Economic Development
Exelon Corporate and Exelon Nuclear headquarters, ComEd, 6 nuclear plants and one peaker plant are all located in the northern and central regions of the state. In total, Exelon and its family of companies contribute more than 11,500 jobs to the local economy and more than $134 million in property tax payments.
Our delivery company, ComEd provides reliable electricity to 3.8 million customers. Exelon Nuclear owns and operates 6 nuclear plants and Exelon Power operates one peaker plant in the state. Exelon Energy serves commercial and industrial customers in Illinois given the restructured market that allows customer choice.
Exelon 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.
Environmental Commitment
We diligently seek to manage our environmental impact. Through community outreach projects like our partnership with The Field Museum of Chicago, we are able to help educate families and communities about renewable energy sources. Exelon is matching museum visitors’ participation in the Take One Step program up to $200,000 over the next two years. The Museum’s Take One Step is a voluntary program that encourages visitors to purchase credits to offset the carbon emissions generated by an average trip to The Field Museum. The $1 offset credit enters the carbon market and combats global warming through development of renewable energy technologies, restoration of degraded habitats and conservation of intact forests.
Community Involvement
At Exelon, our employees get involved where they work and live. Our Illinois employees recorded more than 32,000 volunteer hours and Exelon and its operating companies donated over $16 million in grants to charitable causes. Furthermore, our senior management team and other employees serve on numerous charitable boards throughout the Chicago area.
We believe that one of the best ways to benefit our communities is by supporting education. The Stay in School Initiative is Exelon's partnership with the United Way focused on spurring graduation rates and stemming truancy in three Chicago communities with some of the highest dropout rates in the city. Students who participated in the Stay in School Initiative last year had a 93% graduation rate, well above the 55% average in Chicago Public Schools.
Corporate Offices
Exelon Corporate
10 S Dearborn St. 48th floor
Chicago, IL 60603-2398
Exelon Nuclear
4300 Winfield Rd, 5th Floor
Warrenville, IL 60555
ComEd
Two Lincoln Center
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181-4260
440 S. LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60605-1028
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Power Plants
Braidwood Generating Station, Exelon's newest nuclear power station, is located in northeastern Illinois, about 60 miles southwest of Chicago in Will County. The 2-unit station is built on a 4,457-acre site and its cooling lake was formed from scarred farming land and an old strip mine.
35100 South Route 53
Braceville, Illinois 60407-9619
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Byron Generating Station is located near Byron in northern Illinois, about 110 miles west of Chicago. It’s a 2-unit nuclear power facility that can produce enough electricity to power more than 2 million average American homes.
4450 North German Church Road
Byron, Illinois 61010-9794
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Clinton Power Station, one of Exelon's newest nuclear power plants, is located in central Illinois. The unit can produce enough energy to power about 1 million average American homes.
Dresden Generating Station, located in rural Grundy County in northern Illinois, is home to the nation’s first full-scale, privately financed nuclear power plant, which began operation in 1960. The 2-unit facility can produce enough energy to power more than 1.5 million average American homes.
6500 North Dresden Road
Morris, Illinois 60450-9765
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10 S. Dearborn Street, 48th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60603
800.483.3220 |
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This 10 MW solar photovoltaic facility, completed in 2010, was built on a “brownfield” site in an industrial corridor on the south side of Chicago.
1201 W. 120th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60643
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LaSalle County Generating Station is located in rural LaSalle County in northern Illinois, about 75 miles southwest of Chicago. The station is built on a 3,055-acre site with a 2,058-acre man-made cooling lake, which is also a popular fishery managed by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
2601 North 21st Road
Marseilles, Illinois 61341-9757
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Quad Cities Generating Station is a dual-unit boiling water reactor nuclear power plant located in Cordova, Illinois. Built on 765-acre site along the Mississippi River, this combined production is enough electricity to power more than 1.5 million average American homes.
22710 206th Avenue North
Cordova, Illinois 61242-9740
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Southeast Chicago Energy Project Generating Station is operated by Exelon Power, a business unit of Exelon Generation, as part of the Peaking Division. It is an 8-unit natural gas power plant located in Chicago, Illinois.
3141 E 96th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60617
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Zion Station is a former nuclear generating facility that has been converted into an electrical grid voltage-stabilizing facility. It is located on the western shore of Lake Michigan in the Northeast Illinois community of Zion. After more than 20 years of operation, Zion's two reactors were permanently shut down on January 15, 1998.