Canonical program record
ComEd Small Business Energy Savings
Authorized ComEd service providers assess eligible small-business facilities and guide qualifying electric-efficiency upgrades through installation and incentive processing.
What this mechanism does
- Mechanism type
- A bundled utility pathway combining a no-cost assessment, measure selection, installation support, and incentive processing.
- Economic effect
- Lower the project cost
- Administrator
- Commonwealth Edison Company
- Amount or value
- A no-cost assessment plus project-specific incentives; no general award amount is promised.
- Cash-flow timing
- Incentives follow program review and approval; confirm whether an instant discount or later payment applies.
- Upfront cash
- Required
- Repayment
- Not a repayable mechanism
- Program lifecycle
- Current / rolling
- Visitor treatment
- Worth checking now
This current pathway still requires program-specific eligibility and sequence checks.
Important dates and consequences
Confirm ComEd reservation or preapproval before a project commitment
Date or rangeBefore ordering equipment, signing a contract, or beginning work when the measure requires reservation or preapproval
A commitment made before the required ComEd sequence may make the measure ineligible; the authorized provider must confirm the exact rule.
Date last verified
General 2026 Kickstart preapplication period ended March 31, 2026
Date or range2025-11-17 through 2026-03-31
Do not present the general Kickstart bonus as available; evaluate the underlying current small-business pathway and any measure-specific reservation separately.
Date last verified
Project fit and limits
Eligibility conditions to confirm
- The business must have an eligible active ComEd account and qualifying measures.
- Current 2026 first-party material describes small-business eligibility as electrical peak demand under 500 kW.
- Each proposed measure and account must be reviewed by ComEd or an authorized provider.
Eligible costs described by the authority
- Qualifying lighting, HVAC, and other electric-efficiency upgrades identified through the program
Ineligible or excluded costs
- Measures or accounts ComEd does not approve
- Work that misses any required project reservation or preapproval sequence
Friction to plan for
- Use an authorized service provider and confirm whether project reservation or preapproval is required before ordering, signing, or starting work.
- The 2026 general Kickstart preapplication period has passed, and Mount Prospect eligibility for Select Communities was not established.
- Offers and actual savings vary by customer, measure, usage, and program rules.
Stackability evidence
Conditional relationship
Scope: A qualifying joint ComEd and Nicor measure.
Nicor generally prohibits duplicate rebates for the same product but recognizes qualifying joint ComEd and Nicor offers.
- Both utilities must confirm that the exact measure is a qualifying joint offer.
- Each program's account, installation, documentation, and approval rules still apply.
Rule last verified
Unknown — ask
Scope: The same electric-efficiency project or cost.
Both programs may appear relevant, but no authoritative source establishes that Village and ComEd benefits can fund the same cost.
- Obtain written cost-allocation and sequencing guidance from both administrators before commitments.
Can both programs support this exact project, and how must eligible costs, incentives, and approvals be sequenced?
Rule last verified
Unknown — ask
Scope: Electric-efficiency work included in a broader storefront or build-out project.
No authoritative source confirms outside utility incentives can be combined with the advertised Village grant.
- Confirm current Village funding first.
- Obtain written cost-allocation and preapproval guidance from both administrators.
May the same project use both programs if no cost is reimbursed twice, and which approval must occur first?
Rule last verified
Unknown — ask
Scope: C-PACE financing for project cost remaining after a ComEd incentive.
The records establish both mechanisms but not their transaction-specific cost allocation or closing sequence.
- The owner, capital provider, County program, ComEd, and any mortgage lender must accept the structure.
- Do not automatically net or total values.
May the C-PACE assessment finance the approved remaining cost after ComEd, and what documentation and sequence are required?
Rule last verified