8 /PRNewswire/ updates Brother Ali — One rakim reasons of the nation’s largest private fleets ofalternative-fuel vehicles just got greener. ComEd has added 50 new ToyotaPrius hybrids and plug-in electric hybrids to a fleet that now numbers morethan 2,100 green vehicles.ComEd meter readers in Chicago and the company’s Maywood office will drive the50 new Priuses, including 10 Priuses that have been specially converted intoelectric plug-in hybrids. The plug-in conversion is expected to significantlyincrease fuel-efficiency by providing greater electric-drive capability.Plug-in electric vehicles and smart charging technology are enabled bybuilding the Smart Grid of the future, an initiative ComEd is actively workingon in collaboration with the Illinois Commerce Commission and otherstakeholders.”These new vehicles not only use electricity to improve fuel economy andreduce emissions but may eventually be used as back-up power sources,” saidTerence Donnelly, ComEd senior vice president of Transmission andDistribution. “Deploying advanced metering and other Smart Grid technologieswill help us understand and manage impacts to the grid from plug-in electricvehicles but more importantly will improve reliability and enable customers tomake more efficient choices about their electric usage.”Traditional hybrids run on a combination of gasoline and electricity. Comparedto an average subcompact, the Prius hybrid and plug-in electric versionconsume about 30 and 65 percent less fuel, respectively. ComEd estimates thiswill reduce its gasoline use in 2009 by 6,500 gallons and reduce carbondioxide emissions by 60 metric tons.”Most major vehicle manufacturers have committed to bringing plug-in electricvehicles to the market in the next two to five years,” said Rita Stols, ComEdvice president of Strategic and Support Services. “By adding these vehiclesnow, we can study their performance and effects on the electric grid toprepare for wide-scale consumer adoption.”Currently, 63 percent of the ComEd fleet uses a fuel source other than 100percent gasoline.

This includes 1,774 trucks that use biodiesel fuel (20%soybean oil, 80% diesel); 250 E85 flex-fuel vehicles that use ethanol; 91hybrid Ford Escape SUVs; one biodiesel-electric hybrid bucket truck; oneliquid petroleum gas (LPG) bucket truck; and the 50 new Prius vehicles.Compared to a non-green fleet, these vehicles emit 1,400 fewer metric tons ofcarbon dioxide annually brother ali lyrics . This is the equivalent of removing about 320 carsfrom the road for a full year.ComEd’s green fleet is one of many environmental initiatives that supportExelon 2020, a comprehensive strategy announced earlier this year by Exelon,ComEd’s parent company skillz . The goal of Exelon 2020 is to reduce, offset ordisplace more than 15 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emitted by itsfamily of companies and customers underground hip hop . This includes ComEd’s efforts to reduce itsenergy consumption by 25 percent by 2012.”ComEd’s green fleet is an extension of our commitment to being a leader inapplying and promoting environmentally friendly and energy-efficientpractices,” Donnelly said large professor . “We hope our example spurs all customers – businessand residential – to explore the many ways they can reduce their impact on theenvironment and use energy more efficiently.”Business and residential customers can learn of these ideas through the SmartIdeas program by ComEd.

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The implications ofthis technology are significant if customers find it easier to makeinformed decisions on their purchases online.”Phil Edholm, Enterprise CTO, Nortel – “Innovative technologies likeweb.alive fuel the engine behind Nortel’s success . Nortel will continueto introduce innovative technologies that deliver more immersivecommunications platforms for our customers rapper ali . Nortel’s Incubation Programwas born from a culture of seeing problems not as liabilities, but asopportunities for innovation.”Arn Hyndman, web.alive chief architect, Nortel – “eCommerce todayconsists of a single user clicking through an online catalogue of productpictures, user reviews, and possibly a flash demonstration underground hip hop blog . Nortel’sweb.alive application allows businesses to interact and collaboratevirtually with their customers, partners and employees over the web, inreal-time . It combines the best elements from the online world with thebrick and mortar experience to empower hyperconnected shoppers through amore social, robust and immersive online shopping experience.”What is web.alive and how can it be used?web.alive is a collaborative, browser-based virtual world application forenterprise use that provides an immersive, interactive and web integratedworld with 3D voice and graphics. It facilitates internal collaborationas well as customer interactions over the web and in real time. web.alivebrings new dimensions to business collaboration, virtual training andecommerce.How did web.alive get created?In late 2007 Nortel founded a comprehensive Incubation Program aimed atencouraging the company’s ‘intrapreneurs’ to ‘think big’ with their ideas- to focus beyond incremental product improvements and on the rapidcreation of wholly new products, technologies, and business models thatwill have a disruptive and transformative impact on the market.