Looking for something to do this summer? ComEd is inviting teens from Chicago and across the region to apply for a new, paid summer job training program. The CONSTRUCT Youth Academy will launch next month to help expose more high school students to what it’s like to work in the utilities and trades. The three-week paid training program will be offered in partnership with the YMCA of Metro Chicago. Students participating in the program will attend classes at the Y’s South Side location, and head out for some firsthand insight from ComEd about what it’s like to work in the field, maintaining the power grid that serves 9 million people in northern Illinois. The program is part of ComEd’s work to expand career training and education programs as it works to build a skilled, diverse talent pipeline prepared to take on the growing number of energy jobs coming to Illinois. A recent study finds that 150,000 clean energy jobs could be created in Illinois by 2050. To apply for the CONSTRUCT Youth Academy– you must be a rising junior or senior at an Illinois high school. The application deadline is June 24th. Training will be held next month, July 10 through 27th. For more information on career training programs, visit ComEd’s website.