UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 15, 2006
ATLANTIC CITY ELECTRIC COMPANY                                       (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New Jersey            (State or other jurisdiction         of incorporation)				001-03559      (Commission File Number)		21-0398280     (IRS Employer Identification No.)
800 King Street, PO Box 231, Wilmington, DE       (Address of principal executive offices)						19899              (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code           (302) 429-3018
Not Applicable                                        (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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ACE          Form 8-K
Item 1.01		Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.
		On March 15, 2006, Atlantic City Electric Company (the "Company") sold $105,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its Senior Notes, 5.80% Series due March 1, 2036 (the "Senior Notes"). The purchasers were TIAA-CREF Life Insurance Company, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, The Travelers Insurance Company, Hartford Life Insurance Company, New York Life Insurance Company, New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation, and The Canada Life Assurance Company. The Senior Notes were offered and sold without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in reliance on the exemption afforded by Section 4(2).
		The Senior Notes were issued under the Indenture, dated as of April 1, 2004 (the "Senior Indenture"), between the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"). Simultaneously with the issuance of the Senior Notes, the Company issued and delivered to the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Senior Notes in order to secure the Company's obligations under the Senior Notes, $105,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 5.80% Collateral Series due March 1, 2036 (the "Collateral Bonds"). The Collateral Bonds were issued under the Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of January 15, 1937, from the Company to The Bank of New York (formerly Irving Trust Company), as trustee, as amended and supplemented, including pursuant to the Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 8, 2006 (the "Supplemental Indenture"), relating to the issuance of the Collateral Bonds. The Supplemental Indenture is filed herewith as Exhibit 4.1. In accordance with the terms of the Senior Indenture, on the release date the Collateral Bonds will cease to secure the Senior Notes and the Senior Notes will become the Company's general unsecured obligations and rank on a parity with the Company's other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness.
Item 2.03		Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
		The information set forth in Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein be reference.
Item 9.01		Financial Statements and Exhibits.
		Exhibit No.	Description of Exhibit
		4	Supplemental Indenture
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ACE          Form 8-K
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
					ATLANTIC CITY ELECTRIC COMPANY             (Registrant)
Date        March 17, 2006					/s/ A. J. KAMERICK                     Name:  Anthony J. Kamerick Title:    Treasurer
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