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ComEd Earns National Recognition for Outstanding Emergency Response Efforts
Awards recognize ComEd’s local recovery, mutual support efforts to southern electric companies following Hurricane Ian in 2022 CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nAwards recognize ComEd’s local recovery, mutual support efforts to southern electric companies following Hurricane Ian in 2022\n\n CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nThe Edison Electric Institute (EEI), a national association that represents all American investor-owned electric companies, recognized ComEd with two awards for its outstanding emergency response efforts in 2022. The Emergency Assistance Award was presented to ComEd in recognition of its assistance efforts restoring service to homes and businesses in the South following Hurricane Ian, and the Emergency Recovery Award was presented to ComEd for its exemplary recovery efforts in response to severe thunderstorms in the Midwest last June.\n\n“Severe weather caused by climate change continues to challenge electric companies around the world to strengthen their system resilience and response capabilities, but these challenges are no match for the hard work of ComEd’s 6,200 employees and our continued investment in the resiliency of the power grid,” said Terence R. Donnelly, ComEd president and COO. “These awards recognize the incredible efforts by thousands of ComEd employees who work year-round to maintain the power grid in northern Illinois and lend their expertise to support other utilities around the country when faced with natural disasters.”\n\n“Throughout the past six months, electric companies faced devastating hurricanes, unprecedented heat waves, and many other extreme weather events that impacted the customers and communities we serve,” said EEI President Tom Kuhn. “I commend ComEd’s commitment to restore service for its customers safely and quickly under challenging conditions. I also applaud ComEd for aiding neighboring electric companies in their times of need. ComEd and its storm response team undoubtedly are deserving of this national recognition, and I am honored to present them with these well-deserved awards.”\n\nEEI’s Emergency Recovery Award was earned by ComEd due to efforts in June 2022, when over 195,000 ComEd customers experienced outages due to the severe thunderstorms that hit northern Illinois. In addition to deploying crews to assess damage and quickly restore power, ComEd also deployed care vans and cooling buses throughout the region to support customers and provide hard-hit areas with additional relief during the heatwave. Thanks to the efforts ...