Discontinued Operations (Exelon)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block]

Discontinued Operations (Exelon)

On February 21, 2021, Exelon's Board of Directors approved a plan to separate the Utility Registrants and Generation, creating two publicly traded companies ("the separation"). Exelon completed the separation on February 1, 2022. Constellation was newly formed and incorporated in Pennsylvania on June 15, 2021 for the purposes of separation and holds Generation (including Generation's subsidiaries). Pursuant to the separation, Exelon contributed its equity ownership interest in Generation to Constellation. Exelon no longer retains any equity ownership interest in Generation or Constellation. See Note 2 — Discontinued Operations of the 2022 Form 10-K for additional information.

Continuing Involvement

In order to govern the ongoing relationships between Exelon and Constellation after the separation, and to facilitate an orderly transition, Exelon and Constellation have entered into several agreements, including the following:

•Separation Agreement – governs the rights and obligations between Exelon and Constellation regarding certain actions to be taken in connection with the separation, among others, including the allocation of assets and liabilities between Exelon and Constellation.

•Transition Services Agreement (TSA) – governs the terms and conditions of the services that Exelon will provide to Constellation and Constellation will provide to Exelon for an expected period of two years, provided that certain services may be longer than the term and services may be extended with approval from both parties. The services include specified accounting, finance, information technology, human resources, employee benefits and other services that have historically been provided on a centralized basis by BSC. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, the amounts Exelon billed Constellation and Constellation billed Exelon for these services were $50 million recorded in Other income, net and $6 million recorded in Operating and maintenance expense, respectively. For the period from February 1, 2022 to March 31, 2022, the amounts Exelon billed Constellation and Constellation billed Exelon for these services were $56 million recorded in Other income, net and $9 million recorded in Operating and maintenance expense, respectively.

•Tax Matters Agreement (TMA) – governs the respective rights, responsibilities and obligations of Exelon and Constellation with respect to all tax matters, including tax liabilities and benefits, tax attributes, tax returns, tax contests and other tax sharing regarding U.S. federal, state, local and foreign income taxes, other tax matters and related tax returns. See Note 7 — Income Taxes for additional information.

In addition, the Utility Registrants will continue to incur expenses from transactions with Constellation after the separation. Prior to the separation, such expenses were primarily recorded as Purchased power from affiliates and an immaterial amount recorded as Operating and maintenance expense from affiliates at the Utility Registrants. After the separation, such expenses are primarily recorded as Purchased power and an immaterial amount recorded as Operating and maintenance expense at the Utility Registrants.

•ComEd had an ICC-approved RFP contract with Constellation to provide a portion of ComEd’s electric supply requirements. ComEd also purchased RECs and ZECs from Constellation.

•PECO received electric supply from Constellation under contracts executed through PECO’s competitive procurement process. In addition, PECO had a ten-year agreement with Constellation to sell solar AECs.

•BGE received a portion of its energy requirements from Constellation under its MDPSC-approved market-based SOS and gas commodity programs.

•Pepco received electric supply from Constellation under contracts executed through Pepco’s competitive procurement process approved by the MDPSC and DCPSC.

•DPL received a portion of its energy requirements from Constellation under its MDPSC and DEPSC approved market-based SOS commodity programs.

•ACE received electric supply from Constellation under contracts executed through ACE’s competitive procurement process approved by the NJBPU.

ComEd and PECO also have receivables with Constellation for estimated excess funds at the end of decommissioning the Regulatory Agreement Units, such amounts are due back to ComEd and PECO, as applicable, for payment to their respective customers. See Note 3 — Regulatory Matters and Note 23 — Related Party Transactions of the 2022 Form 10-K for additional information.

Discontinued Operations

The separation represented a strategic shift that would have a major effect on Exelon’s operations and financial results. Accordingly, the separation meets the criteria for discontinued operations.

There were no results from discontinued operations for the three months ended March 31, 2023. The following table presents the results of Constellation that have been reclassified from continuing operations and included in discontinued operations within Exelon’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income for the three months ended March 31, 2022.

These results are primarily Generation, which is comprised of Exelon’s Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, New York, ERCOT, and Other Power Regions reportable segments, and include the impact of transaction costs, certain BSC costs, including any transition costs, that were historically allocated and directly attributable to Generation, transactions between Generation and the Utility Registrants, and tax-related adjustments. Transaction costs include costs for external bankers, accountants, appraisers, lawyers, external counsels and other advisors, among others, who are involved in the negotiation, appraisal, due diligence and regulatory approval of the separation. Transition costs are primarily employee-related costs such as recruitment expenses, costs to establish certain stand-alone functions and information technology systems, professional services fees and other separation-related costs during the transition to separate Generation. For the purposes of reporting discontinued operations, these results also include transactions between Generation and the Utility Registrants that were historically eliminated within Exelon’s Consolidated Statements of Operations as these transactions will be ongoing after the separation. Certain BSC costs that were historically allocated to Generation are presented as part of continuing operations in Exelon’s Consolidated Statements of Operations as these costs do not qualify as expenses of the discontinued operations per the accounting rules.

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2022
Operating revenues
Competitive business revenues	$	1,855
Competitive business revenues from affiliates	161
Total operating revenues	2,016
Operating expenses
Competitive businesses purchased power and fuel	1,138
Operating and maintenance(a)	371
Depreciation and amortization	94
Taxes other than income taxes	44
Total operating expenses	1,647
Gain on sales of assets and businesses	10
Operating income	379
Other income and (deductions)
Interest expense, net	(20)
Other, net	(281)
Total other (deductions) and income	(301)
Income before income taxes	78
Income taxes	(40)
Equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliates	(1)
Net income	117
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	1
Net income from discontinued operations	$	116

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(a)Includes transaction and transition costs related to the separation of $52 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022.

There were no assets or liabilities of discontinued operations included in Exelon's Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. Constellation had net assets of $11,573 million that separated on February 1, 2022 that resulted in a reduction to Exelon's equity during the year ended December 31, 2022. Refer to the Distribution of Constellation line in Exelon's Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders' Equity for further information.

There were no discontinued operations included within Exelon’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2023. The following table presents selected financial information regarding cash flows of the discontinued operations that are included within Exelon’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2022.

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2022
Non-cash items included in net income from discontinued operations:
Depreciation, amortization, and accretion, including nuclear fuel and energy contract amortization	$	207
Loss on sales of assets and businesses	9
Deferred income taxes and amortization of investment tax credits	(143)
Net fair value changes related to derivatives	(59)
Net realized and unrealized losses on NDT fund investments	205
Net unrealized losses on equity investments	16
Other decommissioning-related activity	36
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures	(227)
Collection of DPP	169
Supplemental cash flow information:
Decrease in capital expenditures not paid	(128)
Increase in DPP	348
Increase in PP&E related to ARO update	335