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Local 15 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW Local 15). AmerGen has
separate CBAs for each of its nuclear facilities, which cover an aggregate of approximately 700
employees. The Generation CBA with IBEW Local 15 has been extended to September 30, 2007. The
CBA for ComEd and BSC expires on September 30, 2008. In addition, a separate CBA between
ComEd and IBEW Local 15, which was ratified on November 7, 2006, covers approximately 140
employees in ComEd's System Services Group and expires on October 1, 2009. The Clinton, Oyster
Creek and TMI CBAs expire on December 15, 2010, January 31, 2010 and February 28, 2009,
respectively. Exelon Power, an operating unit of Generation, has an agreement with Utility Workers of
America Local 369, covering approximately 40 employees, which was ratified effective January 31,
2007 and which continues from year to year unless either party expresses its intention to terminate the
agreement. In addition, Exelon Power has an agreement with IBEW Local 614, which expires on
January 31, 2008 and covers approximately 200 employees.
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 first quarter in 2007. The current affected workgroup totals
approximately 1,200 employees.
The employees of the Limerick and Peach Bottom nuclear stations are not represented by a union.
On May 5, 2005, a majority of these employees elected not to be represented by the IBEW 614. After
contesting the election, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that a new election must be
conducted. This election took place on November 16, 2006. The employees again voted against union
representation.
Environmental Regulation
General
Exelon, Generation, ComEd and PECO are subject to regulation regarding environmental matters
by the United States and by various states and local jurisdictions where Exelon operates its facilities.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administers certain Federal statutes
relating to such matters, as do various interstate and local agencies. Various state environmental
protection agencies or boards have jurisdiction over certain activities in states in which Exelon and its
subsidiaries do business. State regulation includes the authority to regulate air, water and noise
emissions and solid waste disposals.
Water
Under the Federal Clean Water Act, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
permits for discharges into waterways are required to be obtained from the EPA or from the state
environmental agency to which the permit program has been delegated. Those permits must be
renewed periodically. Generation either has NPDES permits for all of its generating stations or has
pending applications for renewals of such permits while operating under an administrative extension.
In July 2004, the 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 establishes national performance standards for reducing entrainment and impingement of aquatic
organisms at existing power plants. On January 25, 2007, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals
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
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