Energy for the Community
Exelon has a strong tradition of community involvement. We are committed to a wide range of educational, cultural, environmental, community and neighborhood development programs administered by organizations and institutions in the communities that we serve and where we work.
As one of the nation’s largest utilities, it’s our business to make sure our customers and key constituents can depend on us to do more than keep the lights on. That’s why we have nurtured a culture of community involvement at all levels of our organization under the banner of “Energy for the Community.” In addition to serving the community, these activities provide valuable experience and enhance morale and teamwork among our most important resource – our employees. Their personal commitment to community service is a great source of pride.
Our senior management team and other employees serve on numerous charitable boards throughout the Chicago and Philadelphia areas. Our generating stations also contribute at the local level in ways as individualized as the communities they serve. Through the company’s Employee Network Groups, we’re able to mirror the diversity of the communities we serve. Among the causes that benefit from our hands-on involvement are the arts, education, the environment and community development.
As we move forward into the coming year and beyond, we remain firmly committed to the principles of giving back – to our customers, shareholders, employees, community members and other stakeholders. That’s our promise; that’s our way.
Exelon is committed to improving the environment in which we all live and work, and to preserving it for generations to come. Exelon supports organizations and initiatives that enhance biodiversity and protect and improve the environment. Our efforts focus on promoting environmental education, conservation and preservation; developing cleaner sources of energy; protecting endangered species; and beautifying neighborhoods.
Economic Development
In addition to the corporate giving activities, Exelon also plays an active role in the community by promoting our service areas as business locations for new and expanding companies to enhance the economic vitality of the regions.
Promoting economic development in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia, PECO’s economic development department started a business retention program in 2007, targeting large commercial and industrial customers that are considering relocating or expanding and offering them customized information services and confidential site selection assistance. In a major success, PECO worked with a variety of stakeholders to help influence Unisys, a large information-technology service provider, to relocate to Philadelphia’s Center City district. PECO also successfully identified a development site in Montgomery County for Almac, a pharmaceutical company that decided to consolidate two divisions already in the region and transfer three more from the United Kingdom. PECO is a charter sponsor of Select Greater Philadelphia, which markets the Greater Philadelphia region to businesses seeking to relocate or expand.
ComEd’s economic development in Illinois
ComEd played a key role this past year in attracting a 550,000-square-foot Microsoft data center to the Chicago area. This state-of-the-art facility, which is being developed by Ascent Corporation and The Koman Group, will implement several energy efficient technologies and will ultimately become one of ComEd’s largest customers. Finally, the Metro Economic Growth Alliance of Chicago, a new regional economic development organization that ComEd helped to develop, received an endorsement from the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, an organization representing 275 municipal elected officials in Chicago and its suburbs.
Exelon and the community