CHAMP is a financial-assistance program that offers an optional package of benefits to qualified military personnel who reside within ComEd’s service territory and have fallen behind on their electric bill.

 

Available Benefits

• Bill payment assistance up to $1,000 (once every two years; while funds are available)
• Deferred payment plans
• Extended due dates (preferred due dates) 
• Cancellation of late charges 
• Deposit reduction and/or refund
• Budget payment plan

Eligibility - ComEd is committed to engaging and supporting our communities by providing assistance to military personnel that are experiencing a hardship, and have fallen behind on their electric bill. Deployed members of the U.S. Armed Forces, National Guard or Reserves Veterans who were honorably discharged, reside within ComEd’s northern Illinois service territory, and demonstrate a hardship.

 

If you live in Illinois you may be eligible to receive financial assistance for the following services:

• Rental Assistance
• Food
• Energy Utility Bill Assistance
• Employment Training / Placement
• Financial Management
• Temporary Shelter

If you are interested in these services click on the county you reside in on the website, or use the map to contact a local representative.

 

Utility Bill Assistance

The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) helps eligible low-income households pay for home energy services (primarily heating during winter months). Energy costs can place severe and continuing stress on a family’s budget. In some instances, households are forced to make painful decisions regarding which bills to pay and which necessities to survive without. Illinois residents with a household income that does not exceed an amount determined annually by the Department of Commerce are eligible. Annual eligibility levels are determined based on available funding and may not exceed 60% of the state median income.

 

Energy assistance builds on the administration’s Help Illinois Families initiative, created in 2020 to help reach an unprecedented number of families in crisis and needing financial assistance for utility bills and other household expenses due to the pandemic. For more, visit helpillinoisfamilies.com.