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Feb. 28, 2012
Defendants
Jun. 30, 2013
Sep. 30, 2013
T
Sep. 30, 2013
Other Purchase Obligations [Member]
Apr. 12, 2012
Cotter Corporation [Member]
Defendants
Sep. 30, 2013
Total Accrual For Environmental Loss Contingencies [Member]
Dec. 31, 2012
Total Accrual For Environmental Loss Contingencies [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Accrual For MGP Investigation And Remediation [Member]
Dec. 31, 2012
Accrual For MGP Investigation And Remediation [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Financial Standby Letter of Credit [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Sithe Guarantee [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
TEG And TEP Guarantee [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Nuclear Insurance Premiums [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Guarantees Other Than Letters Of Credit and Nuclear Insurance Premiums [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Revenues [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Operating And Maintenance Expense [Member]
Jan. 31, 2013
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Oct. 31, 2007
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Reactors
States
OpenClaims
Dec. 31, 2012
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Jan. 31, 2005
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Net Capacity Purchases [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Power Purchases [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Transmission Rights Purchases [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Purchased Energy from Equity Investment [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Public Utilities, Inventory, Fuel [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Solar Facility Construction [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Other Purchase Obligations [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Perryman Construction [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Beebe Construction [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Cotter Corporation [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Rossville ash site [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Total Accrual For Environmental Loss Contingencies [Member]
Dec. 31, 2012
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Total Accrual For Environmental Loss Contingencies [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Financial Standby Letter of Credit [Member]
Jan. 31, 2005
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Sithe Guarantee [Member]
Feb. 09, 2007
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
TEG And TEP Guarantee [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Nuclear Insurance Premiums [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Guarantees Other Than Letters Of Credit and Nuclear Insurance Premiums [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Operating And Maintenance Expense [Member]
Jul. 11, 2011
Commonwealth Edison Co [Member]
Customers
Sep. 30, 2013
Commonwealth Edison Co [Member]
ElectricGenerationStation
Customers
MGPSites
Dec. 31, 2012
Commonwealth Edison Co [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Commonwealth Edison Co [Member]
DSP Program Electric Procurement Contracts [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Commonwealth Edison Co [Member]
Renewable Energy Including Renewable Energy Credits [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Commonwealth Edison Co [Member]
Other Purchase Obligations [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Commonwealth Edison Co [Member]
Total Accrual For Environmental Loss Contingencies [Member]
Dec. 31, 2012
Commonwealth Edison Co [Member]
Total Accrual For Environmental Loss Contingencies [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Commonwealth Edison Co [Member]
Accrual For MGP Investigation And Remediation [Member]
Dec. 31, 2012
Commonwealth Edison Co [Member]
Accrual For MGP Investigation And Remediation [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Commonwealth Edison Co [Member]
Financial Standby Letter of Credit [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Commonwealth Edison Co [Member]
Trust Preferred Securities [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Commonwealth Edison Co [Member]
Guarantees Other Than Letters Of Credit and Nuclear Insurance Premiums [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
PECO Energy Co [Member]
MGPSites
Sep. 30, 2013
PECO Energy Co [Member]
DSP Program Electric Procurement Contracts [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
PECO Energy Co [Member]
Alternative Energy Credits [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
PECO Energy Co [Member]
Curtailment Services [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
PECO Energy Co [Member]
Public Utilities, Inventory, Fuel [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
PECO Energy Co [Member]
Other Purchase Obligations [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
PECO Energy Co [Member]
Total Accrual For Environmental Loss Contingencies [Member]
Dec. 31, 2012
PECO Energy Co [Member]
Total Accrual For Environmental Loss Contingencies [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
PECO Energy Co [Member]
Accrual For MGP Investigation And Remediation [Member]
Dec. 31, 2012
PECO Energy Co [Member]
Accrual For MGP Investigation And Remediation [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
PECO Energy Co [Member]
Financial Standby Letter of Credit [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
PECO Energy Co [Member]
Trust Preferred Securities [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
PECO Energy Co [Member]
Guarantees Other Than Letters Of Credit and Nuclear Insurance Premiums [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company [Member]
Claiments
MGPSites
Sep. 30, 2013
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company [Member]
DSP Program Electric Procurement Contracts [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company [Member]
Curtailment Services [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company [Member]
Public Utilities, Inventory, Fuel [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company [Member]
Other Purchase Obligations [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company [Member]
Sixty-Eighth Street Dump [Member]
Dec. 31, 2012
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company [Member]
Total Accrual For Environmental Loss Contingencies [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company [Member]
Financial Standby Letter of Credit [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company [Member]
Trust Preferred Securities [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company [Member]
Guarantees Other Than Letters Of Credit and Nuclear Insurance Premiums [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company [Member]
Revenues [Member]
Sep. 30, 2013
Midwest Generation, LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition, Costs Recognized Post Merger [Abstract]                                                                                                                                                            
BGE rate credit of $100 per residential customer                             $ 113,000,000 [1]                                                                                                                           $ 113,000,000 [1]  
Customer investment fund to invest in energy efficiency and low-income energy assistance to BGE customers                               113,500,000                                                                                                                            
Contribution for renewable energy, energy efficiency or related projects in Baltimore                               2,000,000                                                                                                                            
Length of years for charitable contributions at $7 million per year     10 years                                                                                                                                                      
Business Acquisition Charitable Contributions Per Year     7,000,000                         70,000,000                                               35,000,000                                                     28,000,000                      
State funding for offshore wind development projects                               32,000,000                                                                                                                            
Miscellaneous tax benefits     (2,000,000,000)                                                                                                                               (2,000,000,000)                      
Total     328,500,000                               35,000,000                                                                                               139,000,000                      
Business Acquisition, Costs Recognized Post Merger Footnotes [Abstract]                                                                                                                                                            
Business Acquisition, Equity Contribution   66,000,000                                                                                                                                                        
Commercial Commitments [Abstract]                                                                                                                                                            
Guarantee Obligations Maximum Exposure     9,518,000,000             1,514,000,000 [2] 200,000,000 95,000,000 3,096,000,000 [3] 4,908,000,000 [4]         5,830,000,000                               1,463,000,000 [2]     3,096,000,000 [3] 1,271,000,000 [5]     235,000,000                 26,000,000 [2] 200,000,000 209,000,000 [6] 203,000,000                   22,000,000 [2] 178,000,000 181,000,000 [7] 253,000,000             1,000,000 [2] 250,000,000 252,000,000 [8]    
Commercial Commitments Footnote [Abstract]                                                                                                                                                            
Guarantees in support of equity investment                           211,000,000                                                 211,000,000                                                                              
Estimated net exposure for commercial transaction obligations                           600,000,000                                                 200,000,000                                                                              
Nuclear Insurance [Abstract]                                                                                                                                                            
Nuclear insurance liability limit per incident                                                                           13,600,000,000                                                                                
Required nuclear liability insurance per site                                     375,000,000                                                                                                                      
Total of U.S. licensed nuclear reactors                                     104                                                                                                                      
Nuclear financial protection pool value                                     13,200,000,000                                                                                                                      
Maximum assessment mandated by Price-Anderson Act per nuclear reactor for a nuclear incident                                                                           127,300,000,000                                                                                
Maximum annual assessment payment mandated by Price-Anderson Act for a nuclear incident                                                                           19,000,000                                                                                
Maximum liability per nuclear incident                                         3,100,000,000                                 2,800,000,000                                                                                
Guarantees Related To Indemnifications [Abstract]                                                                                                                                                            
Acquisition of interest in subsidiary                                                                       50.00%                                                                                    
Sale of interest in subsidiary                                                                       100.00% 49.50%                                                                                  
Accrual For Environmental Loss Contingencies [Line Items]                                                                                                                                                            
Accrued environmental liabilities           345,000,000 351,000,000 280,000,000 298,000,000                                               56,000,000 42,000,000                         237,000,000 261,000,000 232,000,000 254,000,000                   51,000,000 47,000,000 48,000,000 44,000,000       1,000,000           1,000,000          
Environmental Issues - MGP Site Contingency [Abstract]                                                                                                                                                            
Total number of MGP sites                                                                                   42                       26                         13                      
Approved clean-up                                                                                   16                       16                                                
Sites under study/remediation                                                                                   26                       10                         2                      
MGP reserve update                                                                                     1,000,000                     6,000,000                                                
Environmental Issues - Water [Abstract]                                                                                                                                                            
Low end of range of cooling tower cost     430,000,000                               430,000,000                                                                                                                      
Consent decree penalty                                   1,000,000                                                                                                                        
Environmental loss contingencies                                   30,000,000 15,000,000                                                                                                                     8,000,000
Increase in accrual due to purchase accounting                                     3,000,000                                                                                                                      
Increase in accrual due to an update of costs                                     2,000,000                                                                                                                      
Environmental Issues - Air [Abstract]                                                                                                                                                            
States subject to the Cross State Air Pollution Rule                                     28                                                                                                                      
Emissions allowance balance                                     64,000,000                                                                                                                      
Number Of Stations Violating Clean Air Act                                                                                   6                                                                        
Coal Rail Car Lease Proof of Claims                                                                                   21,000,000                                                                        
Probable contingency (liability)                                     17,000,000                                                                                                                     3,000,000
Payments for operating leases                                 10,000,000                                                                                                                          
Environmental Issues - Solid and Hazardous Waste [Abstract]                                                                                                                                                            
DOJ potential settlement                                                             90,000,000                                                                                              
Total cost of remediation to be shared by PRPs                                                             42,000,000                                                                                              
Loss Contingency Number Of Defendants 15       14                                                                                                                                                  
Loss Contingency Number Of Parties Jointly And Severally Liable In Environmental Protection Agency Action                                                                                                                                               19            
Loss Contingency Esitmate to close site                                                               6,000,000                                                                                            
68th Street and Sauer Dumps [Abstract]                                                                                                                                                            
Minimum estimated clean-up costs for all potentially responsible parties                                                                                                                                               50,000,000            
Maximum estimated clean-up costs for all potentially responsible parties                                                                                                                                     1,700,000         64,000,000            
Climate Change Regulation [Abstract]                                                                                                                                                            
Minimum GHG emissions by stationary sources to qualify for regulation     100,000                                                                                                                                                      
Minimum additional GHG emissions by stationary sources after a modification     75,000                                                                                                                                                      
Effective Number Of Years For Tailoring Rule     6 years                                                                                                                                                      
Asbestos Loss Contingency [Abstract]                                                                                                                                                            
Asbestos liability reserve                                     65,000,000 63,000,000                                                                                                                    
Asbestos liability reserve related to open claims                                     17,000,000                                                                                                                     3,000,000
Open asbestos liability claims                                     211                                                                                                                      
Asbestos liability reserve related to anticipated claims                                     48,000,000                                                                                                                      
Asbestos reserve adjustment                                                                                                                                                             
Number of claimants                                                                                                                                     480                      
US Department Of Energy Settlements [Abstract]                                                                                                                                                            
Preacquisition contingency asset DOE settlement gain                                     16,000,000                                                                                                                      
Continuous Power Interruption [Abstract]                                                                                                                                                            
Minimum number of customers ComEd can be held liable to for power interruption                                                                                   30,000                                                                        
Number of customers affected by a major storm                                                                                 900,000                                                                          
Number of customers proposed by the ICC that ComEd should not be granted a waiver under Continuous Power Interruption                                                                                 34,559                                                                          
Securities Class Action Suit [Abstract]                                                                                                                                                            
Expected settlement amount to resolve class action suit     4,000,000                                                                                                                                                      
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation [Abstract]                                                                                                                                                            
Purchase Obligations, Due within One Year       33,000,000                             296,000,000     86,000,000 [9] 17,000,000 [10] 7,000,000 [11] 186,000,000 339,000,000 180,000,000 133,000,000                               142,000,000 [12] 20,000,000 [13] 7,000,000                 211,000,000 [14] 1,000,000 0 54,000,000 19,000,000                 227,000,000 [15] 13,000,000 46,000,000 2,000,000              
Purchase Obligations, Due within Two Years       38,000,000                             1,291,000,000     396,000,000 [9] 124,000,000 [10] 26,000,000 [11] 745,000,000 1,199,000,000   178,000,000   52,000,000                           323,000,000 [12] 67,000,000 [13] 41,000,000                 584,000,000 [14] 2,000,000   128,000,000 25,000,000                 669,000,000 [15] 46,000,000 123,000,000 21,000,000              
Purchase Obligations, Due within Three Years       32,000,000                             478,000,000     368,000,000 [9] 97,000,000 [10] 13,000,000 [11] 0 1,233,000,000   127,000,000 80,000,000                             136,000,000 [12] 74,000,000 [13] 5,000,000                 91,000,000 [14] 2,000,000   100,000,000 1,000,000                 226,000,000 [15] 41,000,000 52,000,000 2,000,000              
Purchase Obligations, Due within Four Years       31,000,000                             344,000,000     285,000,000 [9] 57,000,000 [10] 2,000,000 [11]   1,021,000,000   40,000,000                               137,000,000 [12] 76,000,000 [13] 5,000,000                 0 [14] 2,000,000   78,000,000 1,000,000                   34,000,000 51,000,000                
Purchase Obligations, Due within Five Years       31,000,000                             241,000,000     223,000,000 [9] 16,000,000 [10] 2,000,000 [11]   1,050,000,000   38,000,000                               140,000,000 [12] 77,000,000 [13] 5,000,000                   2,000,000   36,000,000 1,000,000                   13,000,000 50,000,000                
Purchase Obligations, Due after Five Years       104,000,000                             565,000,000     526,000,000 [9] 5,000,000 [10] 34,000,000 [11]   3,059,000,000   112,000,000                               0 [12] 1,290,000,000 [13] 19,000,000                   6,000,000   81,000,000 7,000,000                     281,000,000                
Purchase Obligations, Total       $ 269,000,000                             $ 3,215,000,000     $ 1,884,000,000 [9] $ 316,000,000 [10] $ 84,000,000 [11] $ 931,000,000 $ 7,901,000,000   $ 628,000,000                               $ 878,000,000 [12] $ 1,604,000,000 [13] $ 82,000,000                 $ 886,000,000 [14] $ 15,000,000 $ 0 $ 477,000,000 $ 54,000,000                 $ 1,122,000,000 [15] $ 147,000,000 $ 603,000,000 $ 25,000,000              
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Additional Information [Abstract]                                                                                                                                                            
Percentage of ownership interest in CENG (as a percent)                                     50.01%                                                                                                                      
[1] ____________________ (a)        Exelon made a $66 million equity contribution to BGE in the second quarter of 2012 to fund the after-tax amount of the rate credit as directed in the MDPSC order approving the merger transaction.
[2] Non-debt letters of credit maintained to provide credit support for certain transactions as requested by third parties.
[3] Represents the maximum amount that Generation would be required to pay for retrospective premiums in the event of nuclear disaster at any domestic site under the Secondary Financial Protection pool as required under the Price-Anderson Act as well as the current aggregate annual retrospective premium obligation that could be imposed by NEIL. See the Nuclear Insurance section within this note for additional details on Generation’s nuclear insurance premiums.
[4] Primarily reflects parental guarantees issued on behalf of Generation to allow the flexibility needed to conduct business with counterparties without having to post other forms of collateral. Also reflects guarantees issued to ensure performance under specific contracts, preferred securities of financing trusts, property leases, indemnifications, NRC minimum funding assurance requirements and $211 million on behalf of CENG nuclear generating facilities for credit support and miscellaneous guarantees. The estimated net exposure for obligations under commercial transactions covered by these guarantees was $0.6 billion at September 30, 2013, which represents the total amount Exelon could be required to fund based on September 30, 2013 market prices.
[5] Primarily reflects guarantees issued to ensure performance under energy marketing and other specific contracts and $211 million on behalf of CENG nuclear generating facilities for credit support. The estimated net exposure for obligations under commercial transactions covered by these guarantees was $0.2 billion at September 30, 2013, which represents the total amount Generation could be required to fund based on September 30, 2013 market prices.
[6] Primarily reflects full and unconditional guarantees of $200 million Trust Preferred Securities of ComEd Financing III, which is a 100% owned finance subsidiary of ComEd.
[7] Primarily reflects full and unconditional guarantees of $178 million Trust Preferred Securities of PECO Trust III and IV, which are 100% owned finance subsidiaries of PECO.
[8] Primarily reflects full and unconditional guarantees of $250 million Trust Preferred Securities of BGE Capital Trust II, which is a 100% owned finance subsidiary of BGE.
[9] Net capacity purchases include PPAs and other capacity contracts including those that are accounted for as operating leases. Amounts presented in the commitments represent Generation's expected payments under these arrangements at September 30, 2013, net of fixed capacity payments expected to be received by Generation under contracts to resell such acquired capacity to third parties under long-term capacity sale contracts. These capacity payments represent the fixed, or pre-determined, payment for output from contracted generation facilities. Output in this context generally includes products such as energy, capacity, and various ancillary services associated with generating facilities. Expected payments include certain capacity charges which are contingent on plant availability.
[10] Power-related purchases include firm REC purchase agreements. The table excludes renewable energy purchases that are contingent in nature.
[11] Transmission rights purchases include estimated commitments for additional transmission rights that will be required to fulfill firm sales contracts.
[12] (a)        ComEd entered into various contracts for the procurement of electricity that started to expire in 2012, and will continue to expire through 2017. ComEd is permitted to recover its electric supply procurement costs from retail customers with no mark-up. See Note 5 – Regulatory Matters for additional information.
[13] (b)        ComEd entered into 20-year contracts for renewable energy and RECs beginning June 2012. ComEd is permitted to recover its renewable energy and REC costs from retail customers with no mark-up. Pursuant to the ICC’s Order on December 19, 2012, ComEd’s commitments under the existing long-term contracts for energy and associated RECs were reduced in the first quarter of 2013. See Note 5 – Regulatory Matters for additional information.
[14] PECO entered into various contracts for the procurement of electric supply to serve its default service customers that expire between 2013 and 2015. PECO is permitted to recover its electric supply procurement costs from default service customers with no mark-up in accordance with its PAPUC-approved DSP Programs. See Note 5 - Regulatory Matters for additional information.
[15] BGE has entered into various contracts with curtailment services providers related to transactions in PJM's capacity market. See Note 5 - Regulatory Matters for additional information.