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What rooftop solar means for a house on ComEd
Rooftop solar, stated plainly
EverLume offers residential rooftop solar to Illinois homeowners on ComEd. Rooftop solar is an array on the house that makes power from light. That power is used in the house. When a battery is part of the system, some of the power made in daylight can be used after dark.
The lead offer is the roof. Battery storage is included when it is needed or wanted. It is not the lead.
This is not a claim that every roof makes a useful amount of power, and it is not a claim that every house should add an array. Qualification looks at the roof, usage, and the ComEd bill. Some roofs are not a fit.
What “on ComEd” means
ComEd is the utility on the bill this market requires. EverLume’s work is Illinois only, and the house has to sit on a ComEd bill. A city name is not enough. A ZIP code is not enough.
EverLume’s day-one cities are Lombard, Addison, Downers Grove, Glen Ellyn, Glendale Heights, Oak Brook (DuPage parcels only), Oakbrook Terrace, and Villa Park. Cook County is out of market. Indiana is out of market.
Naperville, Batavia, and St. Charles are municipal electric. They are not treated as ComEd on this page. An address in one of those cities is not “solar on ComEd” unless the bill itself is later proven to be ComEd.
What the homeowner is buying
On the EverLume plan, the homeowner buys the power the roof makes instead of buying all of it from the utility. The homeowner is not buying the machine on day one. The panels and the battery stay with EverLume for the term of the agreement, with a buyout option after five years.
The homeowner’s utility bill is based on the rate in the agreement, which is set in writing before anyone is asked to sign. This page does not publish that rate, does not invent a cents-per-kWh figure, and does not promise a savings percentage.
If a household has the cash and wants to own the hardware on day one, that is a different path. For some households it is the better deal. /buy-the-panels-or-not states that split without PPA or lease words.
What a battery does — and does not do
A roof that makes power and a battery that holds it is one machine, not two products, when both are present. The panels cover daylight. The battery can carry that same power into the evening, which is when many houses use more of it.
On an outage, the homepage limit stands: a home battery covers what matters for a while, not everything forever. Lights, the fridge, the internet, phones charging, and the furnace running are the loads named there. It is not the whole house at full tilt for days. Storms still take the grid down.
None of that makes battery storage the lead offer. The house is checked first. Some qualified roofs will not need or want a battery.
What this page will not invent
It will not publish irradiance, winter kWh, net-metering credits, or a federal tax credit. It will not say the service is free. It will not put $0 upfront in the title or the meta; that offer structure, already on the homepage, is explained on /zero-upfront as structure, not as free.
Public contact for EverLume is 773-692-8855, info@goeverlume.com, and https://www.goeverlume.com. There is no public street to visit.
Questions
Does a ComEd ZIP code mean the house qualifies?
No. EverLume looks at the roof, usage, and a ComEd bill. Some roofs are not a fit.
Is the homeowner buying the panels?
On the EverLume plan, the homeowner is buying the power, not the equipment, for the term of the agreement.
Is battery storage required?
No. Battery storage is included when it is needed or wanted. It is not the lead offer.