Exelon is one of the nation’s largest electric and gas energy companies with more than $15 billion in annual revenues. It distributes electricity to more than 5.2 million customers in Illinois and Pennsylvania, and natural gas to approximately 472,000 customers in southeastern Pennsylvania. Exelon operates the largest and most efficient nuclear fleet in the United States and the third largest commercial nuclear fleet in the world. Headquartered in Chicago, Exelon trades on the NYSE under the ticker symbol EXC.

Mission Statement

“Exelon, through its predecessor companies, has been actively involved in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions since the mid-1990s as a way to demonstrate that business — and the power generation sector specifically — can begin the transition to a carbon-constrained future today.”

http://www.exeloncorp.com/environment/overview.aspx

Environmental Efforts/Products

• In May 2005, Exelon established a voluntary goal under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Climate Leaders program.
• The company committed to reduce its GHG emissions by 8 percent below 2001 levels by year-end 2008.
• It has also committed to work with and encourage its suppliers to reduce their GHG emissions. Exelon expects that GHG reductions will come from the use of cleaner energy, including renewables and landfill gas, energy and process efficiency initiatives, and carbon sequestration efforts.
• Exelon may also purchase carbon credits.
• Exelon has already ceased operations at several of its older, less efficient fossil-fuel plants, including Delaware Units 7 & 8 in Philadelphia, Pa.
• Exelon was named to the Climate Leadership Index 2006 (CLI) by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) in its recently issued report on corporate carbon disclosure.
• Exelon was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes’ (DJSI) North America Index in 2006.