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Retirement Benefits (All Registrants)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Retirement Benefits (Exelon, Generation, ComEd, PECO and BGE)
Retirement Benefits (All Registrants)
Exelon sponsors defined benefit pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans for essentially all employees.
Effective March 23, 2016, Exelon became the sponsor of all of PHI's defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans, and assumed PHI's benefit plan obligations and related assets. As a result, PHI's benefit plan net obligation and related regulatory assets were transferred to Exelon. The legacy PHI pension and other postretirement benefit plans were initially remeasured on February 29, 2016 as a result of the short time between the merger close and the end of the first quarter of 2016, using current assumptions, including the discount rate.  Exelon updated these amounts in June 2016 to reflect assumptions at March 31, 2016.  The updated valuation resulted in a $25 million reduction in the net obligation.
Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits
During the first quarter of 2016, Exelon received an updated valuation of its legacy pension and other postretirement benefit obligations to reflect actual census data as of January 1, 2016. This valuation resulted in an increase to the pension obligation of $35 million and a decrease to the other postretirement benefit obligation of $8 million. Additionally, accumulated other comprehensive loss increased by approximately $2 million (after tax), regulatory assets increased by approximately $27 million, and regulatory liabilities increased by approximately $3 million.
The majority of the 2016 pension benefit cost for legacy Exelon-sponsored plans is calculated using an expected long-term rate of return on plan assets of 7.00% and a discount rate of 4.29%. The majority of the 2016 other postretirement benefit cost is calculated using an expected long-term rate of return on plan assets of 6.71% for funded plans and a discount rate of 4.29%.
The 2016 pension benefit costs for the legacy PHI plans are calculated using an expected long-term rate of return on plan assets of 6.50% and a discount rate of 3.96% for the majority of the pension plans. The 2016 other postretirement benefit cost is calculated using an expected long-term rate of return on plan assets of 6.75% and a discount rate of 3.80%.
A portion of the net periodic benefit cost for all plans is capitalized within the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The following table presents the components of Exelon's net periodic benefit costs, prior to capitalization, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015.
 
Pension Benefits
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Other Postretirement Benefits
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Service cost
$
91

 
$
81

 
$
28

 
$
29

Interest cost
212

 
178

 
48

 
42

Expected return on assets
(292
)
 
(256
)
 
(42
)
 
(37
)
Amortization of:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prior service cost (benefit)
4

 
4

 
(47
)
 
(44
)
Actuarial loss
142

 
142

 
16

 
21

Net periodic benefit cost
$
157

 
$
149

 
$
3

 
$
11

 
Pension Benefits
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
Other Postretirement Benefits
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2016(a)
 
2015
 
2016(a)
 
2015
Components of net periodic benefit cost:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
170

 
$
163

 
$
54

 
$
59

Interest cost
403

 
355

 
90

 
83

Expected return on assets
(555
)
 
(513
)
 
(80
)
 
(75
)
Amortization of:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prior service cost (benefit)
7

 
7

 
(91
)
 
(88
)
Actuarial loss
269

 
285

 
30

 
41

Net periodic benefit cost
$
294


$
297


$
3


$
20

_______
(a)
PHI net periodic benefit costs for the period prior to the merger are not included in the table above.

 
Predecessor
 
PHI
 
Pension Benefits
 
Other Postretirement Benefits
Components of net periodic benefit cost:
January 1, 2016 to March 23, 2016
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2015
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2015
 
January 1, 2016 to March 23, 2016
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2015
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2015
Service cost
$
12

 
$
14

 
$
28

 
$
1

 
$
1

 
$
3

Interest cost
26

 
27

 
54

 
6

 
6

 
12

Expected return on assets
(30
)
 
(35
)
 
(70
)
 
(5
)
 
(5
)
 
(11
)
Amortization of:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prior service cost (benefit)

 
1

 
1

 
(3
)
 
(3
)
 
(6
)
Actuarial loss
14

 
17

 
33

 
2

 
1

 
4

Net periodic benefit cost
$
22

 
$
24

 
$
46

 
$
1

 
$

 
$
2



The amounts below represent Exelon's, Generation's, ComEd's, PECO's, BGE's, Pepco's, DPL's, ACE's, BSC's and PHISCO's allocated portion of the pension and postretirement benefit plan costs, which were included in Property, plant and equipment within the respective Consolidated Balance Sheets and Operating and maintenance expense within the Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income during the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015.

 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Costs
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Exelon
$
160

 
$
160

 
$
297

 
$
317

Generation
55

 
68

 
109

 
133

ComEd
42

 
51

 
83

 
103

PECO
8

 
10

 
17

 
19

BGE
18

 
17

 
33

 
33

BSC(a)
10

 
14

 
24

 
29

Pepco(b)
7

 
7

 
16

 
15

DPL(b)
4

 
4

 
9

 
8

ACE(b)
4

 
4

 
8

 
8

PHISCO(a)(b)
12

 
9

 
21

 
17

 
Successor
 
 
Predecessor
 
Successor
 
 
Predecessor
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Costs
Three Months Ended June 30, 2016
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2015
 
March 24, 2016 to June 30, 2016
 
 
January 1, 2016 to March 23, 2016
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2015
PHI
$
27

 
 
$
24

 
$
31

 
 
$
23

 
$
48

_________ 
(a)
These amounts primarily represent amounts billed to Exelon’s subsidiaries through intercompany allocations. These amounts are not included in the Generation, ComEd, PECO, BGE, PHI, Pepco, DPL or ACE amounts above.
(b)
Pepco's, DPL's, ACE's and PHISCO's pension and postretirement benefit costs for the six months ended June 30, 2016 include $7 million, $4 million, $3 million and $9 million, respectively, of costs incurred prior to the closing of Exelon’s merger with PHI on March 23, 2016.
Defined Contribution Savings Plans
The Registrants participate in various 401(k) defined contribution savings plans that are sponsored by Exelon. The plans are qualified under applicable sections of the IRC and allow employees to contribute a portion of their pre-tax and/or after-tax income in accordance with specified guidelines. All Registrants match a percentage of the employee contributions up to certain limits. The following table presents the matching contributions to the savings plans during the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015:
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
Savings Plan Matching Contributions
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Exelon
$
30


$
38


$
56


$
60

Generation
13

 
20

 
25

 
33

ComEd
7

 
8

 
13

 
13

PECO
2

 
3

 
4

 
4

BGE
2

 
3

 
3

 
5

BSC(a)
2

 
4

 
7

 
5

Pepco(b)
1

 
1

 
2

 
2

DPL(b)

 
1

 
1

 
1

PHISCO(a)(b)
2

 
1

 
3

 
3

ACE(b)
1

 
1

 
1

 
1


 
Successor
 
 
Predecessor
 
Successor
 
 
Predecessor
Savings Plan Matching Contributions
Three Months Ended June 30, 2016
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2015
 
March 24, 2016 to June 30, 2016
 
 
January 1, 2016 to March 23, 2016
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2015
PHI
$
4

 
 
$
4

 
$
4

 
 
$
3

 
$
7

_________ 
(a)
These amounts primarily represent amounts billed to Exelon and PHI's subsidiaries through intercompany allocations. These costs are not included in the Generation, ComEd, PECO, BGE, Pepco and DPL amounts above.
(b)
Pepco's, DPL's and PHISCO's matching contributions for the six months ended June 30, 2016 include $1 million, $1 million,and $1 million, respectively, of costs incurred prior to the closing of Exelon’s merger with PHI on March 23, 2016, which is not included in Exelon’s matching contributions for the six months ended June 30, 2016.