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ComEd Presents Village of Skokie with $45,000 Rebate to Add Electric Vehicles (EVs) to its Fleet
Skokie is one of the first communities to receive EV funding through ComEd’s CEJA-supported rebate programs to spur EV adoption SKOKIE, Ill.--(BUSINESS
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nSkokie is one of the first communities to receive EV funding through ComEd’s CEJA-supported rebate programs to spur EV adoption\n\n\n SKOKIE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nComEd today joined Illinois Governor JB Pritzker to present a $45,000 electric vehicle (EV) rebate check to the Village of Skokie, helping provide funding to electrify the Village’s municipal fleet. Skokie is one of the first municipalities to receive a rebate through ComEd’s beneficial electrification (BE) plan, supported by the state’s Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA), which is designed to accelerate the adoption of all-electric technologies.\n\n\nFunding for fleet EVs and related infrastructure is an essential step to reducing barriers to EV adoption and supports a state goal of achieving 1 million EVs on Illinois roadways by 2030. Today, with more than 111,000 registered EVs in Illinois, the vast majority of them, nearly 90 percent, are located in the ComEd service region of northern Illinois.\n\n\n“Reaching our state’s EV goals requires more than just individual consumer choices—it means municipalities, school districts, and other organizations also commit to EVs as we fundamentally reassess the landscape of clean transportation in Illinois,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “Initiatives like ComEd’s rebate program for municipal fleets make this sort of large-scale change possible, and I’m grateful for their partnership in working towards this goal.”\n\n\nComEd EV rebate programs, launched earlier this year, are making a significant impact in helping communities adopt EVs, with the programs deploying more than $9 million in rebates to customers to date, and with half of the funds provided to equity investment eligible communities (EIEC), as defined by the state of Illinois, or for low-income customers, both of which are prioritized for funding in ComEd’s programs.\n\n\nSince ComEd EV rebate programs launched in February, the company has incentivized the addition of over 1,600 new residential and commercial charging ports and 109 new fleet vehicles, including more than a dozen heavy-duty vehicles and buses, and with EV projects funded in nearly 300 unique zip codes in northern Illinois, ComEd’s service region. Over this same time period, the percentage of monthly EV registrations in the region have doubled, outpacing the national rate.\n\n\n“As more customers ...