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stations.฀Combined,฀these฀improvements฀added฀approximately฀70฀megawatts฀of฀
zero-emissions฀electricity฀to฀the฀grid.฀The฀organization฀maintained฀Environmental฀
ISO฀14001฀certifications฀at฀its฀10฀sites฀and฀achieved฀LEED฀Silver฀certification฀for฀a฀
new฀administration฀building฀at฀Clinton฀Station.
The฀Oyster฀Creek฀and฀Three฀Mile฀Island฀reactors฀received฀20-year฀operating฀
license฀extensions฀from฀the฀Nuclear฀Regulatory฀Commission.฀Exelon฀Nuclear฀
also฀announced฀its฀intent฀to฀apply฀for฀a฀20-year฀license฀extension฀for฀its฀Limerick฀
Generating฀Station.
Exelon฀Power’s฀fleet฀of฀fossil฀and฀hydroelectric฀units฀in฀Illinois,฀Maryland,฀Massachusetts,฀
Pennsylvania฀and฀Texas฀provided฀over฀10฀million฀megawatt฀hours฀of฀reliable฀฀
generation฀in฀2009.฀With฀105฀units฀at฀23฀different฀sites,฀Exelon฀Power’s฀fleet฀
consists฀of฀approximately฀8,000฀megawatts฀of฀base฀load,฀intermediate฀and฀peak฀
power฀generation.฀In฀2009,฀Exelon฀Power’s฀fleet฀reported฀record฀performance฀levels฀
in฀unit฀availability,฀delivering฀on฀the฀commitment฀of฀continuous฀improvement฀and฀
performance฀optimization.฀฀฀฀
Exelon฀Power฀is฀committed฀to฀its฀role฀as฀an฀environmental฀leader.฀Efforts฀in฀2009฀
included฀the฀dedication฀of฀the฀LEED฀Silver฀certified฀Renewable฀Energy฀Education฀
Center฀at฀Fairless฀Hills,฀the฀second-largest฀landfill฀gas฀generating฀station฀in฀the฀
U.S.,฀which฀provides฀an฀opportunity฀for฀students฀and฀visitors฀to฀experience฀how฀
electricity฀is฀produced฀through฀various฀alternative฀renewable฀fuels;฀the฀construction฀
of฀a฀fish฀passageway฀at฀Black฀Rock฀Dam฀on฀the฀Schuylkill฀River฀as฀part฀of฀a฀river-wide฀
effort฀to฀restore฀American฀Shad฀to฀the฀Schuylkill฀River฀by฀enabling฀their฀migration;฀
and฀the฀opening฀of฀a฀new฀fishing฀wharf฀at฀the฀Conowingo฀Dam,฀which฀is฀accessible฀
to฀those฀with฀disabilities฀and฀increases฀the฀ability฀of฀visitors฀to฀enjoy฀fishing฀and฀
the฀ecosystem฀of฀the฀Lower฀Susquehanna฀River.
Exelon฀Power฀Team฀is฀the฀wholesale฀power฀marketing฀division฀of฀Exelon.฀Its฀role฀
is฀to฀manage฀the฀risk฀and฀maximize฀the฀economic฀value฀associated฀with฀Exelon’s฀
electric฀generating฀facilities,฀power฀purchase฀agreements,฀fuel฀requirements,฀
emission฀credits,฀transmission฀contracts฀and฀load฀obligations.฀Power฀Team’s฀
wholesale฀marketing฀and฀transaction฀efforts฀are฀focused฀on฀the฀competitive฀฀
electricity฀markets฀in฀several฀regions฀of฀the฀United฀States:฀the฀Mid-Atlantic,฀the฀
Midwest,฀the฀Northeast,฀the฀Southwest฀and฀Texas.฀Power฀Team’s฀trade฀floor฀and฀
headquarters฀are฀located฀in฀Kennett฀Square,฀Pa.
Exelon฀Energy฀is฀the฀retail฀marketing฀arm฀of฀Exelon.฀It฀markets฀electricity฀to฀
customers฀in฀Illinois฀and฀Pennsylvania,฀and฀natural฀gas฀to฀customers฀in฀Illinois,฀
Michigan฀and฀Ohio.฀Exelon฀Energy฀provides฀a฀valuable฀retail฀channel-to-market฀
for฀Exelon’s฀generation,฀while฀providing฀customers฀innovative฀products฀that฀can฀
help฀manage฀risk฀and฀earn฀the฀most฀from฀the฀competitive฀energy฀environment.฀
Exelon฀Energy’s฀locally-based฀sales฀representatives฀have฀a฀wealth฀of฀experience฀in฀
energy฀products฀and฀services฀and฀bring฀a฀depth฀of฀knowledge฀to฀the฀retail฀energy฀
markets฀it฀serves.฀
exelon฀business฀services฀company
Exelon฀Business฀Services฀Company,฀LLC฀(BSC),฀is฀a฀direct,฀wholly-owned฀subsidiary฀
of฀Exelon฀Corporation฀providing฀quality฀products฀and฀services฀in฀a฀cost-effective฀
manner฀to฀all฀Exelon฀companies.฀There฀are฀thirteen฀BSC฀practice฀areas:฀Audit฀and฀
Controls,฀Commercial฀Operations฀Group฀(which฀includes฀accounts฀payable฀and฀
payroll),฀Communications฀and฀Public฀Affairs,฀Corporate฀Strategy฀and฀Exelon฀2020,฀
Corporate฀Security,฀Corporate฀Development,฀Finance,฀Government฀Affairs฀and฀
Public฀Policy,฀Human฀Resources,฀Information฀Technology,฀Legal฀and฀Governance,฀
Real฀Estate฀and฀Supply.
BSC’s฀approximately฀2,200฀employees฀in฀northern฀Illinois,฀Pennsylvania฀and฀other฀
Exelon฀business฀locations฀deliver฀value฀by฀providing฀coordinated,฀cost-efficient฀high-
quality฀services฀and฀developing฀enterprise-wide฀and฀organization-specific฀solutions.
In฀2009,฀BSC฀initiated฀cost-reduction฀actions฀including฀budget฀and฀position฀
reductions.฀Service฀level฀commitments฀were฀met฀or฀exceeded฀across฀BSC฀even฀
with฀far-reaching฀cost฀management฀initiatives.฀Of฀particular฀note฀was฀the฀Supply฀
organization’s฀Rapid฀Resourcing฀effort,฀which฀resulted฀in฀$150฀million฀in฀value฀to฀
Exelon฀and฀its฀companies.
exelon฀transmission฀company
Formed฀in฀October฀2009,฀Exelon฀Transmission฀Company฀is฀a฀wholly-owned฀฀
subsidiary฀of฀Exelon฀that฀aims฀to฀capitalize฀on฀the฀growing฀national฀market฀for฀
new฀transmission฀capacity.฀U.S.฀companies฀are฀projected฀to฀spend฀$60฀billion฀to฀
$100฀billion฀on฀transmission฀development฀by฀2020.฀Exelon฀Transmission฀Company฀
will฀partner฀with฀utilities,฀transmission฀developers,฀renewable฀developers,฀regulators฀
and฀others฀to฀build฀the฀next฀generation฀of฀reliable฀electric฀transmission฀in฀the฀
United฀States.฀Drawing฀on฀Exelon’s฀deep฀experience,฀broad฀resources฀and฀strategic฀
Illinois฀footprint,฀Exelon฀Transmission฀Company’s฀new฀transmission฀projects฀will฀
improve฀reliability,฀reduce฀congestion฀and฀facilitate฀movement฀of฀low-carbon฀
energy฀to฀markets฀nationwide.฀฀
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