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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
| ☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021
or
| ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
| Commission File Number | Name of Registrant; State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation; Address of Principal Executive Offices; and Telephone Number | IRS Employer Identification Number | ||||||||||||
| 001-41137 | CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORPORATION | 87-1210716 | ||||||||||||
| (a Pennsylvania corporation) 1310 Point Street Baltimore, Maryland 21231-3380 (610) 765-5959 | ||||||||||||||
| 333-85496 | CONSTELLATION ENERGY GENERATION, LLC | 23-3064219 | ||||||||||||
| (a Pennsylvania limited liability company) 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 19348-2473 (610) 765-5959 |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||||||||
| CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORPORATION: | ||||||||||||||
| Common Stock, without par value | CEG | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
| Constellation Energy Corporation | Yes | ☐ | No | x | |||||||||||||
| Constellation Energy Generation, LLC | Yes | ☐ | No | x |
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.
| Constellation Energy Corporation | Yes | ☐ | No | x | |||||||||||||
| Constellation Energy Generation, LLC | Yes | ☐ | No | x |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
| Constellation Energy Corporation | Yes | ☐ | No | x | |||||||||||||
| Constellation Energy Generation, LLC | Yes | x | No | ☐ |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ý No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Constellation Energy Corporation | Large Accelerated Filer | ☐ | Accelerated Filer | ☐ | Non-accelerated Filer | x | Smaller Reporting Company | ☐ | Emerging Growth Company | ☐ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constellation Energy Generation, LLC | Large Accelerated Filer | ☐ | Accelerated Filer | ☐ | Non-accelerated Filer | x | Smaller Reporting Company | ☐ | Emerging Growth Company | ☐ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐ No x
Prior to the separation of registrants from Exelon Corporation on February 1, 2022, the registrants were wholly owned subsidiaries of Exelon Corporation. Consequently, there was no aggregate market value of common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrants as of June 30, 2021, the last business day of the registrants’ most recently completed second fiscal quarter.
The number of shares outstanding of each registrant’s common stock as of February 1, 2022 was as follows:
| Constellation Energy Corporation Common Stock, without par value | 326,663,937 | ||||
| Constellation Energy Generation, LLC | Not applicable |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS | ||||||||
| Constellation Energy Corporation and Related Entities | ||||||||
| CEG Parent | Constellation Energy Corporation | |||||||
| Constellation | Constellation Energy Generation, LLC (formerly Exelon Generation Company, LLC) | |||||||
| Registrants | CEG Parent and Constellation, collectively | |||||||
| Exelon | Exelon Corporation | |||||||
| ComEd | Commonwealth Edison Company | |||||||
| PECO | PECO Energy Company | |||||||
| BGE | Baltimore Gas and Electric Company | |||||||
| Pepco Holdings or PHI | Pepco Holdings LLC (formerly Pepco Holdings, Inc.) | |||||||
| Pepco | Potomac Electric Power Company | |||||||
| DPL | Delmarva Power & Light Company | |||||||
| ACE | Atlantic City Electric Company | |||||||
| Antelope Valley | Antelope Valley Solar Ranch One | |||||||
| BSC | Exelon Business Services Company, LLC | |||||||
| CENG | Constellation Energy Nuclear Group, LLC | |||||||
| CR | Constellation Renewables, LLC (formerly ExGen Renewables IV, LLC) | |||||||
| CRP | Constellation Renewables Partners, LLC (formerly ExGen Renewables Partners, LLC) | |||||||
| FitzPatrick | James A. FitzPatrick nuclear generating station | |||||||
| Ginna | R. E. Ginna nuclear generating station | |||||||
| NER | NewEnergy Receivables LLC | |||||||
| NMP | Nine Mile Point nuclear generating station | |||||||
| Pepco Energy Services or PES | Pepco Energy Services, Inc. and its subsidiaries | |||||||
| RPG | Renewable Power Generation, LLC | |||||||
| SolGen | SolGen, LLC | |||||||
| TMI | Three Mile Island nuclear facility |
| GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS | ||||||||
| Other Terms and Abbreviations | ||||||||
| AEC | Alternative Energy Credit that is issued for each megawatt hour of generation from a qualified alternative energy source | |||||||
| AESO | Alberta Electric Systems Operator | |||||||
| ARC | Asset Retirement Cost | |||||||
| ARO | Asset Retirement Obligation | |||||||
| ASA | Asset Sale Agreement | |||||||
| Bcf | Billion cubic feet | |||||||
| Brookfield Renewable | Brookfield Renewable Partners, L.P. | |||||||
| CAIDI | Customer Average Interruption Duration Index | |||||||
| CAISO | California ISO | |||||||
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended | |||||||
| C&I | Commercial and Industrial | |||||||
| Clean Air Act | Clean Air Act of 1963, as amended | |||||||
| Clean Energy Law | Illinois Public Act 102-0062 signed into law on September 15, 2021 | |||||||
| Clean Water Act | Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972, as amended | |||||||
| CMC | Carbon Mitigation Credit | |||||||
| CODM | Chief Operating Decision Maker | |||||||
| CORe | Constellation Offsite Renewables | |||||||
| DCPSC | District of Columbia Public Service Commission | |||||||
| DEPSC | Delaware Public Service Commission | |||||||
| DOE | United States Department of Energy | |||||||
| DOEE | Department of Energy & Environment | |||||||
| DOJ | United States Department of Justice | |||||||
| DPP | Deferred Purchase Price | |||||||
| EDF | Electricite de France SA and its subsidiaries | |||||||
| EFEC | Emissions-Free Energy Certificate | |||||||
| EIMA | Energy Infrastructure Modernization Act (Illinois Senate Bill 1652 and Illinois House Bill 3036) | |||||||
| EPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency | |||||||
| ERCOT | Electric Reliability Council of Texas | |||||||
| ERISA | Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended | |||||||
| ESG | Environmental, Social, and Governance | |||||||
| EV | Electric Vehicle | |||||||
| FERC | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | |||||||
| Form 10 | Amendment Number 2 to our General Form for Registration of Securities on Form 10, filed with the SEC on December 20, 2021 and declared effective by the SEC on December 29, 2021, as supplemented by Exhibit 99.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 28, 2022. | |||||||
| Former PECO Units | Limerick, Peach Bottom, and Salem nuclear generating units | |||||||
| Former ComEd Units | Braidwood, Byron, Dresden, LaSalle and Quad Cities nuclear generating units | |||||||
| FRCC | Florida Reliability Coordinating Council | |||||||
| FRR | Fixed Resource Requirement | |||||||
| GAAP | Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States | |||||||
| GHG | Greenhouse Gas | |||||||
| GWh | Gigawatt hour | |||||||
| ICC | Illinois Commerce Commission | |||||||
| ICE | Intercontinental Exchange | |||||||
| IPA | Illinois Power Agency | |||||||
| IRC | Internal Revenue Code | |||||||
| IRS | Internal Revenue Service | |||||||
| ISO | Independent System Operator | |||||||
| ISO-NE | ISO New England Inc. | |||||||
| kWh | Kilowatt-hour | |||||||
| LIBOR | London Interbank Offered Rate | |||||||
| LIPA | Long Island Power Authority | |||||||
| LLRW | Low-Level Radioactive Waste | |||||||
| LTIP | Long-Term Incentive Plan | |||||||
| MATS | U.S. EPA Mercury and Air Toxics Standards | |||||||
| MDE | Maryland Department of the Environment | |||||||
| MDPSC | Maryland Public Service Commission | |||||||
| MISO | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. | |||||||
| MOPR | Minimum Offer Price Rule | |||||||
| MPSC | Missouri Public Service Commission | |||||||
| MW | Megawatt | |||||||
| MWh | Megawatt hour | |||||||
| NAV | Net Asset Value | |||||||
| NDT | Nuclear Decommissioning Trust | |||||||
| NEIL | Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited | |||||||
| NERC | North American Electric Reliability Corporation | |||||||
| NGX | Natural Gas Exchange, Inc. | |||||||
| NJDEP | New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection | |||||||
| Non-Regulatory Agreement Units | Nuclear generating units or portions thereof whose decommissioning-related activities are not subject to contractual elimination under regulatory accounting | |||||||
| NOSA | Nuclear Operating Services Agreement | |||||||
| NPDES | National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System | |||||||
| NPNS | Normal Purchase Normal Sale scope exception | |||||||
| NRC | Nuclear Regulatory Commission | |||||||
| NWPA | Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 | |||||||
| NYISO | New York ISO | |||||||
| NYMEX | New York Mercantile Exchange | |||||||
| NYPSC | New York Public Service Commission | |||||||
| OPEB | Other Postretirement Employee Benefits | |||||||
| PA DEP | Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection | |||||||
| PAPUC | Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission | |||||||
| PCAOB | Public Company Accounting Oversight Board | |||||||
| PG&E | Pacific Gas and Electric Company | |||||||
| PJM | PJM Interconnection, LLC | |||||||
| PPA | Power Purchase Agreement | |||||||
| PP&E | Property, Plant, and Equipment | |||||||
| Price-Anderson Act | Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act of 1957 | |||||||
| PRP | Potentially Responsible Parties | |||||||
| PSDAR | Post-shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report |
| PSEG | Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated | |||||||
| PUCT | Public Utility Commission of Texas | |||||||
| PV | Photovoltaic | |||||||
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended | |||||||
| REC | Renewable Energy Credit which is issued for each megawatt hour of generation from a qualified renewable energy source | |||||||
| Regulatory Agreement Units | Nuclear generating units or portions thereof whose decommissioning-related activities are subject to contractual elimination under regulatory accounting | |||||||
| RFP | Request for Proposal | |||||||
| RGGI | Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative | |||||||
| RIN | Renewable Identification Number | |||||||
| RMC | Risk Management Committee | |||||||
| RNF | Revenue Net of Purchased Power and Fuel Expense | |||||||
| ROE | Return on equity | |||||||
| ROU | Right-of-use | |||||||
| RPS | Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards | |||||||
| RTO | Regional Transmission Organization | |||||||
| S&P | Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services | |||||||
| SAIFI | System Average Interruption Frequency Index | |||||||
| SEC | United States Securities and Exchange Commission | |||||||
| SERC | SERC Reliability Corporation (formerly Southeast Electric Reliability Council) | |||||||
| SNF | Spent Nuclear Fuel | |||||||
| SOFR | Secured Overnight Financing Rate | |||||||
| SOS | Standard Offer Service | |||||||
| SPP | Southwest Power Pool | |||||||
| STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics | |||||||
| TWh | Terawatt-hour | |||||||
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit | United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | |||||||
| VIE | Variable Interest Entity | |||||||
| WECC | Western Electric Coordinating Council | |||||||
| ZEC | Zero Emission Credit | |||||||
| ZES | Zero Emission Standard |
FILING FORMAT
This combined Annual Report on Form 10-K is being filed separately by Constellation Energy Corporation and Constellation Energy Generation, LLC, (Registrants). Information contained herein relating to any individual Registrant is filed by the Registrant on its own behalf.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
This Report contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Words such as “could,” “may,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “will,” “targets,” “goals,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “predicts,” and variations on such words, and similar expressions that reflect our current views with respect to future events and operational, economic and financial performance, are intended to identify such forward-looking statements.
The factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements made by us include those factors discussed herein, including those factors discussed in (a) Part I, ITEM 1A. Risk Factors, (b) Part II, ITEM 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, (c) Part II, ITEM 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data: Note 19, Commitments and Contingencies, and (d) other factors discussed in filings with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this 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 Report.
WHERE TO FIND MORE INFORMATION
The SEC maintains an Internet site at www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information that we file electronically with the SEC. These documents are also available to the public from commercial document retrieval services and our website at www.ConstellationEnergy.com. Information contained on our website shall not be deemed incorporated into, or to be a part of, this Report.
PART I