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Debt and Credit Agreements (All Registrants)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt and Credit Agreements (All Registrants)
10.    Debt and Credit Agreements (All Registrants)

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 Exelon intercompany money pool. PHI meets its short-term liquidity requirement primarily through the issuance of short-term notes and the Exelon intercompany money pool. Pepco, DPL and ACE meet their short-term liquidity requirements primarily through the issuance of commercial paper and short-term notes.

Commercial Paper

The Registrants had the following amounts of commercial paper borrowings outstanding as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015:

Commercial Paper Borrowings
 
September 30, 2016
 
December 31, 2015
ComEd
 
$
10

 
$
294

BGE
 

 
210

PHI Corporate
 

 
484

Pepco
 

 
64

DPL
 
17

 
105

ACE
 

 
5


Short-Term Loan Agreements

On July 30, 2015, PHI entered into a $300 million term loan agreement. The net proceeds of the loan were used to repay PHI's outstanding commercial paper and for general corporate purposes. Pursuant to the loan agreement, loans made thereunder bear interest at a variable rate equal to LIBOR plus 0.95%, and all indebtedness thereunder is unsecured. On April 4, 2016, PHI repaid $300 million of its term loan in full.

On January 13, 2016, PHI entered into a $500 million term loan agreement, which was amended on March 28, 2016. The net proceeds of the loan were used to repay PHI's outstanding commercial paper, and for general corporate purposes. Pursuant to the loan agreement, as amended, loans made thereunder bear interest at a variable rate equal to LIBOR plus 1%, and all indebtedness thereunder is unsecured, and the aggregate principal amount of all loans, together with any accrued but unpaid interest due under the loan agreement, must be repaid in full on or before March 27, 2017. The loan agreement is reflected in Exelon's and PHI's Consolidated Balance Sheets within Short-term borrowings.

On February 22, 2016, Generation and EDF entered into separate member revolving promissory notes with CENG to finance short-term working capital needs. The notes are scheduled to mature on January 31, 2017 and bear interest at a variable rate equal to LIBOR plus 1.75%. On July 25, 2016, CENG paid off the outstanding balances under each note.

Credit Agreements

On January 5, 2016, Generation entered into a credit agreement establishing a $150 million bilateral credit facility, scheduled to mature in January of 2019. This facility will solely be utilized by Generation to issue letters of credit. This facility does not back Generation's commercial paper program.

On April 1, 2016, the credit agreement for CENG's $100 million bilateral credit facility was amended to increase the overall facility size to $200 million. This facility is utilized by CENG to fund working capital and capital projects. The facility does not back Generation's commercial paper program.

On May 26, 2016, Exelon Corporate, Generation, ComEd, PECO and BGE entered into amendments to each of their respective syndicated revolving credit facilities, which extended the maturity of each of the facilities to May 26, 2021. Exelon Corporate also increased the size of its facility from $500 million to $600 million. On May 26, 2016, PHI, Pepco, DPL and ACE entered into an amendment to their Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 1, 2011, which (i) extended the maturity date of the facility to May 26, 2021, (ii) removed PHI as a borrower under the facility, (iii) decreased the size of the facility from $1.5 billion to $900 million and (iv) aligned its financial covenant from debt to capitalization leverage ratio to interest coverage ratio.

Variable Rate Demand Bonds

As of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, $105 million in variable rate demand bonds issued by DPL were outstanding and are included in the Long-term debt due within one year on Exelon's, PHI's and DPL's Consolidated Balance Sheets. See Note 10 - Debt of the PHI 2015 Form 10-K for additional information.

Long-Term Debt

Issuance of Long-Term Debt

During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the following long-term debt was issued:
Company
 
Type
 
Interest Rate
 
Maturity
 
Amount
 
Use of Proceeds
Exelon Corporate
 
Senior Unsecured Notes
 
2.45
%
 
April 15, 2021
 
$
300

 
Repay commercial paper issued by PHI and for general corporate purposes
Exelon Corporate
 
Senior Unsecured Notes
 
3.40
%
 
April 15, 2026
 
$
750

 
Repay commercial paper issued by PHI and for general corporate purposes
Exelon Corporate
 
Senior Unsecured Notes
 
4.45
%
 
April 15, 2046
 
$
750

 
Repay commercial paper issued by PHI and for general corporate purposes
Generation
 
Renewable Power Generation Nonrecourse Debt
 
4.11
%
 
March 31, 2035
 
$
150

 
Paydown long term debt obligations at Sacramento PV Energy and Constellation Solar Horizons and for general corporate purposes
Generation
 
Albany Green Energy Project Financing
 
LIBOR + 1.25%

 
November 17, 2017
 
$
86

 
Albany Green Energy biomass generation development
Generation
 
Energy Efficiency Project Financing
 
3.17
%
 
December 31, 2017
 
$
16

 
Funding to install energy conservation measures in Brooklyn, NY
Generation
 
Energy Efficiency Project Financing
 
3.42
%
 
January 31, 2018
 
$
13

 
Funding to install energy conservation measures for the Naval Station Great Lakes project
ComEd
 
First Mortgage Bonds, Series 120
 
2.55
%
 
June 15, 2026
 
$
500

 
Refinance maturing mortgage bonds, repay a portion of ComEd's outstanding commercial paper obligations and for general corporate purposes
ComEd
 
First Mortgage Bonds, Series 121
 
3.65
%
 
June 15, 2046
 
$
700

 
Refinance maturing mortgage bonds, repay a portion of ComEd's outstanding commercial paper obligations and for general corporate purposes
Generation
 
Energy Efficiency Project Financing
 
3.52
%
 
April 30, 2018
 
$
11

 
Funding to install energy conservation measures for the Smithsonian Zoo project
Pepco
 
Energy Efficiency Project Financing
 
3.30
%
 
December 15, 2017
 
$
2

 
Funding to install energy conservation measures for the DOE Germantown project
BGE
 
Notes
 
2.40
%
 
August 15, 2026
 
$
350

 
Redeem the $190M of outstanding preference shares and for general corporate purposes
BGE
 
Notes
 
3.50
%
 
August 15, 2046
 
$
500

 
Redeem the $190M of outstanding preference shares and for general corporate purposes
PECO (a)
 
First Mortgage Bonds
 
1.70
%
 
September 15, 2021
 
$
300

 
Refinance maturing mortgage bonds
Generation
 
SolGen Nonrecourse Debt
 
3.93
%
 
September 30, 2036
 
$
150

 
General corporate purposes
Generation
 
ExGen Texas Power Nonrecourse Debt
 
LIBOR + 4.25%

 
September 18, 2019
 
$
4

 
General corporate purposes for EGTP

________________
(a)
Includes restricted proceeds of $30 million shown in the Restricted proceeds from issuance of long-term debt on Exelon’s and PECO’s Cash Flow Statements and Restricted cash and cash equivalents on Exelon’s and PECO’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The restricted proceeds were used as a portion of the payment on the maturing mortgage bonds due October 15, 2016, and as of that date, the restriction is no longer in place.


CEU Upstream Nonrecourse Debt

In July 2011, CEU Holdings, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Generation, entered into a 5-year reserve based lending agreement (RBL) associated with certain Upstream oil and gas properties that it owns. The lenders do not have recourse against Exelon or Generation in the event of default pursuant to the RBL. Borrowings under this arrangement are secured by the assets and equity of CEU Holdings. The commitment level can be decreased if the assets no longer support the current borrowing base, which may result in repayment of a portion or all of the outstanding balance, or potential foreclosure of the assets. The commitment can be increased up to $500 million if the assets support a higher borrowing base and CEU Holdings is able to obtain additional commitments from lenders. Calculations of the borrowing base are impacted by projected production and commodity prices. The facility was amended and extended on January 14, 2014 through January 2019. As of December 31, 2015, $68 million was outstanding under the facility with interest payable monthly at a variable rate equal to LIBOR plus 2.50% and the borrowing base committed under the facility was $85 million. The outstanding balance was classified as Long-term debt on Exelon's and Generation's Consolidated Balance Sheets.
In February 2016, as part of their semi-annual borrowing base re-determination testing, the RBL lenders notified CEU Holdings that the RBL borrowing base was decreased to $45 million, resulting in a “borrowing base deficiency” under the RBL of $23 million. Given the decline in value of the Upstream assets resulting from lower commodity prices, CEU Holdings chose not to provide the lenders with a formal plan for curing the borrowing base deficiency by March 31, 2016, as was required by the RBL. The lenders have sent CEU Holdings a notice of event of default and demand for cure. On March 31, 2016, $7 million of the debt was repaid using CEU Holding's cash, resulting in an outstanding debt balance of $61 million with interest payable monthly at a variable rate equal to LIBOR plus 2.75% and a borrowing base deficiency under the RBL of $16 million. At March 31, 2016, the outstanding debt balance of $61 million was classified within Long-term debt due within one year on Exelon's and Generation's Consolidated Balance Sheets.
On June 16, 2016, CEU Holdings executed a forbearance agreement with the lenders which included terms stipulating roles and responsibilities governing a sales process, approval of the sale of the assets to be at the discretion of the lenders, and a sales timetable, with ultimate execution of the sales agreement expected to occur by December 31, 2016. Upon disposition of the assets and the satisfaction of certain other conditions, CEU Holdings will be released of its obligations regardless of the amount of asset sale proceeds received. The ultimate resolution of this matter has no direct effect on any Exelon or Generation credit facilities or other debt of an Exelon entity. See Note 14 - Debt and Credit Agreements of the Exelon 2015 Form 10-K, Note 5 - Mergers, Acquisitions and Dispositions and Note 6 - Impairment of Long-Lived Assets for additional information.