways to serve customers is essential to ComEd's future. So, beyond the new look of our employees and equipment, you'll find substantial improvements being made.
Take for example, our two
electronically integrated call centers. They're staffed
around the clock, 365-days-a-year, to ensure that a knowledgeable
person is always there to assist customers throughout the service
territory when they pick up the phone to call us. More than 350
Customer Service Representatives answer over eight million
customer calls a year.
Nuclear Generating Stations | ||
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Station | Unit | Year Installed |
Braidwood | 1 | 1987 |
2 | 1988 | |
Byron | 1 | 1985 |
2 | 1987 | |
Dresden | 2 | 1970 |
3 | 1971 | |
LaSalle County | 1 | 1982 |
2 | 1984 | |
Quad-Cities | 1 | 1972 |
2 | 1972 | |
Zion | 1 | 1973 |
2 | 1974 |
Fossil Generating Stations | ||
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Station | Unit | Year Installed |
Kincaid | 1 | 1967 |
2 | 1968 | |
Powerton | 5 | 1972 |
6 | 1975 | |
State Line | 3 | 1955 |
4 | 1962 | |
Joliet 6 | 6 | 1959 |
Joliet 7 & 8 | 7 | 1965 |
8 | 1966 | |
Fisk | 19 | 1959 |
Crawford | 7 | 1958 |
8 | 1961 | |
Collins | 1 | 1978 |
2 | 1977 | |
3 | 1977 | |
4 | 1978 | |
5 | 1979 | |
Waukegan | 6 | 1952 |
7 | 1958 | |
8 | 1962 | |
Will County | 1 | 1955 |
2 | 1955 | |
3 | 1957 | |
4 | 1963 |
Peaking and Diesel | |||
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Station | Unit | Type | Year Installed |
Fisk | 20 | Diesel | 1966 |
Peaking | 1968 | ||
Crawford | Peaking | 1968 | |
Calumet | Peaking | 1969 & 1970 | |
Waukegan | Peaking | 1968 | |
Joliet 6 | 9 | Diesel | 1967 |
Peaking | 1969 | ||
Lombard | Peaking | 1969 | |
Sabrooke | Peaking | 1969 & 1970 | |
Electric Junction | Peaking | 1970 & 1971 | |
Bloom | Peaking | 1971 |
ComEd's 11.5 million kilowatts of nuclear capacity is larger than that of any other utility in the United States and represents 11.4 percent of the nation's total nuclear capacity.
In the 12 months ending December 31, 1995, 72.4 billion kilowatthours, 73 percent of ComEd's generation, came from nuclear power. Coal provided 24 percent of the generation at four times the cost of nuclear fuel, and natural gas provided 3 percent of the generation at five times the cost of nuclear fuel. Last year was the eighth year in a row that nuclear power accounted for 70 percent or more of the company's total generation.
Had the company produced its nuclear generation with low-sulfur coal instead in that one year, 1995, more than 82 million tons of carbon dioxide, a key component identified in global warming, would have been discharged into the atmosphere. More than 418,000 tons of sulfur dioxide and more than 279,000 tons of nitrogen oxides, both key components in acid rain, would also have been discharged into the atmosphere in 1995 alone.
In terms of fuel economy and impact on the environment,
ComEd's nuclear program continues to be the preferable
alternative for providing electric power to the 8.2 million
residents of northern Illinois.
ComEd, Unicom's largest subsidiary, operates its Economic Development Department under the banner of "Strategic Illinois" (TM), focusing on the retention, expansion and attraction of industry. As the principal electric energy provider to an 11,525 square-mile territory in northern Illinois, which includes Chicago and almost 400 other municipalities, the economic development staff is working to create a climate for growth. We know that your business needs go beyond available, reliable electric energy and will assist you in identifying those resources necessary to establish or expand your company in our service territory.
Our specialists are prepared to provide a number of confidential services at no cost. These include:
Through a strong partnership with representatives of state and local government and professional regional economic development organizations throughout our service territory, we can respond to your specific project requirements. Some examples of state and local incentives include:
The Energy Services Organization and the Technical Services staff can evaluate your specific operating needs and suggest cost efficient options. Some past examples include:
We welcome the opportunity to discuss your project with you.
Northern Illinois has all of the attributes that your company
needs to succeed. Access to markets, transportation, a productive
labor force, renowned education and research facilities and an
unrivaled quality-of-life package. Call our Economic Development
Department today at (312) 394-3037 and begin to explore your
business future.