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2015 - Issue 3 - May/June

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photography by petya shalamanova Power Player As ChiCAgo's Air Conditioners kiCk into high geAr, Comed president And Ceo Anne PrAmAggiore is guiding the Century-old CompAny to A brighter future. by seth putnam Anne Pramaggiore isn't being trite when she says she wants to change the world. She helms Commonwealth Edison, which has been the highway upon which Chicago's electricity has traveled for more than a century. And to Pramaggiore, 56, it represents something much greater than a series of wires and poles: It's the space heater warming the cold in winter. It's the f lickering screen entertaining the bored at night. It's the ventilator sustaining the sick in the hospital. It is the physical and symbolic energy of the City of Broad Shoulders. "For the longest time, I think most people who worked for a utility company would say that our job was pretty simply defined as keeping the lights on and keeping the rates low," Pramaggiore told members of the City Club during a luncheon in late 2014. "But we've evolved our company motto from 'Keeping the Lights On,' a core but minimalist philosophy, to 'Powering Lives.'" Each day around 4:30 am, the exec wipes sleep from her eyes, her face illuminated by the glow of her phone. E-mails and calendar notifications await. Rising early has become de rigueur for the Anne Pramaggiore photographed at ComEd headquarters. continued on page 66 michiganavemag.com  65 PeoPle View from the Top

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