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"Table of Contents
"Item 1. Description of Proposed Transaction
"A. Introduction
"B. Description of Exelon and Its Subsidiaries
"1. Exelon, Generally
"2. The Exelon Utility Subsidiaries
"3. Direct Non-Utility Subsidiaries of Exelon
"4. Capitalization of Exelon
"C. Description of PSEG and Its Subsidiaries
"1. PSEG, Generally
"2. The PSEG Utility Subsidiary
"3. Direct Non-Utility Subsidiaries of PSEG
"4. Capitalization of PSEG
"D. Principal Terms of the Merger Agreement
"E. Accounting Treatment for the Merger
"F. Operation of the Combined System Post-Merger
"G. Exelon Generation Restructuring
"H. Generation Transactions
"1. Generation Divestiture Overview
"2. Generation Transactions Background
"3. Exelon Generation Restructuring
"4. Divestiture Generation Restructuring
"5. Summary of Relevant Provisions of the Code
"6. Section 1081 Recitals
"I. Affiliate Transactions
"1. Service Company Transactions
"2. Other Inter-Company Goods and Services At Cost
"J. Issuance of Common Stock in the Merger
"K. PSEG Indebtedness Assumed
"L. Modifications to 2004 Financing Order
"1. The 2004 Financing Order
"2. Requested Modifications or Extensions of 2004 Financing Order
"3. Parameters for Financing Authorization
"4. Filing of Certificates of Notification
"5. Increase in Shares for Plans; New and Adopted Plans
"6. Nonutility Money Pool
"7. Exelon Generation Tax-Exempt Financing
"8. Pro Forma Financial Information
"Item 2. Fees, Commissions And Expenses
"Item 3. Applicable Statutory Provisions
"A. Applicable Provisions
"B. Section 10 of the Act
"1. Section 10(b)(1)
"2. Section 10(b)(2)
"3. Section 10(b)(3)
"4. Section 10(c)(1)
"5. Section 10(c)(2)
"6. Section 10(f)
"C. Rules 53 and 54
"1. Rule 53 Generally
"2. EWG and FUCO Earnings and Losses
"3. Risk Analysis and Mitigation
"4. Financial Ratios
"5. State Commissions
"6. Rule 54
"Item 4. Regulatory Approvals
"Item 5. Procedure
"Item 6. Exhibits And Financial Statements
"A. Exhibits
"B. Financial Statements
"Item 7. Information as to Environmental Effects
"Item 8. Implementation of Section 1271(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM U-1/A
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO THE
APPLICATION-DECLARATION
UNDER
THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935
     
Exelon Corporation   Public Service
(and the Subsidiaries listed on the   Enterprise Group Incorporated
Signature Page hereto)   (on behalf of the Subsidiaries listed
10 South Dearborn Street   on the Signature Page hereto)
37th Floor   80 Park Plaza
Chicago, IL 60603   Newark, New Jersey 07102
(Name of companies filing this statement and address of principal executive office)
Exelon Corporation
(Name of top registered holding company)
     
Randall E. Mehrberg   R. Edwin Selover
Executive Vice President and   Senior Vice President and General
General Counsel   General Counsel
Exelon Corporation   Public Service Enterprise
10 South Dearborn Street   Group Incorporated
37th Floor   80 Park Plaza
Chicago, IL 60603   Newark, New Jersey 07102
(Name and address of agent for service)
The Commission is requested to send copies of all notices, orders and communications in
connection with this Application-Declaration to:
     
Scott N. Peters   Tamara L. Linde
Constance W. Reinhard   Jason A. Lewis
Exelon Corporation   PSEG Services Corporation
10 South Dearborn Street, 35 th Floor   80 Park Plaza
Chicago, Illinois 60603   Newark, New Jersey 07101
312-394-3604   973-430-8058
     
Joanne C. Rutkowski   Timothy M. Toy
Baker Botts L.L.P.   Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
1299 Pennsylvania Ave., NW   1540 Broadway
Washington, DC 20004   New York, NY 10036
202-639-7785   212-507-6118
     
William J. Harmon    
Jones Day    
77 West Wacker, Suite 3500    
Chicago, Illinois 60601    
312-782-3939    
 
 

 



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     Applicants hereby amend and restate their application/declaration (“Application”) as follows:
     On July 1, 2005, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued its “Order Authorizing Merger under Section 203 of the Federal Power Act”, 112 FERC ¶ 61, 011 (the “FERC Merger Order”), in Docket ECO5-43-000. 1 Among other things, the authorizations granted in the FERC Merger Order included FERC acceptance of a mitigation plan (the “Mitigation Plan”) involving “very substantial divestiture of generation” encompassing 6,600 MW of capacity.
On Monday, August 8, 2005, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (H.R. 6, 109th Cong.) was signed by the President and became law, Pub.L. 109-58. Title XII of the Energy Policy Act is the Electricity Modernization Act of 2005 (the “Modernization Act”). Subtitle F of the Modernization Act, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 (“PUHCA 2005”) repeals the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (the “Act”), effective six months after the date of enactment (the “Effective Date”). As explained more fully herein, Applicants are asking the Commission to issue an order granting the requested authority on or before December 15, 2005. Applicants remain hopeful that they will be able reach settlements in their various regulatory proceedings so as to permit a closing by year-end and enable investors and consumers to realize the benefits associated with the proposed transaction.
     Even if Applicants are unable to close the transaction before the Effective Date, an order approving Applicant’s plan pursuant to Section 11(e) of the Act is nonetheless critical to establish a basis for relief under Section 1081 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) in connection with the Generation Divestiture described herein. See section 1271(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which expressly provides that: “Tax treatment under section 1081 of the [Code] as a result of transactions ordered in compliance with the [Act] shall not be affected in any manner due to the repeal of that Act and the enactment of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005.” 2
 
Item 1. Description of Proposed Transaction
 
     A. Introduction.
     Applicants are seeking approval pursuant to Sections 6(a), 7, 8, 9, 10, 11(b)(1), 11(e), 12, 13, 32 and 33 of the Act and the rules thereunder to engage in various transactions related to the merger of Exelon
 
1   On August 29, 2005, the FERC issued its “Order Granting Rehearing For Further Consideration” in respect of the FERC Merger Order. The rehearing remains pending.
 
2   Consistent with the precedent, the Commission could issue its order subject to and expressly conditioned upon receipt of all necessary state approvals. Section 10(f) of the Act states that the Commission shall not approve a section 10 application “unless it appears to the satisfaction of the Commission that such State laws as may apply in respect of such application have been complied with, except where the Commission finds that compliance with such State laws would be detrimental to the carrying out of the provisions of section 11”. Pursuant to Rule 24(c)(2), when an issue under state law is raised, the Commission may approve the subject transaction under sections 10 and 11 of the Act, subject to compliance with state law. See, e.g., Central and Southwest Corp., Holding Company Act Rel. No. 22635 (September 16, 1982) (“If an issue under State law is raised, we may approve the transaction under section 10, subject to compliance with state law. This is the effect of rule 24(c)(2) promulgated under the Act”). Accord Entergy Corporation, Holding Co. Act Release No. 25952 (Dec. 17, 1993) (Commission approval conditioned upon issuance of final state order). The Commission can, therefore, issue the requested order on the Application subject to the terms and conditions prescribed in Rule 24 under the Act, specifically those under Rule 24(c)(2) (“Every order ... shall, unless otherwise expressly ordered, be subject to the following conditions: . . . (2) . . . That if the transaction is proposed to be carried out in whole or in part pursuant to the express authorization of any State commission, such transaction shall be carried out in accordance with such authorization, and if the same be modified, revoked or otherwise terminated, the effectiveness of the declaration or order granting the application shall be, without further order or the taking of any action by the Commission, revoked and terminated.”)

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Corporation (“Exelon”) and Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (“PSEG”), as described more fully herein.3
     On December 20, 2004, Exelon and PSEG, an electric and gas utility holding company that claims exemption from registration pursuant to Rule 2 under Section 3(a)(1) of the Act, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”).4 Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, PSEG will merge into Exelon (the “Merger”), thereby ending the separate corporate existence of PSEG. Each PSEG shareholder will be entitled to receive 1.225 shares of Exelon common stock for each PSEG share held and cash in lieu of any fraction of an Exelon share that a PSEG shareholder would have otherwise been entitled to receive. Exelon common stock will be unaffected by the Merger, with each issued and outstanding share remaining outstanding following the Merger as a share in the surviving company. Upon completion of the Merger, Exelon will change its name to Exelon Electric & Gas Corporation.5
     As the surviving company in the Merger, Exelon will remain the ultimate corporate parent of PECO Energy Company (“PECO”) and Commonwealth Edison Company (“ComEd”) and the other Exelon subsidiaries and become the ultimate corporate parent of Public Service Electric and Gas Company (“PSE&G”), a public utility company under the Act, and the other PSEG subsidiaries.
     Exelon will continue to be a registered public utility holding company under the Act until the Effective Date, and ComEd, PECO and PSE&G will continue to be operating franchised utility companies. Exelon will remain headquartered in Chicago but will also have energy trading and nuclear headquarters in southeastern Pennsylvania and generation headquarters in Newark, New Jersey. PSE&G will remain headquartered in Newark. PECO will remain headquartered in Philadelphia and ComEd will remain headquartered in Chicago.
     The Merger is subject to a number of usual and customary conditions precedent, including receipt by the parties of required state and federal regulatory approvals and filing of pre-merger notification statements under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (“HSR Act”), and the expiration or termination of the statutory waiting period thereunder. (See Item 4 — Regulatory Approvals.) The boards of directors of Exelon and PSEG have approved the proposed Merger, and the shareholders of Exelon have approved the issuance of shares of common stock by Exelon required by the Merger Agreement and the shareholders of PSEG have approved the Merger.
     In addition to the changes resulting from the Merger Agreement, the Applicants intend to revise their corporate structure (the “Exelon Generation Restructuring”). Although their plans are not yet completely finalized, the Applicants currently propose to implement the following changes, subject to approval, as required, by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). After obtaining necessary approvals and third party consents, PSEG Power LLC (“PSEG Power”) and its direct subsidiaries PSEG Nuclear LLC (“PSEG Nuclear”), PSEG Fossil LLC (“PSEG Fossil”) and PSEG Energy Resources & Trade LLC (“PSEG ER&T”) will all cease to exist as separate entities and will become part of Exelon Generation Company, LLC (“Exelon Generation”). The business functions of each of these former PSEG entities will become a part of the respective Exelon Generation business unit. It is anticipated that the subsidiaries owned by these PSEG entities will be retained as direct subsidiaries of Exelon Generation.
 
3   The Applicants are Exelon and its Subsidiaries listed on the Signature Page hereto, and PSEG and its Subsidiaries listed on the Signature Page hereto, and such other direct and indirect subsidiary companies that Exelon may hereinafter form or acquire in accordance with a Commission order or otherwise in accordance with the Act or a rule promulgated thereunder.
 
4   A copy of the Merger Agreement was filed with the Commission by Exelon with a Current Report on Form 8-K on December 21, 2004. The Merger Agreement is incorporated herein by reference. The description of the Merger Agreement herein is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement.
 
5   As appropriate in the context, the term “Exelon” refers variously to Exelon Corporation pre-Merger and to Exelon Electric & Gas Corporation post-Merger.

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     Also in connection with the Merger, PSE&G will become a direct subsidiary of Exelon Energy Delivery Company, LLC (“Delivery”). 6 The current subsidiaries of PSE&G will remain intact. PSEG Energy Holdings L.L.C. (“PSEG Holdings”) will become a subsidiary of Exelon, as the successor to PSEG. The current subsidiaries of PSEG Holdings will remain intact. PSEG Services Corporation (“PSEG Services”) will sell all of its assets to Exelon Business Services Company (“Exelon BSC”), change its name, and remain as a non-energy subsidiary. Exelon BSC will be the sole “service company” of Exelon.
     A summary diagram depicting Exelon’s proposed post-Merger corporate structure is filed herewith as Exhibit G-1. Diagrams depicting the existing corporate structure of the Exelon system as well as the PSEG system are filed herewith as Exhibits G-2 and G-3, respectively.
     Applicants’ Mitigation Plan was approved in the FERC Merger Order based on, among other things, a proposed Mitigation Plan to mitigate any generation market concentration concerns resulting from the Merger. One of the most significant aspect of the Mitigation Plan is the divestiture by sale of 4000 MW of generation capacity. 7 The sale will occur within twelve (12) months following close of the Merger. Approval of the Commission is requested for the disposition of this generating capacity because, as a result of the Exelon Generation Restructuring, the subject generation capacity would be owned by Exelon Generation, a public utility company under the Act. The disposition of generation capacity owned by Exelon Generation, as finally approved by FERC pursuant to post-Merger compliance filings required to be made by Exelon under the FERC Merger Order (the “Post-Merger FERC Compliance Filings”), is referred to as the Generation Divestiture.
     In connection with consummation of the Generation Divestiture, subsequent to the Exelon Generation Restructuring, the Applicants will make further revisions to their corporate structure (the “Divestiture Generation Restructurings”) in respect of the particular electric generating units, or interests therein, being sold. The Post-Merger FERC Compliance Filings will address the particular facts of the Divestiture Generating Restructurings. The Divestiture Generation Restructurings are described below at Item 1.H.4 below. The Exelon Generation Restructuring, the Divestiture Generation Restructuring and the Generation Divestiture are collectively called the “Generation Transactions”.
     In addition to authorization of the Merger, the Exelon Generation Restructuring, the Divestiture Generation Restructuring, and the Generation Divestiture, Applicants are requesting certain related approvals, including:
  1.   Authorizations related to service company and other affiliate transactions.
 
  2.   Issuance by Exelon of common stock in connection with the Merger and employee and director compensation plans as described below.
 
  3.   Authorization to the extent required of the consolidation (or replacement in lieu of consolidation) of existing indebtedness and obligations of PSEG and its subsidiaries as obligations of Exelon or its subsidiaries as a result of the Merger.
 
  4.   Necessary modifications to Exelon’s existing omnibus financing authority granted by order of April 1, 2004 in Holding Company Act Release No. 27830 (the “2004 Financing Order”).
 
6   This will be accomplished through a contribution of the common stock of PSE&G held by Exelon contemporaneously with the Merger to Delivery or other appropriate corporate transaction.
 
7   As explained more fully herein, on July 1, 2005, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) accepted a Mitigation Plan including the Generation Divestiture.

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  5.   Approval of a Section 11(e) plan in respect of the Generation Transactions and related approvals as necessary or appropriate in respect of the tax treatment afforded by Section 1081 of the Code.
     Applicants request that the Commission issue a final order granting the requested authority without an evidentiary hearing, as expeditiously as feasible, but no later than December 15, 2005.
 
     B. Description of Exelon and Its Subsidiaries
 
     1. Exelon, Generally
     Exelon was incorporated in Pennsylvania in February 1999. On October 20, 2000, Exelon became the ultimate parent corporation for PECO and ComEd, and registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Act.
     Exelon, through its subsidiaries, operates in two business segments – Delivery and Generation – as described below. In addition to Exelon’s two business segments, Exelon BSC, a subsidiary of Exelon, provides Exelon and its subsidiaries with financial, human resources, legal, information technology, supply management and corporate governance services, as well as direction and management of shared functions for Delivery. Exelon sold or wound down substantially all components of Exelon Enterprises Company, LLC (Enterprises) in 2004 and 2003. As a result, as of January 1, 2005, Enterprises is no longer reported as a segment.
     Delivery. Exelon’s energy delivery business consists of the purchase and sale of electricity and distribution and transmission services by ComEd in northern Illinois and by PECO in southeastern Pennsylvania and the purchase and sale of natural gas and distribution services by PECO in the Pennsylvania counties surrounding the City of Philadelphia.
     Generation. Exelon’s generation business consists of the owned and contracted for electric generating facilities and energy marketing operations of Exelon Generation, a 49.5% interest in two power stations in Mexico, and the competitive retail sales business of Exelon Energy Company.
 
     2. The Exelon Utility Subsidiaries
     Exelon indirectly owns all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Exelon Generation, all the issued and outstanding common stock of PECO and substantially all of the issued and outstanding common stock of ComEd, 8 and ComEd owns all the issued and outstanding common stock of Commonwealth Edison Company of Indiana, Inc. (the “Indiana Company”) (together, the “Exelon Utility Subsidiaries).
     PECO is engaged principally in the purchase, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity to residential, commercial and industrial customers in southeastern Pennsylvania and in the purchase, distribution and sale of natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial customers in the Pennsylvania counties surrounding the City of Philadelphia. PECO is subject to extensive regulation by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (“PAPUC”) as to electric and gas rates, the issuances of certain securities and certain other aspects of PECO’s operations. PECO is also subject to regulation by FERC as to transmission rates, gas pipelines and certain other aspects of its business.
 
8   In connection with the conversion of warrants and convertible preferred stock that were outstanding prior to the 2000 merger of Unicom Corporation with PECO Energy Corp., a small number of shares of common stock of ComEd (about 0.1% of the total outstanding) are not owned by Exelon but are held by third parties. See Exelon Corporation, Holding Co. Act Release No. 27256, note 4 (Oct. 19, 2000) (the “2000 Merger Order”).

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     PECO’s retail service territory covers approximately 2,100 square miles in southeastern Pennsylvania. PECO provides electric delivery service in an area of approximately 2,000 square miles, with a population of approximately 3.8 million, including 1.5 million in the City of Philadelphia. Natural gas service is supplied in an approximately 1,900 square mile area in southeastern Pennsylvania adjacent to Philadelphia, with a population of approximately 2.3 million. PECO delivers electricity to approximately 1.5 million customers and natural gas to approximately 460,000 customers.
     ComEd is engaged principally in the purchase, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity to a diverse base of residential, commercial, industrial and wholesale customers in northern Illinois. ComEd is subject to extensive regulation by the Illinois Commerce Commission (“ICC”) as to rates, the issuance of certain securities, and certain other aspects of ComEd’s operations. ComEd is also subject to regulation by the FERC as to transmission rates and certain other aspects of its business.
     ComEd’s retail service territory has an area of approximately 11,300 square miles and an estimated population of eight million. The service territory includes the City of Chicago, an area of about 225 square miles with an estimated population of three million. ComEd has approximately 3.7 million customers.
     Electric utility restructuring legislation was adopted in Pennsylvania in December 1996 and in Illinois in December 1997. Both Illinois and Pennsylvania permit competition by alternative generation suppliers for retail generation supply while transmission and distribution service remains fully regulated. Both states, through their regulatory agencies, established a phased approach for allowing customers to choose an alternative electric generation supplier, required rate reductions and imposed caps on rates during a transition period, and allowed the collection of competitive transition charges from customers to recover costs that might not otherwise be recovered in a competitive market.
     Effective as of January 1, 2001, Exelon effected a restructuring that involved the transfer of the electric generating assets of ComEd and PECO to Exelon Generation, a Pennsylvania limited liability company and a public utility company engaged in the generation, sale and purchase of electricity in Pennsylvania, Illinois and elsewhere and also engaged in the trading of other energy and energy-related commodities and development and ownership of exempt wholesale generators (“EWGs”).
     PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (“PJM”) is the independent system operator and the FERC-approved Regional Transmission Organization (“RTO”) for the Mid-Atlantic and a portion of the Midwest. PJM is the transmission provider under, and the administrator of, the PJM Open Access Transmission Tariff, operates the PJM Interchange Energy Market and Capacity Credit Markets, and conducts the day-to-day operations of the bulk power system of the PJM region. ComEd’s and PECO’s transmission systems are currently under the control of PJM and, by order dated October 28, 2004 (Holding Co. Act Release No. 27904) (the “PJM Order”), the Commission found that the electric utility properties of the Exelon system satisfy the interconnection requirement of Section 2(a)(29)(A) of the Act by reason of PJM’s operational control of the transmission assets of ComEd and PECO.9
     Each of ComEd and PECO is a public utility company within the meaning of the Act. ComEd is also a holding company exempt from registration pursuant to Section 3(a)(1) of the Act, by reason of its ownership of the Indiana Company, which is a fourth public utility company subsidiary, with no retail operations. Delivery is an intermediate registered holding company and a first-tier subsidiary of Exelon. Delivery owns all of the issued and outstanding common stock of PECO and substantially all of the issued and outstanding common stock of ComEd. See Note 7.
 
9   In the 2000 Merger Order approving the formation of Exelon, the Commission had found that the electric utility operations of Exelon constituted a single, integrated electric utility system, and that the gas utility operations of Exelon constituted a single, integrated gas utility system that was a permissible “additional” system under the standards of Section 2(a)(11) of the Act. The findings of the 2000 Merger Order were based in part on a certain 100 MW firm west-to-east transmission contract path (the Contract Path”). The PJM Order found that PJM’s operational control of the transmission assets of ComEd and PECO obviated the need for the Contract Path.

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     Exelon Generation is also an electric utility company within the meaning of the Act. Exelon Generation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Exelon Ventures Company, LLC (“Ventures”), which is an intermediate registered holding company and a first tier subsidiary of Exelon. Ventures and Delivery are referred to herein as the “Other Registered Holding Companies.” None of the Other Registered Holding Companies has securities outstanding in the hands of the public.
 
     3. Direct Non-Utility Subsidiaries of Exelon
     Exelon has direct wholly owned non-utility subsidiaries (in addition to its direct, wholly owned registered holding company subsidiaries, Ventures and Delivery), as follows:
     Exelon BSC, a service company, provides administrative, management and technical services to Exelon and its associate companies;
     Exelon Investment Holdings, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company, is a holding company for tax-advantaged housing transactions;
     UII, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company, is engaged in a like-kind exchange transaction pursuant to which a portion of the proceeds from the sale of ComEd’s fossil generating stations was invested in passive generating station leases with entities unrelated to Exelon. The generating stations were leased back to such entities as part of the transaction.10
     Exelon has the following additional direct subsidiaries: Unicom Assurance Company, Ltd., an inactive captive insurance company, Exelon Capital Trust I, an inactive finance company, Exelon Capital Trust II, an inactive finance company and Exelon Capital Trust III, an inactive finance company.
 
     4. Capitalization of Exelon
     The total authorized shares of capital stock of Exelon consist of (i) 1,200,000,000 shares of common stock, no par value and (ii) 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, no par value. 11 At the close of business on December 31, 2004, 664,187,996 shares of Exelon common stock were outstanding, and no shares of Exelon preferred stock were issued and outstanding. In addition, at that date (i) 2,499,865 shares of common stock were held by Exelon in its treasury, (ii) 25,205,285 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding options to purchase common stock granted under Exelon’s Long-Term Incentive Plan, Exelon’s Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended, and Exelon’s 1998 Stock Option Plan (together with Exelon’s Directors’ Stock Unit Plan, the “Exelon Stock Incentive Plans”), (iii) 14,777,078 shares of common stock were reserved for the grant of additional awards under the Exelon Stock Incentive Plans, (iv) 7,000,000 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to the Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan, (v) 624,495 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding performance shares, (vi) 216,000 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding units under Exelon’s Directors’ Stock Unit Plan, (vii) 5,357,745 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance under Exelon’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan, (viii) 1,060,053 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding restricted shares (shares of common stock subject to forfeiture) and (ix) 1,336,516 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding deferred shares (shares of common stock the issuance of which has been deferred pursuant to Exelon’s Deferred Compensation Plan).
 
10   Unicom Investment, Inc., an Illinois corporation, was reorganized as an Illinois limited liability company, UII, LLC on November 10, 2004.
 
11   By order dated July 12, 2005 (HCAR No. 28000) the Commission authorized Exelon to amend its Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to increase its authorized common stock to 2,000,000,000 shares.

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     As of December 31, 2004, Exelon’s capitalization on a consolidated basis was as follows:
EXELON CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL STRUCTURE
(Dollars in Millions)
As of December 31, 2004
Consolidated Capitalization
                 
            Capital Structure  
    Amount     Percentage  
Common Equity (includes Retained Earnings of $3,353)
  $ 9,423       40.79 %
 
               
Minority Interest
    42       0.18 %
Preferred and Preference Stock
    632       2.74 %
Securitization Obligations
    4,797       20.76 %
 
               
Long-Term Debt
    7,292       31.56 %
Current Maturities of Long-Term Debt
    427       1.85 %
     
Total Long-Term Debt
    7,719       33.41 %
 
               
Short-Term Debt
    490       2.12 %
     
 
               
Total Capital Structure
  $ 23,103       100.00 %
 
           
     Additional information regarding Exelon and its subsidiary companies is set forth in the following documents, each of which has been previously filed with the Commission and is incorporated herein by reference:
(i) Annual Report on Form 10-K of Exelon (Commission File No. 1-16169), ComEd (Commission File No. 1-1839), PECO (Commission File No. 1-1401) and Exelon Generation (Commission File Number No. 333-85496) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, filed with the Commission on February 23, 2005;
(ii) Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Exelon (Commission File No. 1-16169), ComEd (Commission File No. 1-1839), PECO (Commission File No. 1-1401) and Exelon Generation (Commission File Number No. 333-85496) for the quarters ending March 31, 2005 and June 30, 2005;
(iii)The following Current Reports on Form 8-K of Exelon (Commission File No. 1-16169):
         
Description   Filing Date  
Current report, item 8.01
    9/14/05  
Current report, item 7.01
    9/07/05  
Current report, item 8.01
    9/06/05  
Current report, item 8.01
    8/31/05  
Current report, item 8.01
    8/31/05  
Current report, item 8.01
    8/15/05  
Current report, item 7.01 and 9.01
    8/05/05  
Current report, item 2.02, 7.01, and 9.01
    7/21/05  
Current report, item 8.01 and 9.01
    7/12/05  

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Current report, item 8.01 and 9.01
    6/30/05  
[Amend] Current report, item 5.02
    6/30/05  
Current report, item 7.01
    6/28/05  
Current report, item 2.03 and 9.01
    6/10/05  
Current report, item 1.01 and 9.01
    6/07/05  
Current report, item 7.01
    5/18/05  
Current report, item 8.01 and 9.01
    5/13/05  
Current report, item 8.01 and 9.01
    5/10/05  
Current report, item 7.01
    5/09/05  
Current report, item 5.02
    4/27/05  
Current report, item 2.02, 7.01, and 9.01
    4/25/05  
Current report, item 7.01
    4/14/05  
Current report, item 8.01
    4/06/05  
Current report, item 1.01 and 2.03
    4/05/05  
Current report, item 7.01
    3/31/05  
Current report, item 2.03
    3/30/05  
Current report, item 7.01
    3/29/05  
Current report, items 1.01 and 2.03
    3/08/05  
Current report, item 8.01
    3/07/05  
Current report, item 5.02
    2/25/05  
(iv) Annual Report on Form U5S for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, filed with the Commission on April 29, 2005; and
(v) Definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) on June 3, 2005 (File No. 333-122074).
 
     C. Description of PSEG and Its Subsidiaries.
 
     1. PSEG, Generally.
     PSEG was incorporated under the laws of the State of New Jersey in 1985 and is an exempt public utility holding company. PSEG, through its subsidiaries, operates in three business segments — Delivery, Generation and Enterprises, as described below. In addition to PSEG’s three business segments, PSEG Services, a subsidiary of PSEG, provides PSEG and its subsidiaries with financial, human resources, legal, information technology, supply management and corporate governance services.
     Delivery – PSEG’s domestic energy delivery business consists of the transmission and distribution of electric energy and gas in New Jersey through PSE&G.
     Generation – PSEG’s generation businesses consist of the owned and contracted for electric generation facilities and energy marketing operations of the PSEG Power subsidiaries and the PSEG Global L.L.C. (“PSEG Global”) subsidiaries. PSEG Power has three principal direct wholly owned subsidiaries: PSEG Nuclear, PSEG Fossil and PSEG ER&T. The PSEG Power generation portfolio consists of approximately 14,607 MW of generation in the Northeast and Midwest. PSEG Global has equity ownership interests in approximately 2,404 MW of generation in North America. All the generation assets in the PSEG system are held by PSEG subsidiaries with EWG or foreign utility company (“FUCO”) status under the Act or qualifying facility (“QF”) status under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, as amended (“PURPA”).
     Enterprises – PSEG’s enterprise businesses consist primarily of (1) investments in energy-related financial transactions, leveraged leases, operating leases, leveraged buyout funds, marketable securities and a demand-side management business and (2) investments in international generation and delivery businesses qualified as EWGs and foreign utility companies through PSEG Resources L.L.C. (“PSEG Resources”) and through PSEG Global.

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     2. The PSEG Utility Subsidiary.
     PSE&G is a public utility company within the meaning of the Act and is the only utility subsidiary of PSEG. PSEG directly owns all of the issued and outstanding common stock of PSE&G.
     PSE&G is an electric and gas utility company engaged principally in the transmission and distribution of electric energy and gas in New Jersey. PSE&G is subject to extensive regulation by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (“NJBPU”) as to electric and gas rates, the issuance of securities and certain other aspects of PSE&G’s operations. PSE&G is also subject to regulation by the FERC as to electric transmission rates and certain other aspects of its business.
     PSE&G’s retail service territory covers a corridor of approximately 2,600 square miles running diagonally across New Jersey from Bergen County in the northeast to an area below the city of Camden in the southwest with a population of approximately 5.5 million. PSE&G provides service to approximately 2.0 million electric customers and approximately 1.6 million gas customers.
     PSE&G does not own or operate any electric generation facilities. PSE&G, pursuant to an order of the NJBPU issued under the provisions of the New Jersey Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act (“EDECA”), transferred all of its electric generation facilities, plant, equipment and wholesale power trading contracts to its affiliate PSEG ER&T in August 2000. Also, pursuant to an NJBPU order, PSE&G transferred its gas supply business, including its inventories and supply contracts, to PSEG ER&T in May 2002. PSE&G continues to own and operate its electric transmission and electric and gas distribution business. PSE&G has transferred functional control over its electric transmission facilities to PJM.
     All electric and gas customers in New Jersey have the ability to choose an electric energy and/or gas supplier. For those retail electric customers located in New Jersey who do not choose a competitive electric supplier, New Jersey’s Electric Distribution Companies (“EDCs”), including PSE&G, provide basic generation service (“BGS”) or provider of last resort service (“POLR”). The EDCs satisfy their BGS obligations through a competitive state-wide annual auction. PSE&G’s affiliate PSEG ER&T, has historically been a successful participant in these auctions and serves several EDCs including PSE&G.
     For those retail gas customers located in New Jersey who do not choose a competitive natural gas supplier, New Jersey’s gas distribution companies, including PSE&G, provide basic gas supply service (“BGSS”) or POLR. PSE&G has entered into a full requirements contract through 2007 with PSEG ER&T to meet the supply requirements of PSE&G’s gas customers. 12 PSEG ER&T charges PSE&G for the gas commodity costs, which PSE&G recovers from its customers. Any difference between rates charged by PSEG ER&T under the BGSS contract and rates charged to PSE&G’s customers are deferred and collected or refunded through future adjustments in retail rates.
     PSE&G’s natural gas facilities consist entirely of local gas distribution facilities in the State of New Jersey and neither PSE&G nor any other PSEG company owns any interstate natural gas facilities subject to the Natural Gas Act.
 
     3. Direct Non-Utility Subsidiaries of PSEG.
     PSEG has three direct wholly owned non-utility subsidiaries, PSEG Power, PSEG Holdings and PSEG Services:
     PSEG Power — PSEG Power has three principal direct wholly owned subsidiaries: PSEG Nuclear, which owns and operates nuclear generating stations; PSEG Fossil, which develops, owns and operates domestic fossil generating stations and other non-nuclear generating stations; and PSEG ER&T, which
 
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markets the capacity and production of PSEG Fossil’s and PSEG Nuclear’s stations, manages the commodity price risks and market risks related to generation and markets electricity, capacity, ancillary services and natural gas products on a wholesale basis. PSEG Power also provides specialized maintenance, repair and plant engineering services on energy-related electro-mechanical equipment to its affiliates.
     PSEG Nuclear is an EWG and has an ownership interest in five nuclear generating units and operates three of them: the Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, located in New Jersey, each owned 57.41% by PSEG Nuclear and 42.59% by Exelon Generation; and the Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station, located in New Jersey, which is 100% owned by PSEG Nuclear. Exelon Generation operates the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Units 2 and 3, located in Pennsylvania, each of which is 50% owned by PSEG Nuclear and 50% by Exelon Generation. PSEG Nuclear is subject to regulation by the FERC as to its wholesale electric sales and certain other aspects of its business. All of PSEG Nuclear’s generation assets are located in PJM. As explained below, it is contemplated that PSEG Nuclear will be merged into Exelon Generation.
     PSEG Fossil is an EWG and has direct interests in twelve generating stations in New Jersey and two in Pennsylvania. PSEG Fossil, together with Jersey Central Power and Light Company, is a co-licensee of the Yards Creek Pumped Storage Project, which has a FERC hydroelectric license (Project 2309). All of PSEG Fossil’s directly owned generating assets are located in PJM. PSEG Fossil has certain subsidiaries, that are also EWGs, that own generating stations in Connecticut, New York, Indiana and Ohio. PSEG Fossil is subject to regulation by the FERC as to its wholesale electric sales and certain other aspects of its business. As explained below, it is contemplated that PSEG Fossil will be merged into Exelon Generation and the subsidiaries owned by PSEG Fossil will be retained as direct subsidiaries of Exelon Generation.
     PSEG ER&T conducts energy trading operations and does not own any utility assets. PSEG ER&T is subject to regulation by the FERC as to its wholesale electric sales and certain other aspects of its business. As explained below, it is contemplated that PSEG ER&T will be merged into Exelon Generation.
     PSEG Holdings — PSEG Holdings has two principal subsidiaries: PSEG Resources, which invests primarily in energy-related, financial transactions, and PSEG Global, which invests in international generation and delivery businesses qualified as EWGs and FUCOs and domestic generation qualified as EWGs and QFs. 13
     PSEG Resources has investments in energy-related financial transactions and assets including leveraged leases, operating leases, leveraged buyout funds, limited partnerships and marketable securities. PSEG Resources also engages in demand side management services in New Jersey through its subsidiaries.
     PSEG Global, through various subsidiaries qualified as FUCOs and EWGs, has investments in electric generation, transmission and distribution facilities in selected international markets and through various subsidiaries qualified as EWGS and QFs, has investments in electric generation in selected domestic markets. PSEG Global’s domestic generation assets are located in California, Pennsylvania, Texas, New Hampshire and Hawaii.
     PSEG Services is a non-utility service company. As explained below, it is contemplated that PSEG Services will sell all of its assets to Exelon BSC, change its name, and remain as a subsidiary.
 
13   Neither PSEG Holdings nor any of its subsidiaries is a public utility company for purposes of the 1935 Act. PSEG Holdings and its subsidiaries are more fully described in Exhibit G-7.

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     4. Capitalization of PSEG.
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCORPORATED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL STRUCTURE
(Dollars in Millions)
As of December 31, 2004
Consolidated Capitalization
                 
            Capital Structure  
    Amount     Percentage  
Common Equity (includes Retained Earnings of $2,425)
  $ 5,739       29.03 %
 
               
Preferred and Preference Stock
    1,281       6.48 %
Securitization Obligations
    2,085       10.55 %
 
               
Long-Term Debt
    9,785       49.50 %
Current Maturities of Long-Term Debt
    240       1.21 %
     
Total Long-Term Debt
    10,025       50.71 %
 
               
Short-Term Debt
    638       3.23 %
     
 
               
Total Capital Structure
  $ 19,768       100.00 %
 
           
* * * * *
     Additional information regarding PSEG and its subsidiary companies is set forth in the following documents, each of which has been previously filed with the Commission and is incorporated herein by reference:
(i) Annual Report on Form 10-K of PSEG (Commission File No. 001-09120), PSE&G (Commission File No. 001-00973), PSEG Power (Commission File No. 001-49614), PSEG Holdings (Commission File No. 000-32503) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, filed with the Commission on March 1, 2005;
(ii) Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q of PSEG (Commission File No. 001-09120), PSE&G (Commission File No. 001-00973), PSEG Power (Commission File No. 001-49614), PSEG Holdings (Commission File No. 000-32503) for the quarters ended March 31, 2005 and June 30, 2005;
(iii)The following Current Reports on Form 8-K of PSEG (Commission File No. 001-09120):
         
Description   Filing Date  
Current report, item 8.01
    9/14/05  
Current report, item 7.01
    9/07/05  
Current report, item 8.01
    9/06/05  
Current report, item 8.01
    8/31/05  
Current report, item 8.01
    8/31/05  
Current report, item 8.01
    8/15/05  
Current report, item 7.01 and 9.01
    8/05/05  
Current report, item 2.02, 7.01, and 9.01
    7/21/05  
Current report, item 8.01 and 9.01
    7/12/05  
Current report, item 8.01 and 9.01
    6/30/05  
[Amend] Current report, item 5.02
    6/30/05  
Current report, item 7.01
    6/28/05  

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Current report, item 2.03 and 9.01
    6/10/05  
Current report, item 1.01 and 9.01
    6/07/05  
Current report, item 7.01
    5/18/05  
Current report, item 8.01 and 9.01
    5/13/05  
Current report, item 8.01 and 9.01
    5/10/05  
Current report, item 7.01
    5/09/05  
Current report, item 5.02
    4/27/05  
Current report, item 2.02, 7.01, and 9.01
    4/25/05  
Current report, item 7.01
    4/14/05  
Current report, item 8.01
    4/06/05  
Current report, item 1.01 and 2.03
    4/05/05  
Current report, item 7.01
    3/31/05  
Current report, item 2.03
    3/30/05  
Current report, item 7.01
    3/29/05  
Current report, items 1.01 and 2.03
    3/08/05  
Current report, item 7.01
    9/07/05  
Current report, item 8.01
    9/06/05  
Current report, item 8.01
    8/31/05  
Current report, item 8.01
    8/31/05  
Current report, item 8.01
    8/15/05  
Current report, item 7.01 and 9.01
    8/05/05  
Current report, item 2.02, 7.01, and 9.01
    7/21/05  
Current report, item 8.01 and 9.01
    7/12/05  
Current report, item 8.01 and 9.01
    6/30/05  
[Amend] Current report, item 5.02
    6/30/05  
Current report, item 7.01
    6/28/05  
Current report, item 2.03 and 9.01
    6/10/05  
Current report, item 1.01 and 9.01
    6/07/05  
Current report, item 7.01
    5/18/05  
Current report, item 8.01 and 9.01
    5/13/05  
Current report, item 8.01 and 9.01
    5/10/05  
Current report, item 7.01
    5/09/05  
Current report, item 5.02
    4/27/05  
Current report, item 2.02, 7.01, and 9.01
    4/25/05