ComEd’s plan to boost smart grid would hit customers’ wallets, critics say
Commonwealth Edison on Thursday unveiled a plan that it billed as an expansion of ongoing efforts to overhaul the power grid and invest in renewable energy but that critics said would result in customers paying more to the electricity giant.
The proposal joins at least two other high-profile energy bills lawmakers are weighing this spring. One focuses on increasing use of wind, water and solar power, while another backed by ComEd parent company Exelon would charge customers more to prop up what the corporation says are three struggling nuclear plants.
