UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
November 6, 2015
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
Commission File Number | Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter; State of Incorporation; Address of Principal Executive Offices; and Telephone Number | IRS Employer Identification Number | ||
| 1-16169 | EXELON CORPORATION (a Pennsylvania corporation) 10 South Dearborn Street P.O. Box 805379 Chicago, Illinois 60680-5379 (800) 483-3220 | 23-2990190 | ||
| 1-1910 | BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (a Maryland corporation) 2 Center Plaza 110 West Fayette Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201 (410) 234-5000 | 52-0280210 |
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Section 8 – Other Events
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On November 6, 2015, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) filed an application with the Maryland Public Service Commission (MDPSC) seeking increases of $135.2 million and $77.8 million to its electric and gas distribution base rates, respectively. The requested rates of return on equity in the application are 7.74% and 7.69% for electric and gas distribution, respectively. BGE is also proposing to recover an annual increase of $30 million for Baltimore City conduit fees through a tracker mechanism. The new electric and gas distribution base rates are expected to take effect in June 2016. BGE cannot predict how much of the requested increases the MDPSC will approve or if it will approve BGE’s request for a conduit fee tracker mechanism.
Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K is BGE’s press release regarding its filing with the MDPSC.
Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (d) | Exhibits. |
Exhibit | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release | |
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This combined Form 8-K is being furnished separately by Exelon Corporation (Exelon) and BGE (Registrants). Information contained herein relating to any individual Registrant has been furnished by such Registrant on its own behalf. No Registrant makes any representation as to information relating to any other Registrant.
This Current Report includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are subject to risks and uncertainties. The factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include those discussed herein as well as those discussed in (1) Exelon’s 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K in (a) ITEM 1A. Risk Factors, (b) ITEM 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and (c) ITEM 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data: Note 22; (2) Exelon’s Third Quarter 2015 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q in (a) Part II, Other Information, ITEM 1A. Risk Factors; (b) Part 1, Financial Information, ITEM 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and (c) Part I, Financial Information, ITEM 1. Financial Statements: Note 19; and (3) other factors discussed in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Registrants. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this Current Report. None of the Registrants undertakes any obligation to publicly release any revision to its forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Current Report.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| EXELON CORPORATION |
/S/ Jonathan W. Thayer |
| Jonathan W. Thayer |
| Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
| Exelon Corporation |
| BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY |
/S/ David M. Vahos |
| David M. Vahos |
| Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
| Baltimore Gas and Electric Company |
November 6, 2015
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