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STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
FORM 10-Q
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2007
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Name of Registrant; State of Incorporation;
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IRS Employer
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Commission
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Address of Principal Executive Offices; and
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Identification
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File Number
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Telephone Number
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Number
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1-16169
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EXELON CORPORATION
(a Pennsylvania corporation)
10 South Dearborn Street
P.O. Box 805379
Chicago, Illinois
60680-5379
(312) 394-7398
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23-2990190
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333-85496
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EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC
(a Pennsylvania limited liability company)
300 Exelon Way
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 19348
(610) 765-5959
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23-3064219
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1-1839
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COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY
(an Illinois corporation)
440 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois
60605-1028
(312) 394-4321
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36-0938600
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000-16844
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PECO ENERGY COMPANY
(a Pennsylvania corporation)
P.O. Box 8699
2301 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19101-8699
(215) 841-4000
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23-0970240
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed
all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding
12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant
was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past
90 days. Yes þ No o.
The number of shares outstanding of each registrants
common stock as of March 31, 2007 was:
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Exelon Corporation Common Stock,
without par value
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672,650,097
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Exelon Generation Company, LLC
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not applicable
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Commonwealth Edison Company Common
Stock, $12.50 par value
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127,016,519
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PECO Energy Company Common Stock,
without par value
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170,478,507
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer or a non-accelerated
filer. See definition of accelerated filer and large
accelerated filer in
Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
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Large Accelerated Filer
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Accelerated Filer
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Non-accelerated Filer
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Exelon Corporation
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Exelon Generation Company, LLC
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Commonwealth Edison Company
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PECO Energy Company
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company
(as defined in
Rule 12b-2
of the Act). Exelon Corporation, Exelon Generation Company, LLC,
Commonwealth Edison Company and PECO Energy Company
Yes o No þ.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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Page No.
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FILING FORMAT
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3
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FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
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3
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WHERE TO FIND MORE
INFORMATION
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3
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PART I.
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FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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4
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ITEM 1.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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4
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Exelon Corporation
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5
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Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income
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5
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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Consolidated Balance Sheets
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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders Equity
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9
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Exelon Generation Company, LLC
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10
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Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income
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10
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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11
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Consolidated Balance Sheets
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12
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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Members Equity
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14
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Commonwealth Edison Company
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15
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Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income
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15
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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Consolidated Balance Sheets
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17
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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders Equity
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19
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PECO Energy Company
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20
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Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income
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20
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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Consolidated Balance Sheets
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22
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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders Equity
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Combined Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements
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1. Basis of Presentation
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25
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2. Discontinued Operations
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26
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3. New Accounting Pronouncements
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26
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4. Acquisitions and Dispositions
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27
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5. Regulatory Issues
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28
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6. Intangible Assets
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35
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7. Debt and Credit Agreements
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36
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8. Derivative Financial Instruments
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38
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9. Retirement Benefits
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43
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10. Income Taxes
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46
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11. Asset Retirement Obligations
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51
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12. Earnings Per Share and Shareholders Equity
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52
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13. Commitments and Contingencies
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53
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14. Supplemental Financial Information
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63
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15. Segment Information
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70
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16. Related-Party Transactions
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71
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17. Subsequent Events
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79
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ITEM 2.
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MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION
AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
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80
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Exelon Corporation
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80
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Exelon Generation Company, LLC
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113
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Commonwealth Edison Company
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115
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PECO Energy Company
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117
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ITEM 3.
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QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE
DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
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119
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ITEM 4.
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CONTROLS AND
PROCEDURES
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126
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PART II.
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OTHER INFORMATION
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127
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ITEM 1.
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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
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127
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ITEM 1A.
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RISK FACTORS
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127
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ITEM 2.
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UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY
SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
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127
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ITEM 5.
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OTHER INFORMATION
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128
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ITEM 6.
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EXHIBITS
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129
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SIGNATURES
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130
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Exelon Corporation
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130
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Exelon Generation Company, LLC
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130
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Commonwealth Edison Company
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131
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PECO Energy Company
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131
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CERTIFICATION
EXHIBITS
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132
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Exelon Corporation
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132, 140
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Exelon Generation Company, LLC
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134, 142
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Commonwealth Edison Company
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136, 144
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PECO Energy Company
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138, 146
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FILING
FORMAT
This combined
Form 10-Q
is being filed separately by Exelon Corporation (Exelon), Exelon
Generation Company, LLC (Generation), Commonwealth Edison
Company (ComEd), and PECO Energy Company (PECO) (collectively,
the Registrants). Information contained herein relating to any
individual registrant is filed by such registrant on its own
behalf. No registrant makes any representation as to information
relating to any other registrant.
FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
Certain of the matters discussed in this Report are
forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that are subject to
risks and uncertainties. The factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements
made by a registrant include (a) those factors discussed in
the following sections of the Registrants 2006 Annual
Report on
Form 10-K:
ITEM 1A. Risk Factors, as updated by Part II,
Item 1A of this Report, ITEM 7. Managements
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations and ITEM 8. Financial Statements and
Supplementary Data: Note 18, as updated by Note 13 of
this Report; and (b) other factors discussed herein and in
other filings with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) by the Registrants. Readers are cautioned not
to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements,
which apply only as of the date of this Report. None of the
Registrants undertakes any obligation to publicly release any
revision to its forward-looking statements to reflect events or
circumstances after the date of this Report.
WHERE TO
FIND MORE INFORMATION
The public may read and copy any reports or other information
that the Registrants file with the SEC at the SECs public
reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.
20549. The public may obtain information on the operation of the
Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at
1-800-SEC-0330.
These documents are also available to the public from commercial
document retrieval services, the website maintained by the SEC
at www.sec.gov and the Registrants websites at
www.exeloncorp.com. Information contained on
Exelons website shall not be deemed incorporated into, or
to be a part of, this Report.
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EXELON
CORPORATION
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Three Months
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Ended
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March 31,
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(In millions, except per share data)
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2007
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2006
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Operating revenues
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$
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4,829
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$
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3,861
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Operating expenses
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Purchased power
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1,245
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525
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Fuel
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770
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937
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Operating and maintenance
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1,058
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1,024
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Depreciation and amortization
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369
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363
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Taxes other than income
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196
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194
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Total operating expenses
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3,638
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3,043
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Operating income
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1,191
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818
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Other income and
deductions
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Interest expense
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(156
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(153
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Interest expense to affiliates, net
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(57
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(71
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Equity in losses of unconsolidated
affiliates and investments
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(26
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(39
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Other, net
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63
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45
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Total other income and deductions
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(176
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(218
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Income from continuing
operations before income taxes
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1,015
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600
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Income taxes
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334
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201
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Income from continuing
operations
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681
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399
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Discontinued
operations
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Income from discontinued operations
(net of taxes of $2 and $0 for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively)
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5
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1
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Gain on disposal of discontinued
operations (net of taxes of $3 and $0 for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively)
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5
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Income from discontinued
operations, net
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10
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1
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Net income
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691
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400
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Other comprehensive income
(loss), net of income taxes
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Pension and non-pension
postretirement benefit plans:
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Prior service benefit reclassified
to periodic benefit cost ($2 and $(4) related to pension and
non-pension postretirement benefit plans, respectively)
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(2
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Actuarial loss reclassified to
periodic benefit cost ($16 and $5 related to pension and
non-pension postretirement benefit plans, respectively)
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21
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Transition obligation reclassified
to periodic benefit cost ($0 and $1 related to pension and
non-pension postretirement benefit plans, respectively)
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1
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Change in unrealized gain (loss) on
cash-flow hedges
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(418
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92
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Unrealized gain on marketable
securities
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9
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28
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State income tax alignment
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3
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Other comprehensive income (loss)
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(386
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120
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Comprehensive income
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$
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305
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$
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520
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Average shares of common stock
outstanding:
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Basic
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672
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669
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Diluted
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677
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675
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Earnings per average common
share basic:
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Income from continuing operations
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$
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1.01
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$
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.60
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Income from discontinued operations
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0.01
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Net income
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$
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1.02
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$
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.60
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Earnings per average common
share diluted:
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Income from continuing operations
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$
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1.01
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$
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.59
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Income from discontinued operations
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0.01
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Net income
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$
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1.02
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$
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.59
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Dividends per common
share
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$
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0.44
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$
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0.40
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See the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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Three Months Ended March 31,
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(In millions)
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2007
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2006
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Cash flows from operating
activities
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Net income
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$
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691
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$
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400
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Adjustments to reconcile net
income to net cash flows provided by operating activities:
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Depreciation, amortization and
accretion, including nuclear fuel
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533
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524
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Deferred income taxes and
amortization of investment tax credits
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(75
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(35
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Net realized and unrealized
mark-to-market
and hedging transactions
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116
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21
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Other non-cash operating activities
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170
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176
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Changes in assets and liabilities:
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Accounts receivable
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(295
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253
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Inventories
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141
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65
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Accounts payable, accrued expenses
and other current liabilities
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(200
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(454
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Counterparty collateral asset
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(101
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146
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Counterparty collateral liability
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(246
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(41
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Income taxes
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319
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35
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Pension and non-pension
postretirement benefit contributions
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(20
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(15
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Other assets and liabilities
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(365
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(227
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Net cash flows provided by
operating activities
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668
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848
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Cash flows from investing
activities
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Capital expenditures
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(672
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(613
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Proceeds from nuclear
decommissioning trust fund sales
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945
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932
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Investment in nuclear
decommissioning trust funds
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(1,007
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(1,000
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Proceeds from sale of investments
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95
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Change in restricted cash
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9
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5
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Other investing activities
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(29
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(37
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)
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Net cash flows used in investing
activities
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(659
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(713
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)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing
activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of long-term debt
|
|
|
460
|
|
|
|
320
|
|
Retirement of long-term debt
|
|
|
(179
|
)
|
|
|
(16
|
)
|
Retirement of long-term debt to
financing affiliates
|
|
|
(264
|
)
|
|
|
(215
|
)
|
Change in short-term debt
|
|
|
331
|
|
|
|
30
|
|
Dividends paid on common stock
|
|
|
(296
|
)
|
|
|
(267
|
)
|
Proceeds from employee stock plans
|
|
|
98
|
|
|
|
81
|
|
Purchase of treasury stock
|
|
|
(37
|
)
|
|
|
(54
|
)
|
Other financing activities
|
|
|
34
|
|
|
|
20
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash flows provided by (used
in) financing activities
|
|
|
147
|
|
|
|
(101
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase in cash and cash
equivalents
|
|
|
156
|
|
|
|
34
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at
beginning of period
|
|
|
224
|
|
|
|
140
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at
end of period
|
|
$
|
380
|
|
|
$
|
174
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
ASSETS
|
Current assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
$
|
380
|
|
|
$
|
224
|
|
Restricted cash and investments
|
|
|
49
|
|
|
|
58
|
|
Accounts receivable, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Customer
|
|
|
2,077
|
|
|
|
1,747
|
|
Other
|
|
|
400
|
|
|
|
462
|
|
Mark-to-market
derivative assets
|
|
|
506
|
|
|
|
1,418
|
|
Inventories, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fossil fuel
|
|
|
176
|
|
|
|
300
|
|
Materials and supplies
|
|
|
422
|
|
|
|
431
|
|
Deferred income taxes
|
|
|
133
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
668
|
|
|
|
352
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets
|
|
|
4,811
|
|
|
|
4,992
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property, plant and equipment,
net
|
|
|
23,133
|
|
|
|
22,775
|
|
Deferred debits and other
assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Regulatory assets
|
|
|
5,629
|
|
|
|
5,808
|
|
Nuclear decommissioning trust funds
|
|
|
6,540
|
|
|
|
6,415
|
|
Investments
|
|
|
653
|
|
|
|
725
|
|
Investments in affiliates
|
|
|
80
|
|
|
|
85
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
2,641
|
|
|
|
2,694
|
|
Mark-to-market
derivative assets
|
|
|
152
|
|
|
|
171
|
|
Other
|
|
|
1,072
|
|
|
|
654
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total deferred debits and other
assets
|
|
|
16,767
|
|
|
|
16,552
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$
|
44,711
|
|
|
$
|
44,319
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
7
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
|
Current liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-term borrowings
|
|
$
|
636
|
|
|
$
|
305
|
|
Long-term debt due within one year
|
|
|
383
|
|
|
|
248
|
|
Long-term debt to ComEd
Transitional Funding Trust and PECO Energy Transition Trust due
within one year
|
|
|
697
|
|
|
|
581
|
|
Accounts payable
|
|
|
1,251
|
|
|
|
1,382
|
|
Mark-to-market
derivative liabilities
|
|
|
757
|
|
|
|
1,015
|
|
Accrued expenses
|
|
|
987
|
|
|
|
1,180
|
|
Other
|
|
|
811
|
|
|
|
1,084
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities
|
|
|
5,522
|
|
|
|
5,795
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term debt
|
|
|
9,045
|
|
|
|
8,896
|
|
Long-term debt to ComEd
Transitional Funding Trust and PECO Energy Transition
Trust
|
|
|
2,066
|
|
|
|
2,470
|
|
Long-term debt to other
financing trusts
|
|
|
545
|
|
|
|
545
|
|
Deferred credits and other
liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes and
unamortized investment tax credits
|
|
|
5,114
|
|
|
|
5,340
|
|
Asset retirement obligations
|
|
|
3,837
|
|
|
|
3,780
|
|
Pension obligations
|
|
|
731
|
|
|
|
747
|
|
Non-pension postretirement benefit
obligations
|
|
|
1,848
|
|
|
|
1,817
|
|
Spent nuclear fuel obligation
|
|
|
962
|
|
|
|
950
|
|
Regulatory liabilities
|
|
|
3,140
|
|
|
|
3,025
|
|
Mark-to-market
derivative liabilities
|
|
|
217
|
|
|
|
78
|
|
Other
|
|
|
1,481
|
|
|
|
782
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total deferred credits and other
liabilities
|
|
|
17,330
|
|
|
|
16,519
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
|
34,508
|
|
|
|
34,225
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and
contingencies
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred securities of
subsidiaries
|
|
|
87
|
|
|
|
87
|
|
Shareholders
equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock (No par value,
2,000 shares authorized, 673 and 670 shares
outstanding at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006,
respectively)
|
|
|
8,467
|
|
|
|
8,314
|
|
Treasury stock, at cost (13 and
13 shares held at March 31, 2007 and December 31,
2006, respectively)
|
|
|
(667
|
)
|
|
|
(630
|
)
|
Retained earnings
|
|
|
3,805
|
|
|
|
3,426
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive
loss, net
|
|
|
(1,489
|
)
|
|
|
(1,103
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total shareholders equity
|
|
|
10,116
|
|
|
|
10,007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and
shareholders equity
|
|
$
|
44,711
|
|
|
$
|
44,319
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
Issued
|
|
|
Common
|
|
|
Treasury
|
|
|
Retained
|
|
|
Comprehensive
|
|
|
Shareholders
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Stock
|
|
|
Stock
|
|
|
Earnings
|
|
|
Income (Loss)
|
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
Balance, December 31,
2006
|
|
|
683
|
|
|
$
|
8,314
|
|
|
$
|
(630
|
)
|
|
$
|
3,426
|
|
|
$
|
(1,103
|
)
|
|
$
|
10,007
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
691
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
691
|
|
Long-term incentive plan activity
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
153
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
153
|
|
Common stock purchases
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(37
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(37
|
)
|
Common stock dividends declared
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(296
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(296
|
)
|
Adoption of Financial Accounting
Standards Board Interpretation No. 48 (FIN 48)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(16
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(16
|
)
|
Other comprehensive loss, net of
income taxes of $(248)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(386
|
)
|
|
|
(386
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, March 31,
2007
|
|
|
686
|
|
|
$
|
8,467
|
|
|
$
|
(667
|
)
|
|
$
|
3,805
|
|
|
$
|
(1,489
|
)
|
|
$
|
10,116
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
9
EXELON
GENERATION COMPANY, LLC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Operating revenues
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues
|
|
$
|
1,843
|
|
|
$
|
1,032
|
|
Operating revenues from affiliates
|
|
|
860
|
|
|
|
1,188
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating revenues
|
|
|
2,703
|
|
|
|
2,220
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchased power
|
|
|
594
|
|
|
|
363
|
|
Fuel
|
|
|
471
|
|
|
|
611
|
|
Operating and maintenance
|
|
|
561
|
|
|
|
593
|
|
Operating and maintenance from
affiliates
|
|
|
78
|
|
|
|
75
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
67
|
|
|
|
67
|
|
Taxes other than income
|
|
|
41
|
|
|
|
43
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
1,812
|
|
|
|
1,752
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income
|
|
|
891
|
|
|
|
468
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income and
deductions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
(35
|
)
|
|
|
(42
|
)
|
Interest expense to affiliates, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
Equity in earnings (losses) of
investments
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
Other, net
|
|
|
32
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other income and deductions
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
(39
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from continuing
operations before income taxes
|
|
|
890
|
|
|
|
429
|
|
Income taxes
|
|
|
335
|
|
|
|
161
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from continuing
operations
|
|
|
555
|
|
|
|
268
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Discontinued
operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain on disposal of discontinued
operations (net of taxes of $3 and $0 for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively)
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from discontinued
operations, net
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
560
|
|
|
|
268
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive income
(loss), net of income taxes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in unrealized gain (loss)
on cash-flow hedges
|
|
|
(422
|
)
|
|
|
92
|
|
Unrealized gain on marketable
securities
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
28
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive income (loss)
|
|
|
(413
|
)
|
|
|
120
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income
|
|
$
|
147
|
|
|
$
|
388
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Cash flows from operating
activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$
|
560
|
|
|
$
|
268
|
|
Adjustments to reconcile net
income to net cash flows provided by operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation, amortization and
accretion, including nuclear fuel
|
|
|
230
|
|
|
|
226
|
|
Deferred income taxes and
amortization of investment tax credits
|
|
|
(25
|
)
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
Net realized and unrealized
mark-to-market
and hedging transactions
|
|
|
118
|
|
|
|
23
|
|
Other non-cash operating activities
|
|
|
56
|
|
|
|
70
|
|
Changes in assets and liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable
|
|
|
(166
|
)
|
|
|
150
|
|
Receivables from and payables to
affiliates, net
|
|
|
257
|
|
|
|
55
|
|
Inventories
|
|
|
30
|
|
|
|
24
|
|
Accounts payable, accrued expenses
and other current liabilities
|
|
|
(118
|
)
|
|
|
(307
|
)
|
Counterparty collateral asset
|
|
|
(101
|
)
|
|
|
146
|
|
Counterparty collateral liability
|
|
|
(246
|
)
|
|
|
(41
|
)
|
Income taxes
|
|
|
358
|
|
|
|
85
|
|
Pension and non-pension
postretirement benefit contributions
|
|
|
(11
|
)
|
|
|
(5
|
)
|
Other assets and liabilities
|
|
|
(119
|
)
|
|
|
(96
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash flows provided by
operating activities
|
|
|
823
|
|
|
|
597
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing
activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital expenditures
|
|
|
(290
|
)
|
|
|
(286
|
)
|
Proceeds from nuclear
decommissioning trust fund sales
|
|
|
945
|
|
|
|
932
|
|
Investment in nuclear
decommissioning trust funds
|
|
|
(1,007
|
)
|
|
|
(1,000
|
)
|
Proceeds from sale of investments
|
|
|
95
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes in Exelon intercompany
money pool contributions
|
|
|
(117
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Change in restricted cash
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Other investing activities
|
|
|
(7
|
)
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash flows used in investing
activities
|
|
|
(380
|
)
|
|
|
(354
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing
activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes in Exelon intercompany
money pool borrowings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(88
|
)
|
Distribution to member
|
|
|
(295
|
)
|
|
|
(165
|
)
|
Contribution from member
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
Other financing activities
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash flows used in financing
activities
|
|
|
(294
|
)
|
|
|
(246
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase (decrease) in cash and
cash equivalents
|
|
|
149
|
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
Cash and cash equivalents at
beginning of period
|
|
|
128
|
|
|
|
34
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at
end of period
|
|
$
|
277
|
|
|
$
|
31
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
ASSETS
|
Current assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
$
|
277
|
|
|
$
|
128
|
|
Restricted cash and investments
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
Accounts receivable, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Customer
|
|
|
760
|
|
|
|
575
|
|
Other
|
|
|
88
|
|
|
|
122
|
|
Mark-to-market
derivative assets
|
|
|
497
|
|
|
|
1,408
|
|
Receivable from affiliates
|
|
|
239
|
|
|
|
437
|
|
Inventories, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fossil fuel
|
|
|
110
|
|
|
|
127
|
|
Materials and supplies
|
|
|
331
|
|
|
|
335
|
|
Deferred income taxes
|
|
|
98
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contributions to Exelon
intercompany money pool
|
|
|
130
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
Prepayments and other current
assets
|
|
|
377
|
|
|
|
286
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets
|
|
|
2,908
|
|
|
|
3,433
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property, plant and equipment,
net
|
|
|
7,631
|
|
|
|
7,514
|
|
Deferred debits and other
assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nuclear decommissioning trust funds
|
|
|
6,540
|
|
|
|
6,415
|
|
Investments
|
|
|
35
|
|
|
|
115
|
|
Mark-to-market
derivative assets
|
|
|
151
|
|
|
|
171
|
|
Prepaid pension asset
|
|
|
986
|
|
|
|
996
|
|
Other
|
|
|
337
|
|
|
|
265
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total deferred debits and other
assets
|
|
|
8,049
|
|
|
|
7,962
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$
|
18,588
|
|
|
$
|
18,909
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
12
EXELON
GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS
EQUITY
|
Current liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term debt due within one year
|
|
$
|
12
|
|
|
$
|
12
|
|
Accounts payable
|
|
|
754
|
|
|
|
899
|
|
Mark-to-market
derivative liabilities
|
|
|
751
|
|
|
|
1,003
|
|
Payables to affiliates
|
|
|
59
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued expenses
|
|
|
761
|
|
|
|
496
|
|
Deferred income taxes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
142
|
|
Other
|
|
|
138
|
|
|
|
362
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities
|
|
|
2,475
|
|
|
|
2,914
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term debt
|
|
|
1,778
|
|
|
|
1,778
|
|
Deferred credits and other
liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset retirement obligations
|
|
|
3,657
|
|
|
|
3,602
|
|
Pension obligation
|
|
|
36
|
|
|
|
37
|
|
Non-pension postretirement benefit
obligations
|
|
|
555
|
|
|
|
538
|
|
Spent nuclear fuel obligation
|
|
|
962
|
|
|
|
950
|
|
Deferred income taxes and
unamortized investment tax credits
|
|
|
1,349
|
|
|
|
1,380
|
|
Payables to affiliates
|
|
|
1,945
|
|
|
|
1,911
|
|
Mark-to-market
derivative liabilities
|
|
|
216
|
|
|
|
77
|
|
Other
|
|
|
314
|
|
|
|
238
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total deferred credits and other
liabilities
|
|
|
9,034
|
|
|
|
8,733
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
|
13,287
|
|
|
|
13,425
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and
contingencies
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Minority interest of
consolidated subsidiary
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Members equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Membership interest
|
|
|
3,267
|
|
|
|
3,267
|
|
Undistributed earnings
|
|
|
2,030
|
|
|
|
1,800
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive
income, net
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
416
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total members equity
|
|
|
5,300
|
|
|
|
5,483
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and
members equity
|
|
$
|
18,588
|
|
|
$
|
18,909
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
Membership
|
|
|
Undistributed
|
|
|
Comprehensive
|
|
|
Members
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
Interest
|
|
|
Earnings
|
|
|
Income (Loss)
|
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
Balance, December 31,
2006
|
|
$
|
3,267
|
|
|
$
|
1,800
|
|
|
$
|
416
|
|
|
$
|
5,483
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
560
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
560
|
|
Distribution to member
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(295
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(295
|
)
|
Adoption of FIN 48
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(35
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(35
|
)
|
Other comprehensive loss, net of
income taxes of $(260)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(413
|
)
|
|
|
(413
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, March 31,
2007
|
|
$
|
3,267
|
|
|
$
|
2,030
|
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
|
$
|
5,300
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
14
COMMONWEALTH
EDISON COMPANY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Operating revenues
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues
|
|
$
|
1,488
|
|
|
$
|
1,423
|
|
Operating revenues from affiliates
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating revenues
|
|
|
1,490
|
|
|
|
1,426
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchased power
|
|
|
588
|
|
|
|
91
|
|
Purchased power from affiliate
|
|
|
380
|
|
|
|
771
|
|
Operating and maintenance
|
|
|
195
|
|
|
|
164
|
|
Operating and maintenance from
affiliates
|
|
|
49
|
|
|
|
52
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
107
|
|
|
|
98
|
|
Taxes other than income
|
|
|
80
|
|
|
|
81
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
1,399
|
|
|
|
1,257
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income
|
|
|
91
|
|
|
|
169
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income and
deductions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
(68
|
)
|
|
|
(56
|
)
|
Interest expense to affiliates, net
|
|
|
(15
|
)
|
|
|
(20
|
)
|
Equity in losses of unconsolidated
affiliates
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
Other, net
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other income and deductions
|
|
|
(83
|
)
|
|
|
(78
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before income
taxes
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
91
|
|
Income taxes
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
37
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
54
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive gain, net
of income taxes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in unrealized gain on
cash-flow hedges
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive income
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income
|
|
$
|
8
|
|
|
$
|
54
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
15
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Cash flows from operating
activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$
|
5
|
|
|
$
|
54
|
|
Adjustments to reconcile net
income to net cash flows provided by (used in) operating
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation, amortization and
accretion
|
|
|
107
|
|
|
|
98
|
|
Deferred income taxes and
amortization of investment tax credits
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
(8
|
)
|
Net realized and unrealized
mark-to-market
and hedging transactions
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
10
|
|
Other non-cash operating activities
|
|
|
51
|
|
|
|
37
|
|
Changes in assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable
|
|
|
(38
|
)
|
|
|
58
|
|
Inventories
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
Accounts payable, accrued expenses
and other current liabilities
|
|
|
36
|
|
|
|
(25
|
)
|
Receivables from and payables to
affiliates, net
|
|
|
(142
|
)
|
|
|
4
|
|
Income taxes
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
|
59
|
|
Pension and non-pension
postretirement benefit contributions
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
Other assets and liabilities
|
|
|
(58
|
)
|
|
|
(8
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash flows provided by (used
in) operating activities
|
|
|
(31
|
)
|
|
|
274
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing
activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital expenditures
|
|
|
(289
|
)
|
|
|
(234
|
)
|
Change in restricted cash
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
Other investing activities
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash flows used in investing
activities
|
|
|
(288
|
)
|
|
|
(236
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing
activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes in short-term debt
|
|
|
280
|
|
|
|
(151
|
)
|
Issuance of long-term debt
|
|
|
287
|
|
|
|
320
|
|
Retirement of long-term debt
|
|
|
(145
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Retirement of long-term debt to
ComEd Transitional Funding Trust
|
|
|
(86
|
)
|
|
|
(89
|
)
|
Changes in Exelon intercompany
money pool borrowings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(140
|
)
|
Contributions from parent
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23
|
|
Other financing activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash flows provided by (used
in) financing activities
|
|
|
336
|
|
|
|
(40
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase (decrease) in cash and
cash equivalents
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
Cash and cash equivalents at
beginning of period
|
|
|
35
|
|
|
|
38
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at
end of period
|
|
$
|
52
|
|
|
$
|
36
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
ASSETS
|
Current assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
$
|
52
|
|
|
$
|
35
|
|
Restricted cash
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Customer
|
|
|
770
|
|
|
|
740
|
|
Other
|
|
|
132
|
|
|
|
62
|
|
Inventories, net
|
|
|
76
|
|
|
|
83
|
|
Deferred income taxes
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
29
|
|
Receivables from affiliates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18
|
|
Regulatory assets
|
|
|
73
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
36
|
|
|
|
40
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets
|
|
|
1,150
|
|
|
|
1,007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property, plant and equipment,
net
|
|
|
10,652
|
|
|
|
10,457
|
|
Deferred debits and other
assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Regulatory assets
|
|
|
517
|
|
|
|
532
|
|
Investments
|
|
|
44
|
|
|
|
44
|
|
Investments in affiliates
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
|
20
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
2,641
|
|
|
|
2,694
|
|
Receivables from affiliates
|
|
|
1,793
|
|
|
|
1,774
|
|
Prepaid pension asset
|
|
|
905
|
|
|
|
914
|
|
Other
|
|
|
469
|
|
|
|
332
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total deferred debits and other
assets
|
|
|
6,387
|
|
|
|
6,310
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$
|
18,189
|
|
|
$
|
17,774
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
17
COMMONWEALTH
EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
|
Current liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-term borrowings
|
|
$
|
340
|
|
|
$
|
60
|
|
Long-term debt due within one year
|
|
|
298
|
|
|
|
147
|
|
Long-term debt to ComEd
Transitional Funding Trust due within one year
|
|
|
285
|
|
|
|
308
|
|
Accounts payable
|
|
|
290
|
|
|
|
203
|
|
Accrued expenses
|
|
|
230
|
|
|
|
467
|
|
Payables to affiliates
|
|
|
79
|
|
|
|
219
|
|
Customer deposits
|
|
|
115
|
|
|
|
114
|
|
Regulatory liabilities
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
73
|
|
|
|
82
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities
|
|
|
1,716
|
|
|
|
1,600
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term debt
|
|
|
3,424
|
|
|
|
3,432
|
|
Long-term debt to ComEd
Transitional Funding Trust
|
|
|
252
|
|
|
|
340
|
|
Long-term debt to other
financing trusts
|
|
|
361
|
|
|
|
361
|
|
Deferred credits and other
liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes and
unamortized investment tax credits
|
|
|
2,002
|
|
|
|
2,310
|
|
Asset retirement obligations
|
|
|
158
|
|
|
|
156
|
|
Non-pension postretirement benefit
obligations
|
|
|
190
|
|
|
|
176
|
|
Regulatory liabilities
|
|
|
2,853
|
|
|
|
2,824
|
|
Other
|
|
|
928
|
|
|
|
277
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total deferred credits and other
liabilities
|
|
|
6,131
|
|
|
|
5,743
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
|
11,884
|
|
|
|
11,476
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and
contingencies
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholders
equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock
|
|
|
1,588
|
|
|
|
1,588
|
|
Other paid-in capital
|
|
|
4,906
|
|
|
|
4,906
|
|
Retained deficit
|
|
|
(189
|
)
|
|
|
(193
|
)
|
Accumulated other comprehensive
loss, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total shareholders equity
|
|
|
6,305
|
|
|
|
6,298
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and
shareholders equity
|
|
$
|
18,189
|
|
|
$
|
17,774
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
18
COMMONWEALTH
EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
Retained
|
|
|
Retained
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
Common
|
|
|
Paid-In
|
|
|
Deficits
|
|
|
Earnings
|
|
|
Comprehensive
|
|
|
Shareholders
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
Stock
|
|
|
Capital
|
|
|
Unappropriated
|
|
|
Appropriated
|
|
|
Loss
|
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
Balance, December 31,
2006
|
|
$
|
1,588
|
|
|
$
|
4,906
|
|
|
$
|
(1,632
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,439
|
|
|
$
|
(3
|
)
|
|
$
|
6,298
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
Appropriation of retained earnings
for future dividends
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adoption of FIN 48
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
Other comprehensive income, net of
income taxes of $1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, March 31,
2007
|
|
$
|
1,588
|
|
|
$
|
4,906
|
|
|
$
|
(1,632
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,443
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
6,305
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
19
PECO
ENERGY COMPANY
PECO
ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
Ended March 31,
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Operating revenues
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues
|
|
$
|
1,496
|
|
|
$
|
1,403
|
|
Operating revenues from affiliates
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating revenues
|
|
|
1,500
|
|
|
|
1,407
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchased power
|
|
|
64
|
|
|
|
71
|
|
Purchased power from affiliate
|
|
|
480
|
|
|
|
416
|
|
Fuel
|
|
|
299
|
|
|
|
326
|
|
Operating and maintenance
|
|
|
119
|
|
|
|
117
|
|
Operating and maintenance from
affiliates
|
|
|
29
|
|
|
|
31
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
185
|
|
|
|
171
|
|
Taxes other than income
|
|
|
71
|
|
|
|
65
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
1,247
|
|
|
|
1,197
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income
|
|
|
253
|
|
|
|
210
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income and
deductions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
(19
|
)
|
|
|
(18
|
)
|
Interest expense to affiliates, net
|
|
|
(43
|
)
|
|
|
(51
|
)
|
Equity in losses of unconsolidated
affiliates
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
Other, net
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other income and deductions
|
|
|
(59
|
)
|
|
|
(69
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before income
taxes
|
|
|
194
|
|
|
|
141
|
|
Income taxes
|
|
|
66
|
|
|
|
48
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
128
|
|
|
|
93
|
|
Preferred stock
dividends
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income on common
stock
|
|
$
|
127
|
|
|
$
|
92
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income, net of
income taxes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$
|
128
|
|
|
$
|
93
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income
|
|
$
|
128
|
|
|
$
|
93
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
20
PECO
ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Cash flows from operating
activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$
|
128
|
|
|
$
|
93
|
|
Adjustments to reconcile net
income to net cash flows provided by operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation, amortization and
accretion
|
|
|
185
|
|
|
|
171
|
|
Deferred income taxes and
amortization of investment tax credits
|
|
|
(77
|
)
|
|
|
(70
|
)
|
Other non-cash operating activities
|
|
|
29
|
|
|
|
36
|
|
Changes in assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable
|
|
|
(97
|
)
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
Inventories
|
|
|
105
|
|
|
|
44
|
|
Accounts payable, accrued expenses
and other current liabilities
|
|
|
(71
|
)
|
|
|
(68
|
)
|
Receivables from and payables to
affiliates, net
|
|
|
(23
|
)
|
|
|
(5
|
)
|
Income taxes
|
|
|
167
|
|
|
|
136
|
|
Pension and non-pension
postretirement benefit contributions
|
|
|
(6
|
)
|
|
|
(5
|
)
|
Other assets and liabilities
|
|
|
(139
|
)
|
|
|
(94
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash flows provided by
operating activities
|
|
|
201
|
|
|
|
235
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing
activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital expenditures
|
|
|
(85
|
)
|
|
|
(90
|
)
|
Changes in Exelon intercompany
money pool contributions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
Change in restricted cash
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
Other investing activities
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash flows used in
investing activities
|
|
|
(85
|
)
|
|
|
(84
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing
activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of long-term debt
|
|
|
173
|
|
|
|
|
|
Retirement of long-term debt to
PECO Energy Transition Trust
|
|
|
(178
|
)
|
|
|
(126
|
)
|
Change in short-term debt
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
87
|
|
Changes in Exelon intercompany
money pool borrowings
|
|
|
(32
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends paid on common and
preferred stock
|
|
|
(156
|
)
|
|
|
(117
|
)
|
Contributions from parent
|
|
|
65
|
|
|
|
48
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash flows used in
financing activities
|
|
|
(123
|
)
|
|
|
(108
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase (decrease) in cash and
cash equivalents
|
|
|
(7
|
)
|
|
|
43
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at
beginning of period
|
|
|
29
|
|
|
|
37
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at
end of period
|
|
$
|
22
|
|
|
$
|
80
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
21
PECO
ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
ASSETS
|
Current assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
$
|
22
|
|
|
$
|
29
|
|
Restricted cash
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
Accounts receivable, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Customer
|
|
|
534
|
|
|
|
426
|
|
Other
|
|
|
98
|
|
|
|
79
|
|
Inventories, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gas
|
|
|
66
|
|
|
|
173
|
|
Materials and supplies
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
Deferred income taxes
|
|
|
26
|
|
|
|
25
|
|
Prepaid utility taxes
|
|
|
149
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets
|
|
|
922
|
|
|
|
762
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property, plant and equipment,
net
|
|
|
4,698
|
|
|
|
4,651
|
|
Deferred debits and other
assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Regulatory assets
|
|
|
3,749
|
|
|
|
3,896
|
|
Investments
|
|
|
23
|
|
|
|
21
|
|
Investments in affiliates
|
|
|
63
|
|
|
|
64
|
|
Receivable from affiliate
|
|
|
164
|
|
|
|
151
|
|
Other
|
|
|
458
|
|
|
|
228
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total deferred debits and other
assets
|
|
|
4,457
|
|
|
|
4,360
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$
|
10,077
|
|
|
$
|
9,773
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
22
PECO
ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
|
Current liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-term borrowings
|
|
$
|
100
|
|
|
$
|
95
|
|
Borrowings from Exelon
intercompany money pool
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
|
45
|
|
Long-term debt to PECO Energy
Transition Trust due within one year
|
|
|
412
|
|
|
|
273
|
|
Accounts payable
|
|
|
139
|
|
|
|
175
|
|
Accrued expenses
|
|
|
215
|
|
|
|
121
|
|
Payables to affiliates
|
|
|
212
|
|
|
|
203
|
|
Customer deposits
|
|
|
52
|
|
|
|
50
|
|
Other
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities
|
|
|
1,170
|
|
|
|
978
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term debt
|
|
|
1,644
|
|
|
|
1,469
|
|
Long-term debt to PECO Energy
Transition Trust
|
|
|
1,814
|
|
|
|
2,131
|
|
Long-term debt to other
financing trusts
|
|
|
184
|
|
|
|
184
|
|
Deferred credits and other
liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes and
unamortized investment tax credits
|
|
|
2,713
|
|
|
|
2,601
|
|
Asset retirement obligations
|
|
|
21
|
|
|
|
21
|
|
Non-pension postretirement benefit
obligations
|
|
|
285
|
|
|
|
283
|
|
Regulatory liabilities
|
|
|
237
|
|
|
|
151
|
|
Other
|
|
|
150
|
|
|
|
146
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total deferred credits and other
liabilities
|
|
|
3,406
|
|
|
|
3,202
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
|
8,218
|
|
|
|
7,964
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and
contingencies
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholders
equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock
|
|
|
2,223
|
|
|
|
2,223
|
|
Preferred stock
|
|
|
87
|
|
|
|
87
|
|
Receivable from parent
|
|
|
(1,025
|
)
|
|
|
(1,090
|
)
|
Retained earnings
|
|
|
569
|
|
|
|
584
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive
income, net
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total shareholders equity
|
|
|
1,859
|
|
|
|
1,809
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and
shareholders equity
|
|
$
|
10,077
|
|
|
$
|
9,773
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
23
PECO
ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Receivable
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
Common
|
|
|
Preferred
|
|
|
from
|
|
|
Retained
|
|
|
Comprehensive
|
|
|
Shareholders
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
Stock
|
|
|
Stock
|
|
|
Parent
|
|
|
Earnings
|
|
|
Income
|
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
Balance, December 31,
2006
|
|
$
|
2,223
|
|
|
$
|
87
|
|
|
$
|
(1,090
|
)
|
|
$
|
584
|
|
|
$
|
5
|
|
|
$
|
1,809
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
128
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
128
|
|
Common stock dividends
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(155
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(155
|
)
|
Preferred stock dividends
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
Repayment of receivable from parent
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
65
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
65
|
|
Adoption of FIN 48
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, March 31,
2007
|
|
$
|
2,223
|
|
|
$
|
87
|
|
|
$
|
(1,025
|
)
|
|
$
|
569
|
|
|
$
|
5
|
|
|
$
|
1,859
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
24
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in millions, except per share data, unless otherwise
noted)
|
|
1.
|
Basis of
Presentation (Exelon, Generation, ComEd and PECO)
|
Exelon Corporation (Exelon) is a utility services holding
company engaged, through its subsidiaries, in the generation,
energy delivery and other businesses discussed below. The
generation business consists of the electric generating
facilities, the wholesale energy marketing operations and
competitive retail sales operations of Exelon Generation
Company, LLC (Generation). The energy delivery businesses
include the purchase and regulated retail and wholesale sale of
electricity and the provision of distribution and transmission
services by Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) in northern
Illinois, including the City of Chicago, and by PECO Energy
Company (PECO) in southeastern Pennsylvania, including the City
of Philadelphia, and the purchase and regulated retail sale of
natural gas and the provision of distribution services by PECO
in the Pennsylvania counties surrounding the City of
Philadelphia.
Exelons consolidated financial statements include the
accounts of entities in which Exelon has a controlling financial
interest, other than certain financing trusts of ComEd and PECO,
and Generations and PECOs proportionate interests in
jointly owned electric utility property, after the elimination
of intercompany transactions. A controlling financial interest
is evidenced by either a voting interest greater than 50% or a
risk and rewards model that identifies Exelon or one of its
subsidiaries as the primary beneficiary of the variable interest
entity. Investments and joint ventures in which Exelon does not
have a controlling financial interest and certain financing
trusts of ComEd and PECO are accounted for under the equity or
cost methods of accounting.
Exelon owns 100% of all significant consolidated subsidiaries,
either directly or indirectly, except for ComEd, of which Exelon
owns more than 99%, and PECO, of which Exelon owns 100% of the
common stock but none of PECOs preferred stock. Exelon has
reflected the third-party interests in ComEd as minority
interests and PECOs preferred stock as preferred
securities of subsidiaries in its consolidated financial
statements.
Generations consolidated financial statements include the
accounts of its subsidiaries, including AmerGen Energy Company,
LLC (AmerGen) and Exelon Energy Company, LLC. All intercompany
transactions have been eliminated.
ComEds consolidated financial statements include the
accounts of ComEd and Commonwealth Edison Company of Indiana,
Inc. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated.
PECOs consolidated financial statements include the
accounts of its subsidiaries, including ExTel Corporation, LLC,
Adwin Realty Company and PECO Wireless, LP. All intercompany
transactions have been eliminated.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements as of
March 31, 2007 and 2006 and for the three months then ended
are unaudited but, in the opinion of the management of each of
Exelon, Generation, ComEd and PECO (collectively, the
Registrants), include all adjustments that are considered
necessary for a fair presentation of its respective financial
statements in accordance with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). All adjustments
are of a normal, recurring nature, except as otherwise
disclosed. The December 31, 2006 Consolidated Balance
Sheets were taken from audited financial statements. These
Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements have been
prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities
and Exchange Commission (SEC) for Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q.
Certain information and note disclosures normally included in
financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been
condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations.
Certain prior-year amounts have been reclassified for
comparative purposes. These reclassifications had no effect on
net income. These notes should be read in conjunction with the
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of Exelon,
Generation, ComEd and PECO included in ITEM 8 of their 2006
Annual Report on
Form 10-K.
25
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
2.
|
Discontinued
Operations (Exelon and Generation)
|
As discussed in Note 4 Acquisitions and
Dispositions, on January 31, 2005, subsidiaries of
Generation completed a series of transactions that resulted in
Generations sale of its investment in Sithe Energies, Inc.
(Sithe). In addition, during 2003 and 2004, Exelon sold or wound
down substantially all components of Exelon Enterprises Company,
LLC (Enterprises). As a result, the results of operations and
any gain or loss on the sale of these entities are presented as
discontinued operations for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 and 2006 within Exelons (for Sithe and
Enterprises) and Generations (for Sithe) Consolidated
Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income.
For the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006,
Exelons Consolidated Statements of Operations and
Comprehensive Income included $5 million and
$1 million of income, respectively, from discontinued
operations related to Enterprises.
For the three months ended March 31, 2007, Exelons
and Generations Consolidated Statements of Operations and
Comprehensive Income included $5 million (after-tax) gain
on disposal of discontinued operations related primarily to
Sithe, resulting from a settlement agreement between a
subsidiary of Sithe, the Pennsylvania Attorney Generals
Office and the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue regarding a
previously disputed tax position asserted for the 2000 tax year.
There was no significant activity related to the discontinued
operations for Sithe during the three months ended
March 31, 2006. See Note 4 Acquisitions
and Dispositions for additional information regarding
Generations sale of its investment in Sithe.
|
|
3.
|
New
Accounting Pronouncements (Exelon, Generation, ComEd and
PECO)
|
FIN 48
In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
issued FASB Interpretation No. (FIN) 48, Accounting for
Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an Interpretation of FASB Statement
No. 109 (FIN 48), which clarifies the accounting
for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in accordance with
SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes.
FIN 48 applies to all income tax positions taken on
previously filed tax returns or expected to be taken on a future
tax return. FIN 48 prescribes a benefit recognition model
with a two-step approach, a more-likely-than-not recognition
criterion and a measurement attribute that measures the position
as the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50%
likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. If it is not
more likely than not that the benefit will be sustained on its
technical merits, no benefit will be recorded. Uncertain tax
positions that relate only to timing of when an item is included
on a tax return are considered to have met the recognition
threshold for purposes of applying FIN 48. Therefore, if it
can be established that the only uncertainty is when an item is
taken on a tax return, such positions have satisfied the
recognition step for purposes of FIN 48 and uncertainty
related to timing should be assessed as part of measurement.
FIN 48 also requires that the amount of interest expense
and income to be recognized related to uncertain tax positions
be computed by applying the applicable statutory rate of
interest to the difference between the tax position recognized
in accordance with FIN 48 and the amount previously taken
or expected to be taken in a tax return.
FIN 48 was effective for the Registrants as of
January 1, 2007. The change in net assets as a result of
applying this pronouncement was considered a change in
accounting principle with the cumulative effect of the change
required to primarily be treated as an adjustment to the opening
balance of retained earnings. Adjustments to goodwill or
regulatory accounts associated with the implementation of
FIN 48 were based on other applicable accounting standards.
See Note 10 Income Taxes for additional
information.
26
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
SFAS No. 157
In September 2006, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 157,
Fair Value Measurements (SFAS No. 157).
SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a
framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about
fair value measurements but does not change the requirements to
apply fair value in existing accounting standards. Under
SFAS No. 157, fair value refers to the price that
would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a
liability in an orderly transaction between market participants
in the market in which the reporting entity transacts. The
standard clarifies that fair value should be based on the
assumptions market participants would use when pricing the asset
or liability. SFAS No. 157 will be effective for the
Registrants as of January 1, 2008, and the Registrants are
currently assessing the impact that SFAS No. 157 may
have on their financial statements.
SFAS No. 159
In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159,
The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial
Liabilities Including an Amendment of
FAS Statement No. 115 (SFAS No. 159).
SFAS No. 159 gives companies the option of applying at
specified election dates fair value accounting to certain
financial instruments and other items that are not currently
required to be measured at fair value. If a company chooses to
record eligible items at fair value, the company must report
unrealized gains and losses on those items in earnings at each
subsequent reporting date. SFAS No. 159 also
prescribes presentation and disclosure requirements for assets
and liabilities that are measured at fair value pursuant to this
standard and pursuant to the guidance in SFAS No. 133,
Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities (SFAS No. 133).
SFAS No. 159 will be effective for the Registrants as
of January 1, 2008. As the provisions of
SFAS No. 159 are applied prospectively, the impact to
the Registrants will depend on the instruments selected for fair
value measurement at the time of implementation.
|
|
4.
|
Acquisitions
and Dispositions (Exelon and Generation)
|
Sithe
(Exelon and Generation)
On January 31, 2005, subsidiaries of Generation completed a
series of transactions that resulted in Generations sale
of its investment in Sithe. Specifically, subsidiaries of
Generation closed on the acquisition of Reservoir Capital
Groups 50% interest in Sithe and the sale of 100% of Sithe
to Dynegy, Inc. (Dynegy).
In connection with the sale, Exelon recorded liabilities related
to certain indemnifications provided to Dynegy and other
guarantees directly resulting from the transaction. These
indemnifications and guarantees are being accounted for under
the provisions of FIN 45, Guarantors Accounting
and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect
Guarantees of Indebtedness to Others. The remaining
exposures covered by these indemnities are anticipated to expire
in 2007 and beyond. As of March 31, 2007, Exelons
accrued liabilities related to these indemnifications and
guarantees were $42 million, including $1 million
related to income tax indemnifications. The estimated maximum
possible exposure to Exelon related to the guarantees provided
as part of the sales transaction to Dynegy was approximately
$175 million at March 31, 2007.
See Note 2 of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements within Exelons 2006 Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for further discussion of Generations investment in Sithe.
Sale
of Termoeléctrica del Golfo (TEG) and Termoeléctrica
Peñoles (TEP) (Exelon and Generation)
On February 9, 2007, Tamuin International Inc. (TII), a
wholly owned subsidiary of Generation, sold its 49.5% ownership
interests in TEG and TEP to a subsidiary of AES Corporation
for $95 million in cash plus certain purchase price
adjustments. In connection with the transaction, Generation
entered into a guaranty agreement under which Generation
guarantees the timely payment of TIIs obligations to the
subsidiary of AES Corporation
27
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
expressly covered under the purchase and sale agreement.
Generation would be required to perform in the event that TII
does not pay any obligation covered by the guaranty that is not
otherwise subject to a dispute resolution process.
Generations maximum obligation under the guaranty is
$95 million. The exposures covered by this guaranty are
anticipated to expire in the second half of 2008 and beyond.
|
|
5.
|
Regulatory
Issues (Exelon, Generation, ComEd and PECO)
|
The legislatively mandated transition and rate freeze period in
Illinois ended in January 2007. Associated with the end of this
rate freeze, ComEd has been engaged in various regulatory
proceedings to establish rates for the post-2006 period, which
are more fully described below. In view of the rate increases
following the expiration of the rate freeze, various Illinois
legislative attempts, as more fully described below, have been
made to roll back and freeze ComEds rates for an
additional period or to control the rate at which the rate
increases are phased in.
Rate Freeze Extension Proposal (Exelon and
ComEd). The increases in ComEds 2007
rates following the expiration of the rate freeze reflect the
pass-through of ComEds costs of procuring electricity for
customers, significant capital investment that ComEd made in
distribution assets, and changes in ComEds operating
costs. ComEd believes that its average residential customer is
experiencing an annual increase of approximately 24% in its
electric bills; however, some customer increases have been
larger (most notably for space heating customers whose bills
reflect, in part, the unusually cold weather earlier this year).
Customers of certain other Illinois utilities have experienced
much more significant increases in their bills. ComEd has taken
steps to assist customers with the rate increases, including a
program that allows customers to elect to defer some of the
increase to future years (see Residential Rate
Stabilization Program below), various customer assistance
and energy efficiency programs, and customer education programs
(see Environmental and Customer Assistance Programs
below).
On March 6, 2007, the Illinois House of Representatives
(House) approved legislation that, if enacted, would roll back
ComEds current electricity rates to the rates that were in
effect in 2006, exclusive of 2006 competitive transition charge
(CTC) rates, would provide for a refund, with interest, of the
charges collected from residential customers in excess of those
rolled-back rates since January 2007, and would generally limit
rate increases for all bundled service customers until at least
2010. Also, the Illinois State Senates (Senate)
Environment and Energy Committee (the Senate Committee) approved
a bill, that, if enacted into law as amended, would roll back
rates, exclusive of 2006 CTC rates, of certain Illinois
utilities, not including ComEd, for at least one year, would
provide for refunds, with interest, of charges collected from
customers in excess of the rolled-back rates since January 2007,
and would generally limit rate increases for at least one year.
On March 22, 2007, the Senate Committee approved for
consideration by the full Senate an amendment that would make
the legislation applicable to all Illinois utilities, including
ComEd. On April 20, 2007, the Senate passed legislation
that would rollback and freeze the rates of certain Illinois
utilities, not including ComEd. This bill now moves to the
House. As of April 24, 2007, the Senate has not passed any
legislation rolling back or freezing ComEds rates.
To become law in Illinois, legislation would need to be passed
by the House and Senate and signed by the Governor of Illinois
(Governor). The Governor has expressed support for rate freeze
legislation. If legislation is enacted, it could impose a rate
freeze or take other forms. For example, some Illinois
legislators have discussed the possibility of applying a tax on
electric generation in the state as a means to reduce electric
rates to the customers in the state. As of April 24, 2007, no
electric generation tax legislation had been submitted to either
the Illinois House or Senate committees for consideration. ComEd
and other interested parties, including Generation and some
other electric generating companies and suppliers, have been
engaged in discussions with members of the Illinois General
Assembly and other leaders to explore alternative measures in
lieu of rate freeze legislation or taxes on electric generation
that would provide financial assistance for Illinois electric
customers with unusually high electric bills and other customers
in need of financial assistance. ComEd plans to move forward
with the customer relief
28
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
programs affecting its customers provided that no rate rollback
and freeze legislation applicable to ComEd is enacted into law.
Inclusive of ComEds funding of its Customers
Affordable Reliable Energy (CARE) initiative (See
Environmental and Customer Assistance Programs
below), ComEd anticipates that these customer rate relief
programs may cost approximately $44 million in 2007 and
approximately $20 million in additional funds during 2008
and 2009.
ComEd is unable to predict the outcome of discussions with
members of the Illinois General Assembly or the legislative
process in Illinois or whether rate rollback and freeze
legislation will be applicable to ComEd in the future. ComEd
believes a rate rollback and freeze, if enacted into law, would
have serious detrimental effects on Illinois, ComEd and
consumers of electricity. See Post-2006 Summary
below for further detail. ComEd believes such legislation, if
enacted into law, will violate Federal law and the
U.S. Constitution, and ComEd is prepared to vigorously
challenge any such legislation in court.
Illinois Procurement Case and Related Proceedings (Exelon,
Generation and ComEd). On February 25,
2005, ComEd made a filing with the Illinois Commerce Commission
(ICC) to seek regulatory approval of tariffs that would
authorize ComEd to bill its customers for electricity costs
incurred under a reverse-auction competitive bidding process
(the Procurement Case). On October 17, 2005, Exelon filed a
request for a declaratory order at the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) seeking approval of the reverse-auction
competitive bidding process it planned to use for ComEds
procurement of wholesale supplies of electricity. On
December 16, 2005, FERC issued an order holding that the
proposed competitive bidding process satisfied FERCs
criteria for a competitive process and that Generation would be
eligible for market-based rate sales to ComEd under the terms of
the auction. On May 1, 2006, FERC denied the Illinois
Attorney Generals request for rehearing of that order, and
the Attorney General filed a petition for review of the
ICCs decision in the United States Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia Circuit. That appeal remains pending.
On January 24, 2006, the ICC, by a unanimous vote, approved
a reverse-auction competitive bidding process for procurement of
electricity by ComEd after the end of the transition period.
This approval, currently under appeal before the Illinois
Appellate Court, provides ComEd with stability and greater
certainty that it will be able to procure energy through the
auction process, a transparent market mechanism, and pass
through the costs of that energy to ComEds customers. The
energy price that resulted from the first auction is fixed until
June 2008. The reverse-auction competitive bidding process is
administered by an independent auction manager, with oversight
by ICC staff. On December 6, 2006, the ICC staff released
its report on the auction, which generally spoke favorably of
the process and the outcome. The report recommended the
continued use of the reverse-auction for future electric power
procurement. In order to mitigate the effects of changes in
future prices, electricity to serve residential and commercial
customers with loads less than 400kW will be procured through
staggered contracts. The ICC will subsequently review on an
annual basis the prudence of ComEds electricity purchases,
but compliance with the ICC-approved reverse-auction process
will establish a rebuttable presumption of prudence.
Various parties, including governmental and consumer
representatives and ComEd, have filed petitions for review of
portions of the ICCs January 24, 2006 order with the
Illinois Appellate Court. While ComEd is generally supportive of
the order in the Procurement Case, ComEd has objected to the
requirement for an
after-the-fact
prudence review. The appeals before the Illinois Appellate Court
are pending. The Illinois Appellate Court will hear arguments on
this case in late May 2007.
On March 15, 2007, the Illinois Attorney General filed a
complaint before FERC alleging that the prices to all suppliers
resulting from the auction are unjust and unreasonable under the
Federal Power Act and that the suppliers colluded in the course
of the auction. On April 4, 2007, at the request of the
Illinois Attorney General and the recommendation of its staff,
the ICC initiated a proceeding to determine whether to authorize
the public release of
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certain confidential information related to the reverse auction.
In its publicly filed FERC complaint, the Illinois Attorney
General redacted certain of this confidential information, and
Generation and other parties have asked FERC to enter a
protective order under which the Illinois Attorney General would
provide the redacted information to the litigants. Additionally,
on March 28, 2007 and March 30, 2007, class action
suits were filed in Illinois state court against ComEd and
Generation as well as the other suppliers in the Illinois
procurement auction, claiming that the suppliers manipulated the
auction and that the resulting wholesale prices are unlawfully
high. Exelon, Generation and ComEd cannot predict the outcome of
these proceedings, but each believes the claims to be completely
false and unsupported by requisite evidence, and each intends to
vigorously oppose these claims.
Consistent with the process previously approved by the ICC, the
ICC has opened a proceeding to consider improvements to the
procurement process. It is anticipated that a final order will
be entered in that proceeding with sufficient time to
incorporate changes into the process for the February 2008
auction.
Illinois Rate Case (Exelon and
ComEd). On August 31, 2005, ComEd filed
a rate case with the ICC to comprehensively revise its tariffs
and to adjust rates for delivering electricity effective January
2007 (Rate Case). The commodity component of ComEds rates
was established by the reverse-auction process in accordance
with the ICC rate order in the Procurement Case. ComEd proposed
a revenue increase of $317 million. The ICC staff and
several intervenors in the Rate Case, including the Illinois
Attorney General, suggested and provided testimony that
ComEds rates for delivery services should be reduced. On
July 26, 2006, the ICC issued its order in the Rate Case
which approved a delivery services revenue increase of
approximately $8 million of the $317 million proposed
revenue increase requested by ComEd. On December 20, 2006,
the ICC issued an order on rehearing that increased the amount
previously approved by approximately $74 million for a
total rate increase of $83 million. ComEd and various other
parties have appealed the rate order to the courts. It is
unlikely the appeal will be resolved until the third quarter of
2007 at the earliest. In the event the order is ultimately
changed, the changes are expected to be prospective only.
Illinois Rate Design Investigation (Exelon and
ComEd). On March 2, 2007, the ICC voted
to initiate investigations into ComEds and the Ameren
Corporation (Ameren) utilities rate designs, particularly
for residential and residential space-heating customers. The
investigation was prompted by hearings before the Illinois House
of Representatives Committee of the Whole that took place in
February 2007, where House Representatives and customers spoke
of extreme and unexpected rate increases that took effect
January 2007. The vast majority of noted situations related to
Ameren customers. The ICC specified that the investigation would
not look to the overall level of rates, which has just recently
been set, but only to the allocation among the various customer
groups. The ICC has a schedule that contemplates a final order
by September 2007, which would allow implementation of changes,
if any, prior to the next winter heating season.
Original Cost Audit (Exelon and
ComEd). In the Rate Case, the ICC ordered an
original cost audit of ComEds distribution
assets. The ICC order did not find that any portion of
ComEds delivery service assets should be disallowed
because it was unreasonable in amount, imprudently incurred or
not used and useful. The ICC rate order does not provide for a
new review of these issues but instead provides that the
ICC-appointed auditors determine whether the costs of
ComEds distribution assets were properly recorded on
ComEds financial statements at their original costs. The
result of this audit will be addressed through a separately
docketed proceeding. The original cost audit report is expected
to be finalized in mid-2007 with an ICC proceeding to follow the
issuance of the report. This proceeding may extend into 2008,
and ComEd is unable to predict the results of this audit.
Environmental and Customer Assistance Programs (Exelon and
ComEd). On April 4, 2006, ComEd filed
with the ICC a request for ICC approval to purchase and receive
recovery of costs associated with the output of a
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portfolio of competitively procured wind resources of
approximately 300 megawatts (MWs). On April 4, 2007, at the
request of ComEd, the ICC terminated the proceeding.
In July 2006, ComEd implemented CARE, an initiative to help
customers prepare for electricity rate increases coming in 2007
after the expiration of the rate freeze in Illinois. In addition
to the residential rate stabilization program discussed below,
CARE includes a variety of energy efficiency, low-income and
senior citizen programs to help mitigate the impacts of the rate
increase on customers bills.
In the ICCs December 20, 2006 order approving
ComEds residential rate stabilization program (see below),
the ICC also strongly encouraged, but did not require, ComEd to
make contributions to environmental and customer assistance
programs. On February 20, 2007, ComEd filed a letter with
the ICC indicating its intent, if financially able to do so, to
contribute $30 million over three years to CARE related
programs. ComEd also stated that it did not intend to seek rate
recovery of these amounts and thus did not believe that the ICC
needed to investigate the programs.
Since the inception of CARE, ComEd has spent approximately
$12 million for CARE related programs, including
$3 million during the three months ended March 31,
2007.
Residential Rate Stabilization Program (Exelon and
ComEd). On December 20, 2006, the ICC
approved a program, proposed by ComEd, to mitigate the impact on
ComEds residential customers of ComEds transition
from almost a decade of reduced and frozen rates to rates that
reflect the current cost of providing service. The program
includes an opt-in feature to give residential
customers the choice to participate in the program. The program
caps average annual residential rate increases at 10% in each of
2007, 2008 and 2009. For participating customers, costs that
exceed the caps are deferred and recovered over three years from
2010 to 2012. Deferred balances will be assessed an annual
carrying charge of 3.25% to partially cover ComEds costs
of financing the program. If ComEds rate increases are
less than the caps in 2008 and 2009, ComEd would begin to
recover deferred amounts up to the caps with carrying costs. The
program would terminate upon a force majeure event, upon a ComEd
bankruptcy, or if ComEds senior secured credit ratings
from two of three major credit rating agencies fall below
investment grade. The ratings test was changed by ComEd
voluntarily. It was previously based on the senior unsecured
rating. However, the fact that ComEds senior unsecured
debt is rated below investment grade by all three agencies is
not reflective of ComEds ability to support the program
but instead largely relates to legislative and political risk.
ComEds residential customers will have until August 2007
to choose to participate in the program. Reductions began to be
reflected in April 2007 and are not retroactive. As of
March 31, 2007, approximately 34,000 or 1% of ComEds
residential customers have enrolled in the program. At this
time, ComEd cannot predict the full extent of participation in
the program or its financial effects.
City of Chicago Negotiations (Exelon and
ComEd). ComEd has been in negotiations with
the City of Chicago related to various components of its
franchise agreement with the City of Chicago. As part of these
discussions, ComEd may be able to resolve various outstanding
issues relating to reliability, franchise obligations and other
matters. As part of any agreement, ComEd may make payments to
the City of Chicago, which may be material. No formal agreement
has been reached.
Customer Disconnection Moratorium (Exelon and ComEd).
On April 20, 2007, the Senate amended
and passed a bill that would prevent customer disconnections
until September 1, 2007. The amended bill will now go back
to the House where they can decide whether to agree with the
amendment. If this bill becomes law, ComEd believes it would
eventually increase past-due amounts from customers and have an
adverse effect on ComEds results of operations, financial
position and cash flows. ComEd is unable to predict the final
outcome of this bill.
Post-2006 Summary (Exelon and
ComEd). ComEd cannot predict the results of
any rehearings or appeals in the Rate Case or the Procurement
Case or whether the Illinois General Assembly might pass rate
roll back and
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freeze legislation or take other action that could have a
material effect on the outcome of the regulatory process. If the
price which ComEd is ultimately allowed to bill to customers for
electricity is below ComEds cost to procure and deliver
electricity, ComEd expects that it will suffer adverse
consequences, which could be material. Exelon and ComEd believe
that these potential material adverse consequences could
include, but may not be limited to, reduced earnings for Exelon
and ComEd, further reduction of ComEds credit ratings,
limited or lost access for ComEd to credit markets to finance
operations and capital investment, and loss of ComEds
capacity to enter into bilateral long-term energy procurement
contracts, which may force ComEd to procure electricity at more
volatile spot market prices, all of which could lead ComEd to
seek protection through a bankruptcy filing. Moreover, to the
extent ComEd is not permitted to recover its costs, ComEds
ability to maintain and improve service may be diminished and
its ability to maintain reliability may be impaired. In the near
term, these prospects could have adverse effects on ComEds
liquidity if vendors reduce credit or shorten payment terms or
if ComEds financing alternatives become more limited and
significantly less flexible. Additionally, if ComEds
ability to recover its costs from customers through rates is
significantly affected, all or a portion of ComEds
business could be required to cease applying
SFAS No. 71, Accounting for the Effects of
Certain Types of Regulation, which covers the accounting
for the effects of rate regulation and would require Exelon and
ComEd to eliminate the financial statement effects of regulation
for the portion of ComEds business that ceases to meet the
criteria. This would result in the elimination of all associated
regulatory assets and liabilities that ComEd had recorded on its
Consolidated Balance Sheets through the recording of a one-time
extraordinary gain on its Consolidated Statements of Operations
and Comprehensive Income. At March 31, 2007, the income
statement gain could have been as much as $2.3 billion
(before taxes) at ComEd. In that event, Exelon would record an
income statement gain in an equal amount related to ComEds
regulatory assets and liabilities in addition to a charge
against other comprehensive income of up to $1.2 billion
(before taxes) related to Exelons regulatory assets and
liabilities associated with its defined benefit postretirement
plans and deferred taxes. Such eliminations could have the
effect of producing income. If legislation extends an
earnings-sharing provision that applied during the period in
which rates were generally frozen, that provision requires that
earnings in excess of a threshold be shared with customers.
Finally, the impacts and resolution of the above items could
lead to an additional impairment of ComEds goodwill, which
would be significant and partially offset, or exceed, the
extraordinary gain discussed above. See Note 6
Intangible Assets for further information related to
ComEds goodwill. If ComEd seeks relief through a
bankruptcy filing, there would be material adverse consequences
to ComEd and Exelon, including, but not limited to: uncertainty
in collection of receivables from ComEd by Exelon, including
Exelons Business Services Company (BSC); significant legal
and other costs associated with the bankruptcy filing; possible
negative income tax consequences; and possible reduced ability
to effectively administer and allocate the costs of the various
Exelon-sponsored benefit plans.
Transmission Rate Case (Exelon and
ComEd). On March 1, 2007, ComEd filed a
request with FERC seeking approval to update its transmission
rates and change the manner in which ComEds transmission
rates are determined from fixed rates to a formula rate. The
formula rate would be updated annually to ensure that under this
rate customers pay the actual costs of providing transmission
services. Initial application of the formula would result in an
increase of the revenues ComEd receives for transmission
services, reflecting substantial investment in transmission
plant since rates were last determined in 2003. ComEd also
requested incentive rate treatment for certain transmission
projects. If approved by the FERC, the total proposed increase
of $147 million in the annual revenue requirement,
including incentives, would increase an average residential
customer bill about 1.5%. ComEd requested that the new
transmission rate, if accepted by FERC, be effective as of May
2007. ComEd cannot predict how much, if any, of a transmission
rate increase FERC may approve or when the rate increase may go
into effect.
Authorized Return on Rate Base (Exelon, ComEd and
PECO). Under Illinois legislation, if the
two-year average of the earned return on common equity of a
utility through December 31, 2006 exceeded an established
threshold, one-half of the excess earnings was required to be
refunded to customers. The threshold rate of return on
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common equity was based on a two-year average of the Monthly
Treasury Bond Long-Term Average Rates (20 years and above)
plus 8.5% in the years 2000 through 2006. Earnings for purposes
of ComEds threshold included ComEds net income
calculated in accordance with GAAP and reflected the
amortization of regulatory assets. Under Illinois statute, any
impairment of goodwill would have had no impact on the
determination of the cap on ComEds allowed equity return
during the transition period. ComEd did not trigger the earnings
sharing provision through 2006. With the end of the transition
and rate freeze period, in its December 20, 2006 order the
ICC authorized a return on distribution rate base of 8.01% for
ComEd starting in 2007. During the first quarter of 2007, ComEd
filed a transmission rate case with the FERC in which it
requested a return on transmission rate base of 9.87%.
PECOs transition period included caps for its electric
transmission and distribution rates that expired on
December 31, 2006 and continues to include caps on
generation rates that will expire on December 31, 2010
pursuant to legislation enacted in Pennsylvania. The
distribution and transmission components of PECOs rates
will continue to be regulated subsequent to its transition
period. PECOs most recently approved return on electric
rate base was 11.23% (approved in 1990). PECOs gas rates
are currently not subject to caps and its most recently
authorized return on gas rate base was 11.45% (approved in 1988).
Through and Out (T&O) Rates and Seams Elimination
Charge/Cost Adjustment/Assignment (SECA) (Exelon, ComEd and
PECO). In November 2004, FERC issued two
orders authorizing ComEd and PECO to recover amounts for a
limited time during a specified transitional period as a result
of the elimination of T&O rates for transmission service
scheduled out of, or across, their respective transmission
systems and ending within territories of PJM Interconnection,
LLC (PJM) or Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator
(MISO). T&O rates were terminated pursuant to FERC orders,
effective December 1, 2004. The new rates, known as SECA,
were collected from load-serving entities and paid to
transmission owners within PJM and MISO over a transitional
period from December 1, 2004 through March 31, 2006,
subject to refund, surcharge and hearing. As load-serving
entities, ComEd and PECO were also required to pay SECA rates
during the transitional period based on the benefits they
received from the elimination of T&O rates of other
transmission owners within PJM and MISO. Since the inception of
the SECA rates in December 2004, ComEd has recorded
approximately $49 million of SECA collections net of SECA
charges, while PECO has recorded $11 million of SECA
charges net of SECA collections. Management of each of ComEd and
PECO believes that appropriate reserves have been established in
the event that some portion of SECA collections are required to
be refunded. A hearing was held in May 2006 and the
administrative law judge (ALJ) issued an Initial Decision on
August 10, 2006. The ALJs Initial Decision found that
the transmission owners overstated their lost revenues in their
compliance filings and the SECA rate design was flawed.
Additionally, the ALJ recommended that the transmission owners
should be ordered to refile their respective compliance filings
related to SECA rates. ComEd and PECO have filed exceptions to
the Initial Decision and FERC, on review, will determine whether
or not to accept the ALJs recommendation. There is no
scheduled date for FERC to act on this matter. Settlements have
been reached with various parties. FERC has approved several of
these settlements while others are still awaiting FERC approval.
The ultimate outcome of the proceeding establishing SECA rates
is uncertain, but ComEd and PECO do not believe ultimate
resolution of this matter will be material to their results of
operations or financial position.
PJM Transmission Design (Exelon, ComEd and
PECO). On July 13, 2006, the ALJ in the
case issued an Initial Decision that recommends that FERC
implement the postage stamp rate suggested by FERC staff,
effective as of April 1, 2006, but also allows for the
potential to phase in rate changes. On April 19, 2007, FERC
issued its order on review of the ALJs decision. FERC held
that PJMs current rate design for existing matter
facilities is just and reasonable and should not be changed.
That is consistent with Exelons position in the case. FERC
also held that new facilities should be allocated under a
different rate design. FERC held that new facilities 500
kilovolts (kV) and above should be socialized across the entire
PJM footprint and that new facilities less than 500 kV should be
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allocated to the beneficiaries of the new facilities. FERC
stated that PJMs stakeholders should develop a standard
method for allocating new transmission facilities lower than 500
kV. FERCs decision on existing facilities leaves the
status quo as to existing costs, which is substantially more
favorable to Exelon than the ALJs decision as to existing
facilities. In the short term, based on new transmission
facilities approved by PJM, it is likely that socializing costs
across PJM will reduce costs to PECO and increase costs to
ComEd, but ComEd and PECO cannot estimate the final impact on
either companys results of operations and cash flows, both
because what new facilities will be built is not certain at this
time and because how the smaller lower voltage new facilities
will be allocated is uncertain. Moreover, FERCs decision
may be subject to a request for rehearing and review in the
United States Court of Appeals. However, ComEd anticipates that
all impacts of any rate design changes effective after
December 31, 2006 should be recoverable through retail
rates in the absence of rate freeze or similar legislation. With
the expiration of PECOs transmission and distribution rate
caps on December 31, 2006, PECO has the right to file with
the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PAPUC) for a change
in retail rates to reflect the impact of any change in wholesale
transmission rates.
Alternative Energy Filing (Exelon and
PECO). In November 2004, Pennsylvania adopted
Act 213, the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act of 2004
(AEPS Act). The AEPS Act mandates that beginning in 2007, or at
the end of an electric distribution companys restructuring
cost recovery period during which competitive transition charges
or intangible transition charges are being recovered, certain
percentages of electric energy sold by an electric distribution
company or electric generation supplier to Pennsylvania retail
electric customers must come from certain alternative energy
resources. In March 2007, PECO filed a request with the PAPUC
for approval to acquire and bank up to 450,000 non-solar
Tier I Alternative Energy Credits (equivalent to up to
240 MWs of electricity generated by wind) annually for a
five-year term in order to prepare for 2011, the first year of
PECOs required compliance following the completion of its
restructuring period. PECO proposes that all of the costs it
incurs in connection with such procurement prior to 2011 will be
deferred as a regulatory asset with a return on the unamortized
balance in accordance with the AEPS Act. Those costs, and
PECOs AEPS compliance costs incurred thereafter, would be
recovered through a reconcilable ratemaking mechanism as
contemplated by the AEPS legislation. All deferred costs will be
recovered from customers in 2011. Additionally, all AEPS related
costs incurred after 2010 are recoverable from customers on a
full and current basis.
Post-2006 Summary (Exelon and
Generation). Generations power purchase
agreement (PPA) with ComEd expired at the end of 2006. In
September 2006, Generation participated in and won portions of
the ComEd and Ameren procurement auctions. As a result of the
expiration of the PPA and the results of the auctions, beginning
in 2007, Generation is selling more power through bilateral
agreements. Generation has credit risk associated with
counterparty performance on energy contracts which includes, but
is not limited to, the risk of financial default or slow
payment; therefore, Generations credit risk profile has
changed based on the credit-worthiness of the new and existing
counterparties, including ComEd and Ameren. Additionally, due to
the possibility of rate freeze legislation in Illinois affecting
both ComEd and Ameren, Generation may be subject to the risk of
default. If ComEd and Ameren seek relief through a bankruptcy
filing, there would be material adverse consequences to Exelon
and Generation, including, but not limited to: uncertainty in
collection of Generations receivables from ComEd and
Ameren for the electricity previously provided under the
supplier forward contracts; uncertainty in the enforcement of
Generations rights under its supplier forward contracts
with ComEd and Ameren and possible rejection of the supplier
forward contracts in a ComEd or Ameren bankruptcy; and possible
negative income tax consequences. A default by ComEd or Ameren
on contracts for purchase of electricity, or a rejection of
those contracts in a bankruptcy proceeding, could alter the
wholesale power markets and result in Generation selling more
power in spot markets.
Market-Based Rates Matters (Exelon and
Generation). On May 19, 2006, FERC
issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NOPR) on
Market-Based Rates for Wholesale Sales of Electric Energy,
Capacity and
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Ancillary Services by Public Utilities. The NOPR proposes a set
of regulations that would modify the tests that Exelon and other
market participants must satisfy to be entitled to market-based
rates. Exelon is not certain as to the impact of any new rules
that may be promulgated as a result of FERCs future ruling
with respect to the NOPR.
On December 15, 2006, Exelon made a Change in Status (CIS)
filing with FERC. The triggering event was the end of the
full-requirements PPA between Generation and ComEd and the
resulting increase in Generations uncommitted capacity. A
CIS filing is required when there is a material change in status
relied upon by FERC when granting market-based rates authority.
Exelons filing, supported by an updated market-power
analysis, demonstrated that Exelon continues to be entitled to
market-based rates. The time period for interventions expired on
January 5, 2007, no party intervened, and on
February 9, 2007, FERC accepted Exelons CIS filing.
Reliability Pricing Model (RPM) (Exelon and
Generation). On August 31, 2005, PJM
filed its RPM with FERC to replace its current capacity market
rules. The RPM proposal provided for a forward capacity auction
using a demand curve and locational deliverability zones for
capacity phased in over a several year period beginning on
June 1, 2006. On November 5, 2005, PJM proposed to
delay the effective date of the RPM until June 1, 2007. On
April 20, 2006, FERC issued an order generally finding
aspects of PJMs RPM filing to be just and reasonable, but
FERC also established further procedures to resolve the
remaining issues and encouraged the parties to seek a negotiated
resolution. A final settlement was filed with FERC on
September 29, 2006 and FERC issued its order approving the
settlement, subject to conditions, on December 22, 2006.
FERCs adoption of the settlement proposal of September
2006 is expected to have a favorable impact for owners of
generation facilities, and particularly for such facilities
located in constrained zones.
FERC has also denied requests for rehearing of its
April 20, 2006 order. The time for filing a petition for
review of FERCs April 2006 order expired on
February 20, 2007 without any petition for review having
been filed. FERCs December 22, 2006 order approving
the settlement, subject to conditions, is subject to requests
for rehearing and judicial review. PJM is moving ahead to
implement RPM in 2007 notwithstanding, as FERCs orders are
rarely stayed, and therefore almost always remain in effect,
pending appellate review. The first auction took place in April
2007 and resulted in Generation auctioning capacity at prices
ranging from $40.80/MW to
$197.67/MW
per day for the period from June 1, 2007 through
May 31, 2008. Subsequent auctions will be conducted in July
2007, October 2007 and January 2008 to auction capacity for
periods through May 2011.
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Intangible
Assets (Exelon and ComEd)
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Goodwill (Exelon and ComEd). As of
March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, Exelon and ComEd
had goodwill of approximately $2.6 billion and
$2.7 billion, respectively. Under the provisions of
SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets (SFAS No. 142), goodwill is tested for
impairment at least annually or more frequently if events or
circumstances indicate that it is more likely than
not that goodwill might be impaired, such as a significant
negative regulatory outcome. Exelon and ComEd perform their
annual goodwill impairment assessment in the fourth quarter of
each year.
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the period
from January 1, 2007 to March 31, 2007 were as follows:
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Balance as of January 1, 2007
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$
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2,694
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Uncertain tax positions(a)
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(53
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)
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Balance as of March 31, 2007
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$
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2,641
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(a)
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For uncertain tax positions that
existed at the Unicom / PECO merger, the impact of adopting
FIN 48 is recorded to goodwill in accordance with Emerging
Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue
No. 93-7,
Uncertainties Related to Income Taxes in a Purchase
Business Combination
(EITF 93-7).
See Notes 3 and 10 for further information regarding the
adoption of FIN 48.
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Debt and
Credit Agreements (Exelon, Generation, ComEd and PECO)
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Short-Term
Borrowings
Exelon, Generation and PECO meet their short-term liquidity
requirements primarily through the issuance of commercial paper
and ComEd meets its short-term liquidity requirements primarily
through borrowings from its credit facilities and the issuance
of commercial paper. Exelon, ComEd and PECO had the following
amounts of commercial paper outstanding at March 31, 2007
and December 31, 2006:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
Borrower
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Exelon Corporate
|
|
$
|
196
|
|
|
$
|
150
|
|
ComEd
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
60
|
|
PECO
|
|
|
100
|
|
|
|
95
|
|
As of March 31, 2007, Exelon, Generation, ComEd and PECO
have access to revolving credit facilities with aggregate bank
commitments of $1 billion, $5 billion, $1 billion
and $600 million, respectively. At March 31, 2007,
ComEd had $340 million outstanding borrowings under its
credit agreement. See Note 11 of Exelons 2006 Annual
Report on
Form 10-K
for further information regarding these credit facilities.
Carrying
Amounts and Fair Values of Long-Term Debt
Fair values of long-term debt are determined by a valuation
model performed by an external consultant and is based on a
conventional discounted cash flow methodology utilizing
assumptions of current market pricing curves.
Exelon
The carrying amounts and fair values of Exelons long-term
debt as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 were
as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2007
|
|
|
December 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
Fair
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
Fair
|
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Long-term debt (including amounts
due within one year)
|
|
$
|
9,428
|
|
|
$
|
9,295
|
|
|
$
|
9,144
|
|
|
$
|
9,122
|
|
Long-term debt to ComEd
Transitional Funding Trust and PECO Energy Transition Trust
(PETT) (including amounts due within one year)
|
|
|
2,763
|
|
|
|
2,854
|
|
|
|
3,051
|
|
|
|
3,149
|
|
Long-term debt to other financing
trusts
|
|
|
545
|
|
|
|
503
|
|
|
|
545
|
|
|
|
517
|
|
36
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Generation
The carrying amounts and fair values of Generations
long-term debt as of March 31, 2007 and December 31,
2006 were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2007
|
|
|
December 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
Fair
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
Fair
|
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Long-term debt (including amounts
due within one year)
|
|
$
|
1,790
|
|
|
$
|
1,816
|
|
|
$
|
1,790
|
|
|
$
|
1,821
|
|
ComEd
The carrying amounts and fair values of ComEds long-term
debt as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 were
as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2007
|
|
|
December 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
Fair
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
Fair
|
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Long-term debt (including amounts
due within one year)
|
|
$
|
3,722
|
|
|
$
|
3,668
|
|
|
$
|
3,579
|
|
|
$
|
3,592
|
|
Long-term debt to ComEd
Transitional Funding Trust (including amounts due within one
year)
|
|
|
537
|
|
|
|
541
|
|
|
|
648
|
|
|
|
652
|
|
Long-term debt to other financing
trusts
|
|
|
361
|
|
|
|
325
|
|
|
|
361
|
|
|
|
338
|
|
PECO
The carrying amounts and fair values of PECOs long-term
debt as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 were
as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2007
|
|
|
December 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
Fair
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
Fair
|
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Long-term debt
|
|
$
|
1,644
|
|
|
$
|
1,629
|
|
|
$
|
1,469
|
|
|
$
|
1,464
|
|
Long-term debt to PETT (including
amounts due within one year)
|
|
|
2,226
|
|
|
|
2,313
|
|
|
|
2,404
|
|
|
|
2,496
|
|
Long-term debt to other financing
trusts
|
|
|
184
|
|
|
|
178
|
|
|
|
184
|
|
|
|
179
|
|
Issuance
of Long-Term Debt
During the three months ended March 31, 2007, the following
long-term debt was issued:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Company
|
|
Type
|
|
Rate
|
|
|
Maturity
|
|
|
Amount(a)
|
|
|
ComEd
|
|
First Mortgage Bonds
|
|
|
5.90
|
%
|
|
|
March 15, 2036
|
|
|
$
|
300
|
|
PECO
|
|
First Mortgage Bonds
|
|
|
5.70
|
%
|
|
|
March 15, 2037
|
|
|
|
175
|
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
37
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Excludes unamortized bond discounts.
|
Retirement
of Long-Term Debt
During the three months ended March 31, 2007, the following
long-term debt was retired:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Company
|
|
Type
|
|
Rate
|
|
|
Maturity
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Exelon
|
|
Notes payable for investments
in synthetic fuel-producing facilities
|
|
|
6.00-8.00
|
%
|
|
Various
|
|
$
|
34
|
|
ComEd
|
|
Notes payable
|
|
|
7.625
|
%
|
|
January 15, 2007
|
|
|
145
|
|
ComEd
|
|
ComEd Transitional Funding Trust
|
|
|
5.63
|
%
|
|
June 25, 2007
|
|
|
111
|
(a)(b)
|
PECO
|
|
PETT
|
|
|
6.13
|
%
|
|
September 1, 2008
|
|
|
178
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Amount includes a $17 million
reallocation from prepaid interest to long-term debt to ComEd
Transitional Funding Trust. This reallocation did not have an
impact on ComEds Consolidated Statement of Operations or
ComEds Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.
|
|
(b)
|
|
ComEd applied $8 million of
previously prepaid balances against the long-term debt to ComEd
Transitional Funding Trust.
|
|
|
8.
|
Derivative
Financial Instruments (Exelon, Generation, ComEd and
PECO)
|
Interest-Rate
Swaps (Exelon, Generation, ComEd and PECO)
The fair values of Exelons, Generations,
ComEds and PECOs interest-rate swaps are determined
using quoted exchange prices, external dealer prices and
available market pricing curves.
Fair-Value Hedges. The Registrants may utilize
fixed-to-floating
interest-rate swaps from time to time as a means to achieve
their targeted level of variable-rate debt as a percent of total
debt. At March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, Exelon
had $100 million and $50 million, respectively, of
notional amounts of fair-value hedges outstanding.
Fixed-to-floating
interest-rate swaps are designated as fair-value hedges, as
defined in SFAS No. 133, and, as such, changes in the
fair value of the swaps are recorded in earnings; however, as
long as the hedge remains effective and the underlying liability
remains outstanding, changes in the fair value of the swaps are
offset by changes in the fair value of the hedged liabilities.
Any change in the fair value of the hedge as a result of
ineffectiveness is recorded immediately in earnings. During the
three months ended March 31, 2007, no amounts relating to
fair-value hedges were recorded in earnings as a result of
ineffectiveness.
Cash-Flow Hedges. The Registrants utilize
interest rate derivatives from time to time to lock in
interest-rate levels in anticipation of future financings.
Forward-starting interest-rate swaps are designated as cash-flow
hedges, as defined in SFAS No. 133 and, as such,
changes in the fair value of the swaps are recorded in
accumulated other comprehensive income (OCI). Any change in the
fair value of the hedge as a result of ineffectiveness is
recorded immediately in earnings. At March 31, 2007 and
2006, the Registrants did not have any notional amounts of
interest-rate related cash-flow hedges outstanding. During the
three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, the Registrants
did not reclassify any amounts from accumulated OCI into
earnings as a result of ineffectiveness.
38
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Energy-Related
Derivatives (Exelon, Generation, ComEd and PECO)
Generation utilizes derivatives to manage the utilization of its
available generating capacity and the provision of wholesale
energy to its affiliates and others. Exelon and Generation also
utilize energy option contracts and energy financial swap
arrangements to limit the market price risk associated with
forward energy commodity contracts. Additionally, Generation
enters into certain energy-related derivatives for trading or
speculative purposes.
The Registrants energy contracts are accounted for under
SFAS No. 133. Economic hedges may qualify for the
normal purchases and normal sales exception to
SFAS No. 133 and are accounted for under the accrual
method of accounting. Those that do not meet the normal purchase
and normal sales exception are recorded as assets or liabilities
on the balance sheet at fair value. Changes in the derivatives
recorded at fair value are recognized in earnings unless
specific hedge accounting criteria are met and they are
designated as cash-flow hedges, in which case those changes are
recorded in OCI, and gains and losses are recognized in earnings
when the underlying transaction occurs or are designated as
fair-value hedges, in which case those changes are recognized in
current earnings offset by changes in the fair value of the
hedged item in current earnings. Changes in the fair value of
derivative contracts that do not meet the hedge criteria under
SFAS No. 133 (or are not designated as such) and
proprietary trading contracts are recognized in current
earnings. Generation also has contracted for access to
additional generation and sales to load-serving entities that
are accounted for under the accrual method of accounting
discussed in Note 18 of the Combined Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements within Exelons 2006 Annual Report on
Form 10-K.
ComEd has derivatives related to one wholesale contract and
various other contracts to manage the market price exposures to
several wholesale contracts that extend through 2007. The
contracts that ComEd has entered into as part of the initial
ComEd auction (See Note 5 Regulatory Issues)
are deemed to be derivatives that qualify for the normal
purchase and normal sale exception to SFAS No. 133.
ComEd does not enter into derivatives for speculative or trading
purposes.
Some of PECOs gas supply agreements are derivatives under
SFAS No. 133 and accounted for as such. Due to the
nature of these gas contracts and market conditions, PECOs
balance sheet reflected no fair value of energy derivatives at
March 31, 2007 as the amounts were insignificant.
39
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
At March 31, 2007, Exelon, Generation and ComEd had net
liabilities of $316 million, $319 million and
$5 million, respectively, on their Consolidated Balance
Sheets for the fair value of energy derivatives. The following
table provides a summary of the fair value balances recorded by
Exelon, Generation and ComEd as of March 31, 2007:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2007
|
|
|
|
Generation
|
|
|
ComEd
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exelon
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Energy-
|
|
|
|
Cash-Flow
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
Proprietary
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash-Flow
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related
|
|
Derivatives
|
|
Hedges
|
|
|
Derivatives
|
|
|
Trading
|
|
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
Hedge
|
|
|
Derivatives
|
|
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
Other(a)
|
|
|
Derivatives(b)
|
|
|
Current assets
|
|
$
|
94
|
|
|
$
|
320
|
|
|
$
|
83
|
|
|
$
|
497
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
8
|
|
|
$
|
506
|
|
Noncurrent assets
|
|
|
67
|
|
|
|
75
|
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
151
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
152
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
mark-to-market
energy contract assets
|
|
$
|
161
|
|
|
$
|
395
|
|
|
$
|
92
|
|
|
$
|
648
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
9
|
|
|
$
|
658
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities
|
|
$
|
(333
|
)
|
|
$
|
(344
|
)
|
|
$
|
(74
|
)
|
|
$
|
(751
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2
|
)
|
|
$
|
(4
|
)
|
|
$
|
(6
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
(757
|
)
|
Noncurrent liabilities
|
|
|
(114
|
)
|
|
|
(93
|
)
|
|
|
(9
|
)
|
|
|
(216
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
(217
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
mark-to-market
energy contract liabilities
|
|
$
|
(447
|
)
|
|
$
|
(437
|
)
|
|
$
|
(83
|
)
|
|
$
|
(967
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2
|
)
|
|
$
|
(4
|
)
|
|
$
|
(6
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
|
$
|
(974
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
mark-to-market
energy contract net assets (liabilities)
|
|
$
|
(286
|
)
|
|
$
|
(42
|
)
|
|
$
|
9
|
|
|
$
|
(319
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2
|
)
|
|
$
|
(3
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5
|
)
|
|
$
|
8
|
|
|
$
|
(316
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Other includes corporate
operations, shared service entities, including Exelon Business
Services Company (BSC), Enterprises and investments in synthetic
fuel-producing facilities.
|
|
(b)
|
|
Excludes Exelons
interest-rate swaps.
|
At December 31, 2006, Exelon, Generation and ComEd had net
assets (liabilities) of $496 million, $499 million and
$(11) million, respectively, on their Consolidated Balance
Sheets for the fair value of energy derivatives. The following
table provides a summary of the fair value balances recorded by
Exelon, Generation and ComEd as of December 31, 2006:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
Generation
|
|
|
ComEd
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exelon
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Energy-
|
|
|
|
Cash-Flow
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
Proprietary
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash-Flow
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related
|
|
Derivatives
|
|
Hedges
|
|
|
Derivatives
|
|
|
Trading
|
|
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
Hedge
|
|
|
Derivatives
|
|
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
Other(a)
|
|
|
Derivatives(b)
|
|
|
Current assets
|
|
$
|
460
|
|
|
$
|
751
|
|
|
$
|
197
|
|
|
$
|
1,408
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
10
|
|
|
$
|
1,418
|
|
Noncurrent assets
|
|
|
104
|
|
|
|
52
|
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
|
171
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
171
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
mark-to-market
energy contract assets
|
|
$
|
564
|
|
|
$
|
803
|
|
|
$
|
212
|
|
|
$
|
1,579
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
10
|
|
|
$
|
1,589
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities
|
|
$
|
(119
|
)
|
|
$
|
(697
|
)
|
|
$
|
(187
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,003
|
)
|
|
$
|
(6
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5
|
)
|
|
$
|
(11
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,015
|
)
|
Noncurrent liabilities
|
|
|
(30
|
)
|
|
|
(33
|
)
|
|
|
(14
|
)
|
|
|
(77
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
(78
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
mark-to-market
energy contract liabilities
|
|
$
|
(149
|
)
|
|
$
|
(730
|
)
|
|
$
|
(201
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,080
|
)
|
|
$
|
(6
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5
|
)
|
|
$
|
(11
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,093
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
mark-to-market
energy contract net assets (liabilities)
|
|
$
|
415
|
|
|
$
|
73
|
|
|
$
|
11
|
|
|
$
|
499
|
|
|
$
|
(6
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5
|
)
|
|
$
|
(11
|
)
|
|
$
|
8
|
|
|
$
|
496
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
40
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Other includes corporate
operations, shared service entities, including BSC, Enterprises
and investments in synthetic fuel-producing facilities.
|
|
(b)
|
|
Excludes Exelons
interest-rate swaps.
|
Normal Operations and Hedging Activities
(Generation). Electricity available from
Generations owned or contracted generation supply in
excess of Generations obligations to customers, including
ComEds contracted auction requirement and PECOs
retail load, is sold into the wholesale markets. To reduce price
risk caused by market fluctuations, Generation enters into
physical contracts as well as derivative contracts, including
forwards, futures, swaps and options, with approved
counterparties to hedge anticipated exposures.
Cash-Flow Hedges (Generation and ComEd). The
tables below provide details of effective cash-flow hedges under
SFAS No. 133 included on Exelons,
Generations and ComEds Consolidated Balance Sheets
as of March 31, 2007. The data in the table is indicative
of the magnitude of SFAS No. 133 hedges Generation and
ComEd have in place; however, since under SFAS No. 133
not all derivatives are recorded in OCI, the table does not
provide an all-encompassing picture of Generations and
ComEds derivatives. The tables also include the activity
of accumulated OCI related to cash-flow hedges for the three
months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, providing information
about the changes in the fair value of hedges and the
reclassification from OCI into earnings.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Cash-Flow Hedge
|
|
|
|
OCI Activity, Net of
|
|
|
|
Income Tax
|
|
March 31, 2007
|
|
Generation
|
|
|
ComEd
|
|
|
Exelon
|
|
|
Accumulated OCI derivative gain
(loss) at December 31, 2006
|
|
$
|
250
|
|
|
$
|
(4
|
)
|
|
$
|
246
|
|
Changes in fair value
|
|
|
(411
|
)
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
(410
|
)
|
Reclassifications from OCI to net
income
|
|
|
(13
|
)
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
(11
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated OCI derivative gain
(loss) at March 31, 2007
|
|
$
|
(174
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
|
$
|
(175
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Cash-Flow Hedge
|
|
|
|
OCI Activity, Net of
|
|
|
|
Income Tax
|
|
March 31, 2006
|
|
Exelon and Generation
|
|
|
Accumulated OCI derivative loss at
December 31, 2005
|
|
$
|
(314
|
)
|
Changes in fair value
|
|
|
46
|
|
Reclassifications from OCI to net
income
|
|
|
45
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated OCI derivative loss at
March 31, 2006
|
|
$
|
(223
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
At March 31, 2007, Generation and ComEd had net unrealized
pre-tax losses on cash-flow hedges of $289 million and
$2 million in accumulated OCI, respectively. Based on
market prices at March 31, 2007, approximately
$239 million and $2 million of these deferred net
pre-tax unrealized losses on derivative instruments in
accumulated OCI are expected to be reclassified to earnings
during the next twelve months by Generation and ComEd,
respectively. However, the actual amount reclassified to
earnings could vary due to future changes in market prices.
Amounts recorded in accumulated OCI related to changes in energy
commodity cash-flow hedges are reclassified to earnings when the
forecasted purchase or sale of the energy commodity occurs. The
majority of Generations cash-flow hedges are expected to
settle within the next two years, while ComEds cash flow
hedge expires on May 31, 2007.
41
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Generations cash-flow hedge activity impact to pre-tax
earnings based on the reclassification adjustment from
accumulated OCI to earnings was a $21 million pre-tax gain
and a $75 million pre-tax loss for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. During the three
months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, amounts reclassified
from accumulated OCI into earnings as a result of
ineffectiveness were not material to the financial statements.
Other Derivatives (Exelon, Generation and
ComEd). Exelon, Generation and ComEd enter into
certain contracts that are derivatives, but do not qualify for
hedge accounting under SFAS No. 133 or are not
designated as cash-flow hedges. These contracts are also entered
into to economically hedge and limit the market price risk
associated with energy commodity prices. Changes in the fair
value of these derivative contracts are recognized in current
earnings. For the three months ended March 31, 2007 and
2006, Exelon, Generation and ComEd recognized the following net
unrealized
mark-to-market
gains (losses), realized
mark-to-market
gains (losses) and total
mark-to-
market gains (losses) (before income taxes) relating to economic
hedge
mark-to-market
activity of certain purchase power and sale contracts pursuant
to SFAS No. 133. Generations, ComEds and
Exelons other economic hedge
mark-to-market
activity on purchase power and sale contracts are reported in
fuel and purchased power, revenue and operating and maintenance
expense, respectively.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31, 2007
|
|
|
|
Generation
|
|
|
ComEd(a)
|
|
|
Other(b)
|
|
|
Exelon
|
|
|
Unrealized
mark-to-market
gains (losses)
|
|
$
|
(76
|
)
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
|
$
|
(76
|
)
|
Realized
mark-to-market
gains (losses)
|
|
|
(39
|
)
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(38
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total net
mark-to-market
gains (losses)
|
|
$
|
(115
|
)
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
|
$
|
(114
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
See Energy-Related
Derivatives above.
|
|
(b)
|
|
Other includes corporate
operations, shared service entities, including BSC, Enterprises
and investments in synthetic fuel-producing facilities.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
Generation
|
|
|
ComEd(a)
|
|
|
Other(b)
|
|
|
Exelon
|
|
|
Unrealized
mark-to-market
gains (losses)
|
|
$
|
(57
|
)
|
|
$
|
(10
|
)
|
|
$
|
13
|
|
|
$
|
(54
|
)
|
Realized
mark-to-market
gains
|
|
|
35
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total net
mark-to-market
gains (losses)
|
|
$
|
(22
|
)
|
|
$
|
(10
|
)
|
|
$
|
13
|
|
|
$
|
(19
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
See Energy-Related
Derivatives above.
|
|
(b)
|
|
Other includes corporate
operations, shared service entities, including BSC, Enterprises
and investments in synthetic fuel-producing facilities.
|
Proprietary Trading Activities
(Generation). Proprietary trading includes all
contracts entered into purely to profit from market price
changes as opposed to hedging an exposure and is subject to
limits established by Exelons Risk Management Committee.
These contracts are recognized on the Consolidated Balance
Sheets at fair value and changes in the fair value of these
derivative financial instruments are recognized in earnings. The
proprietary trading activities, which included volumes of 5,101
GWhs and 6,985 GWhs for the three months ended March 31,
2007 and 2006, respectively, are a complement to
Generations energy marketing portfolio but represent a
very small portion of Generations revenue from energy
marketing activities. For the three months ended March 31,
2007 and 2006, Exelon and Generation recognized the following
net unrealized
mark-to-market
gains, realized
mark-to-market
losses and total net
mark-to-market
losses (before income taxes) relating to
mark-to-market
activity on derivative instruments entered into for trading
purposes. Gains and losses associated with financial
42
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
trading are reported as revenue in Exelons and
Generations Consolidated Statements of Operations and
Comprehensive Income.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
Ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Unrealized
mark-to-market
gains
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
Realized
mark-to-market
losses
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total net
mark-to-market
losses
|
|
$
|
(3
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Credit
Risk Associated with Derivative Instruments (Exelon and
Generation)
The Registrants would be exposed to credit-related losses in the
event of non-performance by counterparties that enter into
derivative instruments. The credit exposure of derivatives
contracts is represented by the fair value of contracts at the
reporting date. For energy-related derivative instruments,
Generation attempts to enter into enabling agreements that allow
for payment netting with its counterparties, which reduces
Generations exposure to counterparty risk by providing for
the offset of amounts payable to the counterparty against
amounts receivable from the counterparty. Typically, each
enabling agreement is for a specific commodity and so, with
respect to each individual counterparty, netting is limited to
transactions involving that specific commodity product, except
where master netting agreements exist with a counterparty that
allows for cross product netting. In addition to payment netting
language in the enabling agreement, the credit department
establishes credit limits and letter of credit requirements for
each counterparty, which are defined in the derivatives
contracts. Counterparty credit limits are based on an internal
credit review that considers a variety of factors, including the
results of a scoring model, leverage, liquidity, profitability,
credit ratings and risk management capabilities. To the extent
that a counterpartys credit limit and letter of credit
thresholds are exceeded, the counterparty is required to post
collateral with Generation as specified in each enabling
agreement. Generations credit department monitors current
and forward credit exposure to counterparties and their
affiliates, both on an individual and an aggregate basis.
Under the Illinois auction rules and the supplier forward
contracts that Generation entered into with ComEd and Ameren,
beginning in 2007, collateral postings will be one-sided from
Generation only. That is, if market prices fall below
ComEds or Amerens contracted price levels, ComEd or
Ameren are not required to post collateral; however, if market
prices rise above contracted price levels with ComEd or Ameren,
Generation may be required to post collateral.
The notional amount of derivatives does not represent amounts
that are exchanged by the parties and, thus, is not a measure of
the Registrants exposure. The amounts exchanged are
calculated on the basis of the notional or contract amounts, as
well as on the other terms of the derivatives, which relate to
interest rates and the volatility of these rates. Exelons
and Generations credit exposure, net of collateral, as of
March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 were
$525 million and $791 million, respectively.
As of March 31, 2007, Generation had $127 million of
collateral deposit payments being held by counterparties and
Generation was holding $27 million of collateral deposits
received from counterparties.
|
|
9.
|
Retirement
Benefits (Exelon, Generation, ComEd and PECO)
|
Exelon sponsors defined benefit pension plans and postretirement
benefit plans for essentially all Generation, ComEd, PECO and
BSC employees, except for those employees of Generations
wholly owned subsidiary,
43
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
AmerGen, who participate in the separate AmerGen-sponsored
defined benefit pension plan and postretirement benefit plan.
Defined
Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits
Consolidated Plans (Exelon, Generation, ComEd and
PECO)
The following table presents the components of Exelons net
periodic benefit costs for the three months ended March 31,
2007 and 2006. The 2007 pension benefit cost is calculated using
an expected long-term rate of return on plan assets of 8.75%.
The 2007 other postretirement benefit cost is calculated using
an expected long-term rate of return on plan assets of 7.87%. A
portion of the net periodic benefit cost is capitalized within
the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Exelon calculates the expected return on pension and other
postretirement benefit plan assets by multiplying the expected
long-term rate of return on plan assets by the market-related
value (MRV) of plan assets at the beginning of the year, taking
into consideration anticipated contributions and benefit
payments that are to be made during the year.
SFAS No. 87, Employers Accounting for
Pensions and SFAS No. 106, Employers
Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other than Pensions
allow the MRV of plan assets to be either fair value or a
calculated value that recognizes changes in fair value in a
systematic and rational manner over not more than five years.
Exelon uses a calculated value when determining the MRV of the
pension plan assets that adjusts for 20% of the difference
between fair value and expected MRV of plan assets. This
calculated value has the effect of stabilizing variability in
assets to which Exelon applies that expected return. Exelon uses
fair value when determining the MRV of the other postretirement
benefit plan assets.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
|
Pension
|
|
|
Postretirement
|
|
|
|
Benefits
|
|
|
Benefits
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Service cost
|
|
$
|
41
|
|
|
$
|
41
|
|
|
$
|
25
|
|
|
$
|
25
|
|
Interest cost
|
|
|
151
|
|
|
|
142
|
|
|
|
49
|
|
|
|
47
|
|
Expected return on assets
|
|
|
(204
|
)
|
|
|
(204
|
)
|
|
|
(28
|
)
|
|
|
(26
|
)
|
Amortization of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transition obligation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
Prior service cost (benefit)
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
(14
|
)
|
|
|
(23
|
)
|
Actuarial loss
|
|
|
37
|
|
|
|
40
|
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
|
23
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net periodic benefit cost
|
|
$
|
29
|
|
|
$
|
23
|
|
|
$
|
51
|
|
|
$
|
48
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following approximate amounts were included in capital and
operating and maintenance expense during the three months ended
March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, for
Generations, ComEds, PECOs and Exelon
44
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Corporates allocated portion of the Exelon-sponsored and
AmerGen-sponsored pension and postretirement benefit plans:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
Pension and Postretirement Benefit Costs
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Generation
|
|
$
|
36
|
|
|
$
|
31
|
|
ComEd
|
|
|
24
|
|
|
|
19
|
|
PECO
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
Exelon Corporate(a)
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
11
|
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(a)
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Represents amounts billed to
Exelons subsidiaries through intercompany allocations.
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Pension
and Other Postretirement Benefits AmerGen Plans
(Generation)
The following table presents the components of net periodic
benefit costs for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and
2006 for the AmerGen-sponsored plans. The 2007 pension benefit
cost is calculated using an expected long-term rate of return on
plan assets of 8.75%. A portion of the net periodic benefit cost
is capitalized within the Consolidated Balance Sheets. AmerGen
uses fair value for purposes of determining the MRV of the
pension and other postretirement benefit plan assets.
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Other
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Pension
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|
Postretirement
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|
Benefits
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|
Benefits
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Three Months
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Three Months
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Ended
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|
Ended
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March 31,
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March 31,
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2007
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2006
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2007
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2006
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Service cost
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|
$
|
3
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|
|
$
|
3
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|
|
$
|
2
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|
$
|
2
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|
Interest cost
|
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2
|
|
|
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2
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|
1
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|
|
|
1
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|
Expected return on assets
|
|
|
(2
|
)
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|
|
(2
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)
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
Net periodic benefit cost
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|
$
|
3
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|
|
$
|
3
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$
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3
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$
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3
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401(k)
Savings Plan (Exelon, Generation, ComEd and PECO)
Exelon, Generation, ComEd and PECO participate in a 401(k)
savings plan sponsored by Exelon. The plan allows employees to
contribute a portion of their pre-tax income in accordance with
specified guidelines. Exelon, Generation, ComEd and PECO match a
percentage of the employee contribution up to certain limits.
The following table presents, by registrant, the matching
contribution to the savings plans during the three months ended
March 31, 2007 and 2006:
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Three Months
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Ended
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March 31,
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Savings Plan Matching Contributions
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2007
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2006
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Exelon
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$
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16
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$
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15
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Generation
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8
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8
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ComEd
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4
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4
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PECO
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2
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2
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EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
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10.
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Income
Taxes (Exelon, Generation, ComEd and PECO)
|
The Registrants effective income tax rate from continuing
operations for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and
2006 varied from the U.S. Federal statutory rate
principally due to the following:
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|
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|
|
|
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|
|
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Three Months Ended March 31, 2007
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Exelon
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Generation
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ComEd
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PECO
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U.S. Federal statutory rate
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35.0
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%
|
|
|
35.0
|
%
|
|
|
35.0
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%
|
|
|
35.0
|
%
|
Increase (decrease) due to:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
State income taxes, net of Federal
income tax benefit
|
|
|
5.4
|
|
|
|
5.4
|
|
|
|
4.3
|
|
|
|
(0.9
|
)
|
Qualified nuclear decommissioning
trust fund income
|
|
|
0.4
|
|
|
|
0.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Plant basis differences
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.4
|
|
Synthetic fuel-producing
facilities credit(a)
|
|
|
(4.7
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Domestic production activities
deduction
|
|
|
(1.4
|
)
|
|
|
(1.5
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax exempt income
|
|
|
(0.3
|
)
|
|
|
(0.3
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of investment tax
credit
|
|
|
(0.3
|
)
|
|
|
(0.1
|
)
|
|
|
(9.6
|
)
|
|
|
(0.3
|
)
|
Nontaxable postretirement benefits
|
|
|
(0.3
|
)
|
|
|
(0.1
|
)
|
|
|
(8.9
|
)
|
|
|
(0.2
|
)
|
Allowance for funds used during
construction (AFUDC), equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3.6
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Lobbying activities
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.7
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forecasted annual tax rate
adjustment
|
|
|
(0.3
|
)
|
|
|
(0.1
|
)
|
|
|
11.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
(0.7
|
)
|
|
|
(1.1
|
)
|
|
|
(0.4
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effective income tax rate
|
|
|
32.9
|
%
|
|
|
37.7
|
%
|
|
|
37.5
|
%
|
|
|
34.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
See Notes 2 and 12 of the
Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements within
Exelons 2006 Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for further information regarding investments in synthetic
fuel-producing facilities.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
Exelon
|
|
|
Generation
|
|
|
ComEd
|
|
|
PECO
|
|
|
U.S. Federal statutory rate
|
|
|
35.0
|
%
|
|
|
35.0
|
%
|
|
|
35.0
|
%
|
|
|
35.0
|
%
|
Increase (decrease) due to:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
State income taxes, net of Federal
income tax benefit
|
|
|
3.4
|
|
|
|
4.4
|
|
|
|
4.8
|
|
|
|
(0.6
|
)
|
Qualified nuclear decommissioning
trust fund income
|
|
|
0.5
|
|
|
|
0.7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of regulatory asset
|
|
|
0.7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.7
|
|
|
|
|
|
Plant basis differences
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
Synthetic fuel-producing
facilities credit(a)
|
|
|
(4.4
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Domestic production activities
deduction
|
|
|
(0.8
|
)
|
|
|
(1.1
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax exempt income
|
|
|
(0.5
|
)
|
|
|
(0.7
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of investment tax
credit
|
|
|
(0.5
|
)
|
|
|
(0.3
|
)
|
|
|
(0.8
|
)
|
|
|
(0.4
|
)
|
Nontaxable postretirement benefits
|
|
|
(0.4
|
)
|
|
|
(0.3
|
)
|
|
|
(0.7
|
)
|
|
|
(0.3
|
)
|
Lobbying activities
|
|
|
0.6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forecasted annual tax rate
adjustment
|
|
|
0.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.9
|
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
Other
|
|
|
(0.7
|
)
|
|
|
(0.2
|
)
|
|
|
0.5
|
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effective income tax rate
|
|
|
33.5
|
%
|
|
|
37.5
|
%
|
|
|
40.7
|
%
|
|
|
34.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
46
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
See Notes 2 and 12 of the
Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements within
Exelons 2006 Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for further information regarding investments in synthetic
fuel-producing facilities.
|
Accounting
for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (Exelon, Generation, ComEd and
PECO)
The Registrants adopted the provisions of FIN 48 on
January 1, 2007. The following table shows the effect of
adopting FIN 48 on the Registrants Consolidated
Balance Sheets as of January 1, 2007.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase (decrease)
|
|
Exelon
|
|
|
Generation
|
|
|
ComEd
|
|
|
PECO
|
|
|
Accounts receivable,
net Other
|
|
$
|
72
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
72
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
(53
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(53
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Other deferred debits and other
assets
|
|
|
378
|
|
|
|
22
|
|
|
|
137
|
|
|
|
208
|
|
Accrued expenses
|
|
|
(211
|
)
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
(186
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes and
unamortized investment tax credits
|
|
|
(86
|
)
|
|
|
28
|
|
|
|
(299
|
)
|
|
|
185
|
|
Other deferred credits and other
liabilities
|
|
|
710
|
|
|
|
31
|
|
|
|
642
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
Retained earnings
|
|
|
(16
|
)
|
|
|
(35
|
)
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
13
|
|
As a result of the implementation of FIN 48, Exelon,
Generation, ComEd, and PECO have identified unrecognized tax
benefits of $1.5 billion, $311 million,
$797 million and $318 million, respectively, as of
January 1, 2007.
ComEd has identified $21 million of its unrecognized tax
benefit at January 1, 2007 that, if recognized, would
decrease the effective tax rate. Generation has identified
$51 million of its unrecognized tax expense at
January 1, 2007 that, if recognized, would increase the
effective tax rate.
Generation and PECO have reflected in their Consolidated Balance
Sheets as of January 1, 2007 a net interest receivable of
$1 million and $20 million, respectively, related to
their uncertain income tax positions. Exelon and ComEd have
reflected in their Consolidated Balance Sheets as of
January 1, 2007 a net interest liability of
$134 million and $167 million related to their
uncertain income tax positions. The Registrants have not accrued
any penalties with respect to unrecognized tax benefits. The
Registrants recognize accrued interest related to unrecognized
tax benefits in interest expense or interest income and
penalties, if any, in operating and maintenance expense on their
Consolidated Statements of Operations. Exelon and ComEd have
reflected in their Consolidated Statement of Operations as of
March 31, 2007 net interest expense of $4 million
and $8 million, respectively, related to their uncertain
income tax positions. PECO has reflected in its Consolidated
Income Statement as of March 31, 2007 net interest
income of $3 million related to its uncertain income tax
positions.
Exelon and its subsidiaries file a consolidated
U.S. Federal income tax return as well as unitary and
combined income tax returns in several state jurisdictions with
Illinois being the most significant. Exelon and its subsidiaries
also file separate company income tax returns in several states
with Pennsylvania being the most significant. Exelon and its
subsidiaries have completed examinations by the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) for taxable years prior to 1999; however several
tax issues remain unresolved for tax years prior to 1999 and
have been protested to IRS Appeals, the next administrative
level within the IRS. In the second quarter of 2004, the IRS
commenced an audit of Exelon and its subsidiaries for taxable
years 1999 through 2001 and is expected to complete the audit by
the end of 2007. Exelon and its subsidiaries have also completed
examinations by the state of Illinois for taxable years prior to
1999 and by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on the separate
company income tax returns for taxable years ending from 2000 to
2003. However, to the extent adjustments are made to these prior
years as either part of a settlement at IRS Appeals or IRS
Examination, the state taxable income may also be adjusted.
47
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
It is reasonably possible that the amount of unrecognized tax
benefits will significantly increase or decrease in the next
twelve months as a result of settling several uncertain tax
positions. ComEd is in the process of negotiating with IRS
Appeals a settlement related to research and development refund
claims filed by ComEd for taxable years 1989 through 1998. At
this point, an estimate of a change, if any, to the unrecognized
tax benefit amount cannot be made. A majority of the refund
claim relates to ComEds formerly owned generation
property. Pursuant to the asset transfer agreement between ComEd
and Generation, any current tax benefit related to this
unrecognized tax benefit as well as a portion of the related
interest income would be recorded to ComEds goodwill as it
relates to taxable periods prior to the PECO /Unicom merger as
required under
EITF 93-7.
Generation would record the offsetting future deferred tax
effects, which would impact future period earnings. ComEd and
PECO also have several other issues at the IRS Appeals for
taxable years 1996 through 1998 that, if settled, would not
significantly increase or decrease the total amount of
unrecognized tax benefits.
As part of the Federal examination of taxable years 1999 through
2001, the IRS has issued proposed adjustments related to
ComEds deferral of gain on the 1999 sale of its fossil
plants. See 1999 Sale of Fossil Generating Assets
below for details. ComEds management is in the process of
evaluating its options with respect to the proposed tax
deficiency. Those options include either protesting the
disallowance to the IRS Appeals Division or possible litigation.
If ComEds management decides to litigate the matter, ComEd
may be required to pay the tax and related interest due on the
deficiency and file for refund. Paying the tax liability and
interest with respect to the gain deferral of the fossil plant
sale and its related issues may result in a decrease in the
amount of unrecognized tax benefits by as much as
$433 million.
The IRS has also proposed an adjustment requiring the
capitalization of certain merger costs previously deducted,
associated with the PECO / Unicom merger. Management is
currently reviewing the proposed adjustment to determine if it
agrees, but if accepted, Exelon and PECO would reduce the amount
of its unrecognized tax benefits by approximately
$16 million and $10 million, respectively.
Generation and ComEd filed refund claims related to taxable
years 1999 through 2004 for research and development
expenditures. The IRS is in the early stages of the audit of
those claims. At this point, an estimate of a change, if any, to
the unrecognized tax benefit amount cannot be made.
Certain of ComEd and PECOs tax positions evaluated under
FIN 48 are dependent on ComEd and PECO having sufficient
tax basis in its fixed assets. Should ComEd and PECO obtain any
future benefit associated with the Simplified Service Cost
Method (SSCM) accounting method change (discussed fully below),
it will require a reduction to the tax basis of assets. As a
result, the SSCM could have an effect on the unrecognized tax
benefits associated with other tax positions that are dependent
on tax basis.
Simplified
Service Cost Method (Exelon, ComEd and PECO)
In 2001, ComEd and PECO filed a request with the IRS to change
their tax method of accounting for certain capitalized overhead
costs. The requested tax method of accounting, the SSCM, is
expressly permitted under IRS regulations. The effect of the tax
method change results in the immediate expensing of certain
overhead costs that were previously capitalized to
self-constructed property. During the first quarter of 2007, the
IRS granted the tax method change. In April 2007, ComEd and PECO
signed the consent agreements, thus making the tax method change
effective as of that date. The consent agreement has terms and
conditions that subject the change to certain published guidance
as well as future guidelines and directives to be issued by the
IRS. As a result of the uncertainty of forthcoming IRS
settlement guidelines, ComEd and PECO are currently unable to
estimate the tax benefit associated with the SSCM. ComEd and
PECO have entered into an agreement with a tax consultant
related to the filing of this tax method change request. The fee
for this agreement is contingent upon receiving consent from the
IRS and is based upon a percentage of the refunds recovered from
the IRS, if any. The ultimate net cash impacts to
48
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
ComEd and PECO related to this agreement will either be positive
or neutral depending upon the outcome of the refund claim with
the IRS. These potential tax benefits and associated fees would
be recorded in accordance with FIN 48 and
SFAS No. 5, Accounting for Contingencies
(SFAS No. 5), respectively, and could be material to
the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of
ComEd and PECO.
1999
Sale of Fossil Generating Assets (Exelon and
ComEd)
Exelon, through its ComEd subsidiary, has taken certain tax
positions, which have been disclosed to the IRS, to defer the
tax gain on the 1999 sale of its fossil generating assets. As of
March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, deferred tax
liabilities related to the fossil plant sale are reflected in
Exelons Consolidated Balance Sheets with the majority
allocated to ComEd and the remainder to Generation. The Federal
tax returns and related tax return disclosures covering the
period of the 1999 sale are currently under IRS audit.
Exelons ability to continue to defer all or a portion of
this liability depends on whether its treatment of the sales
proceeds, as having been received in connection with an
involuntary conversion is proper pursuant to applicable law. In
November 2006, ComEd received from the IRS a notice of proposed
adjustment disallowing the deferral of gain associated with its
position that proceeds from the fossil plant sales resulted from
an involuntary conversion.
Exelons and ComEds ability to continue to defer the
remainder of the tax liability on the fossil plant sale may
depend in part on whether its tax characterization of a sale
leaseback transaction into which Exelon entered in connection
with the fossil plant sale is proper pursuant to applicable law.
In February 2007, Exelon received from the IRS a notice of
proposed adjustment disallowing the deferral of gain associated
with its sale leaseback transaction. The IRS has indicated its
position that the Exelon sale leaseback transaction is
substantially similar to a leasing transaction, a sale-in,
lease-out (SILO), the IRS is treating as a listed
transaction pursuant to guidance it issued in 2005. A
listed transaction is one which the IRS considers to be a
potentially abusive tax shelter. Exelon disagrees with the
IRSs characterization of its sale leaseback as a SILO and
believes its position is correct and will continue to
aggressively defend that position upon audit and any subsequent
appeals or litigation.
In final form, both the notice for the involuntary conversion
and the like kind exchange will be in the IRS audit report
expected to be issued in the second or third quarter of 2007.
Upon receipt of the final IRS report, Exelon will have the
opportunity to either appeal the disallowance to the IRS
Appeals, the next administrative level of the IRS, or litigate
the matter. If Exelons and ComEds management decides
to litigate, the matter it may be required to pay the tax and
related interest due on the deficiency and file for refund.
A successful IRS challenge to ComEds positions would
accelerate future income tax payments and increase interest
expense related to the deferred tax gain that becomes currently
payable. As of March 31, 2007, Exelons and
ComEds potential cash outflow, including tax and interest
(after tax), could be as much as $978 million. If the
deferral were successfully challenged by the IRS, it could
negatively impact Exelons and ComEds results of
operations by as much as $146 million (after tax) related
to interest expense. Exelons and ComEds management
believe a reserve for interest has been appropriately recorded
in accordance with FIN 48; however, the ultimate outcome of
such matters could result in unfavorable or favorable
adjustments to the results of operations, and such adjustments
could be material. Final resolution of this matter is not
anticipated for several years.
Investments
in Synthetic Fuel-Producing Facilities (Exelon)
Exelon, through three separate wholly owned subsidiaries, owns
interests in two limited liability companies and one limited
partnership (the Sellers) that own synthetic fuel-producing
facilities. Section 45K (formerly Section 29) of
the Internal Revenue Code provides tax credits for the sale of
synthetic fuel produced from coal. However, Section 45K
contains a provision under which the tax credits are phased out
(i.e., eliminated) in the event crude oil prices for a year
exceed certain thresholds. Exelon is required to pay for tax
credits based on the production
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EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
of the facilities regardless of whether or not a phase-out of
the tax credits is anticipated. However, Exelon has the legal
right to recover a portion of the payments made to the Sellers
related to phased-out tax credits.
In April 2007, the IRS published the 2006 oil Reference Price
which resulted in a 33% phase-out of tax credits for calendar
year 2006 which reduced Exelons earned after-tax credits
of $164 million to $110 million for the year ended
December 31, 2006. At December 31, 2006, Exelon had
estimated the 2006 phase-out to be 38% and had receivables on
its Consolidated Balance Sheet from the Sellers totaling
$63 million associated with the portion of the payments
previously made to the Sellers related to tax credits that were
anticipated to be phased out for 2006. The difference between
the actual 2006 phase-out and the 2006 phase-out estimated at
December 31, 2006 resulted in a $9 million increase in
tax credits for 2006 and a corresponding $6 million
decrease, net of the related tax benefit, in the receivables due
from the Sellers as of December 31, 2006, which will be
reflected in Exelons operating results in the second
quarter of 2007.
The following table (in dollars) provides the estimated
phase-out range for 2007 based on the per barrel price of oil as
of March 31, 2007. The table also contains the estimated
2007 annual average New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. index
(NYMEX) price per barrel at March 31, 2007 based on
year-to-date
and futures prices.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Estimated
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Beginning of Phase-Out Range(a)
|
|
$
|
62
|
|
End of Phase-Out Range(a)
|
|
|
78
|
|
2007 Annual Average NYMEX
|
|
|
66
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
The estimated 2007 phase-out range
as of March 31, 2007 is based upon the actual 2006
phase-out range. The actual 2006 phase-out range was determined
using the inflation adjustment factor published by the IRS in
April 2007. The actual 2006 phase-out range was increased by 2%
(Exelons estimate of inflation) to arrive at the estimated
2007 phase-out range.
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At March 31, 2007, Exelon had receivables on its
Consolidated Balance Sheet from the Sellers totaling
$18 million associated with the portion of the payments
previously made to the Sellers related to tax credits that are
anticipated to be phased out in 2007. As of March 31, 2007,
Exelon has estimated the 2007 phase-out to be 27%, which has
reduced Exelons earned after-tax credits of
$65 million to $48 million for the three months ended
March 31, 2007. These credits may be further phased out
during the remainder of 2007 depending on the price of oil;
however, as these tax credits are phased out, Exelon anticipates
recording income through the establishment of additional
receivables from the Sellers or from derivatives entered into in
2005 (as more fully described below) depending on the magnitude
of the credits phased-out.
In 2005, Exelon and Generation entered into certain derivatives
in the normal course of trading operations to economically hedge
a portion of the exposure to a phase-out of the tax credits. One
of the Sellers has security interests in these derivatives.
Including the related
mark-to-market
gains and losses on these derivatives, interests in synthetic
fuel-producing facilities increased Exelons net income by
$25 million and $12 million during the three months
ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Exelon
anticipates that it will continue to record income or losses
related to the
mark-to-market
gains or losses on its derivative instruments and changes to the
tax credits earned by Exelon during the period of production as
a result of volatility in oil prices.
Net income from interests in synthetic fuel-producing facilities
is reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and
Comprehensive Income within income taxes, operating and
maintenance expense, depreciation and amortization expense,
interest expense, equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliates
and other, net.
There are provisions in the agreements between the parties, such
as low production volume, unanimous consents between the parties
and defaults by the parties, which would allow or cause an early
termination of the
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EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
partnerships. If none of the parties to the agreements takes
action to terminate the partnerships early, the partnerships
will terminate in 2008.
The non-recourse notes payable principal balance was
$74 million and $108 million at March 31, 2007
and December 31, 2006, respectively. The non-recourse notes
payable can be relieved either through eventual payments or
possibly through extinguishment which may occur subsequent to
termination of the partnership pursuant to the agreements
between the parties.
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|
11.
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Asset
Retirement Obligations (Exelon and Generation)
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Nuclear
Decommissioning Asset Retirement Obligations (ARO)
Exelon, Generation and AmerGen have legal obligations to
decommission their nuclear power plants following the expiration
of their operating licenses. Exelon, Generation and AmerGen will
pay for their respective obligations using trust funds that have
been established for this purpose.
The following table provides a rollforward of the nuclear
decommissioning ARO reflected on Exelons and
Generations Consolidated Balance Sheets, from
January 1, 2007 to March 31, 2007:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exelon and Generation
|
|
|
Nuclear decommissioning AROs at
January 1, 2007
|
|
$
|
3,533
|
|
Accretion expense
|
|
|
57
|
|
Payments to decommission retired
plants
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nuclear decommissioning AROs at
March 31, 2007
|
|
$
|
3,587
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exelon and Generation update their nuclear decommissioning AROs
on a periodic basis; however, there were no changes in the
underlying assumptions that would result in a significant change
to the estimated future cash flows during the first quarter of
2007 or 2006.
Nuclear
Decommissioning Trust Fund Investments
The trust funds that have been established to satisfy
Exelons and Generations nuclear decommissioning
obligations were originally funded with amounts collected from
customers. Certain of these trust funds will continue to be
funded by future collections from PECO customers.
At March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, Exelon and
Generation had nuclear decommissioning trust fund investments
totaling $6,540 million and $6,415 million,
respectively.
At March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, Exelon and
Generation had gross unrealized gains of $1,353 million and
$1,287 million, respectively, related to the nuclear
decommissioning trust fund investments, which were included in
regulatory liabilities or accumulated other comprehensive income
in Exelons Consolidated Balance Sheets and in noncurrent
payables to affiliates or accumulated other comprehensive income
in Generations Consolidated Balance Sheets. Exelon and
Generation consider all nuclear decommissioning trust fund
investments in an unrealized loss position to be
other-than-temporarily
impaired. As a result of certain Nuclear Regulatory Commission
restrictions, Exelon and Generation are unable to demonstrate
the ability and intent to hold the nuclear decommissioning trust
fund investments through a recovery period and accordingly
recognizes any unrealized holding losses immediately. For the
three months ended March 31, 2007, Generation recorded
impairment charges totaling $8 million and $2 million
associated with the nuclear decommissioning trust funds for the
former ComEd and the AmerGen units, respectively. For the three
months ended March 31, 2006, Generation recorded impairment
charges totaling $3 million associated with the nuclear
decommissioning trust funds for the former ComEd units.
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EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
As a result of the sale of nuclear decommissioning trust fund
investments, Exelon and Generation realized gains of
$9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007
and realized losses of $2 million for the three months
ended March 31, 2006 on nuclear decommissioning trust funds.
Refer to Notes 9 and 13 of the Combined Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements within Exelons 2006
Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for a full discussion of the accounting for nuclear
decommissioning obligations, nuclear decommissioning trust funds
and the corresponding accounting implications resulting from
agreements entered into with ComEd and PECO at the time of the
corporate restructuring effective January 1, 2001. In
addition, see Note 16 Related Party
Transactions for information regarding intercompany balances
between Generation, ComEd and PECO reflecting the obligation to
refund to customers any decommissioning-related assets in excess
of the related decommissioning obligations.
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|
12.
|
Earnings
Per Share and Shareholders Equity (Exelon)
|
Earnings
per Share
Diluted earnings per share are calculated by dividing net income
by the weighted average number of shares of common stock
outstanding, including shares to be issued upon exercise of
stock options, performance share awards and restricted stock
outstanding under Exelons long-term incentive plans
considered to be common stock equivalents. The following table
sets forth the components of basic and diluted earnings per
share and shows the effect of these stock options, performance
share awards and restricted stock on the weighted average number
of shares outstanding used in calculating diluted earnings per
share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Income from continuing operations
|
|
$
|
681
|
|
|
$
|
399
|
|
Income from discontinued operations
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$
|
691
|
|
|
$
|
400
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average common shares
outstanding basic
|
|
|
672
|
|
|
|
669
|
|
Assumed exercise of stock options,
performance share awards and restricted stock
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average common shares
outstanding diluted
|
|
|
677
|
|
|
|
675
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The number of stock options not included in the calculation of
diluted common shares outstanding due to their antidilutive
effect was 3 million and 4 million for the three
months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
Share
Repurchases
In April 2004, Exelons Board of Directors approved a
discretionary share repurchase program that allows Exelon to
repurchase shares of its common stock on a periodic basis in the
open market. See Note 16 of the Combined Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements within Exelons 2006
Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for further information regarding Exelons share repurchase
program. Repurchased shares are held as treasury shares and
recorded at cost. As of March 31, 2007, 13 million
shares of common stock have been purchased under the share
repurchase program for $652 million. During the three
months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, Exelon repurchased
0.6 million shares and 0.9 million shares,
respectively, of common stock under the share repurchase program
for $37 million and $54 million, respectively.
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EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Long-Term
Incentive Plans
The following table presents the stock-based compensation
expense included in Exelons Consolidated Statements of
Income and Comprehensive Income during the three months ended
March 31, 2007 and 2006:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Stock options
|
|
$
|
15
|
|
|
$
|
17
|
|
Performance shares
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
|
21
|
|
Restricted stock units
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stock-based compensation
included in operating and maintenance expense
|
|
|
38
|
|
|
|
39
|
|
Income tax benefit
|
|
|
(15
|
)
|
|
|
(15
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total after-tax stock-based
compensation expense
|
|
$
|
23
|
|
|
$
|
24
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock
Options and Performance Shares
For information regarding stock options and performance shares,
see Notes 1 and 16 of the Combined Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements within Exelons 2006 Annual Report on
Form 10-K.
Restricted
Stock Units
Beginning in January 2007, Exelon began granting key managers
restricted stock units in lieu of stock options through its
long-term incentive plans. During the three months ended
March 31, 2007, Exelon granted 331,745 restricted stock
units, which will vest and settle over a three-year period.
In accordance with SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004),
Share-Based Payment
(SFAS No. 123-R),
the cost of services received from employees in exchange for the
issuance of restricted stock units is required to be measured
based on the grant-date fair value of the restricted stock unit
issued. The value of the restricted stock units at the date of
grant is either amortized through expense over the requisite
service period using the straight-line method or capitalized.
For non-retirement eligible individuals, the substantive service
period was determined to be the three-year vesting period. The
cost associated with restricted stock units granted to employees
who are retirement eligible is recognized immediately upon the
date of grant, as the employees are not required to render any
further service to earn the restricted stock units. For
employees who become retirement eligible during the substantive
service period, the cost of the restricted stock units is
recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service
period.
The holders of the restricted stock units will be paid shares of
common stock annually during the vesting period of three years.
During the three months ended March 31, 2007, Exelon had
costs of $5 million related to outstanding awards not yet
settled.
|
|
13.
|
Commitments
and Contingencies (Exelon, Generation, ComEd and PECO)
|
For information regarding capital commitments and nuclear
decommissioning at December 31, 2006, see Notes 13 and
18 of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
within Exelons 2006 Annual Report on
Form 10-K.
All significant contingencies are disclosed below.
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EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Energy
Commitments
Generations long-term commitments relating to the purchase
from and sale to unaffiliated utilities and others of energy,
capacity and transmission rights as of March 31, 2007 did
not change significantly from December 31, 2006, except for
the following:
|
|
|
|
|
Generations total commitments for future sales of energy
to unaffiliated third-party utilities and others increased by
approximately $149 million during the three months ended
March 31, 2007, reflecting increases of approximately
$578 million, $346 million and $121 million in
2008, 2009 and 2010 sales commitments, respectively, offset by
the fulfillment of approximately $896 million of 2007
commitments during the three months ended March 31, 2007.
The increases were primarily due to increased forward sales of
energy to counterparties other than ComEd as a result of the
expiration of the PPA with ComEd on December 31, 2006, as
well as increased overall hedging activity in the normal course
of business.
|
As a result of the first reverse-auction competitive bidding
process, ComEd is procuring substantially all of its supply
under supplier forward contracts with various suppliers. See
Note 5 Regulatory Issues for further
information.
Fuel
Purchase Obligations
Generations and PECOs fuel purchase obligations as
of March 31, 2007 did not change significantly from
December 31, 2006, except for the following:
|
|
|
|
|
Generations total fuel purchase obligations for nuclear
and fossil generation as of March 31, 2007 increased by
$58 million for 2008, $89 million for 2009 and 2010,
and $270 million for 2011 and beyond, as compared to
December 31, 2006 due to contracts entered into in the
normal course of business.
|
|
|
|
PECOs total fuel purchase obligations increased by
approximately $105 million during the three months ended
March 31, 2007, reflecting an increase of $19 million,
$36 million, $31 million and $19 million in 2007,
2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively, primarily related to the
purchase of natural gas and related transportation services.
|
Commercial
Commitments
Exelons, Generations, ComEds and PECOs
commercial commitments as of March 31, 2007, representing
commitments potentially triggered by future events, did not
change significantly from December 31, 2006, except for the
following:
|
|
|
|
|
Exelons guarantees increased by $211 million
primarily as a result of leasing activities, energy trading and
performance guarantees.
|
|
|
|
Generations letters of credit increased by $6 million
and its guarantees (outside the scope of
FIN 45) increased by $175 million primarily as a
result of energy trading activities and the performance guaranty
agreement entered into in connection with the sale of TEG and
TEP.
|
Environmental
Liabilities
The Registrants operations have in the past and may in the
future require substantial expenditures in order to comply with
environmental laws. Additionally, under Federal and state
environmental laws, the Registrants are generally liable for the
costs of remediating environmental contamination of property now
or formerly owned by them and of property contaminated by
hazardous substances generated by them. The Registrants own or
lease a
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EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
number of real estate parcels, including parcels on which their
operations or the operations of others may have resulted in
contamination by substances that are considered hazardous under
environmental laws. ComEd and PECO have identified 42 and 27
sites, respectively, where former manufactured gas plant (MGP)
activities have or may have resulted in actual site
contamination. For almost all of these sites, ComEd or PECO is
one of several Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs) which may
be responsible for ultimate remediation of each location. Of
these 42 sites identified by ComEd, the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency has approved the clean up of nine sites and of
the 27 sites identified by PECO, the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection has approved the cleanup of 12 sites.
Of the remaining sites identified by ComEd and PECO, 20 and 10
sites, respectively, are currently under some degree of active
study and/or
remediation. ComEd and PECO anticipate that the majority of the
remediation at these sites will continue through at least 2015
and 2012, respectively. In addition, the Registrants are
currently involved in a number of proceedings relating to sites
where hazardous substances have been deposited and may be
subject to additional proceedings in the future.
ComEd and Nicor Gas Company, a subsidiary of Nicor Inc. (Nicor),
are parties to an interim agreement under which they cooperate
in remediation activities at 38 former MGP sites for which ComEd
or Nicor, or both, may have responsibility. Under the interim
agreement, costs are split evenly between ComEd and Nicor
pending their final agreement on allocation of costs at each
site, but either party may demand arbitration if the parties
cannot agree on a final allocation of costs. For most of the
sites, the interim agreement contemplates that neither party
will pay less than 20%, nor more than 80% of the final costs for
each site. ComEds accrual for these environmental
liabilities is based on ComEds estimate of its 50% share
of costs under the interim agreement with Nicor. On
April 17, 2006, Nicor submitted a demand for arbitration of
the cost allocation for 38 MGP sites. Through
March 31, 2007, ComEd has incurred approximately
$117 million associated with remediation of the sites in
question. Although ComEd believes that the arbitration
proceedings will not result in an allocation of costs materially
different from ComEds current estimate of its aggregate
remediation costs for MGP sites, the outcome of the arbitration
proceedings is not certain and could result in a material
increase or decrease of ComEds estimate of its share of
the aggregate remediation costs.
Based on the final order received in ComEds Rate Case,
beginning in 2007, ComEd is recovering MGP remediation costs
from customers for which it established a regulatory asset (see
ComEd Rate Case below). Pursuant to a PAPUC order, PECO is
currently recovering a provision for environmental costs
annually for the remediation of former MGP facility sites, for
which PECO has recorded a regulatory asset. See
Note 14 Supplemental Financial Information for
further information regarding regulatory assets and liabilities.
As of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, Exelon,
Generation, ComEd and PECO had accrued the following amounts for
environmental liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Environmental
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investigation and
|
|
|
Portion of Total Related
|
|
|
|
Remediation
|
|
|
to MGP Investigation
|
|
March 31, 2007
|
|
Reserve
|
|
|
and Remediation
|
|
|
Exelon
|
|
$
|
114
|
|
|
$
|
86
|
|
Generation
|
|
|
19
|
|
|
|
|
|
ComEd
|
|
|
56
|
|
|
|
49
|
|
PECO
|
|
|
39
|
|
|
|
37
|
|
55
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Environmental
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investigation and
|
|
|
Portion of Total Related
|
|
|
|
Remediation
|
|
|
to MGP Investigation
|
|
December 31, 2006
|
|
Reserve
|
|
|
and Remediation
|
|
|
Exelon
|
|
$
|
119
|
|
|
$
|
88
|
|
Generation
|
|
|
20
|
|
|
|
|
|
ComEd
|
|
|
58
|
|
|
|
49
|
|
PECO
|
|
|
41
|
|
|
|
39
|
|
The Registrants cannot predict the extent to which they will
incur other significant liabilities for additional investigation
and remediation costs at these or additional sites identified by
environmental agencies or others, or whether such costs may be
recoverable from third parties.
Section 316(b)
of the Clean Water Act
In July 2004, the United States Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) issued the final Phase II rule implementing
Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act. The Clean Water Act
requires that the cooling water intake structures at electric
power plants reflect the best technology available to minimize
adverse environmental impacts. The Phase II rule
established national performance standards for reducing
entrainment and impingement of aquatic organisms at existing
power plants. The rule provided each facility with a number of
compliance options and permitted site-specific variances based
on a cost-benefit analysis. The requirements were intended to be
implemented through state-level National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit programs. All of
Generations power generation facilities with cooling water
systems are subject to the regulations. Facilities without
closed-cycle recirculating systems (e.g., cooling towers) are
potentially most affected. Those facilities are Clinton, Cromby,
Dresden, Eddystone, Fairless Hills, Handley, Mountain Creek, New
Boston, Oyster Creek, Peach Bottom, Quad Cities, Salem and
Schuylkill. Since promulgation of the rule, Generation has been
evaluating compliance options at each of its affected plants to
achieve interim compliance deadlines.
On January 25, 2007, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Second Circuit issued its opinion in a challenge to the final
Phase II rule brought by environmental groups and several
states. The court found that, with respect to a number of
significant provisions of the rule, the EPA either exceeded its
authority under the Clean Water Act, failed to adequately set
forth its rationale for the rule, or failed to follow required
procedures for public notice and comment. The court remanded the
rule back to the EPA for revisions consistent with the
courts opinion. By its action, the court invalidated
compliance measures that the utility industry supported because
they were cost-effective and provided existing plants with
needed flexibility in selecting the compliance option
appropriate to its location and operations. For example, the
court found that environmental restoration does not qualify as a
compliance option and site-specific compliance variances based
on a cost-benefit analysis are impermissible.
The courts decision has created significant uncertainty
about the specific nature, scope and timing of the final
compliance requirements. It is not yet known whether the EPA, or
any of the industry petitioners, will seek an en banc
rehearing by the entire Second Circuit panel, or file a
petition for certiorari seeking review by the
U.S. Supreme Court. In the interim, the EPA has announced
the suspension of the Phase II rule due to the uncertainty
about the specific compliance requirements created by the
courts remand of significant provisions of the rule. Until
the EPA finalizes the rule on remand, the state permitting
agencies will continue the current practice of applying their
best professional judgment to address impingement and
entrainment requirements at plant cooling water intake
structures. Due to this uncertainty, Generation cannot estimate
the effect that compliance with the Phase II rule
requirements will have on the operation of its generating
facilities and its future results of operations, financial
condition and cash flows. If the final rule has performance
standards that require the reduction of cooling
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water intake flow at the plants consistent with closed loop
cooling systems, then the impact on the operation of the
facilities and Exelons and Generations future
results of operations, financial position and cash flows could
be material.
In a pre-draft permit dated May 13, 2005 and a draft permit
issued on July 19, 2005, as part of the NPDES permit
renewal process for Oyster Creek that has been pending since
1999, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
(NJDEP) preliminarily determined that closed-cycle cooling and
environmental restoration are the only viable compliance options
for Section 316(b) compliance at Oyster Creek. The final
permit has not been issued, and Oyster Creek has continued to
operate under the 1999 permit. Generation cannot predict with
any certainty how the NJDEP will implement its best professional
judgment. AmerGen has not made a determination regarding how it
will comply with the Section 316(b) regulations and must
first evaluate the final regulations issued by the EPA as a
result of the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Second Circuit, discussed above. In addition, the cost required
to retrofit Oyster Creek with closed cycle cooling could be
material and could therefore negatively impact Generations
decision to renew the plants operating license.
In June 2001, the NJDEP issued a renewed NPDES permit for Salem,
which expired in July 2006, allowing for the continued operation
of Salem with its existing cooling water system. NJDEP advised
Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (PSEG), the plant
operator, in a letter dated July 12, 2004 that it strongly
recommended reducing cooling water intake flow commensurate with
closed-cycle cooling as a compliance option for Salem. PSEG
submitted an application for a renewal of the permit on
February 1, 2006. In the permit renewal application, PSEG
analyzed closed-cycle cooling and other options and demonstrated
that the continuation of the Estuary Enhancement Program, an
extensive environmental restoration program at Salem, along with
continued operation of the existing intake, is the best
available technology to meet the Section 316(b)
requirements. PSEG continues to operate Salem under the approved
June 2001 NPDES permit while the NPDES permit renewal
application is being reviewed. PSEG must evaluate the final
Phase II rule after remand, particularly whether the
restoration done under the Estuary Enhancement Project remains a
compliance option. If application of the final
Section 316(b) regulations or the NJDEP as a result of the
Phase II ruling discussed above ultimately requires the
retrofitting of Salems cooling water intake structure to
reduce cooling water intake flow commensurate with closed-cycle
cooling, Exelons and Generations share of the total
cost of the retrofit and any resulting interim replacement power
would likely be in excess of $500 million and could result
in increased depreciation expense related to the retrofit
investment.
Nuclear
Generating Station Groundwater
On December 16, 2005 and February 27, 2006, the
Illinois EPA issued violation notices to Generation alleging
violations of state groundwater standards as a result of
historical discharges of liquid tritium from a line at the
Braidwood Nuclear Generating Station (Braidwood). In November
2005, Generation discovered that spills from the line in 1996,
1998 and 2000 have resulted in a tritium plume in groundwater
that is both on and off the plant site. Levels in portions of
the plume exceed Federal limits for drinking water. However,
samples from drinking water wells on property adjacent to the
plant showed that, with one exception, tritium levels in these
wells were at levels that naturally occur. The tritium level in
one drinking water well was elevated above levels that occur
naturally, but was significantly below the state and Federal
drinking water standards, and Generation believes that this
level posed no threat to human health. Generation has
investigated the causes of the releases and has taken the
necessary corrective actions to prevent another occurrence.
Generation notified the owners of 14 potentially affected
adjacent properties that, upon sale of their property,
Generation will reimburse the owners for any diminution in
property value caused by the tritium release. As of
March 31, 2007, Generation has purchased four of the 14
adjacent properties.
On March 13, 2006, a class action lawsuit was filed against
Exelon, Generation and ComEd (as the prior owner of Braidwood)
in Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
on behalf of all persons who live or own
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property within 10 miles of Braidwood. Initially, the
plaintiffs primarily sought compensation for diminished property
values, but in February 2007, they amended their complaint to
seek punitive damages. The U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of Illinois denied the class action status of the
lawsuit on March 19, 2007. Plaintiffs have requested
reconsideration and are seeking certification of a class of
approximately 200 persons whose property allegedly has tritium
at levels below detection level, along with a class of adjacent
property owners (unspecified in number) that have allegedly been
impacted by tritium from the plant. Exelon, Generation and ComEd
will oppose class certification on these bases.
On March 14 and 23, 2006, 37 area residents filed two
separate but identical lawsuits against Exelon, Generation and
ComEd in the Circuit Court of Will County, Illinois alleging
property contamination and seeking compensation for diminished
property values. Exelon removed these cases to Federal court,
and all three cases were assigned to the same District Court
judge. Subsequently, seven plaintiffs withdrew from the cases,
and 18 additional plaintiffs were added. On October 11,
2006, two area residents filed a lawsuit in the
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
against Exelon, Generation and ComEd. The allegations in the
complaint are substantially similar to the lawsuits described
above, and the case has been transferred to the judge overseeing
the other Federal cases.
Exelon, Generation and ComEd, have tendered the defense for all
of these lawsuits described above to their insurance carrier,
ANI, and ANI has agreed to defend the suits subject to a
reservation of rights. Exelon, Generation and ComEd continue to
believe that these lawsuits are without merit and will continue
to vigorously defend them.
On March 16, 2006, the Attorney General of the State of
Illinois and the States Attorney for Will County, Illinois
filed a civil enforcement action against Exelon, Generation and
ComEd in the Circuit Court of Will County relating to the
releases of tritium discussed above and alleging that, beginning
on or before 1996, and with additional events in 1998, 2000 and
2005, there have been tritium and other non-radioactive wastes
discharged from Braidwood in violation of Braidwoods NPDES
permit, the Illinois Environmental Protection Act and
regulations of the Illinois Pollution Control Board. The lawsuit
seeks injunctive relief relating to the discontinuation of the
liquid tritium discharge line until further court order, soil
and groundwater testing, prevention of future releases and
off-site migration and to provide potable drinking water to area
residents. The action also seeks the maximum civil penalties
allowed by the statute and regulations, $10,000 or $50,000 for
each violation (depending on the specific violation), and
$10,000 for each day during which a violation continues. On
May 24, 2006, the Circuit Court of Will County, Illinois
entered an order resulting in Generation commencing remediation
efforts in June 2006 for tritium in groundwater off of plant
property. Among other things, the May 24, 2006 order
requires Generation to conduct certain studies and implement
measures to ensure that tritium does not leave plant property at
levels in excess of the United States EPA safe drinking water
standard. Any civil penalty will not be determined until the
consent decree is finalized. Furthermore, the Circuit Court of
Will County may exercise its discretion in determining the final
penalty, if any, taking into account a number of factors,
including corrective actions taken by Generation and other
mitigating circumstances.
As of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, Generation
had reserves of $3 million and $3 million (pre-tax),
respectively, related to the matters described above, which
Generation deems adequate to cover the costs of remediation and
potential related corrective measures.
As a result of intensified monitoring and inspection efforts in
2006, Generation detected small underground tritium leaks at the
Dresden Nuclear Generating Station (Dresden) and at the Byron
Nuclear Generating Station (Byron). Neither of these discharges
occurred outside the property lines of the plant, nor does
Generation believe either of these matters poses health or
safety threats to employees or to the public. Generation
identified the source
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STATEMENTS (Continued)
of the leaks and implemented repairs. On March 31, 2006 and
April 12, 2006, the Illinois EPA issued a violation notice
to Generation in connection with the Dresden and Byron leaks,
respectively, alleging various violations, including those
related to (1) Illinois groundwater standards,
(2) non-permitted discharges, and (3) each
stations NPDES permit. Generation has analyzed the
remediation options related to these matters and submitted its
response and proposed remediation plan to the Illinois EPA. On
July 10, 2006, the Illinois EPA rejected the remediation
plan for Dresden and on July 12, 2006, the Illinois EPA
sent a Notice of Intention to Pursue Legal Action. On
July 17, 2006, the Illinois EPA rejected the remediation
plan for Byron and has referred the matter to the Illinois
Attorney General for consideration of formal enforcement action
and the imposition of penalties.
Generation is actively discussing the violation notices and
Attorney General civil enforcement matters for Braidwood,
Dresden and Byron, discussed above, with the Illinois EPA and
the Attorneys General for Illinois and the Counties in which the
plants are located. While Generation is unable to determine the
amount of the civil penalties that will be included in a final
consent decree, it is probable that they will exceed $100,000 in
the aggregate for all three stations but will not be material to
Exelons and Generations financial position, results
of operations and cash flows. Generation expects these matters
to be resolved during 2007.
Exelon, Generation or ComEd cannot determine the outcome of the
above-described matters but believe their ultimate resolution
should not, after consideration of reserves established, have a
significant impact on Exelons, Generations or
ComEds financial position, results of operations or cash
flows.
Cotter
Corporation
The EPA has advised Cotter Corporation (Cotter), a former ComEd
subsidiary, that it is potentially liable in connection with
radiological contamination at a site known as the West Lake
Landfill in Missouri. On February 18, 2000, ComEd sold
Cotter to an unaffiliated third party. As part of the sale,
ComEd agreed to indemnify Cotter for any liability incurred by
Cotter as a result of any liability arising in connection with
the West Lake Landfill. In connection with Exelons 2001
corporate restructuring, this responsibility to indemnify Cotter
was transferred to Generation. Cotter is alleged to have
disposed of approximately 39,000 tons of soils mixed with 8,700
tons of leached barium sulfate at the site. Cotter, along with
three other companies identified by the EPA as PRPs, has
submitted a draft feasibility study addressing options for
remediation of the site. The PRPs are also engaged in
discussions with the State of Missouri and the EPA. The
estimated costs of the anticipated remediation strategy for the
site range up to $24 million. Once a remedy is selected, it
is expected that the PRPs will agree on an allocation of
responsibility for the costs. Generation has accrued what it
believes to be an adequate amount to cover its anticipated share
of the liability.
Greenhouse
Gas Emissions Reductions
Exelon announced on May 6, 2005 that it has established a
voluntary goal to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by
8% from 2001 levels by the end of 2008. The 8% reduction goal
represents a decrease of an estimated 1.3 million metric
tons of GHG emissions. Exelon will incorporate recognition of
GHG emissions and their potential cost into its business
analyses as a means to promote internal investment in activities
that result in the reduction or avoidance of GHG emissions.
Exelon made this pledge under the United States EPAs
Climate Leaders program, a voluntary industry-government
partnership addressing climate change. Exelon believes that its
planned GHG management efforts, including increased use of
renewable energy, its current energy and process efficiency
initiatives and its efforts in the areas of carbon
sequestration, will allow it to achieve this goal. The
anticipated cost of achieving the voluntary GHG emissions
reduction goal will not have a material effect on Exelons
future results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.
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COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
On April 2, 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a
decision in the case of Massachusetts v.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency holding that carbon
dioxide and other GHGs are pollutants subject to regulation
under the new motor vehicle provisions of the Clean Air Act. The
case was remanded to the EPA for further rulemaking to determine
whether GHGs may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public
health or welfare, or in the alternative provide a reasonable
explanation why GHGs should not be regulated. Possible outcomes
from this decision include regulation of GHGs from manufacturing
plants, including electric generation, transmission and
distribution facilities, under a new EPA rule, and Federal or
state legislation. Due to the uncertainty as to any of these
potential outcomes, Exelon cannot estimate the effect of the
decision on its operations and its future results of operations,
financial condition and cash flows.
Leases
The Registrants lease commitments as of March 31,
2007 did not change significantly from December 31, 2006.
See Note 18 of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements within Exelons 2006 Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for information regarding leases.
Litigation
and Regulatory Matters
Exelon,
Generation and PECO
PJM Billing Dispute. In December 2004, Exelon
filed a complaint with FERC against PJM and PPL Electric (PPL)
alleging that PJM had overcharged Exelon from April 1998 through
May 2003 as a result of a billing error. Specifically, the
complaint alleges that PJM mistakenly identified PPLs
Elroy substation transformer as belonging to Exelon and that, as
a consequence, during times of congestion, Exelons bills
for transmission congestion from PJM erroneously reflected
energy that PPL took from the Elroy substation and used to serve
PPL load.
Beginning in September of 2005 and throughout 2006, Exelon and
PPL filed multiple settlement proposals with FERC, with each new
proposal superceding the prior, in attempts to resolve this
matter. On March 20, 2007, FERC issued an order accepting
the settlement in which PPL agreed to directly pay Exelon
approximately $43 million in a lump-sum payment (comprised
of $38 million of erroneous charges, plus interest of
$5 million). At that time, Exelon established a receivable
due from PPL and recognized the corresponding gain in current
earnings. Approximately $32 million and $11 million of
the settlement amount will be received by Generation and PECO,
respectively, and recorded as a reduction to purchased power
expense and interest income. In April 2007, this receivable
amount was paid in full, including interest.
Real Estate Tax Appeals. Generation and PECO
each have been challenging real estate taxes assessed on certain
nuclear plants. PECO has been involved in litigation in which it
has contested taxes assessed in 1997 under the Pennsylvania
Public Utility Realty Tax Act of March 4, 1971, as amended
(PURTA), and has appealed local real estate assessments for 1998
and 1999 on the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station (York County,
PA) (Peach Bottom). On March 27, 2007, PECO prevailed in a
unanimous decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in its
contesting of taxes assessed in 1997 under PURTA. The
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Commonwealth) had contended that
PECO owed more in real estate taxes in 1997 than had previously
been remitted by PECO, while PECO contended that it owed less
than what it had previously remitted. PECO received a favorable
ruling in this case, which is expected to result in the eventual
refunding or credit to PECO of approximately $38 million of
real estate taxes previously remitted plus approximately
$17 million in interest. PECO has recorded a receivable for
the $55 million expected to be received from the
Commonwealth. PECO had previously reserved approximately
$17 million for the difference between the
Commonwealths assessment and the amount previously
remitted by PECO. PECO is in the process of determining the
ultimate use and ratemaking treatment of these amounts and has
recorded the total of these amounts of $72 million as a
regulatory liability. See Note 14 Supplemental
Financial
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PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Information for a listing of PECOs regulatory assets and
liabilities. As of March 31, 2007, Generation was involved
in real estate tax appeals for 2006 and 2005 for the valuation
of its Byron plant and is involved in appeals regarding the 2006
valuation of its Braidwood, Clinton and Dresden plants. The
ultimate outcome of these matters remains uncertain and could
result in unfavorable or favorable impacts to the consolidated
financial statements of Exelon, Generation and PECO. Generation
and PECO believe their reserve balances for exposures associated
with real estate taxes as of March 31, 2007 reflect the
probable expected outcome of these appeals proceedings in
accordance with SFAS No. 5.
Exelon
and Generation
Asbestos Personal Injury Claims. In the second
quarter of 2005, Generation engaged independent actuaries to
determine if, based on historical claims data and other
available information, a reasonable estimate of future losses
could be calculated associated with asbestos-related personal
injury actions in certain facilities that are currently owned by
Generation or were previously owned by ComEd and PECO. Based on
the actuaries analyses, managements review of
current and expected losses, and the view of counsel regarding
the assumptions used in estimating the future losses, Generation
recorded an undiscounted $43 million pre-tax charge for its
estimated portion of all estimated future asbestos-related
personal injury claims estimated to be presented through 2030.
This amount did not include estimated legal costs associated
with handling these matters, which could be material.
Generations management determined that it was not
reasonable to estimate future asbestos-related personal injury
claims past 2030 based on only three years of historical claims
data and the significant amount of judgment required to estimate
this liability. The $43 million pre-tax charge was recorded
as part of operating and maintenance expense in
Generations Consolidated Statements of Operations and
Comprehensive Income in 2005 and reduced net income by
$27 million after tax.
At March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, Generation
had reserved approximately $48 and $48 million,
respectively, in total for asbestos-related bodily injury
claims. As of March 31, 2007, approximately
$12 million of this amount relates to 138 open claims
presented to Generation, while the remaining $36 million of
the reserve is for estimated future asbestos-related bodily
injury claims anticipated to arise through 2030 based on
actuarial assumptions and analysis. Generation plans to obtain
annual updates of the estimate of future losses. On a quarterly
basis, Generation monitors actual experience against the number
of forecasted claims to be received and expected claim
payments. During 2006 and the first quarter of 2007, Generation
performed a periodic update to this reserve, which did not
result in a material adjustment.
Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund Claim. In December 2004, the
two Salem nuclear generation units were taken offline due to an
oil spill from a tanker in the Delaware River near the
facilities. The units, which draw water from the river for
cooling purposes, were taken offline for approximately two weeks
to avoid intake of the spilled oil and for an additional two
weeks relating to start up issues arising from the oil spill
shutdown. The total shutdown period resulted in lost sales from
the plant. Generation and PSEG subsequently filed a joint claim
for losses and damages with the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund. In January 2007, Exelon and PSEG submitted a
revised damages calculation to the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund identifying approximately $46 million in
total damages and losses, of which approximately
$20 million would be paid to Exelon. As this matter
represents a contingent gain, Generation has not recorded any
income. Generation expects this matter to be resolved in 2007.
Exelon
Pension Claim. On July 11, 2006, a former
employee of ComEd filed a purported class action lawsuit against
the Exelon Corporation Cash Balance Pension Plan (Plan) in the
Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
The complaint alleges that the Plan, which covers certain
management employees of Exelons subsidiaries,
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COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
calculated lump sum distributions in a manner that does not
comply with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
The plaintiff seeks compensatory relief from the Plan on behalf
of participants who received lump sum distributions since 2001
and injunctive relief with respect to future lump sum
distributions. It remains to be determined whether this case
will proceed as a class action and how many Plan participants
may be part of the proposed class, if a class is certified.
However, the lawsuit is not expected to have a material
financial impact on Exelon.
Savings Plan Claim. On September 11,
2006, five individuals claiming to be participants in the Exelon
Corporation Employee Savings Plan, Plan #003 (Savings Plan),
filed a putative class action lawsuit in the United States
District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The
complaint names as defendants Exelon, its Director of Employee
Benefit Plans and Programs, the Employee Savings Plan Investment
Committee, the Compensation and the Risk Oversight Committees of
Exelons Board of Directors and members of those
committees. The complaint alleges that the defendants breached
fiduciary duties under ERISA by, among other things, permitting
fees and expenses to be incurred by the Savings Plan that
allegedly were unreasonable and for purposes other than to
benefit the Savings Plan and participants, and failing to
disclose purported revenue sharing arrangements
among the Savings Plans service providers. The plaintiffs
seek declaratory, equitable and monetary relief on behalf of the
Savings Plan and participants, including alleged investment
losses. On February 21, 2007 the district court granted the
defendants motion to strike the plaintiffs claim for
investment losses.
Exelon,
Generation, ComEd and PECO
General. The Registrants are involved in
various other litigation matters that are being defended and
handled in the ordinary course of business. The Registrants
maintain accruals for such costs that are probable of being
incurred and subject to reasonable estimation. The ultimate
outcomes of such matters, as well as the matters discussed
above, are uncertain and may have a material adverse effect on
the Registrants financial condition, results of operations
or cash flows.
Fund Transfer
Restrictions
The Federal Power Act declares it to be unlawful for any officer
or director of any public utility to participate in the
making or paying of any dividends of such public utility from
any funds properly included in capital account. What
constitutes funds properly included in capital
account is undefined in the Federal Power Act or the
related regulations; however, the FERC has consistently
interpreted the provision to allow dividends to be paid as long
as (i) the source of the dividends is clearly disclosed,
(ii) the dividend is not excessive and (iii) there is
no self-dealing on the part of corporate officials. While these
restrictions may limit the absolute amount of dividends that a
particular subsidiary may pay, Exelon does not believe these
limitations are materially limiting because, under these
limitations, the subsidiaries are allowed to pay dividends
sufficient to meet Exelons actual cash needs. See
Note 18 of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements within Exelons 2006 Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for additional information regarding fund transfer restrictions.
Income
Taxes
ComEd and PECO have entered into several agreements with a tax
consultant related to the filing of refund claims with the IRS.
The fees for these agreements are contingent upon a successful
outcome of the claims and are based upon a percentage of the
refunds recovered from the IRS, if any. The ultimate net cash
impacts to ComEd and PECO related to these agreements will
either be positive or neutral depending upon the outcome of the
refund claim with the IRS. These potential tax benefits and
associated fees could be material to the financial position,
results of operations and cash flows of ComEd and PECO. If a
settlement is reached, a portion of ComEds tax benefits,
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COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
including any associated interest for periods prior to the
PECO/Unicom Merger, would be recorded as a reduction of goodwill
under the provisions of
EITF 93-7.
Exelon cannot predict the timing of the final resolution of
these refund claims.
See Note 10 Income Taxes for information
regarding the Registrants income tax refund claims and
certain tax positions, including the 1999 sale of fossil
generating assets.
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Supplemental
Statement of Operations Information
The following tables provide additional information regarding
the components of other, net within the Consolidated Statements
of Operations and Comprehensive Income of Exelon, Generation,
ComEd and PECO for the three months ended March 31, 2007
and 2006:
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Three Months Ended March 31, 2007
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Exelon
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Generation
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ComEd
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PECO
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Investment income
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$
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2
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$
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$
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1
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$
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1
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Gain on sale of investments, net
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15
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15
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Decommissioning-related activities:
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Decommissioning trust fund
income(a)
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46
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46
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Decommissioning trust fund
income AmerGen(a)
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11
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11
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Other-than-temporary
impairment of decommissioning trust funds(b)
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(8
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(8
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Other-than-temporary
impairment of decommissioning trust funds AmerGen
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(2
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(2
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Regulatory offset to non-operating
decommissioning-related activities(c)
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(37
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(37
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Net direct financing lease income
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6
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AFUDC, equity
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1
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1
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Recovery of tax credits related to
Exelons investments in synthetic fuel-producing
facilities(d)
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20
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Interest income related to
settlement of PJM billing dispute(e)
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5
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4
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1
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Interest income related to
uncertain income tax positions under FIN 48(f)
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1
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|
|
|
|
3
|
|
Other
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other, net
|
|
$
|
63
|
|
|
$
|
32
|
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Includes investment income and
realized gains and losses.
|
|
(b)
|
|
For the three months ended
March 31, 2007, includes
other-than-temporary
impairments totaling $8 million on nuclear decommissioning
trust funds for the former ComEd units.
|
|
(c)
|
|
Includes the elimination of
non-operating decommissioning-related activity for those units
that are subject to regulatory accounting, including the
elimination of decommissioning trust fund income and
other-than-temporary
impairments. See
|
63
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
Notes 9 and 13 of the Combined
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements within Exelons
2006 Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for additional information regarding the accounting for nuclear
decommissioning.
|
|
(d)
|
|
Receivable for the contractual
recovery of unrealized income tax credits related to
Exelons investment in synthetic fuel-producing facilities.
See Note 10 Income Taxes for additional
information.
|
|
(e)
|
|
See Note 13
Commitments and Contingencies for additional information.
|
|
(f)
|
|
See Note 3 New
Accounting Pronouncements and Note 10 Income
Taxes for additional information.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
Exelon
|
|
|
Generation
|
|
|
ComEd
|
|
|
PECO
|
|
|
Investment income
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
Decommissioning-related activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Decommissioning trust fund
income(a)
|
|
|
29
|
|
|
|
29
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Decommissioning trust fund
income AmerGen(a)
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other-than-temporary
impairment of decommissioning trust funds(b)
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Regulatory offset to non-operating
decommissioning-related activities(c)
|
|
|
(26
|
)
|
|
|
(26
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net direct financing lease income
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized income tax credits(d)
|
|
|
29
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other, net
|
|
$
|
45
|
|
|
$
|
7
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Includes investment income and
realized gains and losses.
|
|
(b)
|
|
For the three months ended
March 31, 2006, includes
other-than-temporary
impairments totaling $3 million on nuclear decommissioning
trust funds for the former ComEd units.
|
|
(c)
|
|
Includes the elimination of
non-operating decommissioning-related activity for those units
that are subject to regulatory accounting, including the
elimination of decommissioning trust fund income and
other-than-temporary
impairments. See Notes 9 and 13 of the Combined Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements within Exelons 2006
Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for additional information regarding the accounting for nuclear
decommissioning.
|
|
(d)
|
|
Receivable for the contractual
recovery of unrealized income tax credits related to
Exelons investment in synthetic fuel-producing facilities.
See Note 10 Income Taxes for further
information.
|
64
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Supplemental
Cash Flow Information
The following tables provide additional information regarding
the components of other non-cash operating activities and other
assets and liabilities within the Registrants Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 and 2006:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31, 2007
|
|
|
|
Exelon
|
|
|
Generation
|
|
|
ComEd
|
|
|
PECO
|
|
|
Other non-cash operating
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pension and non-pension
postretirement benefits costs
|
|
$
|
80
|
|
|
$
|
36
|
|
|
$
|
24
|
|
|
$
|
10
|
|
Equity in (earnings) losses of
unconsolidated affiliates and investments
|
|
|
26
|
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
Provision for uncollectible
accounts
|
|
|
19
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
12
|
|
Stock-based compensation costs
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net realized gains on nuclear
decommissioning trust funds
|
|
|
(9
|
)
|
|
|
(9
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain on sale of investments, net
|
|
|
(15
|
)
|
|
|
(15
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of energy-related
options
|
|
|
33
|
|
|
|
33
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-cash accounts receivable
activity
|
|
|
(18
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Spent nuclear fuel interest expense
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of regulatory asset
related debt costs
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
Other
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other non-cash operating
activities
|
|
$
|
170
|
|
|
$
|
56
|
|
|
$
|
51
|
|
|
$
|
29
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes in other assets and
liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Under/over-recovered energy costs
|
|
$
|
(55
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
(67
|
)
|
|
$
|
12
|
|
Other current assets
|
|
|
(281
|
)
|
|
|
(100
|
)(a)
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
(147
|
)(c)
|
Other noncurrent assets and
liabilities
|
|
|
(29
|
)
|
|
|
(19
|
)(b)
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total changes in other assets and
liabilities
|
|
$
|
(365
|
)
|
|
$
|
(119
|
)
|
|
$
|
(58
|
)
|
|
$
|
(139
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Relates primarily to the purchase
of energy-related options and prepaid assets.
|
|
(b)
|
|
Relates primarily to the purchase
of long-term fuel options.
|
|
(c)
|
|
Relates primarily to prepaid
utility taxes.
|
65
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
Exelon
|
|
|
Generation
|
|
|
ComEd
|
|
|
PECO
|
|
|
Other non-cash operating
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pension and non-pension
postretirement benefits costs
|
|
$
|
71
|
|
|
$
|
31
|
|
|
$
|
19
|
|
|
$
|
10
|
|
Equity in losses of unconsolidated
affiliates and investments
|
|
|
39
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
Provision for uncollectible
accounts
|
|
|
25
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
19
|
|
Stock-based compensation costs
|
|
|
32
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of energy-related
options
|
|
|
33
|
|
|
|
33
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-cash accounts receivable
activity
|
|
|
(33
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Spent nuclear fuel expense
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other decommissioning-related
activities
|
|
|
(6
|
)
|
|
|
(6
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of regulatory asset
related debt costs
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other non-cash operating
activities
|
|
$
|
176
|
|
|
$
|
70
|
|
|
$
|
37
|
|
|
$
|
36
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes in other assets and
liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Under/over-recovered energy costs
|
|
$
|
50
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
50
|
|
Other current assets
|
|
|
(189
|
)
|
|
|
(24
|
)(a)
|
|
|
(7
|
)
|
|
|
(139
|
)(c)
|
Other noncurrent assets and
liabilities
|
|
|
(88
|
)
|
|
|
(72
|
)(b)
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
(5
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total changes in other assets and
liabilities
|
|
$
|
(227
|
)
|
|
$
|
(96
|
)
|
|
$
|
(8
|
)
|
|
$
|
(94
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Relates primarily to the purchase
of energy-related options and prepaid assets.
|
|
(b)
|
|
Relates primarily to the purchase
of long-term fuel options.
|
|
(c)
|
|
Relates primarily to prepaid
utility taxes.
|
66
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Supplemental
Balance Sheet Information
The following tables provide information about the regulatory
assets and liabilities of Exelon, ComEd and PECO as of
March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2007
|
|
|
|
Exelon
|
|
|
ComEd
|
|
|
PECO
|
|
|
Regulatory assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Competitive transition charge
|
|
$
|
2,836
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
2,836
|
|
Pension and other postretirement
benefits
|
|
|
1,363
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes
|
|
|
803
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
792
|
|
Debt costs
|
|
|
200
|
|
|
|
172
|
|
|
|
28
|
|
Severance
|
|
|
153
|
|
|
|
153
|
|
|
|
|
|
Conditional asset retirement
obligations
|
|
|
110
|
|
|
|
96
|
|
|
|
14
|
|
MGP remediation costs
|
|
|
65
|
|
|
|
45
|
|
|
|
20
|
|
Non-pension postretirement benefits
|
|
|
37
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
37
|
|
Rate case costs
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
Department of Energy facility
decommissioning
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
Procurement case costs
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
45
|
|
|
|
28
|
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Noncurrent regulatory assets
|
|
|
5,629
|
|
|
|
517
|
|
|
|
3,749
|
|
Under-recovered energy costs
current asset(a)
|
|
|
73
|
|
|
|
73
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total regulatory assets
|
|
$
|
5,702
|
|
|
$
|
590
|
|
|
$
|
3,749
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2007
|
|
|
|
Exelon
|
|
|
ComEd
|
|
|
PECO
|
|
|
Regulatory
liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nuclear decommissioning
|
|
$
|
1,945
|
|
|
$
|
1,781
|
|
|
$
|
164
|
|
Removal costs
|
|
|
1,068
|
|
|
|
1,068
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred taxes
|
|
|
50
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Refund of PURTA taxes(b)
|
|
|
72
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
72
|
|
Other
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Noncurrent regulatory liabilities
|
|
|
3,140
|
|
|
|
2,853
|
|
|
|
237
|
|
Over-recovered energy costs
current liability(a)
|
|
|
24
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total regulatory liabilities
|
|
$
|
3,164
|
|
|
$
|
2,859
|
|
|
$
|
255
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Starting in 2007, the ComEd costs
represent electricity and transmission costs recoverable
(refundable) under ComEds ICC-approved rates. ComEds
deferred energy costs are earning (paying) a rate of return. See
Note 5 Regulatory Issues.
|
|
(b)
|
|
See Note 13
Commitments and Contingencies for additional information.
|
67
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
Exelon
|
|
|
ComEd
|
|
|
PECO
|
|
|
Regulatory assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Competitive transition charge
|
|
$
|
2,982
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
2,982
|
|
Pension and other postretirement
benefits
|
|
|
1,380
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes
|
|
|
801
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
790
|
|
Debt costs
|
|
|
209
|
|
|
|
179
|
|
|
|
30
|
|
Severance
|
|
|
158
|
|
|
|
158
|
|
|
|
|
|
Conditional asset retirement
obligations
|
|
|
109
|
|
|
|
95
|
|
|
|
14
|
|
MGP remediation costs
|
|
|
73
|
|
|
|
47
|
|
|
|
26
|
|
Non-pension postretirement benefits
|
|
|
39
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
39
|
|
Rate case costs
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
Department of Energy facility
decommissioning
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
Procurement case costs
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
39
|
|
|
|
30
|
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total regulatory assets
|
|
$
|
5,808
|
|
|
$
|
532
|
|
|
$
|
3,896
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
Exelon
|
|
|
ComEd
|
|
|
PECO
|
|
|
Regulatory
liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nuclear decommissioning
|
|
$
|
1,911
|
|
|
$
|
1,760
|
|
|
$
|
151
|
|
Removal costs
|
|
|
1,059
|
|
|
|
1,059
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred taxes
|
|
|
50
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Noncurrent regulatory liabilities
|
|
|
3,025
|
|
|
|
2,824
|
|
|
|
151
|
|
Over-recovered energy costs
current liability
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total regulatory liabilities
|
|
$
|
3,031
|
|
|
$
|
2,824
|
|
|
$
|
157
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following tables provide information regarding accumulated
depreciation and the allowance for uncollectible accounts as of
March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2007
|
|
|
|
Exelon
|
|
|
Generation
|
|
|
ComEd
|
|
|
PECO
|
|
|
Property, plant and
equipment:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated depreciation
|
|
$
|
7,392
|
(a)
|
|
$
|
3,498
|
(a)
|
|
$
|
1,492
|
|
|
$
|
2,239
|
|
Accounts receivable:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allowance for uncollectible
accounts
|
|
|
94
|
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
|
21
|
|
|
|
55
|
|
68
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Includes accumulated amortization
of nuclear fuel of $1,126 million.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
Exelon
|
|
|
Generation
|
|
|
ComEd
|
|
|
PECO
|
|
|
Property, plant and
equipment:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated depreciation
|
|
$
|
7,250
|
(a)
|
|
$
|
3,414
|
(a)
|
|
$
|
1,445
|
|
|
$
|
2,228
|
|
Accounts receivable:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allowance for uncollectible
accounts
|
|
|
91
|
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
|
20
|
|
|
|
51
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Includes accumulated amortization
of nuclear fuel of $1,078 million.
|
The following table provides information regarding counterparty
margin deposit accounts and option premiums as of March 31,
2007 and December 31, 2006:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
Exelon and Generation
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Other current assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Counterparty collateral deposits
paid
|
|
$
|
127
|
|
|
$
|
26
|
|
Option premiums
|
|
|
172
|
|
|
|
179
|
|
Other current
liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Counterparty collateral deposits
received
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
|
273
|
|
The following table provides information regarding dividends
payable as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
Exelon
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Other current
liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends payable
|
|
$
|
294
|
|
|
$
|
295
|
|
69
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
15.
|
Segment
Information (Exelon, Generation, ComEd and PECO)
|
Exelon has three reportable segments: Generation, ComEd and
PECO. Exelon evaluates the performance of its segments based on
net income. Generation, ComEd and PECO each operate in a single
business segment; as such, no separate segment information is
provided for these registrants.
Three
Months Ended March 31, 2007 and 2006
Exelons segment information for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 and 2006 is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intersegment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Generation
|
|
|
ComEd
|
|
|
PECO
|
|
|
Other(a)
|
|
|
Eliminations
|
|
|
Consolidated
|
|
|
Total revenues(b):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
$
|
2,703
|
|
|
$
|
1,490
|
|
|
$
|
1,500
|
|
|
$
|
194
|
|
|
$
|
(1,058
|
)
|
|
$
|
4,829
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2,220
|
|
|
|
1,426
|
|
|
|
1,407
|
|
|
|
205
|
|
|
|
(1,397
|
)
|
|
|
3,861
|
|
Intersegment
revenues:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
$
|
860
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
195
|
|
|
$
|
(1,058
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
1,188
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
205
|
|
|
|
(1,397
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from continuing
operations before income taxes:
|
2007
|
|
$
|
890
|
|
|
$
|
8
|
|
|
$
|
194
|
|
|
$
|
(77
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,015
|
|
2006
|
|
|
429
|
|
|
|
91
|
|
|
|
141
|
|
|
|
(61
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
600
|
|
Income taxes:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
$
|
335
|
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
|
$
|
66
|
|
|
$
|
(70
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
334
|
|
2006
|
|
|
161
|
|
|
|
37
|
|
|
|
48
|
|
|
|
(45
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
201
|
|
Income (loss) from continuing
operations:
|
2007
|
|
$
|
555
|
|
|
$
|
5
|
|
|
$
|
128
|
|
|
$
|
(7
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
681
|
|
2006
|
|
|
268
|
|
|
|
54
|
|
|
|
93
|
|
|
|
(16
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
399
|
|
Income from discontinued
operations:
|
2007
|
|
$
|
5
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
5
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
10
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Net income (loss):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
$
|
560
|
|
|
$
|
5
|
|
|
$
|
128
|
|
|
$
|
(2
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
691
|
|
2006
|
|
|
268
|
|
|
|
54
|
|
|
|
93
|
|
|
|
(15
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
400
|
|
Total assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2007
|
|
$
|
18,588
|
|
|
$
|
18,189
|
|
|
$
|
10,077
|
|
|
$
|
14,616
|
|
|
$
|
(16,759
|
)
|
|
$
|
44,711
|
|
December 31, 2006
|
|
|
18,909
|
|
|
|
17,774
|
|
|
|
9,773
|
|
|
|
14,295
|
|
|
|
(16,432
|
)
|
|
|
44,319
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Other includes corporate
operations, shared service entities, including BSC, Enterprises
and investments in synthetic fuel-producing facilities.
|
|
(b)
|
|
For the three months ended
March 31, 2007 and 2006, utility taxes of $66 million
and $62 million, respectively, are included in revenues and
expenses for ComEd. For the three months ended March 31,
2007 and 2006, utility taxes of $63 million and
$57 million, respectively, are included in revenues and
expenses for PECO.
|
70
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
16.
|
Related-Party
Transactions (Exelon, Generation, ComEd and PECO)
|
Exelon
The financial statements of Exelon include related-party
transactions as presented in the tables below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Operating revenues from affiliates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ComEd Transitional Funding Trust
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
PETT
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating revenues from
affiliates
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fuel purchases from related parties
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Keystone Fuels, LLC
|
|
$
|
9
|
|
|
$
|
11
|
|
Conemaugh Fuels, LLC
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total fuel purchases from related
parties
|
|
$
|
20
|
|
|
$
|
22
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense to affiliates, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ComEd Transitional Funding Trust
|
|
$
|
9
|
|
|
$
|
14
|
|
ComEd Financing II
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
ComEd Financing III
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
PETT
|
|
|
39
|
|
|
|
48
|
|
PECO Trust III
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
PECO Trust IV
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total interest expense to
affiliates, net
|
|
$
|
57
|
|
|
$
|
71
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity in earnings (losses) of
unconsolidated affiliates and investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ComEd Funding LLC
|
|
$
|
(2
|
)
|
|
$
|
(3
|
)
|
PETT
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
TEG and TEP
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
Investment in synthetic
fuel-producing facilities
|
|
|
(24
|
)
|
|
|
(30
|
)
|
Other
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total equity in earnings (losses)
of unconsolidated affiliates and investments
|
|
$
|
(26
|
)
|
|
$
|
(39
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
71
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Receivables from affiliates
(current)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ComEd Transitional Funding Trust
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
17
|
|
Investments in affiliates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ComEd Funding LLC
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
4
|
|
ComEd Financing II
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
ComEd Financing III
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
PETT
|
|
|
53
|
|
|
|
54
|
|
PECO Energy Capital Corporation
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
PECO Trust IV
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
Other
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total investments in affiliates
|
|
$
|
80
|
|
|
$
|
85
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Receivable from affiliates
(noncurrent)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ComEd Transitional Funding Trust
|
|
$
|
8
|
|
|
$
|
14
|
|
Payables to affiliates (current)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ComEd Financing II
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
|
$
|
6
|
|
ComEd Financing III
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
PECO Trust III
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
PECO Trust IV
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total payables to affiliates
(current)
|
|
$
|
8
|
|
|
$
|
11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term debt to ComEd
Transitional Funding Trust, PETT and other financing trusts
(including due within one year)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ComEd Transitional Funding Trust
|
|
$
|
537
|
|
|
$
|
648
|
|
ComEd Financing II
|
|
|
155
|
|
|
|
155
|
|
ComEd Financing III
|
|
|
206
|
|
|
|
206
|
|
PETT
|
|
|
2,226
|
|
|
|
2,403
|
|
PECO Trust III
|
|
|
81
|
|
|
|
81
|
|
PECO Trust IV
|
|
|
103
|
|
|
|
103
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total long-term debt due to
financing trusts
|
|
$
|
3,308
|
|
|
$
|
3,596
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
72
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Generation
The financial statements of Generation include related-party
transactions as presented in the tables below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Operating revenues from affiliates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ComEd(a)
|
|
$
|
380
|
|
|
$
|
771
|
|
PECO(b)
|
|
|
480
|
|
|
|
416
|
|
BSC(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating revenues from
affiliates
|
|
$
|
860
|
|
|
$
|
1,188
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fuel purchases from related parties
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Keystone Fuels, LLC
|
|
$
|
9
|
|
|
$
|
11
|
|
Conemaugh Fuels, LLC
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total fuel purchases from related
parties
|
|
$
|
20
|
|
|
$
|
22
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating and maintenance from
affiliates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ComEd(d)
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
PECO(d)
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
BSC(c)
|
|
|
75
|
|
|
|
71
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating and maintenance
from affiliates
|
|
$
|
78
|
|
|
$
|
75
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense to affiliates, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exelon intercompany money pool(e)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
Equity in earnings (losses) of
investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TEG and TEP
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
NuStart Energy Development, LLC
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total equity in earnings (losses)
of investments
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
(3
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash distribution paid to member
|
|
$
|
295
|
|
|
$
|
165
|
|
Cash contribution received from
member
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
5
|
|
73
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Receivables from affiliates
(current)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exelon(f)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
85
|
|
ComEd(a)
|
|
|
53
|
|
|
|
197
|
|
PECO(b)
|
|
|
186
|
|
|
|
153
|
|
BSC(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total receivables from affiliates
(current)
|
|
$
|
239
|
|
|
$
|
437
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contributions to Exelon
intercompany money pool(e)
|
|
$
|
130
|
|
|
$
|
13
|
|
Payables to affiliates (current)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exelon(f)
|
|
$
|
4
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
BSC(c)
|
|
|
55
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total payables to affiliates
(current)
|
|
$
|
59
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payables to affiliates (noncurrent)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ComEd decommissioning(g)
|
|
$
|
1,781
|
|
|
$
|
1,760
|
|
PECO decommissioning(g)
|
|
|
164
|
|
|
|
151
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total payables to affiliates
(noncurrent)
|
|
$
|
1,945
|
|
|
$
|
1,911
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Effective January 1, 2007,
Generation has a supplier forward agreement with ComEd to
provide up to 35% of ComEds electricity supply
requirements. Prior to 2007, Generation had a PPA with ComEd,
which expired December 31, 2006. As a result of the
expiration of the PPA with ComEd and the results of the
auctions, Generation is selling more power through bilateral
agreements. See Note 13 Commitments and
Contingencies for further detail.
|
|
(b)
|
|
Generation has a PPA with PECO, as
amended, to provide the full energy requirements of PECO.
|
|
(c)
|
|
Generation receives a variety of
corporate support services from BSC, including legal, human
resources, financial, information technology and supply
management services. All services are provided at cost,
including applicable overhead. A portion of such services is
capitalized. Some third-party reimbursements due to Generation
are recovered through BSC.
|
|
(d)
|
|
Generation purchases electricity
from ComEd and PECO for Generations own use at its
generation stations. Generations PPA with ComEd expired
December 31, 2006. See Note 13 Commitments
and Contingencies for further detail regarding the PPAs.
|
|
(e)
|
|
Generation participates in
Exelons intercompany money pool. Generation earns interest
on its contributions to the money pool, and pays interest on its
borrowings from the money pool at a market rate of interest.
|
|
(f)
|
|
In order to facilitate payment
processing, Exelon processes certain invoice payments on behalf
of Generation. In addition, Generation has a receivable from
Exelon for the allocation of certain tax benefits related to a
capital loss carryback.
|
|
(g)
|
|
Generation has long-term payables
to ComEd and PECO as a result of the nuclear decommissioning
contractual construct whereby, to the extent the assets
associated with decommissioning are greater than the applicable
ARO, such amounts are due back to ComEd and PECO, as applicable,
for payment to the customers. See Note 11 Asset
Retirement Obligations for additional information.
|
74
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
ComEd
The financial statements of ComEd include related-party
transactions as presented in the tables below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Operating revenues from affiliates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Generation(a)
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
ComEd Transitional Funding Trust
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating revenues from
affiliates
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchased Power from affiliate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Generation(b)
|
|
$
|
380
|
|
|
$
|
771
|
|
Operation and maintenance from
(to) affiliates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BSC(c)
|
|
$
|
49
|
|
|
$
|
52
|
|
Interest expense to affiliates, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ComEd Transitional Funding Trust(e)
|
|
$
|
9
|
|
|
$
|
14
|
|
ComEd Financing II
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
ComEd Financing III
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total interest expense to
affiliates, net
|
|
$
|
15
|
|
|
$
|
20
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity in losses of unconsolidated
affiliates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ComEd Funding LLC
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
Capitalized costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BSC(c)
|
|
$
|
17
|
|
|
$
|
17
|
|
Cash contributions received from
parent
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
23
|
|
75
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Receivables from affiliates
(current)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ComEd Transitional Funding Trust
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
17
|
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total receivables from affiliates
(current)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments in affiliates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ComEd Funding LLC
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
4
|
|
ComEd Financing II
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
ComEd Financing III
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total investments in affiliates
|
|
$
|
18
|
|
|
$
|
20
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Receivable from affiliates
(noncurrent)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Generation(d)
|
|
$
|
1,781
|
|
|
$
|
1,760
|
|
ComEd Transitional Funding Trust
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
14
|
|
Other
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total receivable from affiliates
(noncurrent)
|
|
$
|
1,793
|
|
|
$
|
1,774
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payables to affiliates (current)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Generation(b)
|
|
$
|
53
|
|
|
$
|
197
|
|
BSC(c)
|
|
|
22
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
ComEd Financing II
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
ComEd Financing III
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total payables to affiliates
(current)
|
|
$
|
79
|
|
|
$
|
219
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term debt to ComEd
Transitional Funding Trust and other financing trusts (including
due within one year)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ComEd Transitional Funding Trust(e)
|
|
$
|
537
|
|
|
$
|
648
|
|
ComEd Financing II
|
|
|
155
|
|
|
|
155
|
|
ComEd Financing III
|
|
|
206
|
|
|
|
206
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total long-term debt due to
financing trusts
|
|
$
|
898
|
|
|
$
|
1,009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
ComEd provides electricity to
Generation for Generations own use at its generation
stations.
|
|
(b)
|
|
ComEds full-requirements PPA,
as amended, with Generation expired December 31, 2006.
Starting January 2007, ComEd began procuring electricity from
Generation under the supplier forward contract resulting from
the reverse-auction procurement process. See
Note 5 Regulatory Issues for more information.
|
|
(c)
|
|
ComEd receives a variety of
corporate support services from BSC, including legal, human
resources, financial, information technology, supply management
services, planning and engineering of delivery systems,
management of construction, maintenance and operations of the
transmission and delivery systems and management of other
support services. All services are provided at cost, including
applicable overhead. A portion of such services is capitalized.
|
76
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
(d)
|
|
ComEd has a long-term receivable
from Generation as a result of the nuclear decommissioning
contractual construct whereby, to the extent the assets
associated with decommissioning are greater than the applicable
ARO at the end of decommissioning, such amounts are due back to
ComEd for payment to ComEds customers. See Note
11 Asset Retirement Obligations for additional
information.
|
|
(e)
|
|
Amount includes a $17 million
reallocation from prepaid interest to long-term debt. This
reallocation did not have an impact on ComEds Consolidated
Statement of Operations or ComEds Consolidated Statement
of Cash Flows.
|
PECO
The financial statements of PECO include related-party
transactions as presented in the tables below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Operating revenues from affiliates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Generation(a)
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
PETT(b)
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating revenues from
affiliates
|
|
$
|
4
|
|
|
$
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchased power from affiliate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Generation(c)
|
|
$
|
480
|
|
|
$
|
416
|
|
Operating and maintenance from
affiliates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BSC(d)
|
|
$
|
29
|
|
|
$
|
31
|
|
Interest expense to affiliates, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PETT
|
|
$
|
39
|
|
|
$
|
48
|
|
PECO Trust III
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
PECO Trust IV
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Other
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total interest expense to
affiliates, net
|
|
$
|
43
|
|
|
$
|
51
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity in losses of unconsolidated
affiliates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PETT
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
Capitalized costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BSC(d)
|
|
$
|
9
|
|
|
$
|
17
|
|
Cash dividends paid to parent
|
|
$
|
155
|
|
|
$
|
116
|
|
Cash contributions received from
parent
|
|
$
|
65
|
|
|
$
|
48
|
|
77
EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Investments in affiliates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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PETT
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$
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53
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$
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54
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PECO Energy Capital Corporation
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4
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4
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PECO Trust IV
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6
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6
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Total investments in affiliates
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$
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63
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$
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64
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Receivable from affiliate
(noncurrent)
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Generation decommissioning(e)
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$
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164
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$
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151
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Borrowings from Exelon
intercompany money pool(f)
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$
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13
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$
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45
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Payables to affiliates (current)
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Generation(c)
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$
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186
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$
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153
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BSC(d)
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21
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48
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Exelon
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1
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1
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PECO Trust III
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2
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1
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PECO Trust IV
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2
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|
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Total payables to affiliates
(current)
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$
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212
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$
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203
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Long-term debt to PETT and other
financing trusts (including due within one year)
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PETT
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$
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2,226
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$
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2,404
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PECO Trust III
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81
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|
|
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81
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PECO Trust IV
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103
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103
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Total long-term debt to financing
trusts
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$
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2,410
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$
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2,588
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Shareholders
equity receivable from parent(g)
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$
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1,025
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$
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1,090
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(a)
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PECO provides energy to Generation
for Generations own use primarily at its generation
stations.
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(b)
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PECO receives a monthly service fee
from PETT based on a percentage of the outstanding balance of
all series of transition bonds.
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(c)
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PECO has entered into a PPA with
Generation. See Note 18 of the Combined Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements within Exelons 2006
Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for more information regarding the PPA.
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(d)
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PECO receives a variety of
corporate support services from BSC, including legal, human
resources, financial, information technology, supply management
services, planning and engineering of delivery systems,
management of construction, maintenance and operations of the
transmission and delivery systems and management of other
support services. All services are provided at cost, including
applicable overhead. A portion of such services is capitalized.
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(e)
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PECO has a long-term receivable
from Generation as a result of the nuclear decommissioning
contractual construct, whereby, to the extent the assets
associated with decommissioning are greater than the applicable
ARO at the end of decommissioning, such amounts are due back to
PECO for payment to PECOs customers. See
Note 11 Asset Retirement Obligations.
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(f)
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PECO participates in Exelons
intercompany money pool. PECO earns interest on its
contributions to the money pool and pays interest on its
borrowings from the money pool at a market rate of interest.
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(g)
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PECO has a non-interest bearing
receivable from Exelon related to the 2001 corporate
restructuring. The receivable is expected to be settled over the
years 2007 through 2010.
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EXELON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
PECO ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
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17.
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Subsequent
Events (Exelon and Generation)
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On April 4, 2007, Generation agreed to sell its rights to
942 MWs of capacity, energy, and ancillary services
supplied from its existing long-term contract with Tenaska
Georgia Partners, LP through a tolling agreement with Georgia
Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, commencing June 1,
2010 and lasting for 15 or 20 years. The transaction
between Generation and Georgia Power is subject to approval by
the Georgia Public Service Commission (GPSC). Upon approval of
the transaction by the GPSC, Exelon and Generation will
recognize a non-cash after-tax loss of up to $75 million.
Generation expects to receive approval from the GPSC during the
third quarter of 2007. The transaction provides Generation with
approximately $43 million in annual revenue in the form of
capacity payments over the term of the tolling agreement.
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Managements
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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(Dollars in millions except per share data, unless otherwise
noted)
General
Exelon is a utility services holding company. It operates
through subsidiaries in the following operating segments:
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Generation, whose business consists of its owned and
contracted electric generating facilities, its wholesale energy
marketing operations and competitive retail sales operations.
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ComEd, whose business consists of the purchase and
regulated retail and wholesale sale of electricity and the
provision of distribution and transmission services to retail
and wholesale customers in northern Illinois, including the City
of Chicago.
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PECO, whose businesses consists of the purchase and
regulated retail sale of electricity and the provision of
distribution and transmission services to retail customers in
southeastern Pennsylvania, including the City of Philadelphia,
as well as the purchase and regulated retail sale of natural gas
and the provision of distribution services to retail customers
in the Pennsylvania counties surrounding the City of
Philadelphia.
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See Note 15 of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements for segment information.
Exelons corporate operations, through its business
services subsidiary, Exelon Business Services Company (BSC),
provide Exelons business segments with a variety of
support services. The costs of these services are directly
charged or allocated to the applicable business segments.
Additionally, the results of Exelons corporate operations
include costs for corporate governance and interest costs and
income from various investment and financing activities.
EXELON
CORPORATION
Executive
Overview
Financial Results. Exelons net income
was $691 million for the three months ended March 31,
2007 as compared to $400 million for the three months ended
March 31, 2006 and diluted earnings per average common
share were $1.02 for the three months ended March 31, 2007
as compared to $0.59 for the three months ended March 31,
2006. The increases were primarily due to the following:
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higher average margins on Generations wholesale market
sales primarily due to the end of the below-market power
purchase agreement (PPA) with ComEd;
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increased nuclear output at Generation reflecting fewer outage
days;
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decreased nuclear refueling outage costs;
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favorable PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM) billing settlement with
PPL Electric (PPL);
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favorable weather conditions in the ComEd and PECO service
territories;
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increased delivery volume, excluding the effects of weather, at
ComEd and PECO;
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increased pricing for delivery services and increased
transmission revenues at ComEd; and
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increased earnings associated with investments in synthetic
fuel-producing facilities.
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The factors driving the overall increase in net income were
partially offset by the following:
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unrealized
mark-to-market
losses on contracts not yet settled;
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lower margins (operating revenues less purchased power expense)
at ComEd due to the end of the regulatory transition period and
associated transition revenues;
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higher operating and maintenance expenses, including
wage-related inflation; and
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increased depreciation and amortization expense, primarily
related to competitive transition charge (CTC) amortization at
PECO.
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Financing Activities. During the three months
ended March 31, 2007, Exelon met its capital resource
requirements primarily with internally generated cash as well as
funds from external sources, including the capital markets, and
through bank borrowings. During the three months ended
March 31, 2007, ComEd and PECO issued $300 million and
$175 million, respectively, of First Mortgage Bonds. In
addition in the first quarter of 2007, ComEd borrowed
$340 million from its credit facilities and repaid all
outstanding commercial paper. During the first quarter of 2007,
certain rating agencies downgraded ComEds debt ratings.
Regulatory and Environmental Developments. The
following significant regulatory and environmental developments
occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2007. See
Notes 5 and 13 of the Combined Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements for further information.
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Rate Freeze Extension Proposal On March 6,
2007, the Illinois House of Representatives (House) passed a
rate freeze extension bill that, if enacted into law, would roll
back the current electricity rates of ComEd and other Illinois
utilities to rates that were in effect prior to 2007, exclusive
of 2006 CTC rates. Also, the Illinois State Senates
(Senate) Environment and Energy Committee (the Senate Committee)
approved a bill, that, if enacted into law as amended, would
roll back rates, exclusive of 2006 CTC rates, of certain
Illinois utilities, not including ComEd, for a period of at
least one year. On March 22, 2007, the Senate Committee
approved for consideration by the full Senate an amendment that
would make the legislation applicable to all Illinois utilities,
including ComEd. On April 20, 2007, the Senate passed
legislation that would rollback and freeze the rates of certain
Illinois utilities, not including ComEd. This bill now moves to
the House. As of April 24, 2007, the Senate has not passed
any legislation rolling back or freezing ComEds rates.
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To become law in Illinois, legislation would need to be passed
by the House and Senate and signed by the Governor of Illinois.
ComEd and other interested parties have been actively engaged in
discussions with members of the Illinois General Assembly and
other leaders to explore alternative measures, in lieu of rate
freeze legislation, that would provide financial assistance for
Illinois electric customers with unusually high electric bills
and other customers in need of financial assistance. The outcome
of these discussions of alternatives to rate freeze legislation
or the ultimate outcome of the legislative process and the
coverage or content of any legislation that may be adopted are
all uncertain. ComEd plans to move forward with the customer
relief programs affecting its customers provided that no rate
rollback and freeze legislation applicable to ComEd is enacted
into law. Inclusive of ComEds funding of its
Customers Affordable Reliable Energy (CARE) initiative,
ComEd anticipates that these customer rate relief programs may
cost approximately $44 million in 2007 and approximately
$20 million in additional funds during 2008 and 2009.
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Illinois Procurement Case and Related Proceedings In
January 2007, ComEd began procuring electricity under supplier
forward contracts with various suppliers, including Generation.
The supplier forward contracts resulted from a
reverse-auction competitive bidding process, which
was approved by the ICC on January 24, 2006 and permits
recovery by ComEd of its electricity procurement costs from
retail customers with no markup. The first auction took place in
September 2006. The ICC order approving the auction process is
under appeal. Consistent with the process previously approved by
the ICC, the ICC has opened a proceeding to consider
improvements to the competitive procurement process. It is
anticipated that a final order will be entered in that
proceeding with sufficient time to incorporate changes into the
process for the February 2008 auction.
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Residential Rate Stabilization Program In January
2007, ComEd launched the rate stabilization program approved by
the ICC that allows residential customers the choice to limit
the impact of any rate increases over the next three years. The
program has an opt-in feature that gives customers
the choice to participate, beginning with the April 2007 billing
period. Under the program, residential customers choosing to
participate would see average annual rate increases capped at
10% in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Costs that exceed the cap would be
deferred and charged to customers over the following three
years, 2010 to 2012. A
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carrying charge at a rate of 3.25% per year will be
assessed to participants to partially cover ComEds cost of
financing the program. As of March 31, 2007, approximately
34,000 or 1% of ComEds residential customers have enrolled
in the program.
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CARE − In July 2006, ComEd implemented CARE, an
initiative to help customers prepare for electricity rate
increases after the expiration of the rate freeze in Illinois.
In addition to the residential rate stabilization program
discussed above, CARE includes a variety of energy efficiency,
low-income and senior citizen programs to help mitigate the
impacts of the rate increase on customers bills.
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Illinois Rate Design Investigation On March 2,
2007, the ICC voted to initiate investigations into ComEds
and the Ameren Corporation (Ameren) utilities rate
designs, particularly for residential and residential
space-heating customers. The ICC has a schedule that
contemplates a final order by September 2007, which would allow
implementation of changes, if any, prior to the next winter
heating season.
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Transmission Rate Case On March 1, 2007, ComEd
filed a request with the FERC, seeking approval to increase the
rate ComEd receives for transmission services. ComEd also
requested incentive rate treatment for certain transmission
projects. If approved by the FERC, the total proposed increase
of $147 million in the annual revenue requirement,
including incentives, would increase an average residential
customer bill about 1.5%. ComEd is requesting that the new
transmission rate, if accepted by FERC, be effective as of May
2007.
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PECO AEPS Filing On March 19, 2007, PECO filed
a request with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
(PAPUC) for approval to acquire and bank up to 450,000 non-solar
Tier I Alternative Energy Credits (equivalent to up to
240 MW of electricity generated by wind) annually for a
five-year term in order to prepare for 2011, the first year of
PECOs required compliance under the Alternative Energy
Portfolio Standards Act of 2004 (AEPS Act) following the
completion of its restructuring period.
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Outlook for 2007 and Beyond. Exelons
future financial results will be affected by a number of
factors, including the following:
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As a result of rate freeze legislation or other legislative or
regulatory action, if the price at which ComEd is allowed to
sell electricity beginning in 2007 is set below ComEds
cost to procure and deliver electricity, there will be material
adverse consequences to ComEd, including possible bankruptcy,
which could result in material adverse consequences to Exelon
and, in the event of a ComEd bankruptcy filing, possibly
material adverse consequences to Generation. The ICCs
unanimous approval of the reverse-auction process, barring any
adverse decision in the pending appeals or change in law, should
provide ComEd with stability and greater certainty that it will
be able to procure electricity and pass through the costs of
that electricity to ComEds customers beginning in 2007
through a transparent market mechanism in the reverse-auction
competitive bidding process.
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PECO was subject to electric rate caps on its transmission and
distribution rates through December 31, 2006 and is subject
to caps on its generation rates through December 31, 2010.
PECOs transmission and distribution rates will continue in
effect until PECO files a rate case or there is some other
specific regulatory action to adjust the rates. There are no
current proceedings to do so. PECO is or will be involved in
proceedings involving annual changes in its electric and gas
universal service fund cost charges, its electric CTC/intangible
transition charge reconciliation mechanism, and its purchased
gas cost rate, all of which are designed to recover PECOs
applicable costs.
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Effective for customer bills for electric generation service
delivered after customers January 2007 meter readings, in
accordance with its 1998 restructuring settlement with the
PAPUC, PECO implemented an electric generation rate increase
that will result in approximately $190 million of
additional operating revenues in 2007 as compared to 2006 and a
corresponding increase in purchased power, in accordance with
PECOs PPA with Generation, with no resulting impact on
pre-tax operating income. The impact of this rate increase on
Exelon and Generation will be an increase in operating revenues
and pre-tax operating income of approximately $190 million.
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Generation is exposed to commodity price risk associated with
the unhedged portion of its electricity portfolio. Generation
enters into derivative contracts, including forwards, futures,
swaps, and options, with
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approved counterparties to hedge this anticipated exposure.
Generation has hedges in place that significantly mitigate this
risk for 2007 and 2008. However, Generation is exposed to
relatively greater commodity price risk in the subsequent years
for which a larger portion of its electricity portfolio may be
unhedged. Generation has been and will continue to be proactive
in using hedging strategies to mitigate this risk in subsequent
years as well.
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Generation depends on coal, natural gas and the production of
nuclear fuel assemblies to operate its generating facilities.
Coal is procured for coal-fired plants through annual,
short-term and spot-market purchases. Natural gas is procured
through annual, monthly and spot-market purchases. The
production of nuclear fuel assemblies requires long-term uranium
concentrate inventory and supply contracts, contracted
conversion services, contracted enrichment services and fuel
fabrication services. The supply markets for coal, natural gas
and uranium are subject to price fluctuations and availability
restrictions that may negatively affect the results of
operations for Generation. It is not possible to predict the
ultimate cost or availability of these commodities. Generation
uses long-term contracts and financial instruments such as
over-the-counter
and exchange-traded instruments to mitigate price risk
associated with these commodity price exposures.
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The PPA between Generation and PECO expires at the end of 2010.
Current market prices for electricity have increased
significantly over the past few years due to the rise in natural
gas and fuel prices. As a result, PECO customers
generation rates are below current wholesale energy market
prices and Generations margins on sales in excess of
PECOs requirements have improved historically.
Generations ability to maintain those margins will depend
on future wholesale market prices and its ability to obtain high
capacity factors at its nuclear plants.
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Select northeast and mid-Atlantic states have developed a model
rule, via the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, to regulate
carbon emissions from fossil-fired generation in participating
states starting in 2009. Federal
and/or state
legislation to regulate carbon emissions could occur in the
future. If these plans become effective, Exelon may incur costs
in further limiting the emissions from certain of its
fossil-fuel fired facilities or in procuring emission allowance
credits issued by various governing bodies. However, Exelon may
benefit from stricter emission standards due to its significant
nuclear capacity, which is not anticipated to be affected by the
proposed emission standards.
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Exelon anticipates that it will be subject to the ongoing
pressures of rising operating expenses due to increases in costs
such as medical benefits and rising payroll costs due to
inflation. Also, Exelon will continue to incur significant
capital costs associated with its commitment to produce and
deliver energy reliably to its customers. Increasing capital
costs may include the price of uranium, which fuels the nuclear
facilities, and continued capital investment in Exelons
aging distribution infrastructure and generating facilities.
Exelon is determined to operate its businesses responsibly and
to appropriately manage its operating and capital costs while
serving its customers and producing value for its shareholders.
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Exelon pursues growth opportunities that are consistent with its
disciplined approach to investing to maximize earnings and cash
flows. On September 29, 2006, Generation notified the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that Generation will begin
the application process for a combined construction and
operating license that would allow for the possible construction
of a new nuclear plant at an as-yet unnamed location in Texas.
The filing of the letter with the NRC launches a process that
preserves for Exelon the option to develop a new nuclear plant
in Texas without immediately committing to the full project.
Exelon has not decided to build a new nuclear plant. Among the
various conditions that must be resolved before any formal
decision to build is made are a permanent solution to spent
nuclear fuel disposal, broad public acceptance of a new nuclear
plant and assurances that a new plant using new technology can
be financially successful. Exelon expects to submit the
application to the NRC for the combined construction and
operating license in 2008.
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During 2006, FERC issued its order approving PJMs
settlement proposal related to its Reliability Pricing Model
(RPM) to provide for a forward capacity auction using a demand
curve and locational deliverability zones for capacity phased in
over a several year period beginning on June 1, 2006.
FERCs adoption of the settlement proposal is expected to
have a favorable impact for owners of generation facilities,
particularly
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for such facilities located in constrained zones. The first
auction took place in April 2007 and resulted in Generation
auctioning capacity at prices ranging from $40.80/MW to
$197.67/MW per day for the period from June 1, 2007 through
May 31, 2008. Subsequent auctions will be conducted in July
2007, October 2007 and January 2008 to auction capacity for
periods through May 2011.
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On April 2, 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a
decision in the case of Massachusetts v.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency holding that carbon
dioxide and other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are pollutants
subject to regulation under the new motor vehicle provisions of
the Clean Air Act. The case was remanded to the Environmental
Protection Agency for further rulemaking to determine whether
GHG emissions may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public
health or welfare, or in the alternative provide a reasonable
explanation why GHG emissions should not be regulated. Possible
outcomes from this decision include regulation of GHG emissions
from manufacturing plants, including electric generation,
transmission and distribution facilities, under a new
Environmental Protection Agency rule, and Federal or state
legislation.
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On January 25, 2007, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Second Circuit issued its opinion in a challenge to the final
Phase II rule implementing Section 316(b) of the Clean
Water Act. By its action, the court invalidated compliance
measures that the utility industry supported because they were
cost-effective and provided existing plants with needed
flexibility in selecting the compliance option appropriate to
its location and operations. The courts opinion has
created significant uncertainty about the specific nature, scope
and timing of the final compliance requirements. In the interim,
the Environmental Protection Agency has announced the suspension
of the Phase II rule due to the uncertainty about the
specific compliance requirements created by the courts
remand of significant provisions of the rule. Until the
Environmental Protection Agency finalizes the rule on remand,
the state permitting agencies will continue the current practice
of applying their best professional judgment to address
impingement and entrainment requirements at plant cooling water
intake structures.
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After a two year rulemaking process, the PAPUC is likely to
issue final Default Supplier (Provider of Last Resort)
regulations in the second quarter of 2007. These regulations
will provide clear guidance to electric distribution companies,
such as PECO, on acceptable methods of procuring electric energy
supplies for default service customers when their generation
rate caps expire at the end of their electric restructuring
transition periods (e.g., for PECO, the post-2010 period). PECO
has generally supported the regulations, but has offered
comments requesting clarification in certain respects. PECO
believes that the regulations, if adopted and applied in their
present form, would allow it to fully recover its cost of
procuring electric energy through competitive procurement
methods such as an energy auction.
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In Illinois, Pennsylvania and other states, there is growing
pressure for state regulatory and political processes to take
steps to reduce the impact of price increases on retail
customers. Associated with the end of the rate freeze period in
Illinois in January 2007, various Illinois legislative attempts
have been made to roll back and freeze ComEds rates for an
additional period or to control the rate at which the rate
increases are phased in. As a result of such experiences in
Illinois and similar experiences in other states following the
end of a regulatory transition period, there is a heightened
risk of political pressure following the expiration of
PECOs caps on its generation rates through
December 31, 2010. In Pennsylvania, Governor Edward Rendell
has issued an Energy Independence Plan that has given rise to
three legislative bills now pending before the General Assembly.
Provisions of that legislation would materially affect the
PAPUCs proposed rules governing how default suppliers such
as PECO would procure electricity for their default service
customers and satisfy their obligations under the AEPS
legislation when their generation rate caps expire at the end of
their electric restructuring transition periods. PECO cannot
predict the likelihood of such legislation being enacted and the
potential impact on PECOs operating results.
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Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates
Management of each of the Registrants makes a number of
significant estimates, assumptions and judgments in the
preparation of its financial statements. See
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates in Exelons 2006
Annual Report on
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Form 10-K
for a discussion of the estimates and judgments necessary in the
Registrants accounting for asset retirement obligations,
asset impairments, depreciable lives of property, plant and
equipment, defined benefit pension and other postretirement
welfare benefits, regulatory accounting, derivative instruments,
contingencies, severance and revenue recognition.
Taxation
The Registrants are required to make judgments regarding the
potential tax effects of various financial transactions and
results of operations in order to estimate their obligations to
taxing authorities. Beginning January 1, 2007, the
Registrants began accounting for uncertain income tax positions
using a benefit recognition model with a two-step approach, a
more-likely-than-not recognition criterion and a measurement
attribute that measures the position as the largest amount of
tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being ultimately
realized upon ultimate settlement in accordance with Financial
Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Interpretation No. (FIN) 48,
Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an
Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109
(FIN 48). If it is not more likely than not that the
benefit will be sustained on its technical merits, no benefit
will be recorded. Uncertain tax positions that relate only to
timing of when an item is included on a tax return are
considered to have met the recognition threshold. Prior to
January 1, 2007, the Registrants estimated their uncertain
income tax obligations in accordance with
SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes
(SFAS No. 109), SFAS No. 5, Accounting
for Contingencies (SFAS No. 5) and Statement of
Financial Accounting Concepts No. 6, Elements
of Financial Statements a replacement of FASB
Concepts Statement No. 3 (incorporating an amendment of
FASB Concepts Statement No. 2) (CON 6). The
Registrants also have non-income tax obligations related to real
estate, sales and use and employment-related taxes and ongoing
appeals related to these tax matters that are outside the scope
of FIN 48 and accounted for under SFAS No. 5 and
CON 6.
Accounting for tax obligations requires judgments, including
estimating reserves for potential adverse outcomes regarding tax
positions that have been taken. The Registrants also assess
their ability to utilize tax attributes, including those in the
form of carryforwards, for which the benefits have already been
reflected in the financial statements. The Registrants do not
record valuation allowances for deferred tax assets related to
capital losses that the Registrants believe will be realized in
future periods. While the Registrants believe the resulting tax
reserve balances as of March 31, 2007 and December 31,
2006 are appropriately accounted for in accordance with
FIN 48, SFAS No. 5, SFAS No. 109 and
CON 6 as applicable, the ultimate outcome of such matters could
result in favorable or unfavorable adjustments to their
consolidated financial statements and such adjustments could be
material.
New
Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 3 of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements for discussion of new accounting pronouncements.
85
Results
of Operations Exelon Corporation
Three Months Ended March 31, 2007 Compared To Three
Months Ended March 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
Favorable
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
(Unfavorable)
|
|
Exelon Corporation
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Variance
|
|
|
Operating revenues
|
|
$
|
4,829
|
|
|
$
|
3,861
|
|
|
$
|
968
|
|
Operating expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchased power and fuel expense
|
|
|
2,015
|
|
|
|
1,462
|
|
|
|
(553
|
)
|
Operating and maintenance expense
|
|
|
1,058
|
|
|
|
1,024
|
|
|
|
(34
|
)
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
369
|
|
|
|
363
|
|
|
|
(6
|
)
|
Taxes other than income
|
|
|
196
|
|
|
|
194
|
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
3,638
|
|
|
|
3,043
|
|
|
|
(595
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income
|
|
|
1,191
|
|
|
|
818
|
|
|
|
373
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income and
deductions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
(156
|
)
|
|
|
(153
|
)
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
Interest expense to affiliates, net
|
|
|
(57
|
)
|
|
|
(71
|
)
|
|
|
14
|
|
Equity in losses of unconsolidated
affiliates and investments
|
|
|
(26
|
)
|
|
|
(39
|
)
|
|
|
13
|
|
Other, net
|
|
|
63
|
|
|
|
45
|
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other income and deductions
|
|
|
(176
|
)
|
|
|
(218
|
)
|
|
|
42
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from continuing
operations before income taxes
|
|
|
1,015
|
|
|
|
600
|
|
|
|
415
|
|
Income taxes
|
|
|
334
|
|
|
|
201
|
|
|
|
(133
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from continuing
operations
|
|
|
681
|
|
|
|
399
|
|
|
|
282
|
|
Income from discontinued
operations, net of income taxes
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$
|
691
|
|
|
$
|
400
|
|
|
$
|
291
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted earnings per
share
|
|
$
|
1.02
|
|
|
$
|
0.59
|
|
|
$
|
0.43
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Income. Exelons net income
for the three months ended March 31, 2007 reflects higher
average margins on wholesale market sales; higher nuclear output
at Generation; decreased nuclear refueling outage costs; a
favorable PJM billing settlement with PPL; favorable weather
conditions in the ComEd and PECO service territories; increased
electric and gas deliveries, excluding the effects of weather,
at ComEd and PECO; increased pricing for delivery services and
increased transmission revenues at ComEd; and increased earnings
associated with investments in synthetic fuel-producing
facilities. These increases were partially offset by unrealized
mark-to-market
losses on contracts not yet settled; decreased energy margins at
ComEd; higher operating and maintenance expenses, including
wage-related inflation; and increased depreciation and
amortization expense, primarily related to CTC amortization at
PECO.
Operating Revenues. Operating revenues
increased due to an increase in wholesale and retail electric
sales at Generation due to higher volumes of generation sold to
the market as a result of the expiration of the ComEd PPA in
2006, higher market prices, higher delivery volume, excluding
the effects of weather and customer choice, reflecting electric
and gas load growth at PECO and favorable weather conditions in
the ComEd and PECO service territories. These increases were
partially offset by decreased energy margins at ComEd due to the
end of its regulatory transition period and the end of the
below-market price PPA with Generation in 2006. See further
analysis and discussion of operating revenues by segment below.
Purchased Power and Fuel
Expense. Purchased power and fuel expense
increased due to higher volumes of power purchased in the market
and higher market energy prices. Purchased power represented 18%
of Generations total supply for both the three months
ended March 31, 2007 and March 31, 2006. This increase
was partially offset by a favorable PJM billing settlement with
PPL. See further analysis and discussion of purchased power and
fuel expense by segment below.
86
Operating and Maintenance
Expense. Operating and maintenance expense
increased primarily due to increased labor costs and the impacts
from inflation, which were partially offset by decreased nuclear
refueling outage costs. See further discussion of operating and
maintenance expenses by segment below.
Depreciation and Amortization
Expense. Depreciation and amortization
expense increased primarily due to additional CTC amortization
at PECO.
Taxes Other Than Income. Taxes other
than income remained relatively constant for the three months
ended March 31, 2007 compared to the same period in 2006.
Other Income and Deductions. The change
in other income and deductions reflects interest income related
to the favorable PJM billing settlement with PPL, a gain related
to the sale of investments by Generation, earnings associated
with investments in synthetic fuel-producing facilities and
expenses related to the terminated merger proposal with Public
Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (PSEG) recorded during the
three months ended March 31, 2006.
Effective Income Tax Rate. The
effective income tax rate from continuing operations was 32.9%
for the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to 33.5%
for the three months ended March 31, 2006. See Note 10
of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for
further discussion of the change in the effective income tax
rate.
Discontinued Operations. On
January 31, 2005, subsidiaries of Generation completed a
series of transactions that resulted in Generations sale
of its investment in Sithe Energies, Inc. (Sithe). In addition,
Exelon has sold or wound down substantially all components of
Enterprises. Accordingly, the results of operations and any gain
or loss on the sale of these entities have been presented as
discontinued operations within Exelons (for Sithe and
Enterprises) and Generations (for Sithe) Consolidated
Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income. See
Notes 2 and 4 of the Combined Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements for further information regarding the
presentation of Sithe and certain Enterprises businesses as
discontinued operations.
During the three months ended March 31, 2007, Exelons
Consolidated Statement of Income and Comprehensive Income
included $5 million (after-tax) of income from discontinued
operations related to a favorable legal settlement at
Enterprises and $5 million (after-tax) of income from
discontinued operations related primarily to Sithe, resulting
from a settlement agreement between a subsidiary of Sithe, the
Pennsylvania Attorney Generals Office and the Pennsylvania
Department of Revenue regarding a previously disputed tax
position asserted for the 2000 tax year.
Results
of Operations by Business Segment
The comparisons of operating results and other statistical
information for the three months ended March 31, 2007
compared to the same period in 2006 set forth below include
intercompany transactions, which are eliminated in Exelons
consolidated financial statements.
Income
(Loss) from Continuing Operations by Business Segment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
Favorable
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
(Unfavorable)
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Variance
|
|
|
Generation
|
|
$
|
555
|
|
|
$
|
268
|
|
|
$
|
287
|
|
ComEd
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
54
|
|
|
|
(49
|
)
|
PECO
|
|
|
128
|
|
|
|
93
|
|
|
|
35
|
|
Other(a)
|
|
|
(7
|
)
|
|
|
(16
|
)
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
681
|
|
|
$
|
399
|
|
|
$
|
282
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Other includes corporate
operations, shared service entities, including BSC, Enterprises,
investments in synthetic fuel-producing facilities and
intersegment eliminations.
|
87
Net Income (Loss) by Business Segment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
Favorable
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
(Unfavorable)
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Variance
|
|
|
Generation
|
|
$
|
560
|
|
|
$
|
268
|
|
|
$
|
292
|
|
ComEd
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
54
|
|
|
|
(49
|
)
|
PECO
|
|
|
128
|
|
|
|
93
|
|
|
|
35
|
|
Other(a)
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
(15
|
)
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
691
|
|
|
$
|
400
|
|
|
$
|
291
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Other includes corporate
operations, shared service entities, including BSC, Enterprises,
investments in synthetic fuel-producing facilities and
intersegment eliminations.
|
Results
of Operations Generation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
Favorable
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
(Unfavorable)
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Variance
|
|
|
Operating revenues
|
|
$
|
2,703
|
|
|
$
|
2,220
|
|
|
$
|
483
|
|
Operating expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchased power and fuel
|
|
|
1,065
|
|
|
|
974
|
|
|
|
(91
|
)
|
Operating and maintenance
|
|
|
639
|
|
|
|
668
|
|
|
|
29
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
67
|
|
|
|
67
|
|
|
|
|
|
Taxes other than income
|
|
|
41
|
|
|
|
43
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
1,812
|
|
|
|
1,752
|
|
|
|
(60
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income
|
|
|
891
|
|
|
|
468
|
|
|
|
423
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income and
deductions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
(35
|
)
|
|
|
(43
|
)
|
|
|
8
|
|
Equity in earnings (losses) of
investments
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
|
5
|
|
Other, net
|
|
|
32
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
25
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other income and deductions
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
(39
|
)
|
|
|
38
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from continuing
operations before income taxes
|
|
|
890
|
|
|
|
429
|
|
|
|
461
|
|
Income taxes
|
|
|
335
|
|
|
|
161
|
|
|
|
(174
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from continuing
operations
|
|
|
555
|
|
|
|
268
|
|
|
|
287
|
|
Income from discontinued
operations, net of income taxes
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$
|
560
|
|
|
$
|
268
|
|
|
$
|
292
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Income. First quarter 2007 net
income was $560 million compared with $268 million in
the first quarter of 2006. Generations net income in the
first quarter of 2007 increased compared with the same quarter
last year primarily due to higher revenue, net of purchased
power and fuel expense, and lower operating and maintenance
expense resulting from lower nuclear refueling outage expenses,
which was partially offset by inflationary expense pressures.
Generations revenue, net of purchased power and fuel
expense, increased by $392 million in the first quarter of
2007 compared with the first quarter of 2006, which was driven
by higher average margins primarily due to the end of the
below-market price PPA with ComEd at the end of 2006, the
contractual increase in the prices associated with
Generations PPA with PECO, and by a PJM billing settlement
with PPL. In addition to these impacts, first quarter 2007 net
income included (all after tax) a gain on the sale of
investments of $9 million and
88
earnings of $5 million associated with the settlement of a
tax matter related to Generations previous investment in
Sithe.
Operating Revenues. For the three
months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, Generations
sales were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Variance
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|
Electric sales to affiliates
|
|
$
|
860
|
|
|
$
|
1,172
|
|
|
$
|
(312
|
)
|
|
|
(26.6
|
)%
|
Wholesale and retail electric sales
|
|
|
1,636
|
|
|
|
746
|
|
|
|
890
|
|
|
|
119.3
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total electric sales revenue
|
|
|
2,496
|
|
|
|
1,918
|
|
|
|
578
|
|
|
|
30.1
|
%
|
Retail gas sales
|
|
|
182
|
|
|
|
249
|
|
|
|
(67
|
)
|
|
|
(26.9
|
)%
|
Trading portfolio
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
(50.0
|
)%
|
Other operating revenue(a)
|
|
|
24
|
|
|
|
51
|
|
|
|
(27
|
)
|
|
|
(52.9
|
)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating revenue
|
|
$
|
2,703
|
|
|
$
|
2,220
|
|
|
$
|
483
|
|
|
|
21.8
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Includes sales relating to fossil
fuel sales, operating service agreements and decommissioning
revenue from PECO in 2007 and fossil fuel sales, operating
service agreements and decommissioning revenue from ComEd and
PECO in 2006.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sales (in GWhs)
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Variance
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|
Electric sales to affiliates
|
|
|
16,205
|
|
|
|
29,924
|
|
|
|
(13,719
|
)
|
|
|
(45.8
|
)%
|
Wholesale and retail electric sales
|
|
|
30,829
|
|
|
|
14,308
|
|
|
|
16,521
|
|
|
|
115.5
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total electric sales
|
|
|
47,034
|
|
|
|
44,232
|
|
|
|
2,802
|
|
|
|
6.3
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trading volumes of 5,101 GWhs and 6,985 GWhs for the three
months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 respectively, are not
included in the table above.
Electric sales to affiliates. Revenue from
sales to affiliates decreased $312 million for the three
months ended March 31, 2007, as compared to the same period
in 2006. The decrease was primarily due to a $503 million
decrease from lower electric sales volume, partially offset by
higher prices resulting in a $191 million increase in
revenues.
In the ComEd territories, lower volumes resulted in a
$532 million decrease in revenues. Generations PPA
with ComEd expired December 31, 2006. As a result of the
expiration of the PPA and the results of the auctions, beginning
in 2007, Generation is selling more power through bilateral
agreements, which resulted in a decrease in volumes to ComEd.
Prices were higher resulting in a $156 million increase in
revenues.
In the PECO territories, higher prices resulted in increased
revenues of $35 million due to a scheduled electric
generation rate increase that took effect January 1, 2007.
Additionally, volumes increased resulting in increased revenues
of $29 million.
Wholesale and retail electric sales. The
increase in Generations wholesale and retail electric
sales for the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to
the same period in 2006 consisted of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase
|
|
|
|
(Decrease)
|
|
|
Volume
|
|
$
|
874
|
|
Price
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase in wholesale and retail
electric sales
|
|
$
|
890
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
89
Wholesale and retail electric sales increased $890 million
for the three months ended March 31, 2007, as compared to
the same period in 2006. The increase was the result of higher
volumes of generation sold to the market as a result of the
expiration of the ComEd PPA in 2006.
Retail gas sales. Retail gas sales decreased
$67 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007
as compared to the same period in 2006, of which
$46 million was due to lower realized prices and
$21 million was due to lower volumes as a result of lower
demand.
Other revenue. The decrease in other revenues
in 2007 was due to a $16 million decrease related to the
termination of decommissioning collections from ComEd in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the ICC Order which
only permitted such collections through December 31, 2006.
Additionally, an $11 million decrease in other revenues was
attributable to the sale of TEG and TEP on February 9, 2007
and the resulting absence of revenue thereafter.
Purchased Power and Fuel
Expense. Generations supply sources are
summarized below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supply Source (in GWhs)
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Variance
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|
Nuclear generation(a)
|
|
|
35,357
|
|
|
|
33,491
|
|
|
|
1,866
|
|
|
|
5.6
|
%
|
Purchases economic
hedge portfolio
|
|
|
8,683
|
|
|
|
7,770
|
|
|
|
913
|
|
|
|
11.8
|
%
|
Fossil and hydroelectric generation
|
|
|
2,994
|
|
|
|
2,971
|
|
|
|
23
|
|
|
|
1.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total supply
|
|
|
47,034
|
|
|
|
44,232
|
|
|
|
2,802
|
|
|
|
6.3
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Represents Generations
proportionate share of the output of its nuclear generating
plants, including Salem, which is operated by PSEG Nuclear, LLC.
|
The changes in Generations purchased power and fuel
expense for the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared
to the same period in 2006 consisted of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase
|
|
|
|
Price
|
|
|
Volume
|
|
|
(Decrease)
|
|
|
Purchased power costs
|
|
$
|
(22
|
)
|
|
$
|
66
|
|
|
$
|
44
|
|
Generation cost
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
|
25
|
|
Fuel resale cost
|
|
|
(50
|
)
|
|
|
(21
|
)
|
|
|
(71
|
)
|
Mark-to-market
|
|
|
n.m.
|
|
|
|
n.m.
|
|
|
|
93
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase in purchased power and
fuel expense
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
91
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
n.m. Not meaningful
Purchased Power Cost. Purchased power cost
includes all costs associated with the procurement of
electricity including capacity, energy and fuel costs associated
with tolling agreements. Generation experienced overall higher
volumes that were attributable to increased purchases from PPAs
and to serve load commitments. These increases were partially
offset by lower purchased power volumes needed to supply ComEd
due to the expiration of the PPA at December 31, 2006.
Further, Generation realized overall lower prices for purchased
power. Additionally, Generations purchased power cost
decreased $28 million due to the PJM billing dispute
settlement with PPL. See Note 13 of the Combined Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements.
Generation Cost. Generation cost includes fuel
cost for internally generated energy. Generation experienced
overall higher generation costs for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 as compared to the same period in 2006 due
to increased prices related to fossil fuel generation. The
increased volume of $12 million was primarily due to higher
nuclear and fossil fuel generation.
Fuel Resale Cost. Fuel resale cost includes
retail gas purchases and wholesale fossil fuel expenses. The
changes in Generations fuel resale costs for the three
months ended March 31, 2007 as compared to quarter ended
90
2006 consisted of overall lower prices resulting in a decrease
of $50 million. Additionally, a decrease of
$21 million was the result of lower volumes caused by lower
demand.
Mark-to-market. Mark-to-market
losses on power hedging activities were $161 million for
the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to gains of
$38 million for the same period in 2006.
Mark-to-market
gains on fuel hedging activities were $46 million for the
three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to losses of
$60 million for the same period in 2006.
Generations average margin per MWh of electricity sold
during the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 were
as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
|
($/MWh)
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|
Average electric revenue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Electric sales to affiliates
|
|
$
|
53.07
|
|
|
$
|
39.17
|
|
|
|
35.5
|
%
|
Wholesale and retail electric sales
|
|
|
53.07
|
|
|
|
52.14
|
|
|
|
1.8
|
%
|
Total excluding the
trading portfolio
|
|
|
53.07
|
|
|
|
43.36
|
|
|
|
22.4
|
%
|
Average electric supply
cost(a) excluding the trading portfolio
|
|
|
18.90
|
|
|
|
16.44
|
|
|
|
15.0
|
%
|
Average margin
excluding the trading portfolio
|
|
|
34.17
|
|
|
|
26.92
|
|
|
|
26.9
|
%
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Average supply cost includes
purchased power and fuel costs associated with electric sales.
Average electric supply cost does not include fuel costs
associated with retail gas sales and other sales.
|
Nuclear fleet operating data for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 and 2006 were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Nuclear fleet capacity factor(a)
|
|
|
96.4
|
%
|
|
|
91.0
|
%
|
Nuclear fleet production cost per
MWh(a)
|
|
$
|
14.27
|
|
|
$
|
15.51
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Excludes Salem, which is operated
by PSEG Nuclear, LLC.
|
The nuclear fleet capacity factor increased primarily due to
fewer scheduled refueling outage and non-refueling outage days
during the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to
the same period in 2006. For the three months ended
March 31, 2007 and 2006, non-refueling outage days totaled
1 and 25, respectively, and refueling outage days totaled
40 and 79, respectively. Additionally, during the three months
ended March 31, 2007, both Quad Cities units operated at
Extended Power Uprate (EPU) generation levels as compared to the
three months ended March 31, 2006, when the generation
levels of both Quad Cities units were reduced to pre-EPU
generation levels to address vibration related equipment issues.
The higher number of net MWhs generated resulted in a
lower production cost per MWh for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 as compared to the same period in 2006.
Operating and Maintenance Expense. The
decrease in operating and maintenance expense for the three
months ended March 31, 2007 compared to the same period in
2006 consisted of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase
|
|
|
|
(Decrease)
|
|
|
Nuclear refueling outage costs
|
|
$
|
(29
|
)
|
Decommissioning-related activities
|
|
|
(14
|
)
|
Pension, payroll and benefit costs
|
|
|
22
|
|
Other
|
|
|
(8
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Decrease in operating and
maintenance expense
|
|
$
|
(29
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
91
The net $29 million decrease was primarily attributable to
the following:
|
|
|
|
|
A $29 million decrease in nuclear refueling outage costs
was associated with the fewer planned refueling outage days
during the three months ended March 31, 2007 as compared to
the same period in 2006.
|
|
|
|
A $14 million decrease in decommissioning related
activities was the result of the termination of revenue
collections from ComEd, which likewise no longer required an
offset through operating and maintenance expense.
|
|
|
|
A $22 million increase in pension, payroll and benefit
costs reflected the impact of inflation as well as an increase
in various direct and allocated fringe costs.
|
|
|
|
An $8 million decrease in other operating and maintenance
expense was primarily due to a decrease in service
agreement-related expenses during the three months ended
March 31, 2007 as compared to the same period in 2006.
|
Depreciation and
Amortization. Depreciation and amortization
expense for the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared
to the same period in 2006 was relatively unchanged.
Interest Expense. The decrease in net
interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2007
as compared to the same period in 2006 was primarily
attributable to an interest payment made in 2006 to the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) in settlement of a tax matter.
Other, Net. The change in other, net
reflects a gain on sale of investments recognized in the first
quarter of 2007.
Effective Income Tax Rate. There was
not a significant change in the effective income tax rate for
the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to the same
period in 2006. See Note 10 of the Combined Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion of the
change in the effective income tax rate.
Discontinued Operations. On
January 31, 2005, subsidiaries of Generation completed a
series of transactions that resulted in Generations sale
of its investment in Sithe. Accordingly, the results of
operations and the gain on the sale of Sithe have been presented
as discontinued operations within Generations Consolidated
Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income.
For the three months ended March 31, 2007,
Generations Consolidated Statement of Income and
Comprehensive Income included $5 million (after-tax) gain
on disposal of discontinued operations related primarily to
Sithe, resulting from a settlement agreement between a
subsidiary of Sithe, the Pennsylvania Attorney Generals
Office and the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue regarding a
previously disputed tax position asserted for the 2000 tax year.
There was no significant activity related to the discontinued
operations for Sithe during the three months ended
March 31, 2006. See Notes 2 and 4 of the Combined
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further
information regarding the presentation of Sithe as discontinued
operations.
92
Results
of Operations ComEd
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
Favorable
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
(Unfavorable)
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Variance
|
|
|
Operating revenues
|
|
$
|
1,490
|
|
|
$
|
1,426
|
|
|
$
|
64
|
|
Operating expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchased power
|
|
|
968
|
|
|
|
862
|
|
|
|
(106
|
)
|
Operating and maintenance
|
|
|
244
|
|
|
|
216
|
|
|
|
(28
|
)
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
107
|
|
|
|
98
|
|
|
|
(9
|
)
|
Taxes other than income
|
|
|
80
|
|
|
|
81
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
1,399
|
|
|
|
1,257
|
|
|
|
142
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income
|
|
|
91
|
|
|
|
169
|
|
|
|
(78
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income and
deductions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense, net
|
|
|
(83
|
)
|
|
|
(76
|
)
|
|
|
(7
|
)
|
Equity in losses of unconsolidated
affiliates
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
|
1
|
|
Other, net
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other income and deductions
|
|
|
(83
|
)
|
|
|
(78
|
)
|
|
|
(5
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before income
taxes
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
91
|
|
|
|
(83
|
)
|
Income taxes
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
37
|
|
|
|
34
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$
|
5
|
|
|
$
|
54
|
|
|
$
|
(49
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Income. As more fully described
below, ComEds net income for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 compared to the same period in 2006 reflects
higher purchased power expense, higher operating and maintenance
expense, higher depreciation and amortization expense and higher
interest expense, partially offset by higher operating revenues.
Beginning in 2007, ComEd ceased including margin on the energy
component of its deliveries to its customers, nor is it
collecting CTC revenues. While ComEds 2007 results reflect
an $83 million annual rate increase as allowed by the ICC,
this rate increase was based generally on 2004 costs and does
not include the impacts of increased expenditures since 2004 or
additional net capital investment since the end of 2004. ComEd
anticipates filing a new delivery service rate case during the
second quarter of 2007 based on a 2006 test year and also filed
a transmission rate case during the first quarter 2007. These
rate filings will help reduce the regulatory lag related to
recovery of these costs and returns on ComEds investments.
See Note 5 of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements for further discussion.
Operating Revenues and Purchased Power
Expense. The changes in operating revenues
and purchased power expense for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 compared to the same period in 2006
consisted of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase (Decrease)
|
|
|
|
Operating
|
|
|
Purchased
|
|
|
Revenue Net of
|
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
|
Power
|
|
|
Purchased Power
|
|
|
Customer choice
|
|
$
|
(294
|
)
|
|
$
|
(234
|
)
|
|
$
|
(60
|
)
|
Rate changes and mix
|
|
|
304
|
|
|
|
329
|
|
|
|
(25
|
)
|
Weather
|
|
|
32
|
|
|
|
19
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
Transmission
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
(7
|
)
|
|
|
13
|
|
Volume
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
Other
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total increase (decrease)
|
|
$
|
64
|
|
|
$
|
106
|
|
|
$
|
(42
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
93
Customer
choice
Revenue. All ComEd customers have the choice
to purchase electricity from a competitive electric generation
supplier. This choice does not impact the volume of deliveries,
but affects revenue collected from customers related to supplied
electricity and generation service. As of March 31, 2007,
one competitive electric generation supplier had been granted
approval to serve residential customers in the ComEd service
territory. However, they are not currently supplying electricity
to any residential customers.
As a result of ComEds higher electricity rates, more
non-residential customers have elected to have a competitive
electric generation supplier provide their electricity. For the
three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, 44% and 18%,
respectively, of electricity delivered to ComEds retail
customers was provided by competitive electric generation
suppliers. Most of the customers previously receiving
electricity under the power purchase option (PPO) are now
electing either to buy their electricity from a competitive
electric generation supplier or from ComEd under tariff rates.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
Ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Retail customers purchasing
electricity from a competitive electric generation supplier:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Volume (GWhs)(a)
|
|
|
10,071
|
|
|
|
3,845
|
|
Percentage of total retail
deliveries
|
|
|
44
|
%
|
|
|
18
|
%
|
Retail customers purchasing
electricity from a competitive electric generation supplier or
the ComEd PPO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of customers at period end
|
|
|
36,900
|
|
|
|
20,700
|
|
Percentage of total retail
customers
|
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
|
(b
|
)
|
Volume (GWhs)(a)
|
|
|
10,127
|
|
|
|
6,877
|
|
Percentage of total retail
deliveries
|
|
|
45
|
%
|
|
|
32
|
%
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
One GWh is the equivalent of one
million kilowatthours (kWh).
|
|
(b)
|
|
Less than one percent.
|
Purchased Power. The decrease in purchased
power expense from customer choice was primarily due to more
ComEd non-residential customers electing to purchase electricity
from a competitive electric generation supplier.
Rate
changes and mix
Revenue. The increase in revenue related to
rate changes and mix primarily reflects the end of the rate
freeze and the implementation of marketbased rates for
electricity and the impact of the distribution rate increase. In
2006, most customers were charged a bundled rate that included
distribution, transmission and the cost of electricity.
Additionally, under Illinois law, no CTCs are permitted to be
collected after 2006. As of January 2007, ComEd began billing
customers on an unbundled basis which includes separate charges
for distribution, transmission and electricity. Given the
relatively small increase approved by the ICC in the annual
distribution rates of $83 million, the majority of the
change in year over year pricing is driven by the inclusion of
market-based electricity rates. The market-based electricity
rates were determined through the reverse-auction competitive
bidding process. See Note 5 of the Combined Notes to the
Consolidated Financial Statements for more information. Starting
in 2007, ComEd is recovering former manufacturing gas plant
remediation costs from customers.
Purchased Power. Purchased power increased due
to higher electricity prices. The PPA with Generation terminated
at the end of 2006. In 2007, as a result of the ICC approved
reverse-auction process, ComEd began procuring electricity,
including ancillary services, under its supplier forward
contracts for the blended and annual products and from
PJM-administered wholesale electricity markets for the hourly
product. See Note 5 of the Combined Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements for more information on the reverse-auction
process.
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Weather
Revenue. Revenues were higher due to favorable
weather conditions for the three months ended March 31,
2007 compared to the same period in 2006. The demand for
electricity is affected by weather conditions. Very warm weather
in summer months and very cold weather in other months are
referred to as favorable weather conditions because
these weather conditions result in increased sales of
electricity. Conversely, mild weather reduces demand. In
ComEds service territory, heating degree days were 15%
higher during the three months ended March 31, 2007
compared to the same period in 2006.
Purchased Power. The increase in purchased
power expense attributable to weather was due to higher demand
due to favorable weather conditions in the ComEd service
territory relative to the prior year.
Transmission
Revenue. The increase in revenue for the
provision of transmission services reflects increased peak and
kWh load within the ComEd service territory.
Purchased Power. Effective December 1,
2004, PJM became obligated to pay Seams Elimination Charge /
Cost Adjustment/Assignment (SECA) collections to ComEd and ComEd
became obligated to pay SECA charges. These charges were being
collected subject to refund as they are being disputed. ComEd
recorded SECA collections and payments on a net basis through
purchased power expense. As ComEd was a net collector of SECA
charges, ComEd recorded $5 million of net SECA collections
during the three months ended March 31, 2006. During the
three months ended March 31, 2006, ComEd adjusted its
reserve for SECA. Management of ComEd believes that the
appropriate reserve has been established in the event that some
portion of SECA collections are required to be refunded. SECA
charges expired on March 31, 2006. See Note 5 of the
Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for more
information on the SECA rates.
Volume
Revenue. The increase in revenues for the
provision of distribution services primarily resulted from an
increase in deliveries, excluding the effects of weather, due to
an increased number of customers.
Other
Revenue Economic Hedge Derivative
Contracts. During the three months ended
March 31, 2007 as compared to the three months
March 31, 2006, ComEd had a net increase in economic hedge
derivative contracts including
mark-to-market
and settlement activity.
Operating and Maintenance Expense. The
changes in operating and maintenance expense for the three
months ended March 31, 2007 compared to the same period in
2006 consisted of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase
|
|
|
|
(Decrease)
|
|
|
Wages and salaries
|
|
$
|
6
|
|
Fringe benefits(a)
|
|
|
4
|
|
Corporate allocations
|
|
|
4
|
|
Severance-related expenses
|
|
|
3
|
|
Repair and maintenance of
transformer and synchronous condenser
|
|
|
3
|
|
CARE program(b)
|
|
|
2
|
|
Other
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase in operating and
maintenance expense
|
|
$
|
28
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Reflects increases in various
fringe benefits primarily due to increased pension and other
postretirement benefits costs of $4 million.
|
|
(b)
|
|
See Note 5 of the Combined
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional
information.
|
95
Depreciation and Amortization Expense. The
increase in depreciation and amortization expense for the three
months ended March 31, 2007 compared to the same period in
2006 consisted of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase
|
|
|
Amortization of regulatory assets
|
|
$
|
5
|
|
Depreciation expense associated
with higher plant balances
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase in depreciation and
amortization expense
|
|
$
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In 2007, ComEds amortization reflects the initial
amortization of the various regulatory assets authorized by the
ICC in its 2006 orders, partially offset by the elimination of
recoverable transition costs regulatory asset. See Note 5
of the Combined Notes of the Consolidated Financial Statements
for more information.
Taxes Other Than Income. Taxes other
than income remained constant for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 compared to the same period in 2006.
Interest Expense, Net. The
$7 million increase in interest expense, net for the three
months ended March 31, 2007 compared to the same period in
2006 primarily resulted from higher debt balances and higher
interest rates. Also, in 2007, ComEds interest expense,
net reflected $3 million of the initial amortization of the
regulatory asset related to the early debt retirement costs
authorized by the ICC in 2006.
Other, Net. Other, net remained
constant for the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared
to the same period in 2006.
Income Taxes. The effective income tax
rate was 37.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2007
compared to 40.7% for the three months ended March 31,
2006. See Note 10 of the Combined Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements for further discussion of the change in the
effective income tax rate.
ComEd
Electric Operating Statistics and Revenue Detail
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Retail Deliveries (in GWhs)
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Variance
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|
Full
service(a)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Residential
|
|
|
7,089
|
|
|
|
6,797
|
|
|
|
292
|
|
|
|
4.3
|
%
|
Small commercial &
industrial
|
|
|
4,586
|
|
|
|
5,319
|
|
|
|
(733
|
)
|
|
|
(13.8
|
)%
|
Large commercial &
industrial
|
|
|
706
|
|
|
|
2,179
|
|
|
|
(1,473
|
)
|
|
|
(67.6
|
)%
|
Public authorities &
electric railroads
|
|
|
183
|
|
|
|
601
|
|
|
|
(418
|
)
|
|
|
(69.6
|
)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total full service
|
|
|
12,564
|
|
|
|
14,896
|
|
|
|
(2,332
|
)
|
|
|
(15.7
|
)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PPO
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Small commercial &
industrial
|
|
|
25
|
|
|
|
1,509
|
|
|
|
(1,484
|
)
|
|
|
(98.3
|
)%
|
Large commercial &
industrial
|
|
|
31
|
|
|
|
1,523
|
|
|
|
(1,492
|
)
|
|
|
(98.0
|
)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
56
|
|
|
|
3,032
|
|
|
|
(2,976
|
)
|
|
|
(98.2
|
)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Delivery
only(b)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Small commercial &
industrial
|
|
|
3,495
|
|
|
|
894
|
|
|
|
2,601
|
|
|
|
n.m.
|
|
Large commercial &
industrial
|
|
|
6,423
|
|
|
|
2,951
|
|
|
|
3,472
|
|
|
|
117.7
|
%
|
Public authorities &
electric railroads
|
|
|
153
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
153
|
|
|
|
n.m.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,071
|
|
|
|
3,845
|
|
|
|
6,226
|
|
|
|
161.9
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total PPO and delivery only
|
|
|
10,127
|
|
|
|
6,877
|
|
|
|
3,250
|
|
|
|
47.3
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total retail
deliveries
|
|
|
22,691
|
|
|
|
21,773
|
|
|
|
918
|
|
|
|
4.2
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
96
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Full service reflects deliveries to
customers taking electric service under tariff rates.
|
|
(b)
|
|
Delivery only service reflects
customers electing to receive electricity from a competitive
electric generation supplier.
|
|
|
|
n.m. Not meaningful.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Electric Revenue
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Variance
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|
Full
service(a)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Residential
|
|
$
|
727
|
|
|
$
|
549
|
|
|
$
|
178
|
|
|
|
32.4
|
%
|
Small commercial &
industrial
|
|
|
435
|
|
|
|
388
|
|
|
|
47
|
|
|
|
12.1
|
%
|
Large commercial &
industrial
|
|
|
61
|
|
|
|
110
|
|
|
|
(49
|
)
|
|
|
(44.5
|
)%
|
Public authorities &
electric railroads
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
|
36
|
|
|
|
(19
|
)
|
|
|
(52.8
|
)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total full service
|
|
|
1,240
|
|
|
|
1,083
|
|
|
|
157
|
|
|
|
14.5
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PPO(b)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Small commercial &
industrial
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
102
|
|
|
|
(100
|
)
|
|
|
(98.0
|
)%
|
Large commercial &
industrial
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
90
|
|
|
|
(88
|
)
|
|
|
(97.8
|
)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
192
|
|
|
|
(188
|
)
|
|
|
(97.9
|
)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Delivery
only(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Small commercial &
industrial
|
|
|
49
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
38
|
|
|
|
n.m.
|
|
Large commercial &
industrial
|
|
|
63
|
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
|
36
|
|
|
|
133.3
|
%
|
Public authorities &
electric railroads
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
n.m.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
113
|
|
|
|
38
|
|
|
|
75
|
|
|
|
197.4
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total PPO and delivery only
|
|
|
117
|
|
|
|
230
|
|
|
|
(113
|
)
|
|
|
(49.1
|
)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total electric retail
revenues
|
|
|
1,357
|
|
|
|
1,313
|
|
|
|
44
|
|
|
|
3.4
|
%
|
Other revenue(d)
|
|
|
132
|
|
|
|
123
|
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
7.3
|
%
|
Economic hedge derivative contracts
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
(10
|
)
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
(110.0
|
)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating
revenues
|
|
$
|
1,490
|
|
|
$
|
1,426
|
|
|
$
|
64
|
|
|
|
4.5
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Full service revenue reflects
deliveries to customers taking electric service under tariff
rates, which include the cost of electricity and the cost of
transmission and distribution of the electricity.
|
|
(b)
|
|
Revenues from customers choosing
the PPO include an energy charge at market rates, transmission
and distribution charges, and a CTC through December 31,
2006.
|
|
(c)
|
|
Delivery only revenues reflect
revenue under tariff rates from customers electing to receive
electricity from a competitive electric generation supplier,
which includes a distribution charge and a CTC through
December 31, 2006.
|
|
(d)
|
|
Other revenues include transmission
revenue (including revenue from PJM), sales to municipalities
and other wholesale energy sales.
|
|
|
|
n.m. Not meaningful.
|
97
Results
of Operations PECO
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
Favorable
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
(Unfavorable)
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Variance
|
|
|
Operating revenues
|
|
$
|
1,500
|
|
|
$
|
1,407
|
|
|
$
|
93
|
|
Operating expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchased power and fuel
|
|
|
843
|
|
|
|
813
|
|
|
|
(30
|
)
|
Operating and maintenance
|
|
|
148
|
|
|
|
148
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
185
|
|
|
|
171
|
|
|
|
(14
|
)
|
Taxes other than income
|
|
|
71
|
|
|
|
65
|
|
|
|
(6
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
1,247
|
|
|
|
1,197
|
|
|
|
(50
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income
|
|
|
253
|
|
|
|
210
|
|
|
|
43
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income and
deductions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense, net
|
|
|
(62
|
)
|
|
|
(69
|
)
|
|
|
7
|
|
Equity in losses of unconsolidated
affiliates
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
|
1
|
|
Other, net
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other income and deductions
|
|
|
(59
|
)
|
|
|
(69
|
)
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before income
taxes
|
|
|
194
|
|
|
|
141
|
|
|
|
53
|
|
Income taxes
|
|
|
66
|
|
|
|
48
|
|
|
|
(18
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
128
|
|
|
|
93
|
|
|
|
35
|
|
Preferred stock dividends
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income on common
stock
|
|
$
|
127
|
|
|
$
|
92
|
|
|
$
|
35
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Income. PECOs net income for
the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to the same
period in 2006 increased primarily due to higher operating
revenues, net of purchased power and fuel expense, which
reflected increased sales from favorable weather conditions, the
completion of certain authorized rate increases which began in
2006 and the favorable settlement of a PJM billing dispute.
Partially offsetting higher net operating revenues was higher
CTC amortization, which was in accordance with PECOs 1998
restructuring settlement with the PAPUC.
Electric and Gas Operating Revenues, Purchased Power and
Fuel Expense. The changes in PECOs
operating revenues and purchased power and fuel expense for the
three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to the same
period in 2006 consisted of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase (Decrease)
|
|
|
|
Electric
|
|
|
Gas
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchased
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
|
|
|
Purchased
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
|
|
|
Fuel
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
|
|
|
Power
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
|
Power
|
|
|
Net
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
|
Expense
|
|
|
Net
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
|
and Fuel
|
|
|
Net
|
|
|
Weather
|
|
$
|
30
|
|
|
$
|
13
|
|
|
$
|
17
|
|
|
$
|
55
|
|
|
$
|
46
|
|
|
$
|
9
|
|
|
$
|
85
|
|
|
$
|
59
|
|
|
$
|
26
|
|
Volume
|
|
|
28
|
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
41
|
|
|
|
22
|
|
|
|
19
|
|
Rate increases (decreases)
|
|
|
55
|
|
|
|
44
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
(104
|
)
|
|
|
(104
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(49
|
)
|
|
|
(60
|
)
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|
11
|
|
Settlement of PJM billing dispute
|
|
|
|
|
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|
(10
|
)
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(10
|
)
|
|
|
10
|
|
Customer choice
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other rate changes and mix
|
|
|
(10
|
)
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
|
(7
|
)
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
(7
|
)
|
|
|
(11
|
)
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
(14
|
)
|
Other
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
24
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total increase (decrease)
|
|
$
|
113
|
|
|
$
|
57
|
|
|
$
|
56
|
|
|
$
|
(20
|
)
|
|
$
|
(27
|
)
|
|
$
|
7
|
|
|
$
|
93
|
|
|
$
|
30
|
|
|
$
|
63
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
98
Weather
Revenues. The demand for electricity and gas
is affected by weather conditions. With respect to the electric
business, very warm weather in summer months and, with respect
to the electric and gas businesses, very cold weather in other
months are referred to as favorable weather
conditions because these weather conditions result in
increased sales of electricity and gas. Conversely, mild weather
reduces demand. Revenues were higher due to favorable weather
conditions in PECOs service territory, where heating
degree days were 15% higher during the three months ended
March 31, 2007 compared to the same period in 2006.
Purchased Power and Fuel Expense. The increase
in purchased power and fuel expense attributable to weather was
due to higher demand as a result of favorable weather conditions
in the PECO service territory relative to the prior year.
Volume
Revenues. The increase in revenues as a result
of higher delivery volume, exclusive of the effects of weather
and customer choice, reflected increased usage across all
customer classes for electric and gas. In addition, there was a
favorable impact of an increased number of customers primarily
in the small commercial and industrial class for electric and
the residential and small commercial and industrial classes for
gas.
Purchased Power and Fuel Expense. The increase
in expenses as a result of higher delivery volume, exclusive of
the effects of weather and customer choice, reflected increased
usage across all customer classes for electric and gas and the
impact of an increased number of customers primarily in the
small commercial and industrial class for electric and the
residential and small commercial and industrial classes for gas.
Rate
increases (decreases)
Revenues. The increase in electric revenues
attributable to electric rate increases reflected
$11 million associated with the completion in January 2007
of scheduled CTC and distribution rate increases which began in
2006. In addition, effective for customer bills for electric
generation service delivered after customers January 2007
meter readings, a scheduled electric generation rate increase
took effect, which represents the last scheduled rate increase
through 2010 under PECOs 1998 restructuring settlement.
This rate increase will not affect operating income as PECO will
incur corresponding and offsetting purchased power expense under
its PPA with Generation. The decrease in gas revenues was due to
net decreases in rates through PAPUC-approved quarterly changes
to the purchased gas adjustment clause. The average purchased
gas cost rate per million cubic feet in effect for the three
months ended March 31, 2007 was 26% lower than the average
rate for the same period in 2006.
Purchased Power and Fuel Expense. PECOs
purchased power expense increased primarily due to increased
costs under its PPA with Generation, which reflects the
scheduled generation rate increase. Fuel expense for gas
decreased due to lower gas prices.
Settlement
of PJM billing dispute
Purchased Power. PECOs purchased power
expense decreased $10 million due to the PJM billing
dispute settlement with PPL. See Note 13 of the Combined
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further
discussion.
Customer
choice
Revenues and Purchased Power. For the three
months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, 2% of energy
delivered to PECOs retail customers was provided by
competitive electric generation suppliers.
All PECO customers have the choice to purchase energy from a
competitive electric generation supplier. This choice does not
affect the volume of deliveries, but affects revenue collected
from customers related to supplied energy and generation
service. PECOs operating income is not affected by
customer choice since any increase or decrease in revenues is
completely offset by any related increase or decrease in
purchased power expense.
99
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Retail customers purchasing energy
from a competitive electric generation supplier:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of customers at period end
|
|
|
34,000
|
|
|
|
40,700
|
|
Percentage of total retail
customers
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
|
3
|
%
|
Volume (GWhs)(a)
|
|
|
159
|
|
|
|
218
|
|
Percentage of total retail
deliveries
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
One GWh is the equivalent of one
million kWh.
|
The increase in electric retail revenue and expense associated
with customer choice reflects customers, primarily from the
small commercial and industrial customer class, returning to
PECO as their electric supplier.
Other
rate changes and mix
Revenues. The decrease in electric and gas
revenues attributable to other rate changes and mix reflects the
effects of rate blocking. During the winter heating season,
certain customer charges per unit of energy are reduced when
customer usage exceeds a certain threshold.
Purchased Power and Fuel Expense. The decrease
in electric purchased power attributable to other rate changes
and mix reflects a change in the mix of average pricing related
to PECOs PPA with Generation. The decrease in gas fuel
expense reflects a timing difference between how fuel costs are
recognized versus how they are collected, including billing
adjustments.
Other
revenues and expenses
Revenues. The increase in electric revenues
was due to various factors, none of which were individually
material. The increase in gas revenues was primarily due to
increased off-system sales.
Purchased Power and Fuel. The increase in gas
fuel expense was due to increased off-system sales.
Operating and Maintenance Expense. Operating
and maintenance expense for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 compared to the same period in 2006 was
unchanged due to the following offsetting factors:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase
|
|
|
|
(Decrease)
|
|
|
Allowance for uncollectible
accounts
|
|
$
|
(7
|
)
|
Storm costs
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
Contractors
|
|
|
6
|
|
Environmental reserve(a)
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in operating and
maintenance expense
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Reflects lower expense in 2006 due
to a settlement related to a Superfund site in the first quarter
of 2006.
|
Depreciation and Amortization
Expense. The increase in depreciation and
amortization expense for the three months ended March 31,
2007 compared to the same period in 2006 was primarily due to an
increase in CTC amortization of $17 million. PECOs
additional amortization of the CTC is in accordance with its
original settlement under the Pennsylvania Competition Act.
Taxes Other Than Income. The increase
in taxes other than income for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 compared to the same period in 2006 was
primarily due to an increase in taxes on utility revenues as a
result of higher electric operating revenues.
100
Interest Expense, Net. The decrease in
interest expense, net for the three months ended March 31,
2007 compared to the same period in 2006 was primarily due to
scheduled payments on long-term debt owed to PECO Energy
Transition Trust (PETT), partially offset by an increase in
interest expense associated with higher outstanding long-term
first mortgage bonds.
Other, Net. The increase for the three
months ended March 31, 2007 compared to the same period in
2006 was primarily due to interest income associated with the
adoption of FIN 48 and the PJM billing dispute settlement.
See Note 14 of the Combined Notes to the Consolidated
Financial Statements for further details of the components of
other, net. See Notes 3 and 10 of the Combined Notes to the
Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information
regarding the adoption of FIN 48. See Note 13 of the
Combined Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for
additional information on the PJM billing dispute settlement.
Income Taxes. The effective income tax
rate was 34.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2007
and 2006. See Note 10 of the Combined Notes to the
Consolidated Financial Statements for further details of the
components of the effective income tax rates.
PECO
Electric Operating Statistics and Revenue Detail
PECOs electric sales statistics and revenue detail were as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Retail Deliveries (in GWhs)
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Variance
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|
Full
service(a)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Residential
|
|
|
3,414
|
|
|
|
3,198
|
|
|
|
216
|
|
|
|
6.8
|
%
|
Small commercial &
industrial
|
|
|
2,069
|
|
|
|
1,883
|
|
|
|
186
|
|
|
|
9.9
|
%
|
Large commercial &
industrial
|
|
|
3,907
|
|
|
|
3,702
|
|
|
|
205
|
|
|
|
5.5
|
%
|
Public authorities &
electric railroads
|
|
|
232
|
|
|
|
243
|
|
|
|
(11
|
)
|
|
|
(4.5
|
)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total full service
|
|
|
9,622
|
|
|
|
9,026
|
|
|
|
596
|
|
|
|
6.6
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Delivery
only(b)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Residential
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
|
(6
|
)
|
|
|
(33.3
|
)%
|
Small commercial &
industrial
|
|
|
144
|
|
|
|
182
|
|
|
|
(38
|
)
|
|
|
(20.9
|
)%
|
Large commercial &
industrial
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
|
(15
|
)
|
|
|
(83.3
|
)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total delivery only
|
|
|
159
|
|
|
|
218
|
|
|
|
(59
|
)
|
|
|
(27.1
|
)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total retail
deliveries
|
|
|
9,781
|
|
|
|
9,244
|
|
|
|
537
|
|
|
|
5.8
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Full service reflects deliveries to
customers taking electric service under tariff rates.
|
|
(b)
|
|
Delivery only service reflects
customers receiving electric generation service from a
competitive electric generation supplier.
|
101
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Electric Revenue
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Variance
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|
Full
service(a)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Residential
|
|
$
|
449
|
|
|
$
|
405
|
|
|
$
|
44
|
|
|
|
10.9
|
%
|
Small commercial &
industrial
|
|
|
239
|
|
|
|
209
|
|
|
|
30
|
|
|
|
14.4
|
%
|
Large commercial &
industrial
|
|
|
329
|
|
|
|
295
|
|
|
|
34
|
|
|
|
11.5
|
%
|
Public authorities &
electric railroads
|
|
|
22
|
|
|
|
21
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
4.8
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total full service
|
|
|
1,039
|
|
|
|
930
|
|
|
|
109
|
|
|
|
11.7
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Delivery
only(b)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Residential
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Small commercial &
industrial
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
(22.2
|
)%
|
Large commercial &
industrial
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
(100.0
|
)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total delivery only
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
|
(27.3
|
)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total electric retail
revenues
|
|
|
1,047
|
|
|
|
941
|
|
|
|
106
|
|
|
|
11.3
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other revenue(c)
|
|
|
65
|
|
|
|
58
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
12.1
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total electric and other
revenue
|
|
$
|
1,112
|
|
|
$
|
999
|
|
|
$
|
113
|
|
|
|
11.3
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Full service revenue reflects
revenue from customers taking generation service under tariff
rates which includes the cost of energy, the cost of
transmission and distribution of the energy and a CTC.
|
|
(b)
|
|
Delivery only revenue reflects
revenue from customers receiving generation service from a
competitive electric generation supplier, which includes the
cost of distribution of the energy and a CTC.
|
|
(c)
|
|
Miscellaneous revenues include
transmission revenue from PJM and other wholesale energy sales.
|
PECO
Gas Sales Statistics and Revenue Detail
PECOs gas sales statistics and revenue detail were as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deliveries to customers (in million cubic feet (mmcf))
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Variance
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|
Retail sales
|
|
|
28,968
|
|
|
|
24,921
|
|
|
|
4,047
|
|
|
|
16.2
|
%
|
Transportation
|
|
|
7,049
|
|
|
|
6,880
|
|
|
|
169
|
|
|
|
2.5
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
36,017
|
|
|
|
31,801
|
|
|
|
4,216
|
|
|
|
13.3
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Variance
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|
Retail sales
|
|
$
|
366
|
|
|
$
|
403
|
|
|
$
|
(37
|
)
|
|
|
(9.2
|
)%
|
Transportation
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Resales and other
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
|
n.m.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total gas revenue
|
|
$
|
388
|
|
|
$
|
408
|
|
|
$
|
(20
|
)
|
|
|
(4.9
|
)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
n.m. Not meaningful
102
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
The Registrants operating and capital expenditures
requirements are provided by internally generated cash flows
from operations as well as funds from external sources in the
capital markets and through bank borrowings or in the case of
Generation and PECO, through capital contributions from Exelon
when necessary. The Registrants businesses are capital
intensive and require considerable capital resources. The
Registrants access to external financing on reasonable
terms depends on their credit ratings and current overall
capital market business conditions, including that of the
utility industry in general. If these conditions deteriorate to
the extent that the Registrants no longer have access to the
capital markets at reasonable terms, Exelon, Generation, ComEd
and PECO have access to revolving credit facilities with
aggregate bank commitments of $1 billion, $5 billion,
$1 billion and $600 million, respectively, that they
currently utilize to support their commercial paper programs and
to issue letters of credit. At March 31, 2007, ComEd has
borrowed $340 million from its credit facility since its
access to the commercial paper market is limited due to its
current credit ratings. See the Credit Matters
section below for further discussion. Exelon expects cash flows
to be sufficient to meet operating, financing and capital
expenditure requirements. See Liquidity and Capital
Resources within Exelons 2006 Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for additional information.
The Registrants primarily use their capital resources, including
cash, to fund capital requirements, including construction
expenditures, retire debt, pay dividends, fund pension
obligations and invest in new and existing ventures. The
Registrants spend a significant amount of cash on capital
improvements and construction projects that have a long-term
return on investment. Additionally, ComEd and PECO operate in
rate-regulated environments in which the amount of new
investment recovery may be limited and where such recovery takes
place over an extended period of time. As a result of these
factors, each of Exelons, ComEds and PECOs
working capital, defined as current assets less current
liabilities, is in a net deficit position. ComEd intends to
refinance maturing long-term debt. To manage cash flows as more
fully described below, ComEd did not pay a dividend in 2006 or
during the three months ended March 31, 2007. Future
acquisitions that Exelon may undertake may involve external debt
financing or the issuance of additional Exelon common stock.
During the three months ended March 31, 2007, ComEd
experienced negative operating cash flows primarily due to a
change in its payment terms with energy suppliers resulting from
downgraded credit ratings and due to under-recovery of energy
costs, which have been recognized as a regulatory asset.
Beginning in 2007, ComEd ceased including margin on the energy
component of its deliveries to its customers, nor is it
collecting CTC revenues. While ComEds 2007 results reflect
an $83 million annual rate increase as allowed by the ICC,
this rate increase was based generally on 2004 costs and does
not include the impacts of increased expenditures since 2004 or
additional net capital investment since the end of 2004. ComEd
anticipates filing a new delivery service rate case during the
second quarter of 2007 based on a 2006 test year and also filed
a transmission rate case during the first quarter 2007. These
rate filings will help reduce the regulatory lag related to
recovery of these costs and returns on ComEds investments.
See Note 5 of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements for further discussion.
Cash
Flows from Operating Activities
Generations cash flows from operating activities primarily
result from the sale of electric energy to wholesale customers,
including ComEd and PECO. Generations future cash flows
from operating activities will be affected by demand for and
market prices of energy and its ability to continue to produce
and supply power at competitive costs as well as make
collections from customers. ComEds and PECOs cash
flows from operating activities primarily result from sales of
electricity and, in the case of PECO, gas to a stable and
diverse base of retail customers at fixed prices and are
weighted toward the third quarter of each fiscal year.
ComEds and PECOs future cash flows will be affected
by the economy, weather, customer choice, existing and future
regulatory proceedings relating to their revenues and their
ability to achieve operating cost reductions. See Notes 5
and 13 of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements for further discussion of regulatory and legal
proceedings and proposed legislation.
Operating cash flows could be negatively affected by changes in
the rate regulatory environments of ComEd and PECO, although any
effects are not expected to hinder the ability of PECO to fund
its business requirements. Beginning in 2007, ComEd began
purchasing electricity through the ICC authorized
reverse-auction process in
103
order to meet the retail electricity needs of ComEds
customers because ComEd does not own any generation. If the
price at which ComEd is allowed to sell electricity is below
ComEds cost to procure and deliver electricity, there may
be potential material adverse consequences to ComEd and,
possibly, Exelon. ComEd has implemented a voluntary cap
and deferral program to mitigate the impact on its
residential customers of transitioning to the post rate freeze
period. ComEds cash flows from operations will be reduced
in the first years of the program, but will increase as any
deferred amounts are collected with a 3.25% return on any
deferred balances. As of March 31, 2007, approximately
34,000 or 1% of ComEds residential customers have enrolled
in the program. See Note 5 of the Combined Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion of
ComEds procurement case and the residential rate
stabilization program.
Beginning in 2007, Generations sales to counterparties
other than ComEd and PECO increased due to the expiration of the
PPA with ComEd on December 31, 2006. The bilateral
contracts are subject to credit risk, which relates to the
ability of counterparties to meet their contractual payment
obligations. Any failure to collect these payments from
counterparties could have a material impact on Exelons and
Generations results of operations, cash flows and
financial position. When Generation sells power, as market
prices rise above contracted price levels, Generation is
required to post collateral with purchasers; as market prices
fall below contracted price levels, counterparties are required
to post collateral with Generation. Beginning in 2007, under the
Illinois auction rules and the supplier forward contracts that
Generation entered into with ComEd and Ameren, collateral
postings will be one-sided from Generation only. That is, if
market prices fall below ComEds or Amerens
contracted price levels, ComEd or Ameren, as the case may be, is
not required to post collateral; however, if market prices rise
above contracted price levels with ComEd or Ameren, Generation
is required to post collateral. See Note 8 of the Combined
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further
information regarding Generations collateral policy.
Additionally, Exelon, through ComEd, has taken certain tax
positions, which have been disclosed to the IRS, to defer the
tax gain on the 1999 sale of its fossil generating assets. In
November 2006, ComEd received from the IRS a notice of proposed
adjustment disallowing the deferral of gain associated with its
position that proceeds from the fossil plant sales resulted from
an involuntary conversion. This tax obligation is
significant and an adverse determination could require a
significant payment. See Note 10 of the Combined Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion
regarding ComEds tax position on the 1999 sale of its
fossil generating assets.
The following table provides a summary of the major items
affecting Exelons cash flows from operations for the three
months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Variance
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$
|
691
|
|
|
$
|
400
|
|
|
$
|
291
|
|
Add (subtract):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-cash operating activities(a)
|
|
|
744
|
|
|
|
686
|
|
|
|
58
|
|
Income taxes
|
|
|
319
|
|
|
|
35
|
|
|
|
284
|
|
Changes in working capital and
other noncurrent assets and liabilities(b)
|
|
|
(1,066
|
)
|
|
|
(258
|
)
|
|
|
(808
|
)
|
Pension and non-pension
postretirement benefit contributions
|
|
|
(20
|
)
|
|
|
(15
|
)
|
|
|
(5
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash flows provided by
operations
|
|
$
|
668
|
|
|
$
|
848
|
|
|
$
|
(180
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Represents depreciation,
amortization and accretion, deferred income taxes, provision for
uncollectible accounts, pension and non-pension postretirement
benefit expense, equity in earnings and losses of unconsolidated
affiliates and investments, other decommissioning-related
activities, stock compensation expense and other non-cash
charges.
|
|
(b)
|
|
Changes in working capital and
other noncurrent assets and liabilities exclude the changes in
commercial paper, income taxes and the current portion of
long-term debt.
|
104
Cash flows provided by (used in) operations for the three months
ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 by registrant were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
Ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Exelon
|
|
$
|
668
|
|
|
$
|
848
|
|
Generation
|
|
|
823
|
|
|
|
597
|
|
ComEd
|
|
|
(31
|
)
|
|
|
274
|
|
PECO
|
|
|
201
|
|
|
|
235
|
|
Changes in Exelons, Generations, ComEds and
PECOs cash flows from operations were generally consistent
with changes in its results of operations, as adjusted by
changes in working capital in the normal course of business. In
addition, significant operating cash flow impacts for the
Registrants for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and
2006 were as follows:
Generation
|
|
|
|
|
At March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, Generation
had accounts receivable from ComEd of $53 million under its
supplier forward agreement and $197 million under the PPA,
which expired on December 31, 2006, respectively. At
March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, Generation had
accounts receivable from ComEd under the PPA of
$251 million and $242 million, respectively.
|
|
|
|
At March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, Generation
had accounts receivable from PECO under the PPA of
$186 million and $153 million, respectively. At
March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, Generation had
accounts receivable from PECO under the PPA of $143 million
and $151 million, respectively.
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|
|
|
During the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006,
Generation had net disbursements of counterparty collateral of
$347 million and net collections of counterparty collateral
of $105 million. The decrease in cash flows was primarily
due to changes in collateral requirements resulting from
increased activity within exchange-based markets for energy and
fossil fuel.
|
|
|
|
In 2005, Exelon received a $102 million Federal income tax
refund for capital losses generated in 2003 related to
Generations previously owned investment in Sithe, which
were carried back to prior periods. In the first quarter of
2006, Exelon remitted a $98 million payment to the IRS in
connection with the settlement of the IRSs challenge of
the timing of the above-described deduction. This payment
included $6 million of interest which was recognized as
interest expense in the first quarter of 2006.
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ComEd
|
|
|
|
|
As a result of ComEds downgraded credit ratings, ComEd is
making semi-monthly payments under its supplier forward
contracts with its energy suppliers, including Generation. Prior
to the credit ratings downgrade, ComEd made monthly payments to
its energy suppliers. At March 31, 2007 and
December 31, 2006, ComEd had accrued payments to Generation
for energy purchases of $53 million and $197 million,
respectively. At March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005,
ComEd had accrued payments to Generation for energy purchases of
$251 million and $242 million, respectively. At
March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, ComEd had
accrued payments to other energy suppliers of $81 million
and $10 million, respectively. At March 31, 2006 and
December 31, 2005, ComEd accrued payments to other energy
suppliers of $1 million and $12 million, respectively.
|
|
|
|
During the three months ended March 31, 2007, ComEd had net
under-recovered energy costs of $67 million. See
Note 5 of the Combined Notes to the Consolidated Financial
Statements for more information.
|
|
|
|
During the three months ended March 31, 2007, ComEds
revenue exceeded its cash collections from customers by
$38 million. During the three months ended March 31,
2006, ComEds cash collections exceeded its revenue to
customers by $58 million.
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105
Cash
Flows from Investing Activities
Cash flows used in investing activities for the three months
ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 by registrant were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Exelon
|
|
$
|
(659
|
)
|
|
$
|
(713
|
)
|
Generation
|
|
|
(380
|
)
|
|
|
(354
|
)
|
ComEd
|
|
|
(288
|
)
|
|
|
(236
|
)
|
PECO
|
|
|
(85
|
)
|
|
|
(84
|
)
|
Capital expenditures by registrant and business segment for the
three months ended March 31, 2007 and projected amounts for
the twelve months ended December 31, 2007 are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
Projected
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2007
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Generation
|
|
$
|
290
|
|
|
$
|
1,353
|
|
ComEd
|
|
|
289
|
|
|
|
1,055
|
|
PECO
|
|
|
85
|
|
|
|
355
|
|
Other(a)
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
38
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Exelon capital expenditures
|
|
$
|
672
|
|
|
$
|
2,801
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Other includes corporate operations
and shared service entities, including BSC.
|
Projected capital expenditures and other investments are subject
to periodic review and revision to reflect changes in economic
conditions and other factors.
Generation. Generations capital
expenditures for 2007 reflect additions and upgrades to existing
facilities (including material condition improvements during
nuclear refueling outages) and nuclear fuel. Exelon anticipates
that Generations capital expenditures will be funded by
internally generated funds, borrowings or capital contributions
from Exelon.
ComEd and PECO. Approximately 50% of
the projected 2007 capital expenditures at ComEd and PECO are
for continuing projects to maintain and improve the reliability
of their transmission and distribution systems. The remaining
amounts are for capital additions to support new business and
customer growth. Exelon is continuing to evaluate its total
capital spending requirements. Exelon anticipates that
ComEds and PECOs capital expenditures will be funded
by internally generated funds, borrowings and the issuance of
debt or preferred securities.
Other significant investing activities of the Registrants for
the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 were as
follows:
Exelon
|
|
|
|
|
Exelon contributed $24 million and $33 million to its
investments in synthetic fuel-producing facilities during the
three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
|
Generation
|
|
|
|
|
Generation contributed $117 million to the Exelon
intercompany money pool during the three months ended
March 31, 2007.
|
|
|
|
On February 9, 2007, Tamuin International Inc., a wholly
owned subsidiary of Generation, sold its 49.5% ownership
interests in TEG and TEP to a subsidiary of AES Corporation
for $95 million in cash plus certain purchase price
adjustments.
|
106
PECO
|
|
|
|
|
As a result of its prior contributions to the Exelon
intercompany money pool, $8 million was returned to PECO
during the three months ended March 31, 2006.
|
Cash
Flows from Financing Activities
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities for the
three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 by registrant
were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Exelon
|
|
$
|
147
|
|
|
$
|
(101
|
)
|
Generation
|
|
|
(294
|
)
|
|
|
(246
|
)
|
ComEd
|
|
|
336
|
|
|
|
(40
|
)
|
PECO
|
|
|
(123
|
)
|
|
|
(108
|
)
|
Debt. On January 15, 2007, ComEd
repaid at maturity $145 million of its 7.625% notes.
On March 22, 2007, ComEd issued an additional
$300 million aggregate principal amount of the same series
as ComEds currently outstanding First Mortgage 5.90%
Bonds due March 15, 2036. The proceeds of the bonds were
used to refinance outstanding commercial paper and to repay a
portion of borrowings under its revolving credit facility.
On March 19, 2007, PECO issued $175 million aggregate
principal amount of its First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds,
5.70% Series due 2037. The proceeds of the bonds were used to
supplement working capital previously financed through sales of
commercial paper and for other general corporate purposes.
On March 6, 2006, ComEd issued $325 million aggregate
principal amount of its First Mortgage 5.90% Bonds,
Series 103, due March 15, 2036. The proceeds of the
bonds were used to supplement working capital previously used to
refinance amounts that ComEd used to repay bonds and notes.
From time to time and as market conditions warrant, the
Registrants may engage in long-term debt retirements via tender
offers, open market repurchases or other viable options to
strengthen their respective balance sheets.
Dividends. Cash dividend payments and
distributions during the three months ended March 31, 2007
and 2006 by registrant were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Exelon
|
|
$
|
296
|
|
|
$
|
267
|
|
Generation
|
|
|
295
|
|
|
|
165
|
|
PECO
|
|
|
156
|
|
|
|
117
|
|
Exelon paid dividends of $296 million on March 10,
2007 to shareholders of record at the close of business on
February 15, 2007. On February 27, 2007, Exelons
board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of
$0.44 per share on Exelons common stock, which is
payable on June 11, 2007 to shareholders of record at the
end of the day on May 15, 2007. See Dividends
section of ITEM 5 of Exelons 2006 Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for a further discussion of Exelons dividend policy.
During 2006 and the three months ended March 31, 2007,
ComEd did not pay any dividend. The decision by the ComEd Board
of Directors not to declare a dividend was the result of several
factors, including ComEds need for a rate increase to
cover existing costs and anticipated levels of future capital
expenditures as well as the continued uncertainty related to
ComEds regulatory filings as discussed in Note 5 of
the Combined Notes to
107
Consolidated Financial Statements. ComEds Board of
Directors will continue to assess ComEds ability to pay a
dividend on a quarterly basis.
Intercompany Money Pool. Generation
repaid borrowings from the Exelon intercompany money pool
totaling $88 million during the three months ended
March 31, 2006. During the three months ended
March 31, 2006, ComEd repaid $140 million that it had
borrowed from the Exelon intercompany money pool. During the
three months ended March 31, 2007, PECO repaid
$32 million that it had borrowed from the Exelon
intercompany money pool.
Short-Term Borrowings. During the three
months ended March 31, 2007, Exelon, ComEd and PECO issued
(repaid) $(9) million, $(60) million and
$5 million of commercial paper, respectively. During the
three months ended March 31, 2006, Exelon, Generation,
ComEd and PECO issued (repaid) $31 million,
$2 million, $(151) million and $87 million of
commercial paper, respectively. At March 31, 2007, ComEd
had $340 million outstanding borrowings under its credit
agreement.
Retirement of Long-Term Debt to Financing
Affiliates. Retirement of long-term debt to
financing affiliates during the three months ended
March 31, 2007 and 2006 by registrant was as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Exelon
|
|
$
|
264
|
|
|
$
|
215
|
|
ComEd
|
|
|
86
|
|
|
|
89
|
|
PECO
|
|
|
178
|
|
|
|
126
|
|
Contributions from
Parent/Member. Contributions from
Parent/Member (Exelon) during the three months ended
March 31, 2007, and 2006 by registrant were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Generation
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
5
|
|
ComEd
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23
|
|
PECO
|
|
|
65
|
|
|
|
48
|
|
Other. Other significant financing
activities for Exelon for the three months ended March 31,
2007 and 2006 were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
Exelon purchased treasury shares totaling $37 million and
$54 million during the three months ended March 31,
2007 and 2006, respectively.
|
|
|
|
Exelon received proceeds from employee stock plans of
$98 million and $81 million during the three months
ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
|
|
|
|
There were $34 million and $21 million of excess tax
benefits included as a cash inflow in other financing activities
during the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
|
Credit
Matters
Credit Facilities. Exelon, Generation
and PECO meet their short-term liquidity requirements primarily
through the issuance of commercial paper and ComEd meets its
short-term liquidity requirements primarily through borrowings
from its credit facilities and the issuance of commercial paper.
The Registrants may use credit facilities for general corporate
purposes, including meeting short-term funding requirements and
the issuance of letters of credit. At March 31, 2007, ComEd
had $340 million outstanding under its credit agreement.
See Note 7 of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements for further information regarding the
Registrants credit facilities.
108
At March 31, 2007, the Registrants had the following bank
commitments and available capacity under the various credit
agreements to which they are a party and the indicated amounts
of outstanding commercial paper:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aggregate Bank
|
|
|
Available
|
|
|
Outstanding
|
|
Borrower
|
|
Commitment(a)
|
|
|
Capacity(b)
|
|
|
Commercial Paper
|
|
|
Exelon
|
|
$
|
1,000
|
|
|
$
|
993
|
|
|
$
|
196
|
|
Generation
|
|
|
5,000
|
|
|
|
4,914
|
|
|
|
|
|
ComEd
|
|
|
1,000
|
|
|
|
590
|
|
|
|
|
|
PECO
|
|
|
600
|
|
|
|
598
|
|
|
|
100
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Represents the total bank
commitments to the borrower under credit agreements to which the
borrower is a party.
|
|
(b)
|
|
Available capacity represents the
unused bank commitments under the borrowers credit
agreements net of outstanding letters of credit and any required
reserves. The amount of commercial paper outstanding does not
reduce the available capacity under the credit agreements.
|
Interest rates on advances under the credit facilities are based
on either prime or the London Interbank Offering Rate (LIBOR)
plus an adder based on the credit rating of the borrower as well
as the total outstanding amounts under the agreement at the time
of borrowing. In the cases of Exelon, Generation and PECO, the
maximum LIBOR adder is 65 basis points, and in the case of
ComEd, it is 200 basis points.
The average interest rates on commercial paper for the three
months ended March 31, 2007 for Exelon, Generation, ComEd
and PECO were approximately 5.33%, 5.32%, 5.58% and 5.32%,
respectively.
The credit agreements require the Registrants to maintain a
minimum cash from operations to interest expense ratio for the
twelve-month period ended on the last day of any quarter. The
ratios exclude revenues and interest expenses attributable to
securitization debt, certain changes in working capital,
distributions on preferred securities of subsidiaries and, in
the case of Exelon and Generation, interest on the debt of its
project subsidiaries. The following table summarizes the minimum
thresholds reflected in the credit agreements for the
three-month period ended March 31, 2007:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exelon
|
|
|
Generation
|
|
|
ComEd
|
|
|
PECO
|
|
|
Credit agreement threshold
|
|
|
2.50 to 1
|
|
|
|
3.00 to 1
|
|
|
|
2.25 to 1
|
|
|
|
2.00 to 1
|
|
At March 31, 2007, the Registrants were in compliance with
the foregoing thresholds.
The ComEd credit agreement imposes a restriction on future
mortgage bond issuances by ComEd. It requires ComEd to maintain
at least $1.75 billion of issuance availability (ignoring
any interest coverage test) in the form of property
additions or bondable bond retirements
(previously issued, but now retired, bonds), most of which are
required to be maintained in the form of bondable bond
retirements. In general, a dollar of bonds can be issued
under ComEds Mortgage on the basis of $1.50 of property
additions, subject to an interest coverage test, or $1 of
bondable bond retirements, which may or may not be subject to an
interest coverage test. As of March 31, 2007, ComEd was in
compliance with this requirement.
Intercompany Money Pool. To provide an
additional short-term borrowing option that will generally be
more favorable to the borrowing participants than the cost of
external financing, Exelon operates an intercompany money pool.
As of January 10, 2006, ComEd suspended its participation
in the money pool. Maximum amounts contributed to and borrowed
from the money pool by participant during the three months ended
March 31, 2007 are presented in the following table in
addition to the net contribution or borrowing as of
March 31, 2007:
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Security Ratings. The Registrants
access to the capital markets, including the commercial paper
market, and their respective financing costs in those markets
depend on the securities ratings of the entity that is accessing
the capital markets. The securities ratings and outlook for
Exelon, Generation and PECO have not changed from those set
forth in Exelons 2006 Annual Report on
Form 10-K.
On March 9, 2007, Fitch Ratings (Fitch) downgraded the debt
ratings of ComEds senior secured debt, senior unsecured
debt and commercial paper. The ratings remain on Ratings Watch
Negative. The rating action reflects Fitchs concerns
regarding the continued legislative efforts to freeze rates and
the prospects for adequate and timely cost recovery through
future rate increases.
On March 26, 2007, Moodys Investor Service
(Moodys) downgraded ComEds senior unsecured debt and
commercial paper due to continued regulatory and political
uncertainty in Illinois. ComEds long-term debt ratings
remain under review for a possible downgrade.
Listed below are ComEds current ratings resulting from the
latest rating actions.
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None of the Registrants borrowings are subject to default
or prepayment as a result of a downgrading of securities
although such a downgrading could increase fees and interest
charges under the Registrants credit agreements.
A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold
securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any
time by the assigning rating agency.
As part of the normal course of business, Generation routinely
enters into physical or financially settled contracts for the
purchase and sale of capacity, energy, fuels and emissions
allowances. These contracts either contain express provisions or
otherwise permit Generation and its counterparties to demand
adequate assurance of future performance when there are
reasonable grounds for doing so. In accordance with the
contracts and applicable contracts law, if Exelon or Generation
is downgraded by a credit rating agency, especially if such
downgrade is to a level below investment grade, it is possible
that a counterparty would attempt to rely on such a downgrade as
a basis for making a demand for adequate assurance of future
performance. Depending on its net position with a counterparty,
the demand could be for the posting of collateral. In the
absence of expressly agreed to provisions that specify the
collateral that must be provided, the obligation to supply the
collateral requested will be a function of the facts and
circumstances of Exelon or Generations situation at the
time of the demand. If Exelon can reasonably claim that it is
willing and financially able to perform its obligations, it may
be possible to successfully argue that no collateral should be
posted or that only an amount equal to two or three months of
future payments should be sufficient.
Shelf
Registrations
As of March 31, 2007, Exelon, PECO and ComEd had current
shelf registration statements for the sale of $300 million,
$75 million and an unspecified amount, respectively, of
securities that were effective with the SEC. Exelon and ComEd
are well-known seasoned issuers as described by the SEC and may
file automatic shelf registration statements that are not
required to specify the amount of securities to be offered
thereon. The ability of Exelon, ComEd or PECO to sell securities
in the public market or to access the private placement markets
will depend on a number of factors at the time of the proposed
sale, including other required regulatory approvals, the current
financial condition of the company, its securities ratings and
market conditions.
Investments
in Synthetic Fuel-Producing Facilities
Exelon, through three wholly owned subsidiaries, has investments
in synthetic fuel-producing facilities. Section 45K
(formerly Section 29) of the Internal Revenue Code
provides tax credits for the sale of synthetic fuel
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produced from coal. However, Section 45K contains a
provision under which credits are phased out (i.e., eliminated)
in the event crude oil prices for a year exceed certain
thresholds.
The following table (in dollars) provides the estimated
phase-out range for 2007 based on the per barrel price of oil as
of March 31, 2007. The table also contains the estimated
2007 annual average New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. index
(NYMEX) prices per barrel at March 31, 2007 based on
year-to-date
and futures prices.
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The estimated 2007 phase-out range
as of March 31, 2007 is based upon the actual 2006
phase-out range. The actual 2006 phase-out range was determined
using the inflation adjustment factor published by the IRS in
April 2007. The actual 2006 phase-out range was increased by 2%
(Exelons estimate of inflation) to arrive at the estimated
2007 phase-out range.
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As of March 31, 2007, Exelon has estimated the 2007
phase-out to be 27%, which has reduced Exelons earned
after-tax credits of $65 million to $48 million for
the three months ended March 31, 2007. Exelon anticipates
generating approximately $210 million of cash over the life
of these investments, of which approximately $75 million is
expected in total for 2007 and 2008, assuming a 27% phase-out of
tax credits. This estimate may change significantly due to the
volatility of oil prices. See Note 10 of the Combined Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.
Contractual
Obligations and Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
Contractual obligations represent cash obligations that are
considered to be firm commitments and commercial commitments
triggered by future events. The Registrants contractual
obligations and commercial commitments as of March 31, 2007
were materially unchanged, other than in the normal course of
business, from the amounts set forth in the 2006 Annual Report
on
Form 10-K
except for the following:
Exelon
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Guarantees increased by $211 million primarily as a result
of leasing activities, energy trading and performance guarantees.
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Generation
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Letters of credit increased by $6 million and guarantees
increased by $175 million primarily as a result of
Generations energy trading activities and the performance
guaranty agreement entered in connection with the sale of TEG
and TEP.
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Generations total commitments for future sales of energy
to unaffiliated third-party utilities and others increased by
approximately $149 million during the three months ended
March 31, 2007, reflecting increases of approximately
$578 million, $346 million and $121 million in
2008, 2009 and 2010 sales commitments, respectively, offset by
the fulfillment of approximately $896 million of 2007
commitments during the three months ended March 31, 2007.
The increases were primarily due to increased forward sales of
energy to counterparties other than ComEd as a result of the
expiration of the PPA with ComEd on December 31, 2006 (see
Note 5 of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements for further information), as well as increased
overall hedging activity in the normal course of business.
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Generations long-term commitments for nuclear fuel as of
March 31, 2007 increased by $79 million for 2009 and
2010, and $270 million for 2011 and beyond, as compared to
December 31, 2006. Generations long-term commitments
for coal as of March 31, 2007 increased by $58 million
for 2008 and $10 million for 2009 and 2010 as compared to
December 31, 2006. Increases in nuclear fuel and coal
commitments are due to contracts entered into in the normal
course of business.
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ComEd
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ComEd issued $300 million First Mortgage 5.90% Bonds
due March 15, 2036.
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PECO
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PECO issued $175 million First and Refunding Mortgage
Bonds, 5.70% Series due March 15, 2037.
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PECOs total fuel purchase obligations increased by
approximately $105 million during the three months ended
March 31, 2007, reflecting an increase of $19 million,
$36 million, $31 million and $19 million in 2007,
2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively, primarily related to the
purchase of natural gas and related transportation services.
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EXELON
GENERATION COMPANY
General
Generation operates in a single business segment and its
operations consist of owned and contracted electric generating
facilities, wholesale energy marketing operations and
competitive retail sales operations.
Executive
Overview
A discussion of items pertinent to Generations executive
overview is set forth under EXELON CORPORATION
Executive Overview of this
Form 10-Q.
Results
of Operations
A discussion of items pertinent to Generations results of
operations for the three months ended March 31, 2007
compared to three months ended March 31, 2006 is set forth
under Results of Operations Generation
in EXELON CORPORATION Results of
Operations of this
Form 10-Q.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Generations business is capital intensive and requires
considerable capital resources. Generations capital
resources are primarily provided by internally generated cash
flows from operations and, to the extent necessary, external
financing, including the issuance of long-term debt, commercial
paper, participation in the intercompany money pool or capital
contributions from Exelon. Generations access to external
financing at reasonable terms is dependent on its credit ratings
and general business conditions, as well as that of the utility
industry in general. If these conditions deteriorate to where
Generation no longer has access to the capital markets at
reasonable terms, Generation has access to revolving credit
facilities that Generation currently utilizes to support its
commercial paper program and to issue letters of credit. See the
Credit Matters section of Liquidity and
Capital Resources for further discussion.
Capital resources are used primarily to
fund Generations capital requirements, including
construction, retirement of debt, the payment of distributions
to Exelon, contributions to Exelons pension plans and
investments in new and existing ventures. Future acquisitions
could require external financing or borrowings or capital
contributions from Exelon.
Cash
Flows from Operating Activities
A discussion of items pertinent to Generations cash flows
from operating activities is set forth under Cash Flows
from Operating Activities in EXELON
CORPORATION Liquidity and Capital Resources of
this
Form 10-Q.
Cash
Flows from Investing Activities
A discussion of items pertinent to Generations cash flows
from investing activities is set forth under Cash Flows
from Investing Activities in EXELON
CORPORATION Liquidity and Capital Resources of
this
Form 10-Q.
Cash
Flows from Financing Activities
A discussion of items pertinent to Generations cash flows
from financing activities is set forth under Cash Flows
from Financing Activities in EXELON
CORPORATION Liquidity and Capital Resources of
this
Form 10-Q.
Credit
Matters
A discussion of items pertinent to Generations credit
facilities is set forth under Credit Matters in
EXELON CORPORATION Liquidity and Capital
Resources of this
Form 10-Q.
113
Contractual
Obligations and Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
A discussion of items pertinent to Generations contractual
obligations and off-balance sheet arrangements is set forth
under Contractual Obligations and Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangements in EXELON CORPORATION
Liquidity and Capital Resources of this
Form 10-Q.
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COMMONWEALTH
EDISON COMPANY
General
ComEd operates in a single business segment and its operations
consist of the purchase and regulated retail and wholesale sale
of electricity and distribution and transmission services in
northern Illinois, including the City of Chicago.
Executive
Overview
A discussion of items pertinent to ComEds executive
overview is set forth under EXELON CORPORATION
Executive Overview of this
Form 10-Q.
Results
of Operations
A discussion of items pertinent to ComEds results of
operations for the three months ended March 31, 2007
compared to three months ended March 31, 2006 is set forth
under Results of Operations ComEd in
EXELON CORPORATION Results of Operations
of this
Form 10-Q.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
ComEds business is capital intensive and requires
considerable capital resources. ComEds capital resources
are primarily provided by internally generated cash flows from
operations and, to the extent necessary, external financing,
including the issuance of long-term debt, commercial paper or
credit facility borrowings. ComEds access to external
financing at reasonable terms is dependent on its credit ratings
and general business conditions, as well as that of the utility
industry in general. At March 31, 2007, ComEd has borrowed
$340 million from its credit facility since its access to
the commercial paper market is limited due to its current credit
ratings. See the Credit Matters section of
Liquidity and Capital Resources for further
discussion.
Capital resources are used primarily to fund ComEds
capital requirements, including construction, retirement of
debt, the payment of dividends and contributions to
Exelons pension plans. Additionally, ComEd operates in
rate-regulated environments in which the amount of new
investment recovery may be limited and where such recovery takes
place over an extended period of time. As a result of these
factors, ComEds working capital, defined as current assets
less current liabilities, is in a net deficit position. ComEd
intends to refinance maturing long-term debt. To manage cash
flows, ComEd did not pay a dividend in 2006 or during the three
months ended March 31, 2007.
During the three months ended March 31, 2007, ComEd
experienced negative operating cash flows primarily due to a
change in its payment terms with energy suppliers resulting from
downgraded credit ratings and due to under-recovery of energy
costs, which have been recognized as a regulatory asset.
Beginning in 2007, ComEd ceased including margin on the energy
component of its deliveries to its customers, nor is it
collecting CTC revenues. While ComEds 2007 results reflect
an $83 million annual rate increase as allowed by the ICC,
this rate increase was based generally on 2004 costs and does
not include the impacts of increased expenditures since 2004 or
additional net capital investment since the end of 2004. ComEd
anticipates filing a new delivery service rate case during the
second quarter of 2007 based on a 2006 test year and also filed
a transmission rate case during the first quarter of 2007. These
rate filings will help reduce the regulatory lag related to
recovery of these costs and returns on ComEds investments.
See Note 5 of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements for further discussion.
Cash
Flows from Operating Activities
A discussion of items pertinent to ComEds cash flows from
operating activities is set forth under Cash Flows from
Operating Activities in EXELON
CORPORATION Liquidity and Capital Resources of
this
Form 10-Q.
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Cash
Flows from Investing Activities
A discussion of items pertinent to ComEds cash flows from
investing activities is set forth under Cash Flows from
Investing Activities in EXELON
CORPORATION Liquidity and Capital Resources of
this
Form 10-Q.
Cash
Flows from Financing Activities
A discussion of items pertinent to ComEds cash flows from
financing activities is set forth under Cash Flows from
Financing Activities in EXELON
CORPORATION Liquidity and Capital Resources of
this
Form 10-Q.
Credit
Matters
A discussion of items pertinent to ComEds credit
facilities is set forth under Credit Matters in
EXELON CORPORATION Liquidity and Capital
Resources of this
Form 10-Q.
Contractual
Obligations and Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
A discussion of items pertinent to ComEds contractual
obligations and off-balance sheet arrangements is set forth
under Contractual Obligations and Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangements in EXELON CORPORATION
Liquidity and Capital Resources of this
Form 10-Q.
116
PECO
ENERGY COMPANY
General
PECO operates in a single business segment and its operations
consist of the purchase and regulated retail sale of electricity
and distribution and transmission services in southeastern
Pennsylvania, including the City of Philadelphia, and the
purchase and regulated retail sale of natural gas and
distribution services in the Pennsylvania counties surrounding
the City of Philadelphia.
Executive
Overview
A discussion of items pertinent to PECOs executive
overview is set forth under EXELON CORPORATION
Executive Overview of this
Form 10-Q.
Results
of Operations
A discussion of items pertinent to PECOs results of
operations for the three months ended March 31, 2007
compared to three months ended March 31, 2006 is set forth
under Results of Operations PECO in
EXELON CORPORATION Results of Operations
of this
Form 10-Q.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
PECOs business is capital intensive and requires
considerable capital resources. PECOs capital resources
are primarily provided by internally generated cash flows from
operations and, to the extent necessary, external financing,
including the issuance of long-term debt, commercial paper,
participation in the intercompany money pool or capital
contributions from Exelon. PECOs access to external
financing at reasonable terms is dependent on its credit ratings
and general business conditions, as well as that of the utility
industry in general. If these conditions deteriorate to where
PECO no longer has access to the capital markets at reasonable
terms, PECO has access to revolving credit facilities that PECO
currently utilizes to support its commercial paper program. See
the Credit Matters section of Liquidity and
Capital Resources for further discussion.
Capital resources are used primarily to fund PECOs
capital requirements, including construction, retirement of
debt, the payment of dividends and contributions to
Exelons pension plans.
Cash
Flows from Operating Activities
A discussion of items pertinent to PECOs cash flows from
operating activities is set forth under Cash Flows from
Operating Activities in EXELON
CORPORATION Liquidity and Capital Resources of
this
Form 10-Q.
Cash
Flows from Investing Activities
A discussion of items pertinent to PECOs cash flows from
investing activities is set forth under Cash Flows from
Investing Activities in EXELON
CORPORATION Liquidity and Capital Resources of
this
Form 10-Q.
Cash
Flows from Financing Activities
A discussion of items pertinent to PECOs cash flows from
financing activities is set forth under Cash Flows from
Financing Activities in EXELON
CORPORATION Liquidity and Capital Resources of
this
Form 10-Q.
Credit
Matters
A discussion of items pertinent to PECOs credit facilities
is set forth under Credit Matters in EXELON
CORPORATION Liquidity and Capital Resources of
this
Form 10-Q.
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Contractual
Obligations and Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
A discussion of items pertinent to PECOs contractual
obligations and off-balance sheet arrangements is set forth
under Contractual Obligations and Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangements in EXELON CORPORATION
Liquidity and Capital Resources of this
Form 10-Q.
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Item 3.
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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The Registrants are exposed to market risks associated with
adverse changes in commodity prices, counterparty credit,
interest rates, and equity prices. Exelons Risk Management
Committee approves risk management policies and objectives for
risk assessment, control and valuation, counterparty credit
approval, and the monitoring and reporting of risk exposures.
The Risk Management Committee is chaired by the chief risk
officer and includes the chief financial officer, general
counsel, treasurer, vice president of corporate planning, vice
president of strategy, vice president of audit services and
officers representing Exelons business units. The Risk
Management Committee reports to the Exelon Board of Directors on
the scope of the risk management activities.
Commodity
Price Risk (Exelon, Generation and ComEd)
To the extent the amount of energy Exelon generates differs from
the amount of energy it has contracted to sell, Exelon has price
risk from commodity price movements. Commodity price risk is
associated with price movements resulting from changes in supply
and demand, fuel costs, market liquidity, weather, governmental
regulatory and environmental policies, and other factors. Exelon
seeks to mitigate its commodity price risk through the purchase
and sale of electric capacity, energy and fossil fuels,
including oil, gas, coal and emission allowances. Within Exelon,
Generation has the most exposure to commodity price risk. PECO
has transferred most of its commodity price risk to Generation
through a PPA that expires at the end of 2010. ComEd has
transferred most of its near term commodity price risk to
generating companies through the Illinois auction process.
Exelon
and Generation
In 2005, Exelon and Generation entered into certain derivatives
in the normal course of trading operations to economically hedge
a portion of the exposure to a phase-out of the tax credits for
the sale of synthetic fuel produced from coal. One of the
sellers of the tax credits has security interests in these
derivatives. Including the related
mark-to-market
gains and losses on these derivatives, interests in synthetic
fuel-producing facilities increased Exelons net income by
$25 million and $12 million during the three months
ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Exelon
anticipates that it will continue to record income or losses
related to the
mark-to-market
gains or losses on its derivative instruments and changes to the
tax credits earned by Exelon during the period of production due
to the volatility of oil prices. Net income from interests in
synthetic fuel-producing facilities is reflected in
Exelons Consolidated Statements of Operations within
income taxes, operating and maintenance expense, depreciation
and amortization expense, interest expense, equity in losses of
unconsolidated affiliates and other, net. See Note 10 of
the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for
further information related to synthetic fuel activity.
Generation
Generations energy contracts are accounted for under
SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivatives and
Hedging Activities (SFAS No. 133). Economic
hedges may qualify for the normal purchases and normal sales
exemption to SFAS No. 133, which is discussed in
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates within Exelons
2006 Annual Report on
Form 10-K.
Energy contracts that do not qualify for the normal purchases
and normal sales exception are recorded as assets or liabilities
on the balance sheet at fair value. Changes in the derivatives
recorded at fair value are recognized in earnings unless
specific hedge accounting criteria are met and the derivatives
are designated as cash-flow hedges, in which case changes in
fair value are recorded in OCI, and gains and losses are
recognized in earnings when the underlying transaction occurs.
Changes in the fair value of derivative contracts that do not
meet the hedge criteria under SFAS No. 133 or are not
designated as such are recognized in current earnings.
Normal Operations and Hedging
Activities. Electricity available from
Generations owned or contracted generation supply in
excess of Generations obligations to customers, including
ComEds and PECOs retail load, is sold into the
wholesale markets. To reduce price risk caused by market
fluctuations, Generation enters into physical contracts as well
as financial derivative contracts, including forwards, futures,
swaps, and options, with approved counterparties to hedge
anticipated exposures. The maximum length of time over which
cash flows related to energy commodities are currently being
hedged is approximately three years. Generation has estimated a
greater than 90% economic hedge ratio for 2007, which includes
cash flow and other derivatives, for its energy marketing
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portfolio. This economic hedge ratio represents the percentage
of its forecasted aggregate annual economic generation supply
that is committed to firm sales, including sales to ComEds
and PECOs retail load. ComEds and PECOs retail
load assumptions are based on forecasted average demand. A
portion of Generations economic hedge may be accomplished
with fuel products based on assumed correlations between power
and fuel prices, which routinely change in the market. The
economic hedge ratio is not fixed and will vary from time to
time depending upon market conditions, demand, energy market
option volatility and actual loads. During peak periods,
Generations amount hedged declines to meet its energy and
capacity commitments to ComEd and PECO. Market price risk
exposure is the risk of a change in the value of unhedged
positions. The forecasted market price exposure for
Generations economic hedge portfolio associated with a 10%
reduction in the annual average
around-the-clock
market price of electricity would be a decrease of less than
$50 million in net income. This sensitivity assumes that
price changes occur evenly throughout the year and across all
markets. The sensitivity also assumes a static portfolio.
Generation expects to actively manage its portfolio to mitigate
market price exposure. Actual results could differ depending on
the specific timing of, and markets affected by, price changes,
as well as future changes in Generations portfolio.
Proprietary Trading
Activities. Generation uses financial
contracts for proprietary trading purposes. Proprietary trading
includes all contracts entered into purely to profit from market
price changes as opposed to hedging an exposure. These
activities are accounted for on a
mark-to-market
basis. The proprietary trading activities, which included
volumes of 5,101 GWhs and 6,985 GWhs for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, are a complement to
Generations energy marketing portfolio but represent a
very small portion of Generations revenue from energy
marketing activities. For example, the limit on open positions
in electricity for any forward month represents less than one
percent of Generations owned and contracted supply of
electricity. Generation expects this level of proprietary
trading activity to continue in the future. Trading portfolio
activity for the three months ended March 31, 2007 resulted
in no gain or loss due to a net unrealized
mark-to-market
loss of $3 million and realized gain of $3 million.
Generation uses a 95% confidence interval, one day holding
period, one-tailed statistical measure in calculating its
Value-at-Risk
(VaR). The daily VaR on proprietary trading activity averaged
$110,000 of exposure over the last 18 months. Because of
the relative size of the proprietary trading portfolio in
comparison to Generations total gross margin from
continuing operations for the three months ended March 31,
2007 of $1,638 million, Generation has not segregated
proprietary trading activity in the following tables. The
trading portfolio is subject to a risk management policy that
includes stringent risk management limits, including volume,
stop-loss and VaR limits to manage exposure to market risk.
Additionally, the Exelon risk management group and Exelons
Risk Management Committee monitor the financial risks of the
proprietary trading activities.
Trading and Economic Hedge Marketing
Activities. The following detailed
presentation of the trading and economic hedge marketing
activities at Generation is included to address the recommended
disclosures by the energy industrys Committee of Chief
Risk Officers (CCRO).
The following table provides detail on changes in
Generations
mark-to-market
net asset or liability balance sheet position from
January 1, 2007 to March 31, 2007. It indicates the
drivers behind changes in the balance sheet amounts. This table
incorporates the
mark-to-market
activities that are immediately recorded in earnings as well as
the settlements from OCI to earnings and changes in fair value
for the hedging activities that are recorded in accumulated OCI
on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
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Total
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Total
mark-to-market
energy contract net assets at January 1, 2007
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$
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499
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Total change in fair value during
2007 of contracts recorded in earnings
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(76
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Reclassification to realized at
settlement of contracts recorded in earnings
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(39
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Reclassification to realized at
settlement from OCI
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(21
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fair value recorded in OCI
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(682
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)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
mark-to-market
energy contract net liabilities at March 31, 2007
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|
$
|
(319
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
120
The following table details the balance sheet classification of
Generations
mark-to-market
energy contract net assets (liabilities) recorded as of
March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Current assets
|
|
$
|
497
|
|
|
$
|
1,408
|
|
Noncurrent assets
|
|
|
151
|
|
|
|
171
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
mark-to-market
energy contract assets
|
|
|
648
|
|
|
|
1,579
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities
|
|
|
(751
|
)
|
|
|
(1,003
|
)
|
Noncurrent liabilities
|
|
|
(216
|
)
|
|
|
(77
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
mark-to-market
energy contract liabilities
|
|
|
(967
|
)
|
|
|
(1,080
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
mark-to-market
energy contract net assets (liabilities)
|
|
$
|
(319
|
)
|
|
$
|
499
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The majority of Generations contracts are
non-exchange-traded contracts valued using prices provided by
external sources, primarily price quotations available through
brokers or
over-the-counter,
on-line exchanges. Prices reflect the average of the bid-ask
mid-point prices obtained from all sources that Generation
believes provide the most liquid market for the commodity. The
terms for which such price information is available vary by
commodity, region and product. The remainder of the assets,
which are primarily option contracts, represents contracts for
which external valuations are not available. These contracts are
valued using the Black model, an industry standard option
valuation model. The fair values in each category reflect the
level of forward prices and volatility factors as of
March 31, 2007 and may change as a result of changes in
these factors. Management uses its best estimates to determine
the fair value of commodity and derivative contracts Generation
holds and sells. These estimates consider various factors
including closing exchange and
over-the-counter
price quotations, time value, volatility factors and credit
exposure. It is possible, however, that future market prices
could vary from those used in recording assets and liabilities
from energy marketing and trading activities and such variations
could be material.
The following table, which presents maturity and source of fair
value of
mark-to-market
energy contract net liabilities, provides two fundamental pieces
of information. First, the table provides the source of fair
value used in determining the carrying amount of
Generations total
mark-to-market
asset or liability. Second, this table provides the maturity, by
year, of Generations net assets/liabilities, giving an
indication of when these
mark-to-market
amounts will settle and either generate or require cash.
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maturities Within
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2012 and
|
|
|
Total Fair
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
Beyond
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Normal Operations, qualifying
cash-flow hedge contracts(a):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prices provided by external sources
|
|
$
|
(106
|
)
|
|
$
|
(136
|
)
|
|
$
|
(46
|
)
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
(286
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Normal Operations, other
derivative contracts(b):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Actively quoted prices
|
|
$
|
(29
|
)
|
|
$
|
16
|
|
|
$
|
(11
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
(24
|
)
|
Prices provided by external sources
|
|
|
47
|
|
|
|
(13
|
)
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
38
|
|
Prices based on model or other
valuation methods
|
|
|
(35
|
)
|
|
|
(6
|
)
|
|
|
(6
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(47
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
(17
|
)
|
|
$
|
(3
|
)
|
|
$
|
(16
|
)
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
(33
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Mark-to-market
gains and losses on economic hedge contracts that qualify as
cash-flow hedges are recorded in OCI.
|
|
(b)
|
|
Mark-to-market
gains and losses on other economic hedge and trading derivative
contracts that do not qualify as cash-flow hedges are recorded
in earnings.
|
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The table below provides details of effective cash-flow hedges
under SFAS No. 133 included in the balance sheet as of
March 31, 2007. The data in the table gives an indication
of the magnitude of SFAS No. 133 hedges Generation has
in place; however, since under SFAS No. 133 not all
hedges are recorded in OCI, the table does not provide an
all-encompassing picture of Generations hedges. The table
also includes a roll-forward of accumulated OCI related to
cash-flow hedges from January 1, 2007 to March 31,
2007, providing insight into the drivers of the changes (new
hedges entered into during the period and changes in the value
of existing hedges). Information related to energy merchant
activities is presented separately from interest-rate hedging
activities.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Cash-Flow Hedge OCI Activity,
|
|
|
|
Net of Income Tax
|
|
|
|
Power Team Normal
|
|
|
Interest-Rate
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
Operations and
|
|
|
and Other
|
|
|
Cash-Flow
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
Hedging Activities
|
|
|
Hedges
|
|
|
Hedges
|
|
|
Accumulated OCI derivative gain
(loss) at January 1, 2007
|
|
$
|
250
|
|
|
$
|
(3
|
)
|
|
$
|
247
|
|
Changes in fair value
|
|
|
(411
|
)
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
(409
|
)
|
Reclassifications from OCI to net
income
|
|
|
(13
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(13
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated OCI derivative gain
(loss) at March 31, 2007
|
|
$
|
(174
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
|
$
|
(175
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ComEd
ComEd has derivatives related to one wholesale contract and
certain other contracts to manage the market price exposures to
several wholesale contracts. Additionally, the supplier forward
contracts that ComEd has entered into as part of the initial
ComEd auction (see Note 5 of the Combined Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements) are deemed to be derivatives
that qualify for the normal purchases and normal sales exception
to SFAS No. 133. ComEd does not enter into derivatives
for speculative or trading purposes. As of March 31, 2007,
the fair value of the derivative wholesale contract of
$3 million was recorded on ComEds Consolidated
Balance Sheet, as a current liability of $4 million
partially offset by a current asset of $1 million. The
financial derivative used to manage the market price exposure to
several wholesale contracts is designated and effective as a
cash flow hedge, as defined in SFAS No. 133. As such,
changes in the fair value of the derivative are recorded in OCI
and gains and losses are recognized in earnings when the
underlying transaction occurs. As of March 31, 2007, the
fair value of this contract of $2 million was recorded on
ComEds Consolidated Balance Sheet as a current liability.
ComEd has transferred most of its near term commodity price risk
to generating companies through the Illinois auction process.
Credit
Risk (Exelon, Generation, ComEd and PECO)
Generation
Generations PPA with ComEd expired at the end of 2006. In
September 2006, Generation participated in and won portions of
the ComEd and Ameren auctions. Beginning in 2007 and as a result
of the auctions, Generations sales to counterparties other
than ComEd and PECO increased due to the expiration of the PPA
with ComEd on December 31, 2006. Generation has credit risk
associated with counterparty performance on energy contracts
which includes, but is not limited to, the risk of financial
default or slow payment; therefore, Generations credit
risk profile has changed based on the credit worthiness of the
new and existing counterparties, including ComEd and Ameren.
Additionally, due to the possibility of rate freeze legislation
in Illinois affecting both ComEd and Ameren, Generation may be
subject to the risk of default and, in the event of a bankruptcy
filing by ComEd or Ameren, a risk that the bankruptcy may result
in rejection of contracts for the purchase of electricity. A
default by ComEd or Ameren on contracts for purchase of
electricity, or a rejection of those contracts in a bankruptcy
proceeding, could result in a disruption in the wholesale power
markets. For additional information on the Illinois auction, the
proposed legislation and the various regulatory proceedings, see
Note 5 Regulatory Issues of the Combined Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Generation attempts to enter into enabling agreements that allow
for payment netting with its counterparties, which reduces
Generations exposure to counterparty risk by providing for
the offset of amounts payable to the counterparty against
amounts receivable from the counterparty. Typically, each
enabling agreement is for a specific commodity and so, with
respect to each individual counterparty, netting is limited to
transactions involving that specific commodity product, except
where master netting agreements exist with a counterparty that
allows for cross product netting. In addition to payment netting
language in the enabling agreement, the credit department
establishes credit limits and letter of credit requirements for
each counterparty, which are defined in each contract.
Counterparty credit limits are based on an internal credit
review that considers a variety of factors, including the
results of a scoring model, leverage, liquidity, profitability,
credit ratings and risk management capabilities. To the extent
that a counterpartys credit limit and letter of credit
thresholds are exceeded, the counterparty is required to post
collateral with Generation as specified in each enabling
agreement. The credit department monitors current and forward
credit exposure to counterparties and their affiliates, both on
an individual and an aggregate basis.
The following tables provide information on Generations
credit exposure, net of collateral, as of March 31, 2007.
The tables further delineate that exposure by credit rating of
the counterparties and provide guidance on the concentration of
credit risk to individual counterparties and an indication of
the maturity of a companys credit risk by credit rating of
the counterparties. The figures in the tables below do not
include sales to Generations affiliates or exposure
through Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and
Independent System Operators (ISOs) which are discussed below.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of
|
|
|
Net Exposure of
|
|
|
|
Exposure
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Counterparties
|
|
|
Counterparties
|
|
|
|
Before Credit
|
|
|
Credit
|
|
|
Net
|
|
|
Greater than 10%
|
|
|
Greater than 10%
|
|
Rating as of March 31, 2007(a)
|
|
Collateral
|
|
|
Collateral
|
|
|
Exposure
|
|
|
of Net Exposure
|
|
|
of Net Exposure
|
|
|
Investment grade
|
|
$
|
574
|
|
|
$
|
62
|
|
|
$
|
512
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
53
|
|
Non-investment grade
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No external ratings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Internally rated
investment grade
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Internally rated
non-investment grade
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
589
|
|
|
$
|
64
|
|
|
$
|
525
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
53
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
This table does not include
accounts receivable exposure and credit risk exposure from
retail energy sales.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maturity of Credit Risk Exposure
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exposure
|
|
|
Total Exposure
|
|
|
|
Less than
|
|
|
|
|
|
Greater than
|
|
|
Before Credit
|
|
Rating as of March 31, 2007(a)
|
|
2 Years
|
|
|
2-5 Years
|
|
|
5 Years
|
|
|
Collateral
|
|
|
Investment grade
|
|
$
|
461
|
|
|
$
|
113
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
574
|
|
Non-investment grade
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
No external ratings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Internally rated
investment grade
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
Internally rated
non-investment grade
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
474
|
|
|
$
|
115
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
589
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
This table does not include
accounts receivable exposure and credit risk exposure from
retail energy sales.
|
Collateral. As part of the normal
course of business, Generation routinely enters into physical or
financially settled contracts for the purchase and sale of
capacity, energy, fuels and emissions allowances. These
contracts either contain express provisions or otherwise permit
Generation and its counterparties to demand adequate assurance
of future performance when there are reasonable grounds for
doing so. In accordance with the contracts and applicable law,
if Generation is downgraded by a credit rating agency,
especially if such downgrade is to a level below investment
grade, it is possible that a counterparty would attempt to rely
on such a downgrade as a basis for
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making a demand for adequate assurance of future performance.
Depending on Generations net position with a counterparty,
the demand could be for the posting of collateral. In the
absence of expressly agreed-to provisions that specify the
collateral that must be provided, the obligation to supply the
collateral requested will be a function of the facts and
circumstances of the situation at the time of the demand. If
Generation can reasonably claim that it is willing and
financially able to perform its obligations, it may be possible
to successfully argue that no collateral should be posted or
that only an amount equal to two or three months of future
payments should be sufficient.
Generation sells output through bilateral contracts. The
bilateral contracts are subject to credit risk, which relates to
the ability of counterparties to meet their contractual payment
obligations. Any failure to collect these payments from
counterparties could have a material impact on Exelons and
Generations results of operations, cash flows and
financial position. As market prices rise above contracted price
levels, Generation is required to post collateral with
purchasers; as market prices fall below contracted price levels,
counterparties are required to post collateral with Generation.
Beginning in 2007, under the Illinois auction rules and the
supplier forward contracts that Generation entered into with
ComEd and Ameren, collateral postings will be one-sided from
Generation only. That is, if market prices fall below
ComEds or Amerens contracted price levels, neither
ComEd nor Ameren is required to post collateral; however, if
market prices rise above contracted price levels with ComEd or
Ameren, Generation may be required to post collateral. See
Note 4 of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements within Exelons 2006 Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for further information on contracted clearing prices related to
the ComEd and Ameren auctions.
As of March 31, 2007, Generation had $127 million of
collateral deposit payments being held by counterparties and
Generation was holding $27 million of collateral deposits
received from counterparties.
RTOs and ISOs. Generation participates
in the following established, real-time energy markets that are
administered by: PJM, ISO-NE, New York ISO, MISO, Southwest
Power Pool, Inc. and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.
In these areas, power is traded through bilateral agreements
between buyers and sellers and on the spot markets that are
operated by the RTOs or ISOs, as applicable. In areas where
there is no spot market, electricity is purchased and sold
solely through bilateral agreements. For sales into the spot
markets administered by an RTO or ISO, the RTO or ISO maintains
financial assurance policies that are established and enforced
by those administrators. The credit policies of the RTOs and
ISOs may under certain circumstances require that losses arising
from the default of one member on spot market transactions be
shared by the remaining participants. Non-performance or
non-payment by a major counterparty could result in a material
adverse impact on Generations financial condition, results
of operations or net cash flows.
ComEd
and PECO
Credit risk for ComEd and PECO is managed by credit and
collection policies which are consistent with state regulatory
requirements. ComEd and PECO are each currently obligated to
provide service to all electric customers within their
respective franchised territories. ComEd and PECO record a
provision for uncollectible accounts, based upon historical
experience and third-party studies, to provide for the potential
loss from nonpayment by these customers. ComEd will continue to
monitor the impact of the reverse-auction power prices on its
customer payment practices as it relates to its provision for
uncollectible accounts. ComEd will monitor nonpayment from
customers and will make any necessary adjustments to the
provision for uncollectible accounts. PECOs provision for
uncollectible accounts will continue to be affected by changes
in prices as well as changes in PAPUC regulations.
Under Pennsylvanias Competition Act, licensed entities,
including competitive electric generation suppliers, may act as
agents to provide a single bill and provide associated billing
and collection services to retail customers located in
PECOs retail electric service territory. Currently, there
are no third parties providing billing of PECOs charges to
customers or advanced metering; however, if this occurs, PECO
would be subject to credit risk related to the ability of the
third parties to collect such receivables from the customers.
Exelon
Exelons Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31,
2007 included a $535 million net investment in direct
financing leases. The investment in direct financing leases
represents future minimum lease payments due at the end of the
thirty-year lives of the leases of $1,492 million, less
unearned income of $957 million. The future minimum
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lease payments are supported by collateral and credit
enhancement measures, including letters of credit, surety bonds
and credit swaps issued by high credit quality financial
institutions. Management regularly evaluates the credit
worthiness of Exelons counterparties to these direct
financing leases.
Interest-Rate
Risk (Exelon, Generation, ComEd and PECO)
Variable Rate Debt. The Registrants use
a combination of fixed-rate and variable-rate debt to reduce
interest-rate exposure. The Registrants may also use
interest-rate swaps when deemed appropriate to adjust exposure
based upon market conditions. Additionally, the Registrants may
use forward-starting interest-rate swaps and treasury rate locks
to lock in interest-rate levels in anticipation of future
financings. These strategies are employed to achieve a lower
cost of capital. At March 31, 2007, Exelon had
$100 million of notional amounts of fair-value hedges
outstanding. A hypothetical 10% increase in the interest rates
associated with variable-rate debt would result in a
$1 million decrease in Exelons pre-tax earnings for
the three months ended March 31, 2007. A hypothetical 10%
increase in the interest rates associated with variable-rate
debt would result in a decrease of less than $1 million for
Generation, ComEd and PECO in pre-tax earnings for the three
months ended March 31, 2007.
Equity
Price Risk (Exelon and Generation)
Exelon and Generation maintain trust funds, as required by the
NRC, to fund certain costs of decommissioning Generations
nuclear plants. As of March 31, 2007, Generations
decommissioning trust funds are reflected at fair value on its
Consolidated Balance Sheets. The mix of securities in the trust
funds is designed to provide returns to be used to fund
decommissioning and to compensate Generation for inflationary
increases in decommissioning costs; however, the equity
securities in the trust funds are exposed to price fluctuations
in equity markets, and the value of fixed-rate, fixed-income
securities are exposed to changes in interest rates. Generation
actively monitors the investment performance of the trust funds
and periodically reviews asset allocation in accordance with
Generations nuclear decommissioning trust fund investment
policy. A hypothetical 10% increase in interest rates and
decrease in equity prices would result in a $467 million
reduction in the fair value of the trust assets.
Exelon and Generation maintain trust assets associated with
defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefits. See
Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Welfare
Benefits in the Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
section within Exelons 2006 Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for information regarding the pension and other postretirement
benefit trust assets.
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Item 4.
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Controls
and Procedures
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During the first quarter of 2007, each registrants
management, including its principal executive officer and
principal financial officer, evaluated that registrants
disclosure controls and procedures related to the recording,
processing, summarizing and reporting of information in that
registrants periodic reports that it files with the SEC.
These disclosure controls and procedures have been designed by
each registrant to ensure that (a) material information
relating to that registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is accumulated and made known to that
registrants management, including its principal executive
officer and principal financial officer, by other employees of
that registrant and its subsidiaries as appropriate to allow
timely decisions regarding required disclosure, and
(b) this information is recorded, processed, summarized,
evaluated and reported, as applicable, within the time periods
specified in the SECs rules and forms. Due to the inherent
limitations of control systems, not all misstatements may be
detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that
judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns
can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally,
controls could be circumvented by the individual acts of some
persons or by collusion of two or more people.
Accordingly, as of March 31, 2007, the principal executive
officer and principal financial officer of each registrant
concluded that such registrants disclosure controls and
procedures were effective to accomplish their objectives. Each
registrant continually strives to improve its disclosure
controls and procedures to enhance the quality of its financial
reporting and to maintain dynamic systems that change as
conditions warrant. However, there have been no changes in
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
the first quarter of 2007 that have materially affected, or are
reasonably likely to materially affect, each registrants
internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II
OTHER INFORMATION
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Item 1.
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Legal
Proceedings
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The Registrants are parties to various lawsuits and regulatory
proceedings in the ordinary course of their respective
businesses. For information regarding material lawsuits and
proceedings, see (a) ITEM 3. Legal Proceedings of the
Registrants 2006 Annual Report on
Form 10-K
and (b) Notes 5 and 13 of the Combined Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements. Such descriptions are
incorporated herein by these references.
At March 31, 2007, the Registrants updated the risk
factors in Exelons 2006 Annual Report on
Form 10-K
as described below.
Exelon
and Generation will be negatively affected if ComEd files for
voluntary relief under the provisions of Chapter 11 of the
U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
There is a risk ComEd will be required to seek protection in
bankruptcy if legislation is enacted in Illinois to extend
ComEds rate freeze that expired in January 2007. Exelon
anticipates that a bankruptcy filing by ComEd would have
significant adverse consequences for Exelon and Generation.
These adverse consequences may include, but are not limited to:
the deconsolidation of ComEd from Exelon where Exelon would
account for its investment in ComEd under the cost method; a
significant loss in value of Exelons investment in ComEd
due to the application of fair market value principles with a
charge to earnings and a reduction in Exelons
shareholders equity of up to $7.0 billion (including
the potential impairments of ComEds remaining goodwill,
the net gains associated with the elimination of ComEds
regulatory assets and liabilities as a result of not meeting the
criteria of SFAS No. 71, the impairment of the
remaining balance of Exelons investment in ComEd and the
charge against other comprehensive income related to
Exelons regulatory assets associated with its defined
benefit postretirement plans); possible dilution of
Exelons ownership interest in ComEd; possible reductions
in credit ratings which could increase borrowing costs;
uncertainty in collection of receivables from ComEd by Exelon,
including by BSC, and by Generation for the then current
receivables from ComEd for the electricity previously provided
under the supplier forward contracts; the overall uncertainty in
the enforcement of Generations rights under its supplier
forward contracts with ComEd and possible rejection of the
supplier forward contracts in a ComEd bankruptcy; greater
dependence by Generation on the wholesale power markets and
increased commodity risk as a result of Generation having to
sell more power in spot markets; incurring significant legal and
other costs associated with the bankruptcy filing; possible
negative income tax consequences; and possible reduced ability
to effectively administer and allocate the costs of the various
Exelon-sponsored benefit plans. These items, along with other
possible negative effects of a ComEd bankruptcy, could have a
material adverse effect on Exelons and Generations
results of operations, financial position and cash flows.
Additional information concerning transactions and business
relationships between ComEd, on the one hand, and Generation and
BSC, on the other hand, is included in the 2006
Form 10-K
and in Notes 5 and 16 of the Combined Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements. These transactions include ComEd procuring
approximately 35% of its energy requirements from Generation and
ComEd purchasing corporate support services from BSC, including,
but not limited to, information technology support, supply
management services and planning and engineering of delivery
systems.
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Item 2.
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Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
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(c) Exelon
The attached table gives information on a monthly basis
regarding purchases made by Exelon of its common stock in the
quarter covered by this Report.
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Maximum Number
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(or Approximate
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Total Number of
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Dollar Value) of
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Shares Purchased
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Shares that May
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Total Number
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As Part of Publicly
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Yet Be Purchased
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of Shares
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Average Price
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Announced Plans
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Under the Plans
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Period
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Purchased(a)
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Paid per Share
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or Programs(b)
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or Programs
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January 1
January 31, 2007
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4,586
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61.89
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February 1
February 28, 2007
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21,923
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63.31
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592,800
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March 1 March 31,
2007
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Total
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26,509
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(a)
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Shares other than those purchased
as part of a publicly announced plan primarily represent
restricted shares surrendered by employees to satisfy tax
obligations arising upon the vesting of restricted shares.
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(b)
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In April 2004, Exelons Board
of Directors approved a discretionary share repurchase program
that allows Exelon to repurchase shares of its common stock on a
periodic basis in the open market. The share repurchase program
is intended to mitigate, in part, the dilutive effect of shares
issued under Exelons employee stock option plan and
Exelons Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The aggregate shares
of common stock repurchased pursuant to the program cannot
exceed the economic benefit received after January 1, 2004
due to stock option exercises and share purchases pursuant to
Exelons Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The economic benefit
consists of direct cash proceeds from purchases of stock and tax
benefits associated with exercises of stock options. The share
repurchase program has no specified limit and no specified
termination date.
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Item 5.
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Other
Information
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PECO
During 2004, two elections were held at PECO, which resulted in
union representation for PECO craft and call center employees in
the Philadelphia service territory. PECO and IBEW Local 614
began negotiations for initial agreements in 2005. Although
substantial progress has been made, no agreements have been
finalized to date. The negotiations continue with the
possibility of a tentative agreement being reached by the end of
the second quarter in 2007. The current affected workgroup
totals approximately 1,200 employees.
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4-1-1
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Supplemental Indentures to PECO
Energy Companys First and Refunding Mortgage:
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Dated as of
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File Reference
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Exhibit No.
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March 1, 2007
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000-16844,
Form 8-K
dated March 19, 2007
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4.1
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4-3-1
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Supplemental Indentures to
Commonwealth Edison Mortgage:
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Dated as of
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File Reference
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Exhibit No.
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March 1, 2007
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1-1839,
Form 8-K
dated March 23, 2007
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4.1
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Exhibit
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No.
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Description
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10-1
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Commonwealth Edison Company
Long-Term Incentive Plan, effective January 1, 2007.
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10-2
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One Hundred and Third Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of March 1, 2007, to the First and
Refunding Mortgage, dated as of May 1, 1923, between PECO
Energy Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as
trustee. (File No. 000-16844,
Form 8-K
dated March 19, 2007, Exhibit 4.1)
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10-3
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Supplemental Indenture dated as of
March 1, 2007 from ComEd to BNY Midwest Trust Company, as
trustee, and D.G. Donovan, as co-trustee. (File No. 1-1839,
Form 8-K
dated March 23, 2007, Exhibit 4.1)
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Certifications Pursuant to
Rule 13a-14(a)
and
15d-14(a) of
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 as to the Quarterly
Report on
Form 10-Q
for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2007 filed by the
following officers for the following companies:
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31-1
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Filed by John W. Rowe for Exelon
Corporation
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31-2
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Filed by John F. Young for Exelon
Corporation
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31-3
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Filed by John L. Skolds for Exelon
Generation Company, LLC
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31-4
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Filed by John F. Young for Exelon
Generation Company, LLC
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31-5
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Filed by Frank M. Clark for
Commonwealth Edison Company
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31-6
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Filed by Robert K. McDonald for
Commonwealth Edison Company
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31-7
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Filed by John L. Skolds for PECO
Energy Company
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31-8
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Filed by John F. Young for PECO
Energy Company
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Certifications Pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63
of Title 18 United States Code (Sarbanes Oxley
Act of 2002) as to the Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2007 filed by the
following officers for the following companies:
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32-1
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Filed by John W. Rowe for Exelon
Corporation
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32-2
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Filed by John F. Young for Exelon
Corporation
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32-3
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Filed by John L. Skolds for Exelon
Generation Company, LLC
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32-4
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Filed by John F. Young for Exelon
Generation Company, LLC
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32-5
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Filed by Frank M. Clark for
Commonwealth Edison Company
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32-6
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Filed by Robert K. McDonald for
Commonwealth Edison Company
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32-7
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Filed by John L. Skolds for PECO
Energy Company
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32-8
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Filed by John F. Young for PECO
Energy Company
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
EXELON
CORPORATION
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/s/ John
W. Rowe
John
W. Rowe
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
(Principal Executive Officer)
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/s/ John
F. Young
John
F. Young
Executive Vice President, Finance and Markets
and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
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/s/ Matthew
F. Hilzinger
Matthew
F. Hilzinger
Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller (Principal
Accounting Officer)
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April 25, 2007
Pursuant to requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
EXELON
GENERATION COMPANY, LLC
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/s/ John
W. Rowe
John
W. Rowe
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and
President, Exelon
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/s/ John
L.
Skolds John
L. Skolds
President
(Principal Executive Officer)
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/s/ John
F. Young
John
F. Young
Executive Vice President, Finance and Markets and Chief
Financial Officer, Exelon, and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
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/s/ Jon
D.
Veurink Jon
D. Veurink
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
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April 25, 2007
130
Pursuant to requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
COMMONWEALTH
EDISON COMPANY
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/s/ Frank
M. Clark
Frank
M. Clark
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
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/s/ J.
Barry
Mitchell J.
Barry Mitchell
President
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/s/ Robert
K. Mcdonald
Robert
K. McDonald
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and
Chief Risk Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
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/s/ Matthew
R.
Galvanoni Matthew
R. Galvanoni
Principal Accounting Officer
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April 25, 2007
Pursuant to requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
PECO
ENERGY COMPANY
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/s/ John
L.
Skolds John
L. Skolds
President, Exelon Energy Delivery
(Principal Executive Officer)
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/s/ Denis
P.
OBrien Denis
P. OBrien
President
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/s/ John
F. Young
John
F. Young
Executive Vice President, Finance and Markets and Chief
Financial Officer, Exelon, and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
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/s/ Matthew
R. Galvanoni
Matthew
R. Galvanoni
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
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April 25, 2007
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exv10w1
Exhibit-10.1
Commonwealth Edison
Company Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Effective January 1, 2007)
Commonwealth
Edison Company Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Effective
January 1, 2007)
1. Establishment. The Commonwealth
Edison Company Long-Term Incentive Plan (the Plan)
is established by Commonwealth Edison Company, an Illinois
corporation (the Company), effective January 1,
2007.
2. Purpose. The purpose of the
Plan is to reward achievement of key goals over three-year
performance cycles, to enhance the Companys ability to
attract, motivate, reward and retain certain officers and
executive employees, to align and strengthen their commitment to
the success of the Company, and to promote the long-term
objectives of the Company.
3. Definitions.
(a) Affiliate means any person or entity
(including Exelon and each Subsidiary) that directly or
indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common
control with, the Company.
(b) Award means the incentive award payable
to a Participant hereunder with respect to a Performance Cycle
and each Plan Year within such Performance Cycle.
(c) Board means the Board of Directors of the
Company.
(d) Cause means, with respect to any Employee:
(1) the refusal to perform or habitual neglect in the
performance of the Employees duties or responsibilities,
or of specific directives of the officer or other executive of
the Company or any of its Affiliates to whom the Employee
reports which are not materially inconsistent with the scope and
nature of the Employees employment duties and
responsibilities;
(2) the Employees willful or reckless commission of
act(s) or omission(s) which have resulted in or are likely to
result in, a material loss to, or material damage to the
reputation of, the Company or any of its Affiliates, or that
compromise the safety of any employee or other person;
(3) the Employees commission of a felony or any crime
involving dishonesty or moral turpitude;
(4) the Employees material violation of the
Companys or any Affiliates Code of Business Conduct
(including the corporate policies referenced therein) which
would constitute grounds for immediate termination of
employment, or of any statutory or common law duty of loyalty to
the Company or any of its Affiliates; or
(5) any breach by the Employee of any one or more
restrictive covenants for the benefit of the Company or any of
its Affiliates.
(e) Code means the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, and all applicable regulations and rulings
thereunder as in effect from time to time.
(f) Company means Commonwealth Edison
Company, an Illinois corporation, and any successor thereto.
(g) Disability means a physical or mental
condition on account of which benefits under the long-term
disability plan of the Company or one of its Affiliates,
whichever covers the Participant, have commenced.
(h) Eligible Executive means an Employee
whose level is Vice-President (or any equivalent successor
level) or higher.
(i) Employee means an employee of the Company
or a Subsidiary employed in an executive or officer level
position.
(j) Exelon means Exelon Corporation, a
Pennsylvania corporation and the sole shareholder of the Company.
(k) Incentive Pool means an amount, expressed
either as a dollar value or pursuant to an objective formula or
performance measure, that is designated by the Board as
available to pay Awards for a Performance Cycle and each Plan
Year within such Performance Cycle, pursuant to
Section 6(a).
(l) Participant means an Eligible Executive
who has been selected by the Board to participate in the Plan
for a particular Performance Cycle, including Eligible
Executives who are selected after a Performance Cycle has
commenced, pursuant to Section 4(b).
(m) Performance Cycle means a three-year
performance cycle beginning on January 1 of any year designated
by the Board.
(n) Performance Goals means the objective
performance goal(s) designated by the Board pursuant to
Section 6(b) with respect to an Incentive Pool.
(o) Plan means this Commonwealth Edison
Company Long-Term Incentive Plan as set forth herein and as
amended from time to time.
(p) Plan Year means each of the three
calendar years within a Performance Cycle.
(q) Retirement means a Participants
termination of employment other than for Cause after attaining
age 50 with 10 years of service under any defined
benefit pension plan maintained by the Company or one of its
Affiliates for the benefit of the Participant (including for
this purpose any deemed pension service granted to the
Participant under an employment or change in control agreement
to the extent any applicable vesting or other conditions to such
deemed service have been satisfied upon such termination of
employment).
(r) Subsidiary means a business which is
affiliated through common ownership with the Company, and which
is designated by the Board as an employer whose employees may be
eligible to participate in the Plan, but only with respect to
such period of affiliation.
4. Participation.
(a) Generally. Not later than
three months after the beginning of each Performance Cycle, the
Board shall designate the Participants (if any) for such
Performance Cycle. Any individual who is an Eligible Executive
as of the first day of the Performance Cycle may be designated
as a Participant.
(b) Individuals Who Become Eligible Executives During
a Performance Cycle. An individual who
becomes an Eligible Executive after the first day of a
Performance Cycle may be designated as a Participant for the
remainder of the Plan Year in which such participation commences
and any subsequent Plan Year within such Performance Cycle. Any
Award for the Plan Year in which such participation commences
shall be prorated pursuant to Section 7(a).
5. Administration.
(a) The Board shall administer the Plan.
(b) The Board shall have full and complete authority to
establish any rules and regulations it deems necessary or
appropriate relating to the Plan, to interpret and construe the
Plan and those rules and regulations, to correct defects and
supply omissions, to determine the Eligible Executives who shall
become Participants for any Performance Cycle, to determine the
Performance Goals and other terms and conditions applicable to
each Award, to determine the achievement of Performance Goals
and approve all Awards, to determine whether and to what extent
Awards may be paid on a deferred basis, to make all factual and
other determinations arising under the Plan, and to take all
other actions the Board deems necessary or appropriate for the
proper administration of the Plan.
(c) The Board may from time to time delegate the
performance of its ministerial duties under the Plan to any
officers or employees of the Company or any of its Affiliates, a
committee of such officers or employees, or such other person or
persons as the Board may select.
(d) The Boards administration of the Plan, including
all such rules and regulations, interpretations and construals,
selections, factual and other determinations, approvals,
decisions, delegations, amendments, terminations and other
actions as the Board shall see fit shall be final and binding on
the Company and its Subsidiaries, stockholders and all
employees, including Participants and their beneficiaries. Any
decision made by the Board in good faith in connection with its
administration of or responsibilities under the Plan shall be
conclusive on all persons.
(e) The Board may engage and rely on the advice of such
advisors, consultants or data as it considers necessary or
desirable in selecting eligible key employees, in designating
applicable Performance Goals, and in determining attainment of
Performance Goals and the amount of incentive awards under the
Plan, and in performing its other duties under the Plan.
(f) The Company
and/or its
participating Subsidiaries shall pay the costs of Plan
administration.
6. Performance Goals.
(a) Establishment of Incentive
Pool(s). Not later than three months after
the beginning of each Performance Cycle, the Board shall
establish in writing an Incentive Pool which shall be equal to
the sum of the annual target awards specified by the Board for
each Plan Year within the Performance Cycle, and from which
Awards (if any) will be paid with respect to each such Plan
Year. The Board shall designate the Participants who are
eligible to share in each such Incentive Pool (subject to the
Boards right to add new Participants during the
Performance Cycle in accordance with Section 4(b) above).
The amount payable with respect to each Incentive Pool (or
portion thereof) shall be based on the attainment of one or more
specified Performance Goals, weighted in such manner as the
Board determines, and based on or contingent upon the level of
achievement of threshold, target and maximum performance (as set
by the Board) of the stated Performance Goals. The amount
payable for any Plan Year within the Performance Cycle upon the
achievement of the maximum level of Performance Goals shall not
exceed 200% of the amount payable upon the achievement of the
target level of Performance Goals.
(b) Performance Goals. The
Performance Goals for each Performance Cycle shall be based on
three-year financial, operational, regulatory, legislative and
any other goals of the Company established by the Board. With
respect to each such goal, the Board shall specify desired
levels of improvement and annual targets for each Plan Year
within such Performance Cycle. Each Performance Goal may be
expressed on an absolute or relative basis and may include
comparisons based on current internal targets, the past
performance of the Company, its Subsidiaries or business units
or the past or current performance of other companies (including
industry or general market indices), or a combination of any of
the foregoing, and may be applied at various organizational
levels.
(c) Impact of Extraordinary
Items. The Board may, in its sole discretion,
adjust or modify any Performance Goals on account of any
extraordinary changes or events which occur during a Plan Year
or Performance Cycle, including without limitation,
extraordinary corporate transactions or changes in accounting
practices or the law.
7. Determination of Award Amounts for Any Plan
Year.
(a) Determination of Attainment of Performance
Goals. As soon as practicable following the
end of each Plan Year, the Board shall evaluate the extent to
which the applicable Performance Goals have been met for the
Plan Year, and determine the amount of the Incentive Pool and
the amount of the Award to be payable to each Participant for
such Plan Year. An Award payable with respect to a Participant
whose participation commenced after the first day of a Plan
Year, in accordance with Section 4(b), shall be prorated
based on the actual achievement of Performance Goals for such
Plan Year and the number of days within such Plan Year during
which the Participant participated in the Plan.
(b) Board Discretion to Determine Amount of
Award. The Board shall have absolute
discretion to increase or reduce the amount of the Award
otherwise payable to any Participant for a Plan Year pursuant to
Section 7(a), and the Board may decide not to pay any Award
to a Participant for the Plan Year, based on such criteria,
factors and measures as the Board in its sole discretion may
determine, including but not limited to individual performance
or impact and financial and other performance or financial
criteria of the Company, a Subsidiary or other business unit in
addition to those listed in Section 6(b).
8. Vesting and Timing of Payments.
(a) Timing of Payments
General. One-third of the amount of each
Award approved by the Board with respect to a Plan Year shall be
payable to the Participant as soon as administratively
practicable after the date of such approval. The remaining
portion of such Award shall vest and become payable in equal
installments on the first and second anniversaries of the date
of such approval, provided that the Participant remains in
continuous employment with the Company or one of its Affiliates
as of the date of such payment, or otherwise becomes vested in
such payments pursuant to Section 8(b). No portion of an
Award shall be treated as earned by a Participant prior to the
date on which it is paid.
(b) Effect of Termination of Employment or Change in
Position.
(1) Retirement, Death,
Disability. If a Participants
employment terminates during a Plan Year on account of
Retirement, death or Disability, such Participant (i) shall
become fully vested in any Awards approved by the Board for any
prior Plan Year and (ii) shall be entitled to a prorated
Award, if any, for the Plan Year in which such termination
occurs, based on the actual achievement of Performance Goals for
such Plan Year and the number of days within such Plan Year
during which the Participant was an Eligible Executive.
(2) Separation Under Severance
Plan. If a Participants employment
terminates during a Plan Year under circumstances which entitle
the Participant to severance benefits under an executive
severance plan maintained by the Company or one of its
Affiliates, including an involuntary termination by the Company
without Cause, and the Participant is eligible for and satisfies
all of the conditions to the receipt of such severance benefits,
then to the extent provided in such severance plan the
Participant (i) shall become fully vested in any Awards
approved by the Board for any prior Plan Year and
(ii) shall be entitled to a prorated Award, if any, for the
Plan Year in which such termination occurs, based on the actual
achievement of Performance Goals for such Plan Year and the
number of days within such Plan Year during which the
Participant was an Eligible Executive.
(3) Termination for Cause, Voluntary
Resignation. If a Participants
employment terminates during a Plan Year for any reason other
than as described in Section 8(b)(1) or 8(b)(2), including
a termination of employment by the Company for Cause or, except
as provided in Section 8(b)(2), a resignation by the
Participant for a reason other than Retirement, such Participant
(i) shall forfeit any unvested Awards approved by the Board
for any prior Plan Year and (ii) shall not be entitled to
an Award for the Plan Year in which such termination occurs.
(4) Change in Employment
Position. If a Participants employment
position within the Company changes during a Plan Year, then
(i) any Awards approved by the Board for any prior Plan
Year shall continue to vest subject to the continued employment
of the Participant, in accordance with Section 8(a), and
(ii) the Participant shall be eligible for an Award, if
any, for the Plan Year in which his or her employment position
changes, based on the actual achievement of Performance Goals
for such Plan Year and determined by prorating the amount of the
Award that would be payable with respect to each of the
Participants employment positions, based on the number of
days within such Plan Year during which the Participant was
employed in such position.
(5) Leave of Absence. If during a
Plan Year a Participant commences a leave of absence that is
approved by the Board, then (i) any Awards approved by the
Board for any prior Plan Year shall continue to vest subject to
the continued employment of the Participant, in accordance with
Section 8(a), and (ii) the Participant shall be
eligible for a prorated Award, if any, for that Plan Year and
any subsequent Plan Year during which such leave of absence
continues, based on the actual achievement of Performance Goals
for such Plan Year and the number of days within such Plan Year
during which the Participant was actively employed.
9. Source, Time and Manner of Payment,
Interest. Each Participants Award for a
Plan Year shall be paid in cash, solely from the general assets
of the Company or its Subsidiaries, without interest, as soon as
reasonably practicable after the Award becomes vested and
payable pursuant to Section 8. Any Award for a Plan Year
which becomes vested and payable to a Participant whose
employment terminates pursuant to Section 8(b)(1) or
8(b)(2) shall be payable at the same time such Award would have
been payable if the Participant had continued in employment with
the Company. This Plan is intended to comply with the
requirements of section 409A of the Code, and shall be
interpreted and construed accordingly, and the timing of any
payments under the Plan shall be automatically modified to the
extent necessary to comply with such requirements.
10. Designation of
Beneficiaries. Each Participant from time to
time may name any person or persons (who may be named
concurrently, contingently or successively) to whom the
Participants Award under the Plan is to be paid if the
Participant dies before receipt of the Award. Each such
beneficiary designation will revoke all prior designations by
the Participant, shall not require the consent of any previously
named beneficiary, shall be in a form prescribed or permitted by
the Company and will be effective only when filed with the
Company during the Participants lifetime. If a Participant
fails to so designate a beneficiary before death, or if the
beneficiary so designated predeceases the Participant, any Award
payable after the Participants death shall be paid to the
Participants estate.
11. No Assignment of Rights. No
Participant or other person shall have any right, title or
interest in any Award under this Plan prior to the payment
thereof to such person. The rights or interests of Participants
under this Plan shall not be subject in any manner to
anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment pledge,
encumbrance, charge, garnishment, execution or levy of any kind,
either voluntarily or involuntarily, and any attempt to
anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber,
charge, garnish, execute on, levy or otherwise dispose of any
right to an Award or any payment hereunder shall be void.
12. No Greater Employment
Rights. The establishment or continuance of
this Plan shall not affect or enlarge the employment rights of
any Participant or constitute a contract of employment with any
Participant, and nothing herein shall be construed as conferring
upon a Participant any greater rights to employment than the
Participant would otherwise have in the absence of the adoption
of this Plan.
13. No Right to Ongoing
Participation. The selection of an individual
as a Participant in the Plan for any Performance Cycle shall not
require the selection of such individual as a Participant for
any subsequent Performance Cycle, or, if such individual is
subsequently so selected, shall not require that the same
opportunity for an incentive award provided the Participant
under the Plan for an earlier Performance Cycle be provided such
Participant for the subsequent Performance Cycle.
14. No Personal Liability. None of
the Company, its Affiliates or any Board member or delegate
shall be personally liable for any act done or omitted to be
done in good faith in the administration of the Plan.
15. Unfunded Plan. No Participant
or other person shall have any right, title or interest in any
property of the Company or its Affiliates, and nothing herein
shall require the Company or any Affiliate to segregate or set
aside any funds or other property for the purpose of making any
payment under the Plan.
16. Facility of Payment. When a
person entitled to an incentive award under the Plan is under
legal disability, or, in the Boards opinion, is in any way
incapacitated so as to be unable to manage such persons
affairs, the Board may direct the payment of an incentive award
directly to or for the benefit such person, to such
persons legal representative or guardian, or to a relative
or friend of such person. Any payment made in accordance with
the preceding sentence shall be a full and complete discharge of
any liability for such payment under the Plan, and none of the
Board, the Company or any Affiliate shall be under any duty to
see to the proper application of such payment.
17. Withholding for Taxes and
Benefits. The Company or any of its
Affiliates may withhold from any payment to be made under the
Plan all appropriate deductions for employee benefits, if
applicable, and such amount or amounts as may be required for
purposes of complying with the tax withholding obligations under
federal, state and local income and employment tax laws.
18. Amendment and Termination. The
Board may amend the Plan at any time and from time to time, in
whole or in part, and may terminate the Plan at any time, which
amendment or termination may include the modification, reduction
or cancellation of any prospective Award hereunder which has not
been approved by the Board pursuant to the terms of the Plan
prior to the time of any such amendment or termination, provided
that no such amendment or termination shall change the terms and
conditions of payment of any Award the final amount of which the
Board has approved for payment to a Participant without such
Participants consent.
19. Applicable Law. The Plan shall
be construed under the laws of the State of Illinois, other than
its laws with respect to choice of laws.
exv31w1
Exhibit 31-1
CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO
RULE 13a-14(a)
AND
15d-14(a) OF
THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
I, John W. Rowe, certify that:
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1.
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I have reviewed this quarterly report on
Form 10-Q
of Exelon Corporation;
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2.
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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3.
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in this report, fairly present in
all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
periods presented in this report;
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4.
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The registrants other certifying officer and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(e)
and
15d-15(e))
and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in
Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(f)
and
15d-15(f))
for the registrant and have:
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(a)
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
known to us by others within those entities, particularly during
the period in which this report is being prepared;
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(b)
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Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or
caused such internal control over financing reporting to be
designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
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(c)
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
report based on such evaluation; and
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(d)
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
the registrants first fiscal quarter that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrants internal control over financial
reporting; and
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5. |
The registrants other certifying officer and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
control over financial reporting, to the registrants
auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board
of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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(a)
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
registrants ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and
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(b)
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in the
registrants internal control over financial reporting.
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
(Principal Executive Officer)
Date: April 25, 2007
132
exv31w2
Exhibit 31-2
CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO
RULE 13a-14(a)
AND
15d-14(a) OF
THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
I, John F. Young, certify that:
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1.
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I have reviewed this quarterly report on
Form 10-Q
of Exelon Corporation;
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2.
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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3.
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in this report, fairly present in
all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
periods presented in this report;
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4.
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The registrants other certifying officer and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(e)
and
15d-15(e))
and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in
Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(f)
and
15d-15(f))
for the registrant and have:
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(a)
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
known to us by others within those entities, particularly during
the period in which this report is being prepared;
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(b)
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Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or
caused such internal control over financing reporting to be
designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
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(c)
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
report based on such evaluation; and
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(d)
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
the registrants first fiscal quarter that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrants internal control over financial
reporting; and
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5. |
The registrants other certifying officer and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
control over financial reporting, to the registrants
auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board
of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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(a)
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
registrants ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and
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(b)
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in the
registrants internal control over financial reporting.
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Executive Vice President, Finance and Markets and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
Date: April 25, 2007
133
exv31w3
Exhibit 31-3
CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO
RULE 13a-14(a)
AND
15d-14(a) OF
THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
I, John L. Skolds, certify that:
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1.
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I have reviewed this quarterly report on
Form 10-Q
of Exelon Generation Company, LLC;
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2.
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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3.
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in this report, fairly present in
all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
periods presented in this report;
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4.
|
The registrants other certifying officer and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(e)
and
15d-15(e))
for the registrant and have:
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(a)
|
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
known to us by others within those entities, particularly during
the period in which this report is being prepared;
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(b)
|
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
report based on such evaluation; and
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(c)
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
the registrants first fiscal quarter that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrants internal control over financial
reporting; and
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5. |
The registrants other certifying officer and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
control over financial reporting, to the registrants
auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board
of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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(a)
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
registrants ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and
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(b)
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in the
registrants internal control over financial reporting.
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President
(Principal Executive Officer)
Date: April 25, 2007
134
exv31w4
Exhibit 31-4
CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO
RULE 13a-14(a)
AND
15d-14(a) OF
THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
I, John F. Young, certify that:
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1.
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I have reviewed this quarterly report on
Form 10-Q
of Exelon Generation Company, LLC;
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2.
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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3.
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in this report, fairly present in
all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
periods presented in this report;
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4.
|
The registrants other certifying officer and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(e)
and
15d-15(e))
for the registrant and have:
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(a)
|
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
known to us by others within those entities, particularly during
the period in which this report is being prepared;
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(b)
|
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
report based on such evaluation; and
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(c)
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
the registrants first fiscal quarter that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrants internal control over financial
reporting; and
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5. |
The registrants other certifying officer and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
control over financial reporting, to the registrants
auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board
of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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(a)
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
registrants ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and
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(b)
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in the
registrants internal control over financial reporting.
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Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
Date: April 25, 2007
135
exv31w5
Exhibit 31-5
CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO
RULE 13a-14(a)
AND
15d-14(a) OF
THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
I, Frank M. Clark, certify that:
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1.
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I have reviewed this quarterly report on
Form 10-Q
of Commonwealth Edison Company;
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2.
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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3.
|
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in this report, fairly present in
all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
periods presented in this report;
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4.
|
The registrants other certifying officer and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(e)
and
15d-15(e))
for the registrant and have:
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|
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(a)
|
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
known to us by others within those entities, particularly during
the period in which this report is being prepared;
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|
(b)
|
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
report based on such evaluation; and
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(c)
|
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
the registrants first fiscal quarter that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrants internal control over financial
reporting; and
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5. |
The registrants other certifying officer and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
control over financial reporting, to the registrants
auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board
of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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(a)
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
registrants ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and
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|
(b)
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in the
registrants internal control over financial reporting.
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
Date: April 25, 2007
136
exv31w6
Exhibit 31-6
CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO
RULE 13a-14(a)
AND
15d-14(a) OF
THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
I, Robert K. McDonald, certify that:
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1.
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I have reviewed this quarterly report on
Form 10-Q
of Commonwealth Edison Company;
|
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2.
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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3.
|
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in this report, fairly present in
all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
periods presented in this report;
|
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4.
|
The registrants other certifying officer and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(e)
and
15d-15(e))
for the registrant and have:
|
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|
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|
(a)
|
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
known to us by others within those entities, particularly during
the period in which this report is being prepared;
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(b)
|
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
report based on such evaluation; and
|
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|
(c)
|
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
the registrants first fiscal quarter that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrants internal control over financial
reporting; and
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5. |
The registrants other certifying officer and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
control over financial reporting, to the registrants
auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board
of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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(a)
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
registrants ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and
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|
(b)
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in the
registrants internal control over financial reporting.
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Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
Treasurer and Chief Risk Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
Date: April 25, 2007
137
exv31w7
Exhibit 31-7
CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO
RULE 13a-14(a)
AND
15d-14(a) OF
THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
I, John L. Skolds, certify that:
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1.
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I have reviewed this quarterly report on
Form 10-Q
of PECO Energy Company;
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2.
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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3.
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in this report, fairly present in
all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
periods presented in this report;
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4.
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The registrants other certifying officer and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(e)
and
15d-15(e))
for the registrant and have:
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(a)
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
known to us by others within those entities, particularly during
the period in which this report is being prepared;
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(b)
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
report based on such evaluation; and
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(c)
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
the registrants first fiscal quarter that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrants internal control over financial
reporting; and
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The registrants other certifying officer and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
control over financial reporting, to the registrants
auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board
of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
registrants ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and
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(b)
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in the
registrants internal control over financial reporting.
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President, Exelon Energy Delivery
(Principal Executive Officer)
Date: April 25, 2007
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exv31w8
Exhibit 31-8
CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO
RULE 13a-14(a)
AND
15d-14(a) OF
THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
I, John F. Young, certify that:
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I have reviewed this quarterly report on
Form 10-Q
of PECO Energy Company;
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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3.
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in this report, fairly present in
all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
periods presented in this report;
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4.
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The registrants other certifying officer and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(e)
and
15d-15(e))
for the registrant and have:
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
known to us by others within those entities, particularly during
the period in which this report is being prepared;
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(b)
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
report based on such evaluation; and
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(c)
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
the registrants first fiscal quarter that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrants internal control over financial
reporting; and
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5. |
The registrants other certifying officer and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
control over financial reporting, to the registrants
auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board
of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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(a)
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
registrants ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and
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(b)
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in the
registrants internal control over financial reporting.
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Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
Date: April 25, 2007
139
exv32w1
Exhibit 32-1
Certificate
Pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of
Title 18 United States Code
The undersigned officer hereby certifies, as to the quarterly
report on
Form 10-Q
of Exelon Corporation for the quarterly period ended
March 31, 2007, that (i) the report fully complies
with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (ii) the information
contained in the report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
Exelon Corporation.
John W. Rowe
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
Date: April 25, 2007
140
exv32w2
Exhibit 32-2
Certificate
Pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of
Title 18 United States Code
The undersigned officer hereby certifies, as to the quarterly
report on
Form 10-Q
of Exelon Corporation for the quarterly period ended
March 31, 2007, that (i) the report fully complies
with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (ii) the information
contained in the report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
Exelon Corporation.
John F. Young
Executive Vice President, Finance and
Markets and Chief Financial Officer
Date: April 25, 2007
141
exv32w3
Exhibit 32-3
Certificate
Pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of
Title 18 United States Code
The undersigned officer hereby certifies, as to the quarterly
report on
Form 10-Q
of Exelon Generation Company, LLC for the quarterly period ended
March 31, 2007, that (i) the report fully complies
with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (ii) the information
contained in the report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
Exelon Generation Company, LLC.
John L. Skolds
President
Date: April 25, 2007
142
exv32w4
Exhibit 32-4
Certificate
Pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of
Title 18 United States Code
The undersigned officer hereby certifies, as to the quarterly
report on
Form 10-Q
of Exelon Generation Company, LLC for the quarterly period ended
March 31, 2007, that (i) the report fully complies
with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (ii) the information
contained in the report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
Exelon Generation Company, LLC.
John F. Young
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Date: April 25, 2007
143
exv32w5
Exhibit 32-5
Certificate
Pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of
Title 18 United States Code
The undersigned officer hereby certifies, as to the quarterly
report on
Form 10-Q
of Commonwealth Edison Company for the quarterly period ended
March 31, 2007, that (i) the report fully complies
with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (ii) the information
contained in the report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
Commonwealth Edison Company.
Frank M. Clark
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Date: April 25, 2007
144
exv32w6
Exhibit 32-6
Certificate
Pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of
Title 18 United States Code
The undersigned officer hereby certifies, as to the quarterly
report on
Form 10-Q
of Commonwealth Edison Company for the quarterly period ended
March 31, 2007, that (i) the report fully complies
with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (ii) the information
contained in the report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
Commonwealth Edison Company.
Robert K. McDonald
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer, Treasurer and Chief Risk Officer
Date: April 25, 2007
145
exv32w7
Exhibit 32-7
Certificate
Pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of
Title 18 United States Code
The undersigned officer hereby certifies, as to the quarterly
report on
Form 10-Q
of PECO Energy Company for the quarterly period ended
March 31, 2007, that (i) the report fully complies
with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (ii) the information
contained in the report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
PECO Energy Company.
John L. Skolds
President
Exelon Energy Delivery
Date: April 25, 2007
146
exv32w8
Exhibit 32-8
Certificate
Pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of
Title 18 United States Code
The undersigned officer hereby certifies, as to the quarterly
report on
Form 10-Q
of PECO Energy Company for the quarterly period ended
March 31, 2007, that (i) the report fully complies
with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (ii) the information
contained in the report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
PECO Energy Company.
John F. Young
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Date: April 25, 2007
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