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Debt and Credit Agreements (Exelon, Generation, ComEd, PECO and BGE)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt and Credit Agreements (Exelon, Generation, ComEd, PECO and BGE)
Debt and Credit Agreements (Exelon, Generation, ComEd, PECO and BGE)
Short-Term Borrowings
Exelon, ComEd and BGE meet their short-term liquidity requirements primarily through the issuance of commercial paper. Generation and PECO meet their short-term liquidity requirements primarily through the issuance of commercial paper and borrowings from the intercompany money pool.
The Registrants had the following amounts of commercial paper borrowings outstanding as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014:
 
Commercial Paper Borrowings
 
March 31, 2015
 
December 31, 2014
Exelon Corporate
 
$

 
$

Generation
 

 

ComEd
 
283

 
304

PECO
 

 

BGE
 

 
120


 
Credit Facilities
Exelon had bank lines of credit under committed credit facilities at March 31, 2015 for short-term financial needs, as follows:
 

Type of Credit Facility
 
Amount(a)
 
Expiration Dates
 
Capacity Type
 
 
(In billions)
 
 
 
 
Exelon Corporate
 
 
 
 
 
 
Syndicated Revolver(b)
 
$
0.5

 
May 2019
 
Letters of credit and cash
Generation
 
 
 
 
 
 
Syndicated Revolver
 
5.1

 
May 2019
 
Letters of credit and cash
Syndicated Revolver
 
0.2

 
August 2018
 
Letters of credit and cash
Bilateral
 
0.3

 
December 2015 and April 2016
 
Letters of credit and cash
Bilateral
 
0.1

 
January 2017
 
Letters of credit
Bilateral
 
0.1

 
October 2015
 
Letters of credit and cash
ComEd
 
 
 
 
 
 
Syndicated Revolver
 
1.0

 
March 2019
 
Letters of credit and cash
PECO
 
 
 
 
 
 
Syndicated Revolver(b)
 
0.6

 
May 2019
 
Letters of credit and cash
BGE
 
 
 
 
 
 
Syndicated Revolver(b)
 
0.6

 
May 2019
 
Letters of credit and cash
Total
 
$
8.5

 
 
 
 
                         
(a)
Excludes additional credit facility agreements for Generation, ComEd, PECO and BGE with aggregate commitments of $50 million, $34 million, $34 million and $5 million, respectively, arranged with minority and community banks located primarily within ComEd’s, PECO’s and BGE’s service territories. These facilities expire on October 16, 2015. These facilities are solely utilized to issue letters of credit. As of March 31, 2015, letters of credit issued under these agreements for Generation, ComEd, PECO and BGE totaled $7 million, $16 million, $21 million and $1 million, respectively. Also, excludes the unsecured bridge credit facility of $3.2 billion to support the PHI transaction discussed below.
(b)
Syndicated revolvers include credit facility commitments of $22 million, $27 million and $27 million for Exelon Corporate, PECO and BGE, respectively, which expire in August 2018.
As of March 31, 2015, there were no borrowings under the Registrants’ credit facilities.
Borrowings under Exelon Corporate’s, Generation’s, ComEd’s, PECO’s and BGE’s credit agreements bear interest at a rate based upon either the prime rate or a LIBOR-based rate, plus an adder based upon the particular Registrant’s credit rating. Exelon Corporate, Generation, ComEd, PECO and BGE have adders of 27.5, 27.5, 7.5, 0.0 and 0.0 basis points for prime based borrowings and 127.5, 127.5, 107.5, 90.0 and 100.0 basis points for LIBOR-based borrowings. The maximum adders for prime rate borrowings and LIBOR-based rate borrowings are 65 basis points and 165 basis points, respectively. The credit agreements also require the borrower to pay a facility fee based upon the aggregate commitments under the agreement. The fee varies depending upon the respective credit ratings of the borrower.
 
Credit Agreements

In May 2014, concurrently and in connection with entering into the agreement to acquire PHI, Exelon entered into a credit facility to which the lenders committed to provide Exelon a 364-day senior unsecured bridge credit facility of $7.2 billion to support the contemplated transaction and provide flexibility for timing of permanent financing. The bridge credit facility was subsequently reduced to $3.2 billion as a result of the June 2014 $1.15 billion Junior Subordinated note issuance and equity offering discussed below, as well as the net after-tax proceeds from generation asset divestitures during the second half of 2014. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, Exelon recorded $11 million to interest expense in connection with the bridge facility. It is not currently expected that Exelon will be required to draw upon this credit facility.

Long-Term Debt
Issuance of Long-Term Debt
During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the following long-term debt was issued:
 
Company
 
Type
 
Interest Rate
 
Maturity
 
Amount
 
Use of Proceeds
Generation
 
Senior Unsecured Notes (a)
 
2.95
%
 
January 15, 2020
 
$
750

 
Fund the optional redemption of Exelon's $550 million, 4.550% Senior Notes and for general corporate purposes
Generation
 
AVSR DOE Nonrecourse Debt
 
2.293 - 2.559 %

 
January 5, 2037
 
$
14

 
Antelope Valley solar development
Generation
 
Energy Efficiency Project Financing
 
3.71
%
 
October 1, 2035
 
$
42

 
Funding to install energy conservation measures in Coleman, Florida
ComEd
 
Mortgage Bonds Series 118
 
3.70
%
 
March 1, 2045
 
$
400

 
Refinance maturing mortgage bonds, repay a portion of ComEd's outstanding commercial paper obligations and for general corporate purposes
_____________
(a)
In connection with the issuance of Senior Unsecured Notes, Exelon terminated floating-to-fixed interest rate swaps that had been designated as cash flow hedges. See Note 8Derivative Financial Instruments for further information on the swap termination.
    
On April 1, 2015, Generation issued $7 million of 2.464% AVSR DOE nonrecourse debt, maturing on January 5, 2037. The proceeds are used to fund the Antelope Valley Solar development.

On April 28, 2015, Generation issued $18 million of 2.544% AVSR DOE nonrecourse debt, maturing on January 5, 2037. The proceeds are used to fund the Antelope Valley Solar development.

During the three months ended March 31, 2014, the following long-term debt was issued:
 
Company
 
Type
 
Interest Rate
 
Maturity
 
Amount
 
Use of Proceeds
Generation
 
ExGen Renewables I Nonrecourse Debt
 
LIBOR + 4.25%

 
February 6, 2021
 
$
300

 
General corporate purposes
ComEd
 
First Mortgage Bonds Series 115
 
2.15
%
 
January 15, 2019
 
$
300

 
Refinance maturing mortgage bonds and general corporate purposes
ComEd
 
First Mortgage Bonds Series 116
 
4.70
%
 
January 15, 2044
 
$
350

 
Refinance maturing mortgage bonds and general corporate purposes

Retirement and Redemptions of Current and Long-Term Debt
During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the following long-term debt was retired and/or redeemed:
 
Company
 
Type
 
Interest Rate
 
Maturity
 
Amount
Exelon Corporate(a)
 
Unsecured Notes
 
4.55
%
 
June 15, 2015
 
$
550

Generation(a)
 
Unsecured Notes
 
4.55
%
 
June 15, 2015
 
$
550

Generation
 
CEU Upstream Nonrecourse Debt
 
LIBOR + 2.25%

 
July 22, 2016
 
$
2

Generation
 
AVSR DOE Nonrecourse Debt
 
2.29%-3.56%

 
January 5, 2037
 
$
4

Generation
 
Kennett Square Capital Lease
 
7.83
%
 
September 20, 2020
 
$
1

Generation
 
Continental Wind Nonrecouse Debt
 
6.00
%
 
February 28, 2033
 
$
10

Generation
 
ExGen Texas Power Nonrecouse Debt
 
LIBOR + 4.75%

 
September 18, 2021
 
$
2


____________
(a)
As part of the 2012 Constellation merger, Exelon and subsidiaries of Generation assumed intercompany loan agreements that mirrored the terms and amounts of external obligations held by Exelon, resulting in intercompany notes payable at Generation and Exelon Corporate.

On April 1, 2015, BGE retired $37 million aggregate principal of its 5.720% Rate Stabilization Bonds due 2017.

On April 6, 2015, Generation paid down $2 million of principal and interest of its 2.29% - 3.55% AVSR DOE Nonrecourse debt.

On April 15, 2015, ComEd retired $260 million aggregate principal of its 4.700% First Mortgage Bonds, Series 101.
During the three months ended March 31, 2014, the following long-term debt was retired and/or redeemed:
 
Company
 
Type
 
Interest Rate
 
Maturity
 
Amount
Generation
 
2003 Senior Notes
 
5.350
%
 
January 15, 2014
 
$
500

Generation
 
Pollution Control Loan
 
4.100
%
 
July 1, 2014
 
$
20

Generation
 
Continental Wind Nonrecourse Debt
 
6.000
%
 
February 28, 2033
 
$
11

Generation
 
Kennett Square Capital Lease
 
7.830
%
 
September 20, 2020
 
$
1

ComEd
 
Mortgage Bonds Series 110
 
1.630
%
 
January 15, 2014
 
$
600

ComEd
 
Pollution Control Series 1994C
 
5.850
%
 
January 15, 2014
 
$
17


Junior Subordinated Notes
In June 2014, Exelon issued $1.15 billion of junior subordinated notes in the form of 23 million equity units at a stated amount of $50.00 per unit. Net proceeds from the issuance were $1.11 billion, net of a $35 million underwriter fee. The net proceeds are being used to finance a portion of the acquisition of PHI and for general corporate purposes. Each equity unit represents an undivided beneficial ownership interest in Exelon’s 2.50% junior subordinated notes due in 2024 and a forward equity purchase contract which settles in 2017. The junior subordinated notes are expected to be remarketed in 2017.

At the time of issuance, Exelon determined that the forward equity purchase contract had no value and therefore the entire $1.15 billion of junior subordinated notes were allocated to debt and recorded within Long-term debt on Exelon’s Consolidated Balance Sheet. Additionally, at the time of issuance, the present value of the contract payments of $131 million were recorded to Long-term debt, representing the obligation to make contract payments, with an offsetting reduction to Common stock. The obligation for the contract payments will be accreted to interest expense over the 3 year period ending in 2017 in Exelon’s Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income. The Long-term debt recorded for the contract payments is considered a non-cash financing transaction that was excluded from Exelon’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Until settlement of the equity purchase contract, earnings per share dilution resulting from the equity unit issuance will be determined under the treasury stock method.
For further information about the terms of the remarketing of the junior subordinated notes, see Note 13Debt and Credit Agreements of the Exelon 2014 Form 10-K.