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Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

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Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

Pursuant to the Audit and Risk Committee’s pre-approval policy, the Committee pre-approves all audit and non-audit services to be provided by the independent auditor taking into account the nature, scope, and projected fees of each service as well any potential implications for auditor independence. The policy specifically sets forth services that the independent auditor is prohibited from performing by applicable law or regulation. Further, the Audit and Risk Committee may prohibit other services that in its view may compromise, or appear to compromise, the independence and objectivity of the independent auditor. Predictable and recurring audit and permitted non-audit services will be considered for pre-approval by the Audit and Risk Committee on an annual basis.

For any services not covered by these initial pre-approvals, the Audit and Risk Committee has delegated authority to the Committee Chair to pre-approve any audit or permitted non-audit service with fees in amounts less than $500,000. Services with fees exceeding $500,000 require full Committee pre-approval. The Audit and Risk Committee receives quarterly reports on the actual services provided by and fees incurred with the independent auditor. No services were provided pursuant to the de minimis exception to the pre-approval requirements contained in the SEC’s rules.

Since we were a wholly owned subsidiary of Exelon as of December 31, 2021, for 2021 the Exelon Audit Committee reviewed the PricewaterhouseCoopers 2021 Audit Plan and proposed fees and concluded that the scope of audit was appropriate, and the proposed fees were reasonable. The following table presents the fees for professional services rendered by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for the audit of Constellation’s annual financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, and fees billed for other services provided during those periods. These fees include an allocation of amounts billed directly to Exelon. The fees include amounts related to the year indicated, which may differ from amounts billed.

Year Ended December 31,
(in thousands)20212020
Audit fees(a)$10,788$12,236
Audit related fees(b)1,080925
Tax fees(c)648416
All other fees(d)8616
Total$12,602$13,593

(a)Audit fees include financial statement audits and reviews under statutory or regulatory requirements and services that generally only the auditor reasonably can provide, including SEC financial statement audits and reviews, review of documents filed with the SEC, issuance of comfort letters and consents for debt issuances and other attest services required by statute or regulation.

(b)Audit related fees consist of assurance and related services that are traditionally performed by the principal auditor and are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the financial statements or other assurance services to comply with contractual requirements, financial accounting, or reporting and control consultations.

(c)Tax fees consist of tax compliance, planning and advice services, including tax return preparation, refund claims, tax payment planning, assistance with tax audits and appeals, advice related to mergers and acquisitions and transactions, or requests for rulings or technical advice from tax authorities.

(d)All other fees consist of system implementation quality assurance services and accounting research software license cost.

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