Wednesday, February 20, 2013
In an update to aldermen, a ComEd rep laments the slow-down of the Smart Grid program but explains other "tools" the utility is using now to improve electricity reliability in Elmhurst.
Elmhurst residents, originally in line to have Smart Meters installed on their homes this year, now likely won't see those meters installed until 2015, a ComEd representative told Elmhurst City Council Tuesday. Eventually, when Smart Meters are rolled out, they will replace the analog meters currently attached to homes by ComEd. They will electronically record homeowners' consumption of electricity and report that information back to the utility multiple times a day for monitoring and billing purposes. Human "meter readers" will no longer need to come to the house to determine electricity use. Smart Meters also promise a new way to save money on electric bills by allowing customers to see and control their electricity use in real time, …
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Elmhurst near the top of the list for poor performance, according to data.
Last year, 27,714 Elmhurst residents—63 percent of the city’s population—were affected by power outages. According to data released by ComEd and analyzed in a July 30 Chicago Sun-Times article, Elmhurst experienced 141 outages in 2010; the average outage was 82 minutes. The data “excludes 22 storm days,” according to the Sun-Times. Of the 326 towns listed, Elmhurst was No. 13 for the most outages. Aurora came in at No. 1, with 315. Here’s how area towns measured up: The data also measures outage minutes per customer, which is the total number of customers’ outage minutes divided by the town’s population. “This is an indication of overall system reliability and allows for comparison of towns regardless of population,” according to …
Monday, December 13, 2010
ComEd tells Elmhurst City Council it will focus on outage-prone areas.
ComEd presented information about service reliability to the Elmhurst City Council Monday as part of the city's review of stormwater and power issues related to damaging summer storms. But it isn't the storm-related power outages that worry them, the council said. It's the ones that occur on blue-sky days that residents have the hardest time understanding. According to John O'Halloran, external affairs manager with ComEd, there are four areas in and around the city that represent pockets of trouble for the utility. The first is bordered by Wrightwood Avenue on the north, Church Street on the south, Berteau Avenue on the east and York Road on the west. Trees have been trimmed in this area, which also will see upgraded trip-saver fuses that …
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5:12 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
2000 jobs to complete the project and how many will be lost? We can take the bitter with the sweet, please disclose. more ›