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ATLANTIC CITY ELECTRIC CO

For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Feb 12, 2026.

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FY2025 · Filed Feb 12, 2026

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Other Key Business Drivers and Management Strategies

Utility Rates and Rate Proceedings

The Utility Registrants file rate cases with their regulatory commissions seeking increases or decreases to their electric transmission and distribution and gas distribution rates to recover their costs and earn a fair return on their investments. The outcomes of these regulatory proceedings impact the Utility Registrants’ current and future results of operations, cash flows, and financial positions. See Note 2 — Regulatory Matters of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on these regulatory proceedings.

Allocation of Income Taxes to Regulated Utilities (All Registrants)

In Q2 2024, the IRS issued a series of PLRs, to another taxpayer, providing guidance with respect to the application of the tax normalization rules to the allocation of consolidated tax benefits among the members of a consolidated group associated with NOLC for ratemaking purposes. The rulings provide that for ratemaking purposes the tax benefit of NOLC should be reflected on a separate company basis not taking into consideration the utilization of losses by other affiliates. A PLR issued to another taxpayer may not be relied on as precedent.

For the Utility Registrants, except for PECO, the methodology prescribed by the IRS in these PLRs could result in a material reduction of the regulatory liability established for EDITs arising from the TCJA corporate tax rate change that are being amortized and flowed through to customers as well as a reduction in the accumulated deferred income taxes included in rate base for ratemaking purposes of approximately $1.2 billion - $1.7 billion.

The Utility Registrants, except for PECO, filed PLR requests with the IRS confirming the treatment of the NOLC for ratemaking purposes. The Utility Registrants will record the impact, if any, upon receiving the PLR from the IRS.

Legislative and Regulatory Developments

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

On November 15, 2021, the $1.2 trillion IIJA was signed into law. IIJA provides for approximately $550 billion in new federal spending. Categories of funding include funding for a variety of infrastructure needs, including but not limited to: (1) power and grid reliability and resilience, (2) resilience for cybersecurity to address critical infrastructure needs, and (3) electric vehicle charging infrastructure for alternative fuel corridors. The Registrants continue to evaluate programs under the legislation and consider possible opportunities to apply for funding, either directly or in potential collaborations with state and/or local agencies and key stakeholders. The Registrants cannot predict the ultimate timing and success of securing funding from programs under IIJA.

On January 20, 2025, the Unleashing American Energy Order was issued as a Presidential Executive Order, which required an immediate pause in the disbursement of funds appropriated through the IRA and IIJA pending DOE review. In October 2025, Exelon, ComEd, and BGE received termination notifications from the DOE for their Renewable-Aware Distribution Operations, Deployment of a Community-Oriented Interoperable Control Framework for Aggregating and Integrating Distributed Energy Resources and Other Grid-Edge Devices, and Baltimore Interconnection Readiness & Deployment of Storage (BIRDS) awards, respectively. In the fourth quarter of 2025, Exelon, ComEd, and BGE elected to decline the previously awarded Middle Mile Grant (MMG) and Exelon and PECO elected to decline the previously awarded Creating a Resilient, Equitable, and Accessible Transformation in Energy for Greater Philadelphia (CREATE) grant. There are no material financial statement impacts as a result of the DOE terminations. Exelon, ComEd, PECO, and BGE will continue to evaluate whether to move forward with these projects.

Next Generation Energy Act (Exelon, BGE, PHI, Pepco, and DPL)

On May 20, 2025, the Governor of Maryland signed into law legislation that addresses several matters pertaining to electric and gas utilities, including affirming that the MDPSC may approve the use of multi-year rate plans that demonstrate customer benefits, among other things. It also prohibits utilities from filing after January 1, 2025, for the reconciliation of actuals costs and revenues to amounts approved within the multi-year plans. In the second quarter of 2025, BGE derecognized Regulatory assets of $10 million and Regulatory liabilities of $3 million for multi-year plan reconciliations that are no longer eligible to be filed. DPL also derecognized Regulatory liabilities of $0.4 million during the second quarter of 2025 for multi-year reconciliations ineligible to be filed. Multi-year plan reconciliations filed prior to January 1, 2025, remain lawful and will be resolved in their respective proceedings.

Summer and Winter Rate Mitigation (Exelon, BGE, PHI, Pepco, DPL, and ACE).

As part of the passing of the Next Generation Energy Act by the Maryland General Assembly, the MDPSC issued an order on June 26, 2025, to implement the Legislative Energy Relief Refund program under which bill credits were distributed to residential customers based on their consumption of electricity supply that was subject to the renewable energy portfolio standard. On July 24, 2025, the MDPSC issued an order accepting BGE, Pepco, and DPL's proposal for the implementation of the program. As a result, BGE, Pepco, and DPL received approximately

$49 million, $21 million, and $8 million, respectively, from the MDPSC on August 6, 2025. These amounts were used to reduce residential customer accounts receivable balances within the third quarter of 2025. Additional disbursements from the state of Maryland were received by BGE, Pepco, and DPL on February 3, 2026 for approximately $49 million, $21 million, and $8 million, respectively. These amounts will also be used to reduce residential customer receivables in the first quarter of 2026.

In response to significant increases in electric supply costs, on April 23, 2025, the NJBPU issued an order directing the State's electric public utilities to file petitions proposing distribution side measures to mitigate residential customer bill impacts during summer months. As a result, on June 18, 2025, the NJBPU approved a stipulation of settlement for ACE to issue a bill credit of $30 per residential customer for the months of July and August 2025, which was deferred to Regulatory assets. The amounts will subsequently be collected from September 2025 through February 2026 at a flat rate of $10 per residential customer. The bill credit and subsequent collections will not be subject to carrying costs. As of December 31, 2025, the Regulatory asset has a remaining balance of $10 million.

Residential Universal Bill Credit (Exelon and ACE).

In an effort to further reduce the burden of increased electric supply costs, on August 13, 2025, the NJBPU issued an order to establish the Residential Universal Bill Credit (RUBC), which will be funded by the NJBPU. The program provided a $50 bill credit per eligible residential customer for the months of September and October 2025. ACE received $51 million from the NJBPU on September 25, 2025, which was recognized as a Regulatory liability. ACE subsequently issued all bill credits to residential customers in September and October. As of December 31, 2025, there is no Regulatory liability remaining.

One Big Beautiful Bill Act (All Registrants).

On July 4, 2025, the OBBBA was signed into law. The bill permanently extends expiring tax benefits of the TCJA and provides additional tax relief for individuals and businesses while accelerating the phase-out and curtailment for renewable energy tax credits enacted by the IRA. The tax law changes enacted as part of OBBBA will not have a direct material impact on the Registrants’ financial statements.

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