ComEd Expands, Digitizes Itasca Substation to Meet Anticipated Regional Growth
November 29 2017 - 10:36AM
Business Wire
Increased energy capacity to help power
development of new data centers and western O’Hare construction
ComEd has broken ground on an expansion project at its Itasca
Substation as part of a long-range plan to meet an anticipated need
for more power in the region, in part due to expected growth in the
construction and operation of data centers in the Elk Grove area as
well as business in the western O’Hare market.
Features of ComEd’s newly expanded facility also will increase
energy capacity within an approximate five-mile area - enough new
capacity to ultimately serve the power equivalent of 80,000
residential homes. The new substation is designed with an
“Intelligent Substation Dashboard,” which offers digital
technology that makes it easier for ComEd to identify
potential issues and respond quicker.
“ComEd actively supports economic development throughout
northern Illinois, and substation projects, like the Itasca
expansion, will help ensure the electrical infrastructure is in
place to meet the region’s growth and future energy demand,” said
Fidel Marquez, senior vice president of Governmental and External
Affairs. “We look forward to working with prospective businesses
like data centers and other operations who are interested in moving
their companies into the area.”
“Elk Grove is one of the most desirable data center locations in
the Chicagoland market and the new Elk Grove Technology Park
provides additional sites for growth,” said Elk Grove Village Mayor
Craig Johnson. “With ComEd’s electricity capacity expansion
projects underway, existing and future businesses will have the
confidence that power requirements can be met now and well in to
the future.”
“The western O’Hare market and the projected growth of 65,000
new jobs by 2040 in the new Illinois 390 tollway corridor is an
important initiative for Choose DuPage,” said John Carpenter,
Choose DuPage President and CEO. “We can now add ComEd’s substation
expansion as one of the many reasons for businesses to grow in or
move to DuPage County.”
ComEd has multiple existing substations serving customers in the
area and goes through an annual short- (5-year) and long-range
(10-year) planning process to assess expected load growth based on
economic forecast modeling and actual customer usage.
Additional long-range capacity plans for the area call for
construction of another new ComEd substation in north Elk Grove
Village in the future.
ComEd's grid modernization program, called Smart Grid, is almost
complete and has contributed to record reliability for its
customers over the last four years. Now the company is focused on
implementation of the Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA),
ground-breaking legislation which will build off the Smart Grid
foundation to help move Illinois to a clean energy future and
provide greater access to renewables, energy efficiency and
valuable job training within Illinois communities. Learn more
here.
Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) is a unit of Chicago-based
Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), the nation’s leading competitive
energy provider, with approximately 6.6 million customers. ComEd
provides service to approximately 3.8 million customers across
northern Illinois, or 70 percent of the state’s population.
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