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Encyclopedia > Exelon
Exelon Corporation
Type Public (NYSE: EXC)
Founded Merger of PECO Energy and Unicom in October (2000)
Headquarters Chicago, Illinois, USA
Key people John W. Rowe, CEO, Chairman, & President
Industry Electric Utility
Products Electricity, Natural Gas
Revenue $15.656 Billion USD (2006)
Net income $1.59 Billion USD (2006)
Employees 17,200 (2007)
Website exeloncorp.com

Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC) is an electricity generating and distributing company headquartered in Chicago. It was created in October, 2000 by the merger of PECO Energy Company and Unicom, of Philadelphia and Chicago respectively. Unicom owned Commonwealth Edison. Exelon has 5.2 million electricity customers and, in the Philadelphia suburbs, 460,000 natural gas customers. Exelon (rivastigmine tartrate) is a pharmaceutical product developed and marketed by Novartis for the treatment of Alzheimers disease. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Board, is a New York City-based stock exchange. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... An electric utility is a company (often a public utility) that engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity for sale generally in a regulated market. ... Electricity (from New Latin Ä“lectricus, amberlike) is a general term for a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. ... For other uses, see Natural gas (disambiguation). ... For the tax agency in Ireland of the same name, see Revenue Commissioners. ... USD redirects here. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Net income is equal to the income that a firm has after subtracting costs and expenses from the total revenue. ... USD redirects here. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about work. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... A website (alternatively, web site or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or more web servers, usually accessible via the Internet. ... The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Board, is a New York City-based stock exchange. ... For other uses, see Chicago (disambiguation). ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Commonwealth Edison (usually called Com Ed by Chicagoans) is an electric company in Illinois owned by Exelon Corporation. ... For other uses, see Philadelphia (disambiguation) and Philly. ...


In June, 2005 Exelon had full or majority ownership of 19 nuclear reactors in 11 nuclear power plants. Core of a small nuclear reactor used for research. ... A nuclear power station. ...


On June 30, 2005 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the merger of Exelon and Public Service Enterprise Group Inc., a New Jersey utility. Under this merger, Exelon would have become the largest utility in the United States.[1] The two companies later broke off the agreement[2] due to pressure put on the NJ Board of Public Utilities by public interest groups, including New Jersey Citizen Action.[3]The merger sat pending in front of the NJBPU for nineteen months before Exelon concluded that they were fighting a losing battle.[4] is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is the United States federal agency with jurisdiction over interstate electricity sales, wholesale electric rates, hydroelectric licensing, natural gas pricing, and oil pipeline rates. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ...


A shareholder resolution filed by one Exelon shareholder for the Company's 2008 annual meeting criticizes executive pay levels at the Company.(see [1])

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Political activity

Exelon's Political Action Committee is EXELONPAC.[5] In the United States, a political action committee, or PAC, is the name commonly given to a private group organized to elect or defeat government officials in order to promote legislation, often supporting the groups special interests. ...


Exelon facilities

Nuclear generation

Byron Nuclear Generating Station, August 2007

Exelon is a leading nuclear power plant operator in the United States.

The Braidwood nuclear power plant is located in Will County in northeastern Illinois. ... The Byron nuclear power plant is located in Ogle County, Illinois. ... The Clinton Power Station and is 5,000-acre cooling reservoir are located on a 14000-acre site near Clinton, Illinois, USA. Clintons final construction cost exceeded $4 billion, leading the plant to produce some of the most expensive power in the Midwest. ... Dresden, Illinois is the USA’s first Nuclear Power Plant ever built. ... -1... The Limerick nuclear power facility in Pennsylvania has two General Electric boiling water reactor (BWR) units, cooled by natural draft cooling towers. ... Oyster Creek nuclear power station is a single unit thermal boiling water reactor power plant located on an 800-acre (3. ... Peach Bottom NGS, a nuclear power plant, is located 60 miles (97 km) south of Harrisburg in Peach Bottom Township, York County, Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River. ... Quad Cities is a two-unit nuclear power plant located near Cordova, Illinois, USA on the Mississippi River. ... The Salem Nuclear Power Plant is a two unit pressurized water nuclear generating station located in southern New Jersey in the United States. ... Three Mile Island redirects here. ... Zion Station is the third dual-reactor station in the Commonwealth Edison network and serves Chicago and the northern one-fourth of Illinois. ...

Other generation

Hydro

The Conowingo Dam (also Conowingo Hydroelectric Plant, Conowingo Hydroelectric Station) is a large hydroelectric dam in the Lower Susquehanna River. ... Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility is a pumped-storage hydroelectric generation facility in Drumore Township, Pennsylvania, USA. When completed in 1968[1], Muddy Run was the largest pumped-storage facility in the world. ...

Fossil Fuel

Numerous sites in:

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Renewable

  • Fairless Hills Generating Station (Pennsylvania) (landfill gass)
  • Mill Run Wind Farm (Pennsylvania)
  • Mountaineer Wind Energy Center (West Virginia)
  • Somerset Wind Farm (Pennsylvania)
  • Waymart Wind Energy Center (Pennsylvania)

Exelon does not own the wind farms, but has an agreement for their entire output.


Environmental Record

In 2005 Exelon was required to pay $602,000 for exceeding the permitted sulfur dioxide emission limit from April through October 2004 at Cromby Generating Station in Chester County, Pennsylvania.[6] Sulfur dioxide (or Sulphur dioxide) has the chemical formula SO2. ...


External links

  • Exelon Corporation website

References

  1. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8419580
  2. ^ Press Releases
  3. ^ NJCA in the News
  4. ^ Press Releases
  5. ^ Exelon Corp | OpenSecrets
  6. ^ AmeriScan: June 30, 2005

  Results from FactBites:
 
Fact Sheet 1 - Exelon Braidwood Nuclear Facility (898 words)
While working with the Exelon Dresden nuclear power plant in the fall of 2004, where tritium was detected in some on-site wells, Illinois EPA became aware of the potential for tritium contamination in groundwater at this type of facility.
In discussions with Exelon, Illinois EPA was made aware of a November 2000 release from Vacuum Breaker #2 (VB2) on the pipeline that carries process water east to the Kankakee River.
Exelon indicated that tritium has not been introduced to the pipeline since November 23, 2005 and will not be introduced to the line until the line has been tested for leaks.
Exelon, Rivastigmine tartrate, side effects, drug interactions, overdose, dosage (577 words)
Exelon is used in the treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.
Exelon should be taken with food in the morning and in the evening.
Exelon is not intended for women of child-bearing age, and its effects during pregnancy and breastfeeding have not been studied.
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