ComEd, a unit of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation unveiled the newly built Libertyville Training Center, celebrating 21 employees from the site's overhead electrical apprenticeship school. The Libertyville Training Center marks the 7th training center in the northern Illinois service region, highlighting ComEd's commitment to boosting training opportunities across the communities it serves to build a diverse and skilled talent pipeline needed to construct and maintain the nation's most reliable grid in the years ahead. ComEd celebrates the largest overhead class to graduate to date - a total of 85 overhead apprentices graduate from basic school, with additional graduation ceremonies held at the Chicago, Joliet and Rockford Training Centers.

Expanding apprenticeship training is part of ComEd's work to prepare communities for the expected growth in the clean energy sector, with as many as 150,000 new jobs expected to come to Illinois by 2050 to support the clean energy transition. Construction on the new Libertyville Training Center began in September 2023, preparing the existing headquarters to add a 64,000-square-foot outdoor training area for apprentices pursuing careers as overhead line workers - those who maintain and repair the electric grid that spans more than 11,000-square-miles. The outdoor space features a series of 40-, 45-, and 65-foot-tall wooden poles, a pavilion dedicated to rest time during harsh weather, and other practice electrical equipment.

The headquarters, which houses general operations, field crews, and other activities also made space for a classroom large enough to accommodate the new electrical apprentices. The Libertyville Training Center was completed in March and also benefits the north region as seasoned line workers serving the area will be able to respond to customer calls quicker if needing to deploy during their periodic refresher training.