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Severance (All Registrants)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Restructuring Charges [Abstract]  
Severance (All Registrants)
Severance (All Registrants)
The Registrants have an ongoing severance plan under which, in general, the longer an employee worked prior to termination the greater the amount of severance benefits. The Registrants record a liability and expense or regulatory asset for severance once terminations are probable of occurrence and the related severance benefits can be reasonably estimated. For severance benefits that are incremental to its ongoing severance plan (“one-time termination benefits”), the Registrants measure the obligation and record the expense at fair value at the communication date if there are no future service requirements, or, if future service is required to receive the termination benefit, ratably over the required service period.
Ongoing Severance Plans

The Registrants provide severance and health and welfare benefits under Exelon’s ongoing severance benefit plans to terminated employees in the normal course of business. These benefits are accrued for when the benefits are considered probable and can be reasonably estimated.   
For the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, Exelon, Generation, and ComEd recorded the following severance costs (benefits) associated with these ongoing severance benefits within Operating and maintenance expense in their Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exelon
 
Generation(a)
 
ComEd(a)
Three Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
March 31, 2017
$
4

 
$
3

 
$
1

March 31, 2016
2

 
2

 

_______
(a)
The amounts above for Generation include $1 million for amounts billed by BSC through intercompany allocations for both the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016. Amounts billed by BSC to ComEd were immaterial.
Cost Management Program-Related Severance

In August 2015, Exelon announced a cost management program focused on cost savings at BSC and Generation, including the elimination of approximately 500 positions. These actions are in response to the continuing economic challenges confronting all parts of Exelon’s business and industry, necessitating continued focus on cost management through enhanced efficiency and productivity. Exelon expects that approximately 250 corporate support positions in BSC and approximately 250 positions located throughout Generation will be eliminated.

For the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, the Registrants recorded the following severance costs related to the cost management program within Operating and maintenance expense in their Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income, pursuant to the authoritative guidance for ongoing severance plans:
 
Exelon
 
Generation
 
ComEd
 
PECO
 
BGE
Three Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
March 31, 2017(a)
$
(1
)
 
$
(1
)
 
$

 
$

 
$

March 31, 2016(b)
$
17

 
$
12

 
$
3

 
$
1

 
$
1


_______
(a)
Amounts billed by BSC through intercompany allocations for the three months ended March 31, 2017 were immaterial.
(b)
The amounts above for Generation, ComEd, PECO and BGE include $7 million, $3 million, $1 million and $1 million, respectively, for amounts billed by BSC through intercompany allocations for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

Severance Costs Related to the PHI Merger

Upon closing the PHI Merger, Exelon recorded a severance accrual for the anticipated employee position reductions as a result of the post-merger integration. Cash payments under the plan began in May 2016 and will continue through 2020.

For the three months ended March 31, 2017, the PHI merger severance costs were immaterial. For the three months ended March 31, 2016, the Registrants recorded the following severance costs associated with the identified job reductions within Operating and maintenance expense in their Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income, pursuant to the authoritative guidance for ongoing severance plans:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Successor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exelon
 
Generation
 
ComEd
 
PECO
 
BGE
 
PHI
 
Pepco
 
DPL
 
ACE
Three Months Ended March 31, 2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Severance benefits(a)
$
52

 
$
10

 
$
2

 
$
1

 
$
1

 
$
37

 
$
18

 
$
11

 
$
8

______________
(a)
The amounts above for Generation, ComEd, PECO, BGE, Pepco, DPL and ACE include $9 million, $2 million, $1 million, $1 million, $18 million, $11 million and $8 million, respectively, for amounts billed by BSC and/or PHISCO through intercompany allocations for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

Severance Liability

Amounts included in the table below represent the severance liability recorded for the severance plans above for employees of each Registrant and exclude amounts included at Exelon and billed through intercompany allocations:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Successor
 
 
 
 
 
 
Severance Liability
Exelon
 
Generation
 
ComEd
 
PECO
 
BGE
 
PHI
 
Pepco
 
DPL
 
ACE
Balance at December 31, 2016
$
88

 
$
36

 
$
3

 
$

 
$

 
$
29

 
$

 
$

 
$

Severance charges(a)
3

 
1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payments
(10
)
 
(3
)
 

 

 

 
(5
)
 

 

 

Balance at March 31, 2017
$
81

 
$
34

 
$
3

 
$

 
$

 
$
24

 
$

 
$

 
$

______________
(a)
Includes salary continuance and health and welfare severance benefits.