CHICAGO, May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- As the nation prepares to celebrate the service and sacrifice of military personnel on Memorial Day, ComEd wants to remind customers who are active military personnel that there is help available to pay electric bills.
CHAMP - ComEd Helps Activated Military Personnel - provides bill-payment assistance to active members of the military who reside within ComEd's northern Illinois service territory. CHAMP offers a package of benefits, including a cash stipend, deferred payment plan, extended due dates, exemption from late charges, deposit reduction, and budget payment plans.
The CHAMP program, which ComEd launched in 2002, received the "Pro Patria" award from the U.S. Secretary of Defense. In addition to CHAMP, ComEd offers other bill payment assistance programs open to eligible customers, including:
-- Residential Special Hardship - a variable grant up to $1,000 Residential Special Hardship - a one-time variable grant of up to $1,000 for eligible customers with household incomes up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level, who can document a hardship situation -- Small Business and Non-Profit Energy Assistance -- Payment Plans -- Budget Billing -- Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
To enroll in CHAMP, or another of ComEd's bill-payment assistance programs, customers should call 1-888-806-CARE (2273), or visit http://www.comedcare.com/.
ComEd's veteran-friendly business practices extend beyond bill-payment assistance. In January 2009, ComEd's parent company, Exelon, established a new employee network group, E-MAC (Exelon Militaries Actively Connected.). E-MAC promotes a positive work environment for Exelon employees with prior military service, as well as for those who take an interest in military issues.
In addition, in 2008, Exelon donated $20,000 to the Wounded Heroes Foundation on behalf of Frank Flammini, employee and winner of Exelon's Energy for the Community Awards. The Energy for the Community Awards honor Exelon employee volunteers by helping fund the organizations with which they volunteer. Flammini later won the National Jefferson Award for his volunteer work securing housing for wounded veterans and their families.
Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) is a unit of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation , one of the nation's largest electric utilities with approximately 5.4 million customers. ComEd provides service to approximately 3.8 million customers across northern Illinois, or 70 percent of the state's population.
Commonwealth Edison Company
CONTACT: ComEd Media Relations, +1-312-394-3500
Web Site: http://www.comed.com/customerservice/assistanceprograms/
