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ComEd Donates 3,300 Trees to 255 Northern Illinois Communities to Enhance Green Space
In collaboration with the Arbor Day Foundation, ComEd has provided over 30,000 free trees and shrubs to date CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In honor of Arbor Day
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nIn collaboration with the Arbor Day Foundation, ComEd has provided over 30,000 free trees and shrubs to date\n\n CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nIn honor of Arbor Day on April 29, ComEd today announced it will donate over 3,300 trees and shrubs to communities across northern Illinois to expand green spaces across its service territory. A collaboration with the Arbor Day Foundation’s Energy-Saving Trees program, ComEd recognizes the important role that trees play in maintaining clean air and community spaces, as well as the positive impact on energy efficiency for customers. This year’s distribution will provide trees to 255 communities over the next couple of weeks.\n\nSince the program launched in 2015, ComEd has provided more than 30,000 trees and shrubs to residential and municipal customers it serves.\n\n“At ComEd, we are committed to protecting green space and lowering energy usage and carbon emissions for all 9 million people in our communities,” said ComEd CEO Gil C. Quiniones. “In collaboration with Arbor Day Foundation, we are donating 3,300 trees this spring for to help neutralize carbon pollution, generate cleaner air, and promote green spaces that enhance quality of life across all our communities.”\n\nThe Energy Savings Trees program has shown benefits including air pollution improvements, reduced storm water runoff, and lowered energy costs for customers by helping to cool homes. Since ComEd’s participation in the program began, it has helped save over 51 million kilowatt hours of electricity and sequester 31.6 million pounds of carbon. This impact equates to taking 4,700 homes off the power grid and 6,700 cars off the road every year, respectively. ComEd’s participation is expected to generate air, water, carbon and energy savings valued at $247,000 this year alone, with the long-term impact of ComEd tree donations made to date expected to generate energy savings totaling $7.8 million over the next 20 years.\n\n“Spring is one of the best times of the year for companies and organizations to go out and engage communities around environmental causes,” said Dan Lambe, CEO of the Arbor Day Foundation. “ComEd’s continued investment in this program means cleaner air and water, and an overall increased savings in energy cost. The trees distributed by the Energy-Saving Trees program will provide innumerable environmental ben...