The proposed program would enable qualifying customers to receive a percentage-based discount on their monthly electric bill determined by income level. Those with household incomes less than or equal to 50% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) will receive the greatest discount. However, customers with household incomes up to 300% of the FPL will be still eligible for a discount. ComEd hopes to begin providing discount credits in 2025, pending final approval from the Commission.
'ComEd's newly proposed low-income discount program builds upon our longstanding commitment to keep bills affordable for all customers,' said
ComEd's LID aims to ensure residential customers' energy expense does not exceed more than 3% of household income (or 6% for electric space heat customers). The program will also promote opportunities for low-income households to participate in the ComEd Energy Efficiency Program, which helps customers manage energy use to save money on future energy bills. Since 2008, the award-winning program has helped hundreds of thousands of customers save a total of
Should ComEd's proposal be approved by the ICC, applications to participate will be available in mid-2025. To make it easy for customers to apply and participate, ComEd proposes to leverage existing relationships with local administrative agencies. Those enrollment pathways include:
Auto Enrollment: ComEd will automatically enroll in LID those customers who have been enrolled in other income-qualified programs within 12-months from date of implementation. Examples of income-qualified programs include
Local Administrative Agencies (LAAs): When applying for LIHEAP or PIPP assistance with LAAs, customers will be able to concurrently apply for ComEd's LID program.
The LID program will build upon ComEd's long history of efforts to expand the options for customers, particularly income-eligible customers, to manage energy bills. Efforts to support families and individuals include bill-assistance options, energy-management programs tailored for income-eligible customers, along with electric vehicle charger and installation rebates reserved for equity-eligible communities.
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