Residential Energy Efficiency Opportunities Research
RFP Overview
The Brightline Group, on behalf of ComEd Customer Innovation, is seeking proposal submissions for a research project focusing on non-fuel-switch energy savings opportunities for residential customers. This will include energy efficiency saving opportunities from new weatherization and direct install measures, innovative approaches to energy assessments for residential customers, and potential strategies to increase residential customer participation in ComEd offerings.
The following are the primary objectives of this research. These research questions apply for all residential customer income segments (market rate, moderate income, and low income) and building types (single-family and multifamily).
- Identify and characterize the market and savings potential of new energy efficiency measures that ComEd could offer residential customers across income segments.
- Explore innovative strategies for braiding funds and delivering joint utility programs that deliver energy efficiency savings.
- Identify and assess innovative approaches to home energy assessments that could address typical evaluation challenges (e.g., converting assessment recommendations into energy savings).
- Understand the relative costs, benefits, and suitability of identified measures, tools and/or strategies across customer segments.
- Identify practical strategies for increasing the savings from ComEd’s existing energy efficiency measures for residential customers across income segments.
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Note: The BrightLine Group, E Source, and Swift Strategy team is the Administrator for the ComEd Customer Innovation initiative. BrightLine is the Prime contractor. As BrightLine’s subcontractor, E Source’s primary responsibility is subcontracting to organizations selected to run pilots. Accordingly, E Source, on behalf of BrightLine and ComEd, will hold the contract with the selected vendor. Terms and Conditions for subcontracts are provided by request.
Intent to Bid
If your organization is interested in bidding on this RFP, please email [email protected] by 11:59 pm CT on April 13, 2026, the following:
- Any questions about the RFP or process;
- Whether your organization wants its name released to other vendors to facilitate potential partnerships on this RFP; and
- Your organization’s intent to bid.
In the email subject line, please include 1) your organization’s name, and 2) the title of the RFP. The deadline for submitting an intent to bid is April 13, 2026.
ComEd strongly encourages that interested vendors allow their organization’s name to be released to facilitate potential partnerships on this RFP. Please indicate in your intent to bid whether your organization is interested in having its name released by ComEd for potential partnership on the RFP.
RFP Submissions
Email your proposal to [email protected] by 11:59 p.m. CT on April 27, 2026. In the email subject line, please include 1) your organization’s name, and 2) the title of the RFP.
Submit your proposal by 11:59 p.m. CT on April 27, 2026 to [email protected]
Please be sure to include 1) your organization’s name, and 2) the title of the RFP in the subject line of your email.
RFP Schedule
| RFP issued by BrightLine, on behalf of ComEd | April 6, 2026 |
| Intent to bid due | 11:59 pm CT on April 13, 2026 |
| Deadline to submit questions | 11:59 pm CT on April 13, 2026 |
| Deadline to indicate interest in having the organization name released by ComEd for a potential partnership on the RFP | 11:59 pm CT on April 13, 2026 |
| BrightLine, on behalf of ComEd, releases names of vendors interested in potential partnership on RFP | 11:59 pm CT on April 15, 2026 |
| BrightLine, on behalf of ComEd, posts responses to questions | 11:59 pm CT on April 20, 2026 |
| RFP submissions deadline | 11:59 pm CT on April 27, 2026 |
| Respondents will be notified of the next steps after ComEd and the Customer Innovation Admin Team have reviewed submissions | Week of May 18, 2026 |