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ComEd in Illinois: programs for its customers

Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) delivers electricity in northern Illinois, including Chicago.

Programs from ComEd

The program list for ComEd is being verified, and nothing appears here until it has been checked against its source.

Programs and rules that apply across Illinois are on the Illinois page.

Figures for Illinois

These describe Illinois as a whole. They are not ComEd's own rates or customers.

What electricity costs
18.4 cents per kWhAverage residential price in Illinois, 2025-06 to 2026-05. The price is up 42.3% over five years.Source: EIA Form 861M, trailing 12 months to 2026-05
Energy cost against income
6.11% of incomeAverage household energy spending in Illinois, as a share of median household income, 2024.Source: BEA Regional accounts; Census Bureau American Community Survey 1-year estimates; EIA State Energy Data System, 2024
Rooftop solar
165.9 watts per householdResidential small-scale solar capacity in Illinois, divided by its households, 2024.Source: Census Bureau American Community Survey 1-year estimates; EIA Form 861M small-scale solar, 2024

Grid operator

ComEd sits in PJM Interconnection (PJM).

Wholesale prices through the day

Wholesale electricity costs more at some hours than at others. The chart averages a year of day-ahead prices, the prices a grid's market sets the day before, for each hour of the day.

Average day-ahead wholesale price by hour of dayIn the ComEd zone the dearest hours over the last year were 5, 6 and 7 pm Central time.Dollars per megawatt-hour$0$20$40$60$80$10012 am3 am6 am9 am12 pm3 pm6 pm9 pmHour of day, Central time
Average day-ahead wholesale price by hour of day, October 16, 2025 to October 15, 2026, PJM Data Miner 2 (website export). Wholesale, not your bill.

In the ComEd zone the dearest hours over the last year were 5, 6 and 7 pm Central time.

Work you can get done

Installers

No installer is listed for Illinois yet. Building Energy Group does not rate installers and publishes no reviews.

Sources

  • ComEd
  • Figures: BEA Regional accounts
  • Figures: Census Bureau American Community Survey 1-year estimates
  • Figures: EIA Form 861M
  • Figures: EIA Form 861M small-scale solar
  • Figures: EIA State Energy Data System