ComEd Employee’s Ingenuity Wins Award

16 Mar 2016, 00:00 AM EDT

Award highlights innovations that lead to improvement for
companies and industry

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ComEd employee Lorinda Alms was recently honored by the Electric Power
Research Institute (EPRI) for her work in applying research and
development (R&D) that lead to determining levels of polychlorinated
biphenyl (PCB) in electrical equipment.

She, along with Keith Kowalski and David Mobraaten of Exelon sister
utility, PECO, in Philadelphia received the Technology Transfer Award,
given annually to EPRI members who have explored and implemented
innovative technologies on behalf of the company and the industry.

“Innovation is ingrained in ComEd’s culture and our employees are
dedicated to developing inventive solutions that are focused on
advancing safety and bringing tangible benefits to our customers,
communities and the environment,” said Terence R. Donnelly, ComEd
executive vice president and COO. “We are proud of this award and
congratulate Lorinda on her great work to support a safer and more
sustainable environment.”

The award was presented during meetings of EPRI’s environment advisors
in Phoenix, Arizona on March 1. EPRI presented its 2015 Technology
Transfer Awards for environmental research and development to a total of
43 individuals, representing 24 electric power companies.

“The 2015 Technology Transfer Award winners made significant
achievements in applying EPRI research results, or acting as champions
for EPRI research programs,” said Anda Ray, senior vice president,
energy, environment and external relations and chief sustainability
officer at EPRI. “The commitment and collaboration demonstrated by these
individuals and teams enables the power industry to shape a sustainable
future for electricity and advance environmental research for the
benefit of their stakeholders and society.”

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. For more information
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