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3. Regulatory Matters (All Registrants)

The following matters below discuss the status of material regulatory and legislative proceedings of the Registrants.

Distribution Base Rate Case Proceedings

The following tables show the completed and pending distribution base rate case proceedings in 2024.

Completed Distribution Base Rate Case Proceedings

(a)Reflects a four-year cumulative multi-year rate plan for January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2027. The MRP was originally approved by the ICC on December 14, 2023 and was subsequently amended on January 10, 2024, April 18, 2024 and December 19, 2024. The December 19, 2024 order provided a total revenue requirement increase of $1.045 billion inclusive of rate increases of approximately $752 million in 2024, $80 million in 2025, $102 million in 2026, and $111 million in 2027.

(b)On October 31, 2024, the Delivery Reconciliation Amount for 2023 defined in Rider Delivery Service Pricing Reconciliation (Rider DSPR) was approved. Rider DSPR allows for the reconciliation of the revenue requirement in effect in the final years in which formula rates are determined and until such time as new rates are established under ComEd's approved MRP. The 2024 order reconciled the delivery service rates in effect in 2023 with the actual delivery service costs incurred in 2023. The reconciliation revenue requirement provides for a weighted average debt and equity return on distribution rate base of 7.02%, inclusive of an allowed ROE of 9.89%, reflecting the monthly yields on 30-year treasury bonds plus 580 basis points.

(c)PECO’s approved annual electric revenue requirement increase of $354 million is partially offset by a one-time credit of $64 million in 2025. In addition, the PAPUC approved the recovery of storm damage costs incurred by PECO in January 2024, up to $23 million, subject to review for reasonableness and prudency in PECO’s next distribution rate case.

(d)On December 12, 2024, the PAPUC issued their Opinions and Orders which approved the non-unanimous partial settlements with limited modifications for both the electric and natural gas base rate cases, and denied the Weather Normalization Adjustment requested in the natural gas base rate case.

(e)The PECO electric and natural gas base rate case proceedings were resolved through settlement agreements, which did not specify an approved ROE.

(f)Reflects a three-year cumulative multi-year plan for January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2026. The MDPSC awarded BGE electric revenue requirement increases of $41 million, $113 million, and $25 million in 2024, 2025, and 2026, respectively, and natural gas revenue requirement increases of $126 million, $62 million, and $41 million in 2024, 2025, and 2026, respectively. Requested revenue requirement increases will be used to recover capital investments designed to increase the resilience of the electric and gas distribution systems and support Maryland's climate and regulatory initiatives. The MDPSC also approved a portion of the requested 2021 and 2022 reconciliation amounts, which will be recovered through separate electric and gas riders between March 2024 and February 2025. As such, the reconciliation amounts are not included in the approved revenue requirement increases. The 2021 reconciliation amounts are $13 million and $7 million for electric and gas, respectively, and the 2022 reconciliation amounts are $39 million and $15 million for electric and gas, respectively. In April 2024, BGE filed with the MDPSC its request for recovery of the 2023 reconciliation amounts of $79 million and $73 million for electric and gas, respectively, with supporting testimony and schedules.

(g)Reflects a two-year cumulative multi-year plan for January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2026. The DCPSC awarded Pepco electric incremental revenue requirement increases of $99 million and $24 million for 2025 and 2026, respectively.

(h)Reflects a three-year cumulative multi-year plan for April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2024. The MDPSC awarded Pepco electric incremental revenue requirement increases of $21 million, $16 million, and $15 million, before offsets, for the 12-month periods ending March 31, 2022, 2023, and 2024, respectively. Pepco proposed to utilize certain tax benefits to fully offset the increase through 2023 and partially offset customer rate increases in 2024. However, the MDPSC only utilized the acceleration of refunds for certain tax benefits to fully offset the increases such that customer rates remain unchanged through March 31, 2022. On February 23, 2022, the MDPSC chose to offset 25% of the cumulative revenue requirement increase through March 31, 2023. In 2021, the MDPSC deferred a decision on whether to use certain tax benefits to offset the revenue requirement increases for the 12-month period ending March 31, 2024. In December 2022 Pepco proposed that tax benefits not be used to offset the revenue requirement increases for this period. On January 25, 2023, the MDPSC accepted Pepco’s recommendations not to use tax benefits to offset revenue requirement increases for the 12-month period ending March 31, 2024.

(i)Reflects the amounts requested (before offsets) and awarded for a one-year multi-year plan for April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025. The MDPSC awarded Pepco an electric incremental revenue requirement increase of $45 million for the 12-month period ending March 31, 2025. The MDPSC did not adopt the requested revenue requirement increases of $80 million (before offsets), $51 million, and $14 million as filed for 2025, 2026, and the 2027 nine-month extension period, respectively. The order allows for Pepco to perform an annual reconciliation after the 2024 rate year. The MDPSC also approved the requested reconciliation amounts for the 12-month periods ending March 31, 2022, and March 31, 2023, which will be recovered through a rider between August 2024 through March 2026. As such, the reconciliation amounts are not included in the approved revenue requirement increases. The reconciliation amounts are $1 million, and $7 million, for the 12-month periods ending March 31, 2022, and March 31, 2023, respectively. In July 2024, Pepco filed its request with the MDPSC for recovery of $31 million for the 12-month period ended March 31, 2024, with supporting testimony and schedules.

(j)Reflects a three-year cumulative multi-year plan for January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025. The MDPSC awarded DPL electric incremental revenue requirement increases of $17 million, $6 million, and $6 million for 2023, 2024, and 2025, respectively.

(k)On April 18, 2024, the DEPSC approved the Significant Storm Expense Rate Rider (Rider SSER) which will allow DPL to recover expenses associated with qualified storms. A qualified storm will be an individual storm for which DPL incurs expenses between $5 million and $15 million. The Rider SSER allows DPL to recover significant storm damage expenses for the previous 12-month period over a future 24-month period. For individual storm events for which DPL incurs expenses of more than $15 million, the future recovery period will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis and the unamortized balance will earn a return at DPL's authorized long-term cost of debt. The Rider SSER will have an annual true-up filing, subject to DEPSC review and approval.

(l)Requested and approved increases are before New Jersey sales and use tax. The NJBPU awarded ACE electric revenue requirement increases of $36 million and $9 million effective December 1, 2023 and February 1, 2024, respectively.

Pending Distribution Base Rate Case Proceedings

(a)DPL can implement interim rates on April 20, 2025, subject to refund.

(b)Requested increases are before New Jersey sales and use tax. ACE intends to put rates into effect on August 21, 2025, subject to refund.

Transmission Formula Rates

The Utility Registrants' transmission rates are each established based on a FERC-approved formula. ComEd, BGE, Pepco, DPL, and ACE are required to file an annual update to the FERC-approved formula on or before May 15, and PECO is required to file on or before May 31, with the resulting rates effective on June 1 of the same year. The annual update for ComEd is based on prior year actual costs and current year projected capital additions (initial year revenue requirement). The update for ComEd also reconciles any differences between the revenue requirement in effect beginning June 1 of the prior year and actual costs incurred for that year (annual reconciliation). The annual update for PECO is based on prior year actual costs and current year projected capital additions, accumulated depreciation, and accumulated deferred income taxes. The annual update for BGE, Pepco, DPL, and ACE is based on prior year actual costs and current year projected capital additions, accumulated depreciation, depreciation and amortization expense, and accumulated deferred income taxes. The update for PECO, BGE, Pepco, DPL, and ACE also reconciles any differences between the actual costs and actual revenues for the calendar year (annual reconciliation).

For 2024, the following increases/(decreases) were included in the Utility Registrants' electric transmission formula rate updates:

(a)All rates are effective June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025, subject to review by interested parties pursuant to review protocols of each Utility Registrants' tariffs.

(b)Represents the weighted average debt and equity return on transmission rate bases. For PECO, the common equity component of the ratio used to calculate the weighted average debt and equity return on the transmission formula rate base is currently capped at 55.75%.

(c)The rate of return on common equity for each Utility Registrant includes a 50-basis-point incentive adder for being a member of an RTO.

(d)The increase in BGE's transmission revenue requirement includes a $2 million reduction related to a FERC-approved dedicated facilities charge to recover the costs of providing transmission service to specifically designated load by BGE.

Other State Regulatory Matters

Illinois Regulatory Matters

CEJA (Exelon and ComEd). On September 15, 2021, the Governor of Illinois signed into law CEJA. CEJA includes, among other features, (1) procurement of CMCs from qualifying nuclear-powered generating facilities, (2) a requirement to file a general rate case or a new four-year MRP no later than January 20, 2023 to establish rates effective after ComEd’s existing performance-based distribution formula rate sunsets, (3) requirements that ComEd and the ICC initiate and conduct various regulatory proceedings on subjects including ethics, spending, grid investments, and performance metrics.

ComEd Electric Distribution Rates

ComEd filed, and received approval for, its last performance-based electric distribution formula rate update under EIMA in 2022; those rates were in effect throughout 2023.

On February 3, 2022, the ICC approved a tariff that established the process under which ComEd reconciled its 2022 and 2023 rate year revenue requirements with actual costs. Those reconciliation amounts were determined using the same process used for prior reconciliations under the performance-based electric distribution formula rate. Using that process, for the rate years 2022 and 2023 ComEd will ultimately collect revenues from customers reflecting each year’s actual recoverable costs, year-end rate base, and a weighted average debt and equity return on distribution rate base, with the ROE component based on the annual average of the monthly yields of the 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds plus 580 basis points. In April 2023, ComEd filed its first petition with the ICC to reconcile its 2022 actual costs with the approved revenue requirement that was in effect in 2022; the final order was issued on November 30, 2023, for rates beginning January 2024. On April 26, 2024, ComEd filed its final petition with the ICC to reconcile its 2023 actual costs with the approved revenue requirement that was in effect in 2023; the final order was issued on October 31, 2024, for rates beginning January 2025.

Beginning in 2024, ComEd started recovering from retail customers, subject to certain exceptions, the costs it incurs to provide electric delivery services either through its electric distribution rate or other recovery mechanisms authorized by CEJA. On January 17, 2023, ComEd filed a petition with the ICC seeking approval of a MRP for 2024-2027. The MRP supports a multi-year grid plan (Grid Plan), also filed on January 17, covering planned investments on the electric distribution system within ComEd’s service area through 2027. Costs incurred during each year of the MRP are subject to ICC review and the plan’s revenue requirement for each year will be reconciled with the actual costs that the ICC determines are prudently and reasonably incurred for that year. The reconciliation is subject to adjustment for certain costs, including a limitation on recovery of costs that are more than 105% of certain costs in the previously approved MRP revenue requirement, absent a modification of the rate plan itself. Thus, for example, the rate adjustments necessary to reconcile 2024 revenues to ComEd’s actual 2024 costs incurred would take effect in January 2026 after the ICC’s review during 2025.

On December 14, 2023, the ICC issued a final order. The ICC rejected ComEd’s Grid Plan as non-compliant with certain requirements of CEJA and required ComEd to file a revised Grid Plan. In the absence of an approved Grid Plan, the ICC set ComEd’s forecast revenue requirements for 2024-2027 based on ComEd's approved year-end 2022 rate base. This resulted in a total cumulative revenue requirement increase of $501 million, a $986 million total revenue reduction from the requested cumulative revenue requirement increase but remains subject to annual reconciliation in accordance with CEJA. The final order approved the process and formulas associated with the MRP reconciliation mechanisms. The ICC's December 2023 order also denied ComEd's ability to earn a return on its pension asset.

On December 22, 2023, ComEd filed an application for rehearing on several findings in the final order including the use of the 2022 year-end rate base to establish forecast revenue requirements for 2024-2027, ROE, pension asset return, and capital structure. On January 10, 2024, ComEd’s application for rehearing was denied on all issues except for the order’s use of the 2022 year-end rate base. On April 18, 2024, the ICC issued its final order on ComEd's January 31, 2024 rehearing motion, which approved the use of the forecasted year-end 2023 rate base that resulted in increased revenue requirements for 2024-2027. These revenue requirements determined during the rehearing process established base revenue requirements until the ICC approved the Refiled Grid Plan on December 19, 2024.

On January 10, 2024, ComEd also filed an appeal in the Illinois Appellate Court of the issues on which rehearing was denied, including but not limited to the allowed ROE,50% equity ratio, and denial of a return on ComEd’s pension asset. There is no deadline by when the appellate court must rule. On March 13, 2024, ComEd filed its Refiled Grid Plan with supporting testimony and schedules with the ICC and subsequently on March 15, 2024, ComEd also filed a petition to adjust its MRP to authorize increased rates consistent with the Refiled Grid Plan. On December 19, 2024, the ICC approved the Refiled Grid Plan and adjusted the approved MRP with rates effective on January 1, 2025. The final approved MRP, as adjusted, which reflects the Refiled Grid Plan, resulted in a total cumulative revenue requirement increase of $1.045 billion over the 2024-2027 plan years and remains subject to annual reconciliations in accordance with CEJA.

In January 2022, ComEd filed a request with the ICC proposing performance metrics that would be used in determining ROE incentives and penalties in the event ComEd filed a MRP in January 2023. On September 27, 2022, the ICC issued a final order approving seven performance metrics that provide symmetrical performance adjustments of 32 total basis points to ComEd’s rate of return on common equity based on the extent to which ComEd achieves the annual performance goals. On November 10, 2022, the ICC granted ComEd's application for rehearing, in part. On April 5, 2023, the ICC issued its final order on rehearing for the performance and tracking metrics proceeding, in which the ICC declined to adopt ComEd's proposed modifications to the reliability and peak load reduction performance metrics. Efforts are underway to implement the performance metrics, which took effect on January 1, 2024. ComEd will make its initial filing in 2025 to assess performance achieved under the metrics in 2024, and to determine any ROE adjustment, which would take effect in 2026. In 2024, ComEd has recognized an estimate of the impact of the performance metrics' adjustment.

Carbon Mitigation Credit

CEJA establishes decarbonization requirements for Illinois as well as programs to support the retention and development of emissions-free sources of electricity. ComEd is required to purchase CMCs from participating nuclear-powered generating facilities between June 1, 2022 and May 31, 2027. The price to be paid for each CMC was established through a competitive bidding process that included consumer-protection measures that capped the maximum acceptable bid amount and a formula that reduces CMC prices by an energy price index, the base residual auction capacity price in the ComEd zone of PJM, and the monetized value of any federal tax credit or other subsidy if applicable. The seller has not provided notification to ComEd or the IPA that any subsidies or tax credits, such as nuclear production tax credits that became available for electricity generated beginning January 1, 2024, have been monetized and the IPA did not adjust the CMC price paid by ComEd in 2024. The consumer protection measures contained in CEJA will result in net payments to ComEd ratepayers if the energy index, the capacity price and applicable federal tax credits or subsidy exceed the CMC contract price. Beginning with the June 2022 monthly billing period, ComEd began issuing credits and/or charges to its retail customers under its CMC rider, the Rider Carbon-Free Resource Adjustment (Rider CFRA). A regulatory asset is recorded for the difference between ComEd's costs associated with the procurement of CMCs from participating nuclear power generating facilities and revenues received from customers. The balance as of December 31, 2024 is $179 million.

Under CEJA, the costs of procuring CMCs, including carrying costs, are recovered through Rider CFRA. As originally approved by the ICC, Rider CFRA provides for an annual reconciliation and true-up to actual costs incurred or credits received by ComEd to purchase CMCs, with any difference to be credited to or collected from ComEd’s retail customers in subsequent periods. The difference between the net payments to (or receivables from) ComEd ratepayers and the credits received by ComEd to purchase CMCs is recorded to Purchased power expense with an offset to the regulatory asset (or regulatory liability). On December 21, 2022, ComEd filed an amendment to Rider CFRA proposing that it recover costs or provide credits faster than the tariff allows, implement monthly reconciliations, and allow ComEd to adjust Rider CFRA rates based not only on anticipated differences but also past payments or credits, and implement monthly reconciliations beginning with the June 2023 delivery period. The ICC approved the proposal on January 19, 2023. In addition, on March 24, 2023, ComEd submitted revisions to Rider CFRA which clarified the methodology for calculating interest to be included in the annual reconciliation associated with the June 2022 through May 2023 delivery year. The ICC approved the proposal on April 20, 2023. On February 2, 2024, ComEd filed a petition with the ICC to initiate the reconciliation proceeding for the costs incurred in connection with the procurement of CMCs during the delivery year beginning June 1, 2022 and extending through May 31, 2023.

Excess Deferred Income Taxes

The ICC initiated a docket to accelerate and fully credit to customers TCJA unprotected property-related EDIT no later than December 31, 2025. On July 7, 2022, the ICC issued a final order on the schedule for the acceleration of EDIT amortization, adopting the proposal as submitted by several parties, including ComEd, ICC Staff, the Illinois Attorney General's Office, and the Citizens Utility Board. EDIT amortization will be credited to customers through a new rider from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025.

Energy Efficiency

CEJA extends ComEd’s current cumulative annual energy efficiency MWh savings goals through 2040, adds expanded electrification measures to those goals, increases low-income commitments, and adds a new performance adjustment to the energy efficiency formula rate. ComEd expects its annual spend to increase in 2023 through 2040 to achieve these energy efficiency MWh savings goals, which is deferred as a separate regulatory asset that is recovered through the energy efficiency formula rate over the weighted average useful life, as approved by the ICC, of the related energy efficiency measures.

Energy Efficiency Formula Rate (Exelon and ComEd). FEJA allows ComEd to defer energy efficiency costs (except for any voltage optimization costs which are recovered through electric distribution rates) as a separate regulatory asset that is recovered through the energy efficiency formula rate over the weighted average useful life, as approved by the ICC, of the related energy efficiency measures. ComEd earns a return on the energy efficiency regulatory asset at a rate equal to a weighted average cost of capital, which is based on a year-end capital structure and a statutorily-based formula based on long-term treasury debt. The ROE that ComEd earns on its energy efficiency regulatory asset is subject to a maximum downward or upward adjustment of 200 basis points if ComEd’s cumulative persisting annual MWh savings falls short of or exceeds specified percentage benchmarks of its annual incremental savings goal. ComEd is required to file an update to its energy efficiency formula rate on or before June 1 st each year, with resulting rates effective in January of the following year. The annual update is based on projected rate year energy efficiency costs, PJM capacity revenues, and the projected year-end regulatory asset balance less any related deferred income taxes (initial year revenue requirement). The update also reconciles any differences between the revenue requirement in effect for the prior year and actual costs incurred from the year (annual reconciliation). The approved energy efficiency formula rate also provides for revenue decoupling provisions.

During 2024, the ICC approved the following total increases in ComEd's requested energy efficiency revenue requirement:

(a)ComEd's 2025 approved revenue requirement above reflects an increase of $66 million for the initial year revenue requirement for 2025 and a decrease of $8 million related to the annual reconciliation for 2023. The revenue requirement for 2025 provides for a weighted average debt and equity return on the energy efficiency regulatory asset and rate base of 7.02% inclusive of an allowed ROE of 9.89%, reflecting the monthly average yields for 30-year treasury bonds plus 580 basis points. The revenue requirement for the 2023 reconciliation year provides for a weighted average debt and equity return on the energy efficiency regulatory asset and rate base of 7.24% inclusive of an allowed ROE of 10.34%, which includes an upward performance adjustment that increased the ROE. The performance adjustment can either increase or decrease the ROE based upon the achievement of energy efficiency savings goals. See table below for ComEd's regulatory assets associated with its energy efficiency formula rate.

Maryland Regulatory Matters

Maryland Revenue Decoupling (Exelon, BGE, PHI, Pepco, and DPL). In 1998, the MDPSC approved natural gas monthly rate adjustments for BGE and in 2007, the MDPSC approved electric monthly rate adjustments for BGE and BSAs for Pepco and DPL, all of which are decoupling mechanisms. As a result of the decoupling mechanisms, certain Operating revenues from electric and natural gas distribution at BGE and Operating revenues from electric distribution at Pepco Maryland (see also District of Columbia Revenue Decoupling below for Pepco District of Columbia) and DPL are not intended to be impacted by abnormal weather or usage per customer. For BGE, Pepco, and DPL, the decoupling mechanism eliminates the impacts of abnormal weather or customer usage by recognizing revenues based on an authorized distribution amount per customer by customer class. Operating revenues from electric and natural gas distribution at BGE and Operating revenues from electric distribution at Pepco Maryland and DPL are, however, impacted by changes in the number of customers.

EmPOWER Maryland Cost Recovery (Exelon, BGE, PHI, Pepco and DPL). On December 29, 2023, the MDPSC issued an order authorizing the next three-year program cycle for EmPOWER Maryland and approved various proposals by the program administrators to implement new energy efficiency programs for the 2024-2026 program cycle, as well as continue operating core programs. Historically, BGE, Pepco, and DPL deferred most of their energy efficiency program costs to a regulatory asset and either deferred most of their demand response program costs to a regulatory asset or capitalized them. Beginning in 2024, BGE, Pepco, and DPL will begin deferring less energy efficiency and demand response program costs to a regulatory asset. Additionally, as part of the order, the MDPSC directed BGE, Pepco, and DPL to extend the amortization of unamortized costs as of December 31, 2023 from 5 to 7 years to mitigate customer bill impacts.

District of Columbia Regulatory Matters

District of Columbia Revenue Decoupling (Exelon, PHI, and Pepco). In 2009, the DCPSC approved a BSA, which is a decoupling mechanism. As a result of the decoupling mechanism, Operating revenues from electric distribution at Pepco District of Columbia (see also Maryland Revenue Decoupling above for Pepco Maryland) are not intended to be impacted by abnormal weather or usage per customer. The decoupling mechanism eliminates the impacts of abnormal weather or customer usage by recognizing revenues based on an authorized distribution amount per customer by customer class. Historically, operating revenues from electric distribution at Pepco District of Columbia are, however, impacted by changes in the number of customers. Beginning in 2025, based on modifications approved by the DCPSC, Pepco District of Columbia will recognize revenues on an authorized distribution amount per customer class basis, and operating revenues from electric distribution will not be impacted by changes in the number of customers.

New Jersey Regulatory Matters

Conservation Incentive Program (CIP) (Exelon, PHI, and ACE). On September 25, 2020, ACE filed an application with the NJBPU as was required seeking approval to implement a portfolio of energy efficiency programs pursuant to New Jersey’s clean energy legislation. The filing included a request to implement a CIP that would eliminate the favorable and unfavorable impacts of weather and customer usage patterns on distribution revenues for most customers. The CIP compares current distribution revenues by customer class to approved target revenues established in ACE’s most recent distribution base rate case. The CIP is calculated annually and recovery is subject to certain conditions, including an earnings test and ceilings on customer rate increases.

On April 27, 2021, the NJBPU approved the settlement filed by ACE and the third parties to the proceeding. The approved settlement addresses all material aspects of ACE’s filing, including ACE’s ability to implement the CIP prospectively effective July 1, 2021. As a result of this decoupling mechanism, operating revenues are no longer intended to be impacted by abnormal weather or usage for most customers. Starting in third quarter of 2021, ACE has recorded alternative revenue program revenues for its best estimate of the distribution revenue impacts resulting from future changes in CIP rates that it believes are probable of approval by the NJBPU in accordance with this mechanism.

Termination of Energy Procurement Provisions of PPAs (Exelon, PHI, and ACE). On December 22, 2021, ACE filed with the NJBPU a petition to terminate the provisions in the PPAs to purchase electricity from two coal-powered generation facilities located in the state of New Jersey. The petition was approved by the NJBPU on March 23, 2022. Upon closing of the transaction on March 31, 2022, ACE recognized a liability of $203 million for the contract termination fee and recognized a corresponding regulatory asset of $203 million. The liability has been paid in full as of December 31, 2024.

For the year ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, ACE has respectively paid $49 million and $88 million of the liability, which is recorded in Changes in Other assets and liabilities in Exelon's, PHI's, and ACE's Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

ACE Infrastructure Investment Program Filings (Exelon, PHI, and ACE). On October 31, 2022, ACE filed with the NJBPU an IIP, called “Powering the Future”, proposing to seek recovery through a new component of ACE’s rider mechanism, totaling $379 million, over the four-year period of July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2027. The new IIP will allow ACE to invest in projects that are designed to enhance the reliability, resiliency, and safety of the service ACE provides to its customers. On June 15, 2023, ACE entered into a settlement agreement with other parties, which allows for a recovery totaling $93 million of reliability related capital investments from July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2027. ACE will have the option of seeking approval from the NJBPU to extend the end date of the IIP beyond June 30, 2027, if ACE determines an extension is necessary. On June 29, 2023, the NJBPU adopted the settlement agreement and issued an order approving the program.

Advanced Metering Infrastructure Filing (Exelon, PHI, and ACE). On August 26, 2020, ACE filed an application with the NJBPU as was required seeking approval to deploy a smart energy network in alignment with New Jersey’s Energy Master Plan and Clean Energy Act. The proposal consisted of estimated costs totaling $220 million with deployment taking place over a 3-year implementation period from approximately 2021 to 2024 that involves the installation of an integrated system of smart meters for all customers accompanied by the requisite communications facilities and data management systems.

On July 14, 2021, the NJBPU approved the settlement filed by ACE and the third parties to the proceeding. The approved settlement addresses all material aspects of ACE's smart energy network deployment plan, including cost recovery of the investment costs, incremental Operating and maintenance expenses, and the unrecovered balance of existing infrastructure through future distribution rates.

New Jersey Clean Energy Legislation (Exelon, PHI, and ACE). On May 23, 2018, New Jersey enacted legislation that established and modified New Jersey’s clean energy and energy efficiency programs and solar and RPS. On the same day, New Jersey enacted legislation that established a ZEC program that provides compensation for nuclear plants that demonstrate to the NJBPU that they meet certain requirements. Under the legislation, the NJBPU will issue ZECs to the qualifying nuclear power plants and the electric distribution utilities in New Jersey, including ACE, will be required to purchase those ZECs. ACE began collecting from retail distribution customers, through a non-bypassable charge, all costs associated with the procurement of the ZECs effective April 18, 2019.

Other Federal Regulatory Matters

FERC Audit (Exelon and ComEd). The Utility Registrants are subject to periodic audits and investigations by FERC. FERC’s Division of Audits and Accounting initiated a nonpublic audit of ComEd in April 2021 evaluating ComEd’s compliance with (1) approved terms, rates and conditions of its federally regulated service; (2) accounting requirements of the Uniform System of Accounts; (3) reporting requirements of the FERC Form 1; and (4) the requirements for record retention. The audit period extended back to January 1, 2017.

On July 27, 2023, FERC issued a final audit report which included, among other things, findings and recommendations related to ComEd's methodology regarding the allocation of certain overhead costs to capitalized construction costs under FERC regulations, including a suggestion that refunds may be due to customers for amounts collected in previous years. On August 28, 2023, ComEd filed a formal notice of the issues it contested within the audit report. On December 14, 2023, FERC appointed a settlement judge for the contested overhead allocation findings and set the matter for a trial-type hearing. That hearing process was held in abeyance while a formal settlement process, which began in February 2024, took place.

On July 30, 2024, ComEd reached an agreement in principle on the contested overhead allocation finding. As a result of the settlement process, ComEd recorded a charge for the probable disallowance of $70 million of certain currently capitalized construction costs to operating expenses, which are not expected to be recovered in future rates. The final settlement is subject to FERC approval. The existing loss estimate is reflected in Exelon and ComEd's financial statements as of December 31, 2024. ComEd and FERC staff jointly filed the settlement agreement with FERC for approval on February 11, 2025.

Regulatory Assets and Liabilities

Regulatory assets represent incurred costs that have been deferred because of their probable future recovery from customers through regulated rates. Regulatory liabilities represent the excess recovery of costs or accrued credits that have been deferred because it is probable such amounts will be returned to customers through future regulated rates or represent billings in advance of expenditures for approved regulatory programs.

The following tables provide information about the regulatory assets and liabilities of the Registrants at December 31, 2024 and 2023:

Descriptions of the regulatory assets and liabilities included in the tables above are summarized below, including their recovery and amortization periods.

Decommissioning the Regulatory Agreement Units

The regulatory agreements with the ICC and PAPUC dictate obligations related to the shortfall or excess of NDT funds necessary for decommissioning the former ComEd units on a unit-by-unit basis and the former PECO units in total.

For the former PECO units, given the symmetric settlement provisions that allow for continued recovery of decommissioning costs from PECO customers in the event of a shortfall and the obligation for Constellation to ultimately return excess funds to PECO customers (on an aggregate basis for all seven units), decommissioning-related activities prior to separation on February 1, 2022 were generally offset in Exelon’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income with an offsetting adjustment to the regulatory liabilities or regulatory assets and an equal noncurrent affiliate receivable from or payable to Generation at PECO. Following the separation, decommissioning-related activities result in an adjustment to the Receivable related to Regulatory Agreement Units and an equal adjustment to the regulatory liabilities or regulatory assets at PECO.

For the former ComEd units, given no further recovery from ComEd customers is permitted and Constellation retains an obligation to ultimately return excess funds to ComEd customers (on a unit-by-unit basis), to the extent excess funds are expected for each unit, decommissioning-related activities prior to separation on February 1, 2022 were offset in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income with an offsetting adjustment to regulatory liabilities and noncurrent affiliate receivable from Generation at ComEd. Following the separation, decommissioning-related activities result in an adjustment to the Receivable related to Regulatory Agreement Units and an equal adjustment to the regulatory liabilities at ComEd. However, given the asymmetric settlement provision that does not allow for continued recovery from ComEd customers in the event of a shortfall, recognition of a regulatory asset at ComEd is not permissible.

Capitalized Ratemaking Amounts Not Recognized

The following table presents authorized amounts capitalized for ratemaking purposes related to earnings on shareholders’ investment that are not recognized for financial reporting purposes in the Registrants' Consolidated Balance Sheets. These amounts will be recognized as revenues in the related Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income in the periods they are billable to the Utility Registrants' customers. PECO hadno related amounts at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023

(a)Reflects ComEd's unrecognized equity returns earned for ratemaking purposes on its electric distribution rates and formula rates regulatory assets.

(b)BGE's amount capitalized for ratemaking purposes primarily relates to earnings on shareholders' investment on AMI programs and investments in rate base included in the multi-year plan reconciliations.

(c)Pepco's authorized amounts capitalized for ratemaking purposes relate to earnings on shareholders' investment on AMI programs, Energy efficiency and demand response programs, COVID-19, investments in rate base and revenues included in the multi-year plan reconciliations, and a portion of Pepco District of Columbia's revenue decoupling.

(d)DPL's authorized amounts capitalized for ratemaking purposes relate to earnings on shareholders' investment on AMI programs and Energy efficiency and demand response programs.

(e)ACE's authorized amounts capitalized for ratemaking purposes primarily relate to earnings on shareholders' investment on AMI programs.