As one of the nation’s largest initiatives of its kind, ComEd’s Customer Innovation offers an ideal testing ground in a service area comprised of four seasons and a diverse urban and rural population. Review our focus areas, scoring criteria and submission guidelines to see how to develop your idea or pre-proposal.
1 The ComEd Energy Efficiency Program defines income eligible as customers with total household income at or below 80% Area Median Income (AMI).
High-level scoring criteria for all idea and pre-proposal submissions are provided below. Please align your submission with these guidelines to maximize its chance of being selected and funded. Note that if your idea or pre-proposal is selected to advance to the full proposal stage, we will provide the full proposal scoring rubric at that time.
Customer Value. Project provides at least one of the following values to customers:
Program Value. Project provides at least one of the following values to ComEd:
Portfolio Transferability. The technology or concept included in the project is likely to be well-suited for successful integration into the existing ComEd portfolio. This means the technology or concept included in the project exhibits real potential for energy savings and has enough technical and market maturity to be able to create adoption at scale in the near-to-mid-term.
Income Eligible and Disadvantaged Community (DAC) Benefits. While not a requirement, priority will be given to projects that provide value and benefits to these communities.
Quality of Idea/Pre-Proposal. A high-quality submission will clearly:
Focus Area Alignment. While not a requirement, priority will be given to projects that align with the current set of focus areas (listed above).