ComEd Energizes Summer Job Training and Education Programs

This summer, ComEd is partnering with nonprofit organizations to offer more than 250 area students opportunities to gain valuable work experience through internships and other educational programs.

For the second consecutive year, ComEd is partnering with After School Matters to employ 110 high school students through its Youth Ambassador program. The students, ages 14 to 18, will have opportunities to learn first-hand from industry experts about the benefits of smart meters and wise energy use. The students will then serve as ComEd ambassadors at local community events throughout the summer, helping peers, neighbors and residents better understand how they can take advantage of smart meter technology, as well as the simple steps they can take to better manage their energy use.

In addition, the utility is providing more than 100 college students summer internships with ComEd. Student interns are assigned to various departments across the company for a three-month period. Participants gain hands-on work experience that they can take back to the classroom. The job experience also serves as a window into careers and employment opportunities in the energy industry. 

This summer, the utility will also launch two new student programs with the Urban Alliance and University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) program. Through Urban Alliance, ComEd will provide four high school and three college students with internships. Additionally, through the UIC STEM Program, 20 high school students will take on-campus engineering and STEM classes at UIC. This program helps students make a smooth transition from high school to college.

Furthermore, 12 students from the Rowe-Clark Math & Science Academy and Exelon’s Stay-in-School initiative will serve as interns at ComEd and Exelon.  ComEd volunteers provide tutoring, social engagement skill-building, parent workshops, and one-on-one mentoring at Rowe-Clark.  ComEd also is partnering with Faith in Place to put eight students through a six-week fellowship program focused on environmental learning and leadership development.

For more than 100 years, ComEd has been committed to serving the communities where its customers and employees live, work and raise their families.

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