BE Plan 2 Pilots

The Final Order in ComEd’s Beneficial Electrification Plan 2 (“BE Plan 2”) proceeding, Illinois Commerce Commission (“Commission” or “ICC”) Docket Nos. 24-0484 and 24-0577, Cons., dated March 27, 2025 (“Final Order”), specifies a budget of $55.9 million annually, on average, over the three-year period of the BE Plan, 2026 through 2028.  Of this $55.9 million annual total, the Commission allocated $3.7 million annually, on average, to 1) complete the eight BE Plan 1 pilots, 2) extend technical demonstration efforts during Plan 2, or 3) to develop new BE Pilot proposals to be submitted to the Commission for approval prior to implementation in the next BE Plan filing (“BE Plan 3”).

Based on this decision, ComEd is now accepting ideas for the BE Plan 2. BE Plan 2 pilots should fall into one of the following eight focus areas and should build off the work completed in these focus areas as part of the BE Plan 1 pilots. This may take the form of scaling or advancing Plan 1 concepts or technologies or submitters also may propose exploration of a new technology or concept so long as it falls within the focus area. Focus areas are described below. More information on current pilot implementation can be found on the main BE Pilots page.

Submitters may submit ideas outside of these focus areas, but these ideas will be considered as part of the next BE Plan Pilot cycle, BE Plan 3, which is not anticipated to start until after the conclusion of BE Plan 2 in 2028.