Plan outlines the rollout of Advanced Metering Infrastructure throughout ComEd’s service area, previews significant savings and benefits to consumers
CHICAGO (April 23, 2012) — In a crucial step toward empowering customers with new smart meter technology, ComEd today filed its AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) Deployment Plan with the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC).
The plan outlines ComEd’s strategy for deploying smart meters across its service area – a landmark change that will allow two-way communication between ComEd and its customers and enable customers to conserve energy, save money and make smarter energy choices. As outlined in the plan, the implementation will:
• Install approximately 130,000 smart meters in 2012 in the following communities: Berkeley, Brookfield, Cicero, Elmwood Park, Forest View, Franklin Park, Harwood Heights, La Grange Park, Lyons, Norridge, North Riverside, Northlake, RiverGrove, Riverside, Rosemont, Schiller Park, Stickney, Stone Park and Westchester. Installation will continue in areas served by the Maywood operating center, where most of the meters wereinstalled for ComEd’s AMI Pilot Program;
• Install an additional 370,000 smart meters in 2013 in the remaining areas encompassed by ComEd’s operating centers in Maywood, South Chicago and Glenbard; and nearly 520,000 in 2014 in the areas of ComEd’s operating centers in South Chicago, Glenbard and Mount Prospect;
• Occur over a 10-year period and introduce more than four million smart meters in all, with ComEd’s 19 regional operating centers acting as hubs for smart meter deployment throughout the process.