Significant Accounting Policies (All Registrants)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]

Significant Accounting Policies (All Registrants)

Description of Business (All Registrants)

Exelon is a utility services holding company engaged in the generation, delivery and marketing of energy through Generation and the energy distribution and transmission businesses through ComEd, PECO, BGE, Pepco, DPL, and ACE.

Name of Registrant	Business	Service Territories
Exelon Generation Company, LLC	Generation, physical delivery and marketing of power across multiple geographical regions through its customer-facing business, Constellation, which sells electricity to both wholesale and retail customers. Generation also sells natural gas, renewable energy, and other energy-related products and services.	Five reportable segments: Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, New York, ERCOT, and Other Power Regions
Commonwealth Edison Company	Purchase and regulated retail sale of electricity	Northern Illinois, including the City of Chicago
	Transmission and distribution of electricity to retail customers
PECO Energy Company	Purchase and regulated retail sale of electricity and natural gas	Southeastern Pennsylvania, including the City of Philadelphia (electricity)
	Transmission and distribution of electricity and distribution of natural gas to retail customers	Pennsylvania counties surrounding the City of Philadelphia (natural gas)
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company	Purchase and regulated retail sale of electricity and natural gas	Central Maryland, including the City of Baltimore (electricity and natural gas)
	Transmission and distribution of electricity and distribution of natural gas to retail customers
Pepco Holdings LLC	Utility services holding company engaged, through its reportable segments Pepco, DPL, and ACE	Service Territories of Pepco, DPL, and ACE
Potomac Electric  Power Company	Purchase and regulated retail sale of electricity	District of Columbia, and major portions of Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties, Maryland
	Transmission and distribution of electricity to retail customers
Delmarva Power & Light Company	Purchase and regulated retail sale of electricity and natural gas	Portions of Delaware and Maryland (electricity)
	Transmission and distribution of electricity and distribution of natural gas to retail customers	Portions of New Castle County, Delaware (natural gas)
Atlantic City Electric Company	Purchase and regulated retail sale of electricity	Portions of Southern New Jersey
	Transmission and distribution of electricity to retail customers

Basis of Presentation (All Registrants)

This is a combined quarterly report of all Registrants. The Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements apply to the Registrants as indicated parenthetically next to each corresponding disclosure. When appropriate, the Registrants are named specifically for their related activities and disclosures. Each of the Registrant’s Consolidated Financial Statements includes the accounts of its subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated.

Through its business services subsidiary, BSC, Exelon provides its subsidiaries with a variety of support services at cost, including legal, human resources, financial, information technology, and supply management services. PHI also has a business services subsidiary, PHISCO, which provides a variety of support services at cost, including legal, accounting, engineering, customer operations, distribution and transmission planning, asset management, system operations, and power procurement, to PHI operating companies. The costs of BSC and PHISCO are directly charged or allocated to the applicable subsidiaries. The results of Exelon’s corporate operations are presented as “Other” in the consolidated financial statements and include intercompany eliminations unless otherwise disclosed.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2021 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 are unaudited but, in the opinion of the management of each Registrant include all adjustments that are considered necessary for a fair statement of the Registrants’ respective financial statements in accordance with GAAP. All adjustments are of a normal, recurring nature,

except as otherwise disclosed. The December 31, 2020 Consolidated Balance Sheets were derived from audited financial statements. Financial results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. These Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the 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.