Constellation Energy 10-K 2022-12-31
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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, 2022
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 (833) 883-0162 | ||||||||||||||
| 333-85496 | CONSTELLATION ENERGY GENERATION, LLC | 23-3064219 | ||||||||||||
| (a Pennsylvania limited liability company) 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 19348-2473 (833) 883-0162 |
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 | x | No | ☐ | |||||||||||||
| 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 | x | No | ☐ | |||||||||||||
| 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 | x | Accelerated Filer | ☐ | Non-accelerated Filer | ☐ | 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. ☒
If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. o
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐ No x
The estimated aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by nonaffiliates of each registrant as of June 30, 2022 was as follows:
| Constellation Energy Corporation | $18,711,601,222 | ||||
| Constellation Energy Generation, LLC | Not applicable |
The number of shares outstanding of each registrant’s common stock as of January 31, 2023 was as follows:
| Constellation Energy Corporation Common Stock, without par value | 327,131,082 | ||||
| Constellation Energy Generation, LLC | Not applicable |
Documents Incorporated by Reference
Portions of the Registrants’ Definitive Proxy Statement relating to the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this report. The Registrants expect to file the Definitive Proxy Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after December 31, 2022.
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 | |||||||
| Antelope Valley | Antelope Valley Solar Ranch One | |||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| RPG | Renewable Power Generation, LLC | |||||||
| SolGen | SolGen, LLC | |||||||
| TMI | Three Mile Island nuclear facility |
| Former Related Entities | ||||||||
| Exelon | Exelon Corporation | |||||||
| ComEd | Commonwealth Edison Company | |||||||
| PECO | PECO Energy Company | |||||||
| BGE | Baltimore Gas and Electric Company | |||||||
| PHI | Pepco Holdings LLC (formerly Pepco Holdings, Inc.) | |||||||
| Pepco | Potomac Electric Power Company | |||||||
| DPL | Delmarva Power & Light Company | |||||||
| ACE | Atlantic City Electric Company | |||||||
| BSC | Exelon Business Services Company, LLC |
| GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS | ||||||||
| Other Terms and Abbreviations | ||||||||
| ABO | Accumulated Benefit Obligation | |||||||
| AEC | Alternative Energy Credit that is issued for each megawatt hour of generation from a qualified alternative energy source | |||||||
| AESO | Alberta Electric Systems Operator | |||||||
| AOCI | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | |||||||
| APBO | Accumulated Post-Retirement Benefit Obligation | |||||||
| ARC | Asset Retirement Cost | |||||||
| ARO | Asset Retirement Obligation | |||||||
| ASA | Asset Sale Agreement | |||||||
| Atomic Energy Act | Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended | |||||||
| Bcf | Billion cubic feet | |||||||
| Brookfield Renewable | Brookfield Renewable Partners, L.P. | |||||||
| CAISO | California ISO | |||||||
| CBAs | Collective Bargaining Agreements | |||||||
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended | |||||||
| CES | Clean Energy Standard | |||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| CPP | Clean Power Plan | |||||||
| CTV | Constellation Technology Ventures | |||||||
| DCPSC | District of Columbia Public Service Commission | |||||||
| DEPSC | Delaware Public Service Commission | |||||||
| DOE | United States Department of Energy | |||||||
| DOJ | United States Department of Justice | |||||||
| DPP | Deferred Purchase Price | |||||||
| EBITDA | Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization | |||||||
| EDF | Electricite de France SA and its subsidiaries | |||||||
| EFEC | Emissions-Free Energy Certificate | |||||||
| EMT | Everett Marine Terminal | |||||||
| EPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency | |||||||
| ERCOT | Electric Reliability Council of Texas | |||||||
| ERISA | Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended | |||||||
| EROA | Expected Rate of Return on Assets | |||||||
| ESG | Environmental, Social, and Governance | |||||||
| ERP | Enterprise Resource Program | |||||||
| EV | Electric Vehicle | |||||||
| Federal Power Act | Federal Power Act of 1920, as amended | |||||||
| FERC | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | |||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| IRA | Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 | |||||||
| IRC | Internal Revenue Code | |||||||
| IRS | Internal Revenue Service | |||||||
| ISO | Independent System Operator | |||||||
| ISO-NE | ISO New England Inc. | |||||||
| ITC | Investment Tax Credit | |||||||
| kWh | Kilowatt-hour | |||||||
| LIBOR | London Interbank Offered Rate | |||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| MRV | Market-Related Value | |||||||
| MPSC | Missouri Public Service Commission | |||||||
| MW | Megawatt | |||||||
| MWh | Megawatt hour | |||||||
| N/A | Not applicable | |||||||
| NAV | Net Asset Value | |||||||
| NASDAQ | Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. | |||||||
| NDT | Nuclear Decommissioning Trust | |||||||
| NEIL | Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited | |||||||
| NEPA | National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 | |||||||
| NERC | North American Electric Reliability Corporation | |||||||
| NGX | Natural Gas Exchange, Inc. | |||||||
| NJBPU | New Jersey Board of Public Utilities | |||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| OIESO | Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator | |||||||
| OPEB | Other Postretirement Employee Benefits |
| PA DEP | Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection | |||||||
| PAPUC | Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission | |||||||
| PCAOB | Public Company Accounting Oversight Board | |||||||
| PBO | Projected Benefit Obligation | |||||||
| Pension Protection Act (the Act) | Pension Protection Act of 2006 | |||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| PTC | Production Tax Credit | |||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| RMP | Risk Management Policy | |||||||
| RNF | Revenue Net of Purchased Power and Fuel Expense | |||||||
| RNG | Renewable Natural Gas | |||||||
| ROE | Return on equity | |||||||
| ROU | Right-of-use | |||||||
| RPS | Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards | |||||||
| RTO | Regional Transmission Organization | |||||||
| S&P | Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services | |||||||
| SEC | United States Securities and Exchange Commission | |||||||
| SERC | SERC Reliability Corporation (formerly Southeast Electric Reliability Council) | |||||||
| SNF | Spent Nuclear Fuel | |||||||
| SOA | Society of Actuaries | |||||||
| SOFR | Secured Overnight Financing Rate | |||||||
| SOS | Standard Offer Service | |||||||
| SPP | Southwest Power Pool | |||||||
| SSA | Social Security Administration | |||||||
| 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 by the Registrants.
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
Item 1. General
General
On February 21, 2021, the Board of Directors of Exelon Corporation (“Exelon”) authorized management to pursue a plan to separate its competitive generation and customer-facing energy businesses, conducted through Constellation Energy Generation, LLC (“Constellation”, formerly Exelon Generation Company, LLC) and its subsidiaries, into an independent, publicly traded company. Constellation Energy Corporation (“CEG Parent” or the “Company”), a Pennsylvania corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Exelon, was newly formed for the purpose of separation and had not engaged in any activities except in preparation for the distribution. On February 1, 2022, Exelon completed the separation by distributing all the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock, on a pro rata basis to the holders of Exelon’s common stock, with the Company holding all the interests in Constellation previously held by Exelon (the "Separation"). As of 2002, Constellation has been an individual registrant since the registration of their public debt securities under the Securities Act. As an individual registrant, Constellation has historically filed consolidated financial statements to reflect their financial position and operating results as a stand-alone, wholly owned subsidiary of Exelon.
Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, references herein to the terms "we," "our," "us" and "the Company" refer collectively to CEG Parent and Constellation. See Glossary for defined terms.
Our Business
We are the nation’s largest producer of carbon-free energy and a leading supplier of energy products and services to businesses, homes, community aggregations and public sector customers across the continental United States, including three-fourths of Fortune 100 companies. Our generation fleet of nuclear, hydro, wind, natural gas, and solar generation facilities has the generating capacity to power the equivalent of 15 million homes, producing 11 percent of the carbon-free energy in the United States. Constellation’s fleet is helping to accelerate the nation’s transition to a carbon-free future with more than 32,355 megawatts of capacity and an annual output that is nearly 90 percent carbon-free. This makes us an important partner to businesses and state and local governments that are setting ambitious carbon-reduction goals and seeking long-term solutions to the climate crisis. We employ approximately 13,370 people, and do business in 48 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
Our generation fleet produces more clean, carbon-free energy than any other company in the United States. We are committed to a clean energy future, and we believe our generation fleet is essential to helping meet clean energy targets, at both the state and national level. Our customer-facing business is one of the nation's largest competitive energy suppliers, offering innovative solutions along the sustainability continuum to meet customer clean energy and climate goals.
Our Operations
We operate the largest carbon-free generation fleet in the nation and are one of the largest competitive electric generation companies in the country, as measured by owned and contracted MWs. Collectively, the combined fleet is nearly 90% carbon-free (based on generation output of electricity) and is the fourth largest generation portfolio in the U.S. in terms of total generation with meaningful geographic diversity.
At December 31, 2022, our generating resources consisted of the following:
| Type of Capacity | MWs | ||||
| Owned generation assets(a) | |||||
| Nuclear | 20,895 | ||||
| Natural gas and oil | 8,807 | ||||
| Renewable(b) | 2,653 | ||||
| Owned generation assets | 32,355 | ||||
| Contracted generation(c) | 3,883 | ||||
| Total generating resources | 36,238 |
(a)Net generation capacity is stated at proportionate ownership share. See ITEM 2. PROPERTIES for additional information.
(b)Includes wind, hydroelectric, and solar generating assets.
(c)Electric supply procured under unit-specific agreements.
The following map illustrates the locations of our owned generation facilities as of December 31, 2022:
The Company's Generation Fleet Map**(a)**

Owned Assets**(b)**
Nuclear
Wind
Gas/Other
Solar
Hydro
(a)Note: One symbol is included per location. Some locations may have multiple generating units. Locations in tight geographic proximity may appear as one symbol. Units that are not currently operational are not captured.
(b)Does not reflect Grand Prairie Generating Station (Gas/Other), located in Alberta, Canada.
We have five reportable segments, as described in the table below, representing the different geographical areas in which our owned generating resources are located and our customer-facing activities are conducted.
| Segment | Net Generation Capacity (MWs)****(a) | % of Net Generation Capacity | Geographical Area | |||||||||||||||||
| Mid-Atlantic | 10,495 | 32 | % | Eastern half of PJM, which includes New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, the District of Columbia, and parts of Pennsylvania and North Carolina | ||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 11,892 | 37 | % | Western half of PJM and the United States footprint of MISO, excluding MISO’s Southern Region | ||||||||||||||||
| New York | 3,093 | 10 | % | NYISO | ||||||||||||||||
| ERCOT | 3,610 | 11 | % | Electric Reliability Council of Texas | ||||||||||||||||
| Other Power Regions | 3,265 | 10 | % | New England, South, West, and Canada | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 32,355 | 100 | % |
(a)Net generation capacity is stated at proportionate ownership share as of December 31, 2022. See ITEM 2. PROPERTIES for additional information.
The following table shows sources of electric supply in GWhs for 2022 and 2021:
| Source of Electric Supply | |||||||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||||
| Nuclear(a)(b) | 173,350 | 172,990 | |||||||||
| Purchases — non-trading portfolio | 70,682 | 67,605 | |||||||||
| Natural gas and oil | 21,563 | 19,960 | |||||||||
| Renewable(c) | 6,049 | 6,577 | |||||||||
| Total Supply | 271,644 | 267,132 |
(a)Includes the proportionate share of output where we have an undivided ownership interest in jointly-owned generating plants and includes the total output of plans that are fully consolidated.
(b)2021 values have been revised from those previously reported to correctly reflect our 82% undivided ownership interest
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Item 1A. RISK FACTORS
We operate in a complex market and regulatory environment that involves significant risks, many of which are beyond our direct control. Such risks, which could negatively affect our consolidated financial statements, fall primarily under the categories below:
Risks related to market and financial factors primarily include:
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the price of fuels, in particular the price of natural gas, which affects power prices,
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the generation resources in the markets in which we operate,
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our ability to operate our generating assets,
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our ability to access capital markets,
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the impacts of on-going competition, and
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emerging technologies and business models, including those related to climate change mitigation and transition to a low-carbon economy.
Risks related to legislative, regulatory, and legal factors primarily include changes to, and compliance with, the laws and regulations that govern:
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the design of power markets,
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the renewal of permits and operating licenses,
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environmental and climate policy, and
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tax policy.
Risks related to operational factors primarily include:
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changes in the global climate could produce extreme weather events, which could put our facilities at risk, and such changes could also affect the levels and patterns of demand for energy and related services,
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the safe, secure and effective operation of our nuclear facilities and the ability to effectively manage the associated decommissioning obligations,
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the ability of energy transmission and distribution companies to maintain the reliability, resiliency and safety of their energy delivery systems, which could affect our ability to deliver energy to our customers and affect our operating costs, and
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physical and cyber security risks for us as an owner-operator of generation facilities and as a participant in commodities trading.
Risks related to our separation from Exelon primarily include:
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challenges to achieving the benefits of separation, including the need to replicate certain services provided by Exelon (e.g. information technology), which will require additional resources and expense,
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performance by Exelon and us under the transaction agreements, including indemnification responsibilities tied to the allocation of businesses and liabilities, and
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limitations on future capital-raising or strategic transactions during the two-year period following the distribution arising from the need to protect the tax-free treatment of the distribution.
Risks Related to Market and Financial Factors
We are exposed to price volatility associated with both the wholesale and retail power markets and the procurement of nuclear, natural gas and oil.
We are exposed to commodity price risk for natural gas and the unhedged portion of our generation portfolio. Our earnings and cash flows are therefore exposed to variability of spot and forward market prices in the markets in which we operate.
Price of Fuels. The spot market price of electricity for each hour is generally determined by the marginal cost of supplying the next unit of electricity to the market during that hour. Thus, the market price of power is affected by the market price of the marginal fuel used to generate the electricity unit.
Cost of Fuel. We depend on nuclear fuel, natural gas and oil to operate most of our generating facilities. The supply markets for nuclear fuel, natural gas and oil are subject to price fluctuations, availability restrictions, counterparty default, and geopolitical risk, including the current Russia and Ukraine conflict and the potential for additional United States sanctions against Russia. The cycle of production and utilization of nuclear fuel is complex, and we engage a diverse set of suppliers to ensure we can secure the nuclear fuel needed to continue to operate our nuclear fleet long-term. Non-performance by these suppliers could have a material adverse impact on our consolidated financial statements. See ITEM 1. BUSINESS – Price and Supply Risk Management and See ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK for additional information on the nuclear fuel cycle and procurement.
Demand and Supply. The market price for electricity is also affected by changes in the demand for electricity and the available supply of electricity. Unfavorable economic conditions, milder than normal weather, and the growth of energy efficiency and demand response programs can depress demand. In addition, in some markets, the supply of electricity can exceed demand during some hours of the day, resulting in loss of revenue for base-load generating plants such as our nuclear plants. Conversely, new demand sources such as electrification of transportation could increase demand and change demand patterns.
Retail Competition. Our retail operations compete for customers in a competitive environment, which affects the margins we can earn and the volumes we are able to serve. In periods of sustained low natural gas and power prices and low market volatility, retail competitors can aggressively pursue market share because the barriers to entry can be low and wholesale generators (including us) use their retail operations to hedge generation output.
Market Designs. The wholesale markets vary from region to region with distinct rules, practices and procedures. Changes in these market rules, problems with rule implementation, or failure of any of these markets could adversely affect our business. In addition, a significant decrease in market participation could affect market liquidity and have a detrimental effect on market stability.
We may be adversely affected by the effects of sustained inflation.
The existence of inflation in the economy has resulted in, or may result in, higher interest rates and capital costs, increased costs of labor, and other similar effects. If inflation rates continue to rise or remain elevated for a sustained period, they could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and liquidity. Although we may take measures to mitigate the impact of inflation, those measures may not be effective.
We are potentially affected by emerging technologies that could over time affect or transform the energy industry.
Advancements in power generation technology, including commercial and residential solar generation installations and commercial micro turbine installations, are improving the cost-effectiveness of customer self-supply of electricity. Improvements in energy storage technology, including batteries and fuel cells, could also better position customers to meet their around-the-clock electricity requirements. Improvements in energy efficiency of lighting, appliances, equipment and building materials will also affect energy consumption by customers. Changes in power generation, storage, and use technologies could have significant effects on customer behaviors and their energy consumption.
These developments could affect the price of energy, levels of customer-owned generation, customer expectations and current business models and make portions of our generation facilities uneconomic prior to the end of their useful lives. These technologies could also result in further declines in commodity prices or demand for delivered energy. Each of these factors could affect our consolidated financial statements through, among other things, reduced operating revenues, increased operating and maintenance expenses, increased capital
expenditures, and potential asset impairment charges or accelerated depreciation and decommissioning expenses over shortened remaining asset useful lives.
Market performance and other factors could decrease the value of our NDT funds and employee benefit plan assets, which then could require significant additional funding.
Disruptions in the capital markets and their actual or perceived effects on particular businesses and the broader economy could adversely affect the value of the investments held within our NDTs and employee benefit plan trusts. We have significant obligations in these areas and hold substantial assets in these trusts to meet those obligations. The asset values are subject to market fluctuations and will yield uncertain returns, which could fall below our projected return rates. A decline in the market value of the NDT fund investments could increase our funding requirements to decommission our nuclear plants. A decline in the market value of the pension and OPEB plan assets would increase the funding requirements associated with our pension and OPEB plan obligations. Additionally, our pension and OPEB plan liabilities are sensitive to changes in interest rates. As interest rates decrease, the liabilities increase, potentially increasing benefit costs and funding requirements. Changes in demographics, including increased numbers of retirements or changes in life expectancy assumptions or changes to Social Security or Medicare eligibility requirements could also increase the costs and funding requirements of the obligations related to the pension and OPEB plans. See Note 10 — Asset Retirement Obligations and Note 15 — Retirement Benefits of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
We could be negatively affected by unstable capital and credit markets and increased volatility in commodity markets.
We rely on the capital markets, particularly for publicly offered debt, as well as the banking and commercial paper markets, to meet our financial commitments and short-term liquidity needs. Disruptions in the capital and credit markets in the United States or abroad could negatively affect our ability to access the capital markets or draw on our bank revolving credit facilities. The banks may not be able to meet their funding commitments to us if they experience shortages of capital and liquidity or if they experience excessive volumes of borrowing requests within a short period of time. The inability to access capital markets or credit facilities, and longer-term disruptions in the capital and credit markets as a result of uncertainty, changing or increased regulation, reduced alternatives or failures of significant financial institutions could result in the deferral of discretionary capital expenditures, affect our ability to effectively hedge our generation portfolio, require changes to our hedging strategy in order to reduce collateral posting requirements, or require a reduction in discretionary uses of cash. In addition, we have exposure to worldwide financial markets, including Europe, Canada and Asia. Disruptions in these markets could reduce or restrict our ability to secure sufficient liquidity or secure liquidity at reasonable terms. As of December 31, 2022, approximately 38%, 13%, and 19% of our available credit facilities were with European, Canadian and Asian banks, respectively.
The strength and depth of competition in energy markets depend heavily on active participation by multiple trading parties, which could be negatively affected by disruptions in the capital and credit markets and legislative and regulatory initiatives that could affect participants in commodities transactions. Reduced capital and liquidity and failures of significant institutions that participate in the energy markets could diminish the liquidity and competitiveness of energy markets that are important to our business. Perceived weaknesses in the competitive strength of the energy markets could lead to pressures for greater regulation of those markets or attempts to replace market structures with other mechanisms for the sale of power, including the requirement of long-term contracts.
If we were to experience a downgrade in our credit ratings to below investment grade or otherwise fail to satisfy the credit standards in our agreements with our counterparties or regulatory financial requirements, we would be required to provide significant amounts of collateral that could affect our liquidity and we could experience higher borrowing costs.
Our business is subject to credit quality standards that could require market participants to post collateral for their obligations upon a decline in ratings. We are also subject to certain financial requirements under NRC regulations as a result of our operation of nuclear power plants that could require us to provide cash collateral or surety bonds if those requirements are not met. One or both events could adversely affect available liquidity and, in the case of a rating downgrade, borrowing and credit support costs.
See ITEM 7.MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS – Liquidity and Capital Resources – Credit Matters and Cash Requirements – Security Ratings for additional information regarding the potential impacts of credit downgrades on our cash flows.
If we fail to meet project-specific financing agreement requirements, we could experience an impairment or loss of the financed project.
We have project-specific financing arrangements and must meet the requirements of various agreements relating to those financings. Failure to meet those arrangements could give rise to a project-specific financing default which, if not cured or waived, could result in the specific project being required to repay the associated debt or other borrowings earlier than otherwise anticipated, and if such repayment were not made, the lenders or security holders would generally have broad remedies, including rights to foreclose against the project assets and related collateral or to force our subsidiaries in the project-specific financings to enter into bankruptcy proceedings. The impact of bankruptcy could result in the impairment of certain project assets. See Note 17 — Debt and Credit Agreements of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Our risk management policies cannot fully eliminate the risk associated with our commodity trading activities.
Our asset-based power position as well as our power marketing, fuel procurement and other commodity trading activities expose us to risks of commodity price movements. We buy and sell energy and other products and enter financial contracts to manage risk and hedge various positions in our portfolio. We are exposed to volatility in financial results for unhedged positions as well as the risk of ineffective hedges. We attempt to manage this exposure through enforcement of established risk limits and risk management procedures. These risk limits and risk management procedures may not work as planned and cannot eliminate all risks associated with these activities. Even when our policies and procedures are followed, and decisions are made based on projections and estimates of future performance, results of operations could be diminished if the judgments and assumptions underlying those decisions prove to be incorrect. Factors, such as future prices and demand for power, natural gas and other energy-related commodities, become more difficult to predict and the calculations become less reliable the further into the future estimates are made. As a result, we cannot predict the impact that our commodity trading activities and risk management decisions could have on our consolidated financial statements.
Financial performance and load requirements could be negatively affected if we are unable to effectively manage our power portfolio.
A significant portion of our power portfolio is used to provide power under procurement contracts with load serving entities and other customers. To the extent portions of the power portfolio are not needed for that purpose, our output is sold in the wholesale power markets. To the extent our power portfolio is not sufficient to meet the requirements of our customers under the related agreements, we must purchase power in the wholesale power markets. Our financial results could be negatively affected if we are unable to cost-effectively meet the load requirements of our customers, manage our power portfolio or effectively address the changes in the wholesale power markets.
The impacts of significant economic downturns (i.e. recession) could lead to decreased volumes delivered and increased expense for uncollectible customer balances.
The impacts of significant economic downturns on our retail customers, such as less demand for products and services provided by commercial and industrial customers, could result in an increase in the number of uncollectible customer balances and related expense.
See ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK for additional information on our credit risk.
Our results were negatively affected by the impacts of COVID-19 in 2020 and future pandemics or other significant health issues could also adversely affect our results.
COVID-19 has previously disrupted economic activity in our markets and negatively affected our results of operations. The estimated impact of COVID-19 to our Net income was approximately $170 million for the year ended December 31, 2020 and was not material for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2022. Any future widespread pandemic or other local or global health issue could adversely affect customer demand and our ability to operate our generation assets.
We could be negatively affected by the impacts of weather.
Our operations are affected by weather, which impacts demand for electricity and natural gas, the price of energy commodities, as well as operating conditions. To the extent that weather is warmer in the summer or colder in the winter than assumed, we could require greater resources to meet our contractual commitments. Extreme weather conditions or storms have affected the availability of generation and its transmission, limiting our ability to source or send power to where it is sold, and have also impaired the transportation of natural gas to our generating assets and our ability to supply natural gas to our customers. In addition, drought-like conditions limiting water usage could impact our ability to run certain generating assets at full capacity. These conditions, which cannot be accurately predicted, could cause us to seek additional capacity at a time when markets are weak.
Climate change projections suggest increases to summer temperature and humidity trends, as well as more erratic precipitation and storm patterns over the long term in the areas where we have generation assets. The frequency in which weather conditions emerge outside the current expected climate norms could contribute to the weather-related impacts discussed above.
Beginning on February 15, 2021, our Texas-based generating assets within the ERCOT market, specifically Colorado Bend II, Wolf Hollow II, and Handley, experienced periodic outages as a result of historically severe cold weather conditions. As a result of this weather event, we incurred a loss of approximately $800 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. By comparison, the estimated impact reduced our overall Net loss by approximately $50 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, see Note 3 — Regulatory Matters and Note 19 — Commitments and Contingencies of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Long-lived assets and other assets could become impaired.
Long-lived assets – principally, generation assets – represent the single largest asset class on our Consolidated Balance Sheets.
We evaluate the recoverability of the carrying value of long-lived assets to be held and used whenever events or circumstances indicating a potential impairment may exist. Factors such as, but not limited to, the business climate, including current and future energy and market conditions, environmental regulation, and the condition of assets are considered.
An impairment would require us to reduce the carrying value of the long-lived asset to fair value through a non-cash charge to expense by the amount of the impairment. See ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS – Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates, Note 8 — Property, Plant, and Equipment and Note 12 — Asset Impairments of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on long-lived asset impairments.
We could incur substantial costs in the event of non-performance by third-parties under indemnification agreements. We are exposed to other credit risks in the power markets that are beyond our control.
We have entered into various agreements with counterparties that require those counterparties to reimburse us and hold us harmless against specified obligations and claims. To the extent that any of these counterparties are affected by deterioration in their creditworthiness or the agreements are otherwise determined to be unenforceable, we could be held responsible for the obligations.
We have issued indemnities to third parties regarding environmental or other matters in connection with purchases and sales of assets, including several of the Exelon utilities in connection with our absorption of their former generating assets. We could incur substantial costs to fulfill our obligations under these indemnities.
In the bilateral markets, we are exposed to the risk that counterparties that owe us money or are obligated to purchase energy or fuel from us, will not perform under their obligations for operational or financial reasons. In the event the counterparties to these arrangements fail to perform, we could be forced to purchase or sell energy or fuel in the wholesale markets at less favorable prices and incur additional losses, to the extent amounts, if any, were already paid to the counterparties. In the spot markets, we are exposed to risk as a result of default sharing mechanisms that exist within certain markets, primarily RTOs and ISOs. We are also a party to agreements with entities in the energy sector that have experienced rating downgrades or other financial difficulties. In addition, our retail sales subject us to credit risk through competitive electricity and natural gas supply activities to serve commercial and industrial companies, governmental entities and residential customers. Retail credit risk results when customers default on their contractual obligations. This risk represents the loss that could be incurred due to the nonpayment of a customer’s account balance, as well as the loss from the resale of energy previously committed to serve the customer. See Note 3 — Regulatory Matters of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on the February 2021 extreme cold weather event and Texas-based generating asset outages.
Risks Related to Legislative, Regulatory, and Legal Factors
Federal or state legislative or regulatory actions could negatively affect the scope and functioning of the wholesale markets.
Approximately 70% of our generating resources, which include directly owned assets and capacity obtained through long-term contracts, are in the area encompassed by PJM. Our future results of operations are impacted by (1) FERC’s and PJM's level of support for policies that favor the preservation of competitive wholesale power markets and recognize the value of carbon-free electricity and resiliency and for states' energy objectives and policies and (2) the absence of material changes to market structures that would limit or otherwise negatively affect us. Market rules in other regions could affect us in a similar fashion. We could also be affected by state laws, regulations or initiatives to subsidize existing or new generation.
FERC’s requirements for market-based rate authority could pose a risk that we may no longer satisfy FERC’s tests for market-based rates. A loss of market-based rate authority would mean that we would sell power at cost-based rates.
Our business is highly regulated and could be negatively affected by legislative and/or regulatory actions.
Substantial aspects of our business are subject to comprehensive federal or state legislation and/or regulation.
Our consolidated financial statements are significantly affected by our sales and purchases of commodities at market-based rates, as opposed to cost-based or other similarly regulated rates and federal and state regulatory and legislative developments related to emissions, climate change, capacity market mitigation, energy price information, resilience, fuel diversity and RPS. Federal or state legislative and regulatory efforts to preserve the environmental attributes and reliability benefits of zero-emission nuclear-powered generating facilities could be subject to legal and regulatory challenges and, if overturned, could result in the early retirement of certain of our nuclear plants. See Note 3 — Regulatory Matters and Note 7 — Early Plant Retirements of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Fundamental changes in regulations or other adverse legislative actions affecting our business would require changes in our business planning models and operations. We cannot predict when or whether legislative and regulatory proposals could become law or what their effect would be.
NRC actions could negatively affect the operations and profitability of our nuclear generating fleet.
Regulatory Risk. A change in the Atomic Energy Act or the applicable regulations or licenses could require a substantial increase in capital expenditures or could result in increased operating or decommissioning costs. Events at nuclear plants owned by others, as well as those owned by us, could cause the NRC to initiate such actions.
Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage. The approval of a national repository for the storage of SNF and the timing of that facility opening, will significantly affect the costs associated with storage of SNF and the ultimate amounts received from the DOE to reimburse us for these costs.
Any regulatory action relating to the timing and availability of a repository for SNF could adversely affect our ability to decommission fully our nuclear units. We cannot predict whether a fee may be established or to what extent, in the future for SNF disposal. See Note 19 — Commitments and Contingencies of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
We could be subject to higher costs and/or penalties related to mandatory reliability standards.
We, as a user of the bulk power transmission system, are subject to mandatory reliability standards promulgated by NERC and enforced by FERC. The standards are based on the functions that need to be performed to ensure the bulk power system operates reliably and are guided by reliability and market interface principles. Compliance with or changes in the reliability standards could subject us to higher operating costs and/or increased capital expenditures. If we were found in non-compliance with the federal and state mandatory reliability standards, we could be subject to remediation costs as well as sanctions, which could include substantial monetary penalties.
We could incur substantial costs to fulfill our obligations related to environmental and other matters.
We are subject to extensive environmental regulation and legislation by local, state and federal authorities. These laws and regulations affect the way we conduct our operations and make capital expenditures, including how we handle air and water emissions, hazardous and solid waste, and activities affecting surface waters, groundwater, and aquatic and other species. Violations of these requirements could subject us to enforcement actions, capital expenditures to bring existing facilities into compliance, additional operating costs for remediation and clean-up costs, civil penalties and exposure to third parties’ claims for alleged health or property damages or operating restrictions to achieve compliance. In addition, we are subject to liability under these laws for the remediation costs for environmental contamination of property now or formerly owned by us and of property contaminated by hazardous substances we generated or released. Also, we are currently involved in several proceedings relating to sites where hazardous substances have been deposited and could be subject to additional proceedings in the future. See ITEM 1. BUSINESS – Environmental Matters and Regulation and Note 19 — Commitments and Contingencies of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
We could be negatively affected by federal and state RPS and/or energy conservation legislation, along with energy conservation by customers.
Changes to current state legislation or the development of federal legislation that requires the use of clean, renewable and alternate fuel sources could significantly impact us. The impact could include reduced use of some of our generating facilities with effects on our operating revenues and costs.
Federal and state legislation mandating the implementation of energy conservation programs and new energy consumption technologies could cause declines in customer energy consumption and lead to a decline in our operating revenues. See ITEM 1. BUSINESS – Environmental Matters and Regulation – Renewable and Clean Energy Standards and “We are potentially affected by emerging technologies that could over time affect or transform the energy industry” above for additional information.
Our financial performance could be negatively affected by risks arising from our ownership and operation of hydroelectric facilities.
FERC has the exclusive authority to license most non-federal hydropower projects located on navigable waterways, federal lands or connected to the interstate electric grid. If FERC does not issue new operating licenses for our hydroelectric facilities in the future or a station cannot be operated through the end of its current operating license, our results of operations could be adversely affected by increased depreciation rates and accelerated future decommissioning costs, since depreciation rates and decommissioning cost estimates are currently based on the available license term for each facility. We could also lose operating revenues and incur increased purchased power and fuel expense to meet our supply commitments. In addition, conditions could be imposed as part of the license renewal process that could adversely affect operations, require a substantial
increase in capital expenditures, result in increased operating costs or render the project uneconomic. Similar effects could result from a change in the Federal Power Act or the applicable regulations due to events at hydroelectric facilities owned by others, as well as those owned by us. See Note 3 — Regulatory Matters of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding the license renewal for the Conowingo hydroelectric project.
We could be negatively affected by challenges to tax positions taken, tax law changes and the inherent difficulty in quantifying potential tax effects of business decisions.
We are required to make judgments in order to estimate our obligations to taxing authorities. These tax obligations include income, real estate, sales and use and employment-related taxes and ongoing appeal issues related to these tax matters. These judgments include reserves established for potential adverse outcomes regarding tax positions that have been taken that could be subject to challenge by the tax authorities. See Note 1 — Basis of Presentation and Note 14 — Income Taxes of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Legal proceedings could result in a negative outcome, which we cannot predict.
We are involved in legal proceedings, claims and litigation arising from our business operations. The material ones are summarized in Note 3 — Regulatory Matters and Note 19 — Commitments and Contingencies of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Adverse outcomes in these proceedings could require significant expenditures, result in lost revenue, or restrict existing business activities.
We could be subject to adverse publicity and reputational risks, which make us vulnerable to negative customer perception and could lead to increased regulatory oversight or other consequences.
We could be the subject of public criticism. Adverse publicity of this nature could render public service commissions and other regulatory and legislative authorities less likely to view energy companies in a favorable light, and could cause those companies, including us, to be susceptible to less favorable legislative and regulatory outcomes, as well as increased regulatory oversight and more stringent legislative or regulatory requirements.
Risks Related to Operational Factors
We are subject to risks associated with climate change.
Climate adaptation risk refers to risks to our facilities or operations that may result from changes in the physical climate, such as changes to temperatures, weather patterns and sea level rise.
We periodically perform analyses to better understand how climate change could affect our facilities and operations. We primarily operate in the Midwest and East Coast of the United States, areas that have historically been prone to various types of severe weather events, and as such we have well-developed response and recovery programs based on these historical events. However, our physical facilities could be placed at greater risk of damage should changes in the global climate impact temperature and weather patterns, and result in more intense, frequent and extreme weather events, unprecedented levels of precipitation, sea level rise, increased surface water temperatures, and/or other effects. Over time, we may need to make additional investments to protect our facilities from physical climate-related risks.
In addition, changes to the climate may impact levels and patterns of demand for energy and related services, which could affect our operations. Over time, we may need to make additional investments to adapt to changes in operational requirements as a result of climate change.
Climate mitigation and transition risks include changes to the energy systems as a result of new technologies, changing customer expectations and/or voluntary GHG goals, as well as local, state or federal regulatory requirements intended to reduce GHG emissions.
We also periodically perform analyses of potential pathways to reduce power sector and economy-wide GHG emissions to mitigate climate change. To the extent additional GHG reduction regulation or legislation becomes
effective at the federal and/or state levels, we could incur costs to further limit the GHG emissions from our operations or otherwise comply with applicable requirements. To the extent such additional regulation or legislation does not become effective, the potential competitive advantage offered by our low-carbon emission profile may be reduced.
See ITEM 1. BUSINESS – Environmental Matters and Regulation – Climate Change for additional information.
Our financial performance could be negatively affected by matters arising from our ownership and operation of nuclear facilities.
Nuclear capacity factors. Capacity factors for nuclear generating units significantly affect our results of operations. Lower capacity factors could decrease our revenues and increase operating costs by requiring us to produce additional energy from our natural gas and oil fueled facilities or purchase additional energy in the spot or forward markets in order to satisfy our supply obligations to committed third-party sales. These sources generally have higher costs than we incur to produce energy from our nuclear stations.
Nuclear refueling outages. In general, refueling outages are planned to occur once every 18 to 24 months. The total number of refueling outages, along with their duration, could have a significant impact on our results of operations. When refueling outages last longer than anticipated or we experience unplanned outages, capacity factors decrease, and we face lower margins due to higher energy replacement costs and/or lower energy sales and higher operating and maintenance costs.
Nuclear fuel quality. The quality of nuclear fuel utilized by us could affect the efficiency and costs of our operations. Remediation actions could result in increased costs due to accelerated fuel amortization, increased outage costs and/or increased costs due to decreased generation capabilities.
Operational risk. Operations at any of our nuclear generation plants could degrade to the point where we must shut down the plant or operate at less than full capacity. If this were to happen, identifying and correcting the causes could require significant time and expense. We could choose to close a plant rather than incur the expense of restarting it or returning the plant to full capacity. In either event, we could lose revenue and incur increased purchased power and fuel expense to meet supply commitments.
Further, our nuclear operations produce various types of nuclear waste materials, including SNF. The approval of a national repository for the storage of SNF and the timing of that facility opening, will significantly affect the costs associated with storage of SNF and the ultimate amounts received from the DOE to reimburse us for these costs. Any regulatory action relating to the timing and availability of a repository for SNF could adversely affect our ability to decommission fully our nuclear units. We cannot predict whether in the future a fee for SNF disposal may be reestablished or to what extent.
If we are required to arrange for the safe and permanent disposal of spent fuel beyond current expectations, this could lead to substantial expense or capital expenditures.
For plants operated but not wholly owned by us, we could also incur liability to our co-owners. For nuclear plants not operated and not wholly owned by us, from which we receive a portion of the plants’ output, our results of operations are dependent on the operational performance of the operators and could be adversely affected by a significant event at those plants. Additionally, poor operating performance at nuclear plants not owned by us could result in increased regulation and reduced public support for nuclear-fueled energy. Closure of generating plants owned by others, or extended interruptions of generating plants or failure of transmission lines, could adversely affect transmission systems and the sale and delivery of electricity in markets served by us.
Nuclear major incident risk and insurance. The consequences of a major incident could be severe and include loss of life and property damage. Any resulting liability from a nuclear plant major incident within the United States, owned or operated by us or owned by others, could exceed our resources, including insurance coverage. We are a member of an industry mutual insurance company, NEIL, which provides property and accidental outage insurance for our nuclear operations. Uninsured losses and other expenses, to the extent not recovered from insurers or the nuclear industry, could be borne by us. Additionally, an accident or other significant event at a nuclear plant within the United States or abroad, whether owned by us or others, could result in increased regulation and reduced public support for nuclear-fueled energy.
As required by the Price-Anderson Act, we carry the maximum available amount of nuclear liability insurance, $450 million for each operating site. Claims exceeding that amount are covered through mandatory participation in a financial protection pool. In addition, the U.S. Congress could impose revenue-raising measures on the nuclear industry to pay claims exceeding the $13.7 billion limit for a single incident.
See Note 19 — Commitments and Contingencies of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information of nuclear insurance.
Decommissioning obligation and funding. NRC regulations require that licensees of nuclear generating facilities demonstrate reasonable assurance that funds will be available in certain minimum amounts at the end of the life of the facility to decommission the facility.
Actual costs to decommission our nuclear facilities may substantially exceed our estimates as a result of changes in the approach and timing of decommissioning activities, changes in decommissioning costs, changes in federal or state regulatory requirements, other changes in our estimates or ability to effectively execute on our planned decommissioning activities.
We make contributions to certain trust funds of the former PECO units based on amounts being collected by PECO from its customers and remitted to us. While we, through PECO, have recourse to collect additional amounts from PECO customers (subject to certain limitations and thresholds), we have no recourse to collect additional amounts from utility customers for any of our other nuclear units if there is a shortfall of funds necessary for decommissioning. If circumstances changed such that there was an inability to continue to make contributions to the trust funds of the former PECO units based on amounts collected from PECO customers, or if we no longer had recourse to collect additional amounts from PECO customers if there was a shortfall of funds for decommissioning, the adequacy of the trust funds related to the former PECO units could be negatively affected. Any changes to the PECO regulatory agreements could impact our ability to offset decommissioning-related activities within the Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income, and the impact to our consolidated financial statements could be material.
Should the expected value of the NDT fund for any former ComEd unit fall below the amount of the expected decommissioning obligation for that unit, the accounting to offset decommissioning-related activities for that unit may be temporarily suspended or discontinued, and the decommissioning-related activities would be recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income, the impact of which could be material. For the year ended December 31, 2021, a pre-tax charge of $193 million was recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income for decommissioning-related activities that were not offset for the Byron units due to contractual offset being temporarily suspended.
Forecasting trust fund investment earnings and costs to decommission nuclear generating stations requires significant judgment, and actual results could differ significantly from current estimates. If the investments held by our NDT funds are not sufficient to fund the decommissioning of our nuclear units, we could be required to take steps, such as providing financial guarantees through letters of credit or parent company guarantees or making additional contributions to the trusts, which could be significant, to ensure that the trusts are adequately funded and that current and future NRC minimum funding requirements are met.
See Note 10 — Asset Retirement Obligations of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
We are subject to physical security and cybersecurity risks.
We face physical security and cybersecurity risks. Threat sources continue to seek to exploit potential vulnerabilities in the electric generation and natural gas industry associated with protection of sensitive and confidential information, grid infrastructure and other energy infrastructures. These attacks and disruptions, both physical and cyber, are becoming increasingly sophisticated and dynamic. Continued implementation of advanced digital technologies increases the potentially unfavorable impacts of such attacks. We expect these attacks and disruptions to continue to occur in the future and we are constantly managing efforts to infiltrate and compromise our physical assets and information technology systems and data.
A security breach, including physical or electronic break-ins, computer viruses, malware, attacks by hackers, ransomware attacks, phishing attacks, supply chain attacks, breaches due to employee error or misconduct and other similar breaches, of our physical assets or information systems, or those of our competitors, vendors,
business partners and interconnected entities in RTOs and ISOs, or regulators could impact the operation of the generation fleet and/or reliability of the transmission and distribution system or result in the theft or inappropriate release of certain types of information, including critical infrastructure information, sensitive customer, vendor and employee data, trading or other confidential data. The risk of these system-related events and security breaches occurring continues to intensify, and while we have not directly experienced a material breach or disruption to our network or information systems or our operations to-date, such attacks continue to increase in sophistication and frequency, and we may be unable to prevent all such attacks in the future.
If a significant breach were to occur, our reputation could be negatively affected, customer confidence in us or others in the industry could be diminished, or we could be subject to legal claims, loss of revenues, increased costs or operations shutdown. Moreover, the amount and scope of insurance maintained against losses resulting from any such events or security breaches may not be sufficient to cover losses or otherwise adequately compensate for any disruptions to business that could result. Furthermore, in the future, such insurance may not be available on commercially reasonable terms, or at all.
In addition, new or updated security regulations or unforeseen threat sources could require changes in current measures taken by us or our business operations and could adversely affect our consolidated financial statements.
Our employees, contractors, customers and the general public could be exposed to a risk of injury due to the nature of the energy industry.
Employees and contractors throughout the organization work in, and the general public could be exposed to, potentially dangerous environments near our operations. As a result, employees, contractors and the general public are at some risk for serious injury, including loss of life. These risks include, but are not limited to, nuclear accidents, dam failure, gas explosions, and electric contact cases.
Natural disasters, war, acts and threats of terrorism, pandemic and other significant events could negatively impact our results of operations, ability to raise capital and future growth.
Our fleet of power plants and the transmission infrastructure to which they are connected could be affected by natural disasters and extreme weather events, which could result in increased costs, including supply chain costs. Natural disasters and other significant events increase our risk that the NRC or other regulatory or legislative bodies could change the laws or regulations governing, among other things, operations, maintenance, operating licenses, decommissioning, SNF storage, insurance, emergency planning, security and environmental and radiological matters. In addition, natural disasters could affect the availability of a secure and economical supply of water in some locations, which is essential for our continued operation, particularly the cooling of generating units.
The impact that potential terrorist attacks could have on the industry and on us is uncertain. We face a risk that our operations would be direct targets or indirect casualties of an act of terror. Any retaliatory military strikes or sustained military campaign could affect our operations in unpredictable ways, such as changes in insurance markets and disruptions of fuel supplies and markets, particularly uranium and oil. Furthermore, these catastrophic events could compromise the physical or cybersecurity of our facilities, which could adversely affect our ability to manage our business effectively. Instability in the financial markets as a result of terrorism, war, natural disasters, pandemic, credit crises, recession or other factors also could result in a decline in energy consumption or interruption of fuel or the supply chain. In addition, the implementation of security guidelines and measures has resulted in and is expected to continue to result in increased costs.
We could be significantly affected by the outbreak of a pandemic. We have plans in place to respond to a pandemic. However, depending on the severity of a pandemic and the resulting impacts to workforce and other resource availability, the ability to operate our generating assets could be adversely affected.
In addition, we maintain a level of insurance coverage consistent with industry practices against property, casualty and cybersecurity losses subject to unforeseen occurrences or catastrophic events that could damage or destroy assets or interrupt operations. However, there can be no assurance that the amount of insurance will be adequate to address such property and casualty losses.
Our business is capital intensive, and our assets could require significant expenditures to maintain and are subject to operational failure, which could result in potential liability.
Our business is capital intensive and requires significant investments in electric generating facilities. Equipment, even if maintained in accordance with good utility practices, is subject to operational failure, including events that are beyond our control, and could require significant expenditures to remedy. Our consolidated financial statements could be negatively affected if we were unable to effectively manage our capital projects or raise the necessary capital. See ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS – Liquidity and Capital Resources for additional information regarding our potential future capital expenditures.
Our performance could be negatively affected if we fail to attract and retain an appropriately qualified workforce.
Certain events, such as the separation transaction, an employee strike, loss of employees, loss of contract resources due to a major event, and an aging workforce without appropriate replacements, could lead to operating challenges and increased costs for us. The challenges include lack of resources, loss of knowledge and a lengthy time period associated with skill development. In this case, costs, including costs for contractors to replace employees, productivity costs and safety costs, could arise. We are particularly affected due to the specialized knowledge required of the technical and support employees for generation operations.
We could make acquisitions or investments in new business initiatives and new markets, which may not be successful or achieve the intended financial results.
We could continue to pursue growth in our existing businesses and markets and further diversification across the competitive energy value chain. This could include opportunistic carbon-free energy acquisitions, creating new value from our existing fleet through repowering, co-location and the production of hydrogen, growing sustainability products and services for our customers, and investment opportunities in other emerging technologies and innovation. Such initiatives could involve significant risks and uncertainties, including distraction of management from current operations, inadequate return on capital, and unidentified issues not discovered during diligence performed prior to launching an initiative or entering a market. Additionally, it is possible that FERC, state public utility commissions or others could impose certain other restrictions on such transactions. All these factors could result in higher costs or lower revenues than expected, resulting in lower than planned returns on investment.
Risks Related to Our Separation from Exelon
We may not achieve some or all the expected benefits of the separation, and the separation may materially adversely affect our business.
We may not be able to achieve the full strategic and financial benefits expected to result from the separation, or such benefits may be delayed or not occur at all.
If we fail to achieve some or all the benefits expected to result from the separation, or if such benefits are delayed, it could have a material adverse effect on our competitive position, business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
The terms in our agreements with Exelon could be less beneficial than the terms we may have otherwise received from unaffiliated third parties.
The agreements entered with Exelon in connection with the separation, including the separation agreement, a tax matters agreement, an employee matters agreement, and a transition services agreement, were prepared in the context of the separation while we were still a wholly owned subsidiary of Exelon. Accordingly, during the period in which the terms of those agreements were prepared, we did not have an independent Board of Directors or a management team that was independent of Exelon. As a result, the terms of those agreements may not reflect terms that would have resulted from negotiations between unaffiliated third parties.
Exelon may fail to perform under various transaction agreements that were executed as part of the separation, which could cause us to incur expenses or losses we would not otherwise incur.
In connection with the separation and prior to the distribution, we and Exelon entered into the separation agreement and entered into various other agreements, including a tax matters agreement, an employee matters agreement, and a transition services agreement. The separation agreement, the tax matters agreement and the employee matters agreement determined the allocation of assets and liabilities between the companies following the separation for those respective areas and include any necessary indemnifications related to liabilities and obligations. We will rely on Exelon to satisfy its performance and payment obligations under these agreements. If Exelon is unable or unwilling to satisfy its obligations under these agreements, including its indemnification obligations, we could incur operational difficulties and/or losses.
In connection with the separation into two public companies, we and Exelon indemnified each other for certain liabilities. If we are required to pay under these indemnities to Exelon, our financial results could be negatively impacted. The Exelon indemnities may not be sufficient to hold us harmless from the full amount of liabilities for which Exelon will be allocated responsibility, and Exelon may not be able to satisfy its indemnification obligations in the future.
Pursuant to the separation agreement and certain other agreements between Exelon and us, each party will agree to indemnify the other for certain liabilities, in each case for uncapped amounts. Indemnities that we may be required to provide Exelon are not subject to any cap, may be significant and could negatively impact our business. Third parties could also seek to hold us responsible for any of the liabilities that Exelon has agreed to retain. Any amounts we are required to pay pursuant to these indemnification obligations and other liabilities could require us to divert cash that would otherwise have been used in furtherance of our operating business. Further, the indemnities from Exelon for our benefit may not be sufficient to protect us against the full amount of such liabilities, and Exelon may not be able to fully satisfy its indemnification obligations.
Moreover, even if we ultimately succeed in recovering from Exelon any amounts for which we are held liable, we may be temporarily required to bear these losses ourselves. Each of these risks could negatively affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.
We may fail to have necessary systems and services in place when certain of the transaction agreements expire.
If we do not have in place our own systems and services, or if we do not have agreements with other providers of these services once certain separation transaction agreements expire, we may not be able to operate our business effectively, and our profitability may decline. We are in the process of creating our own, or engaging third parties to provide, systems and services to replace many of the systems and services that Exelon currently provides to us. We may incur temporary interruptions in business operations if we cannot transition effectively from Exelon’s existing operating systems, databases and programming languages that support these functions to our own systems. Our failure to implement the new systems and transition our data successfully and cost-effectively could disrupt our business operations and have a material adverse effect on our profitability. In addition, our costs for the operation of these systems may be higher than the amounts reflected in our historical financial statements.
We may not be able to engage in desirable strategic transactions or capital-raising following the separation.
Under current U.S. federal income tax law, a spin-off that otherwise qualifies for tax-free treatment can be rendered taxable to the parent corporation and its shareholders as a result of certain post-spin-off transactions, including certain acquisitions of shares or assets of the spun-off corporation. To preserve the tax-free treatment of the distribution, and in addition to potential tax indemnity obligations, we agreed to certain limitations or prohibitions in the tax matters agreement that may prohibit us, for the two-year period following the distribution and except in specific circumstances, from, among other things:
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entering into any transaction pursuant to which all or a portion of the shares of our stock, or substantially all of our assets, would be acquired, whether by merger or otherwise;
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issuing equity securities beyond certain thresholds;
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repurchasing shares of our stock other than in certain open-market transactions.
The tax matters agreement prohibits us from taking or failing to take any other action that would prevent the distribution and certain related transactions from qualifying as a transaction that is generally tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Sections 355 and 368(a)(1)(D) of the IRC. These restrictions may limit our ability to pursue certain equity issuances, strategic transactions, repurchases or other transactions that we may believe to be in the best interests of our shareholders or that might increase the value of our business.
Item 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
None.
Item 2. PROPERTIES
The following table presents our interests in net electric generating capacity by station at December 31, 2022:
| Station**(a)** | Location | No. of Units | Percent Owned**(b)** | Primary Fuel Type | Primary Dispatch Type**(c)** | Net Generation Capacity (MWs)****(d) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Braidwood | Braidwood, IL | 2 | Uranium | Base-load | 2,386 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Byron | Byron, IL | 2 | Uranium | Base-load | 2,347 | (e) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LaSalle | Seneca, IL | 2 | Uranium | Base-load | 2,320 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dresden | Morris, IL | 2 | Uranium | Base-load | 1,845 | (e) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quad Cities | Cordova, IL | 2 | 75 | Uranium | Base-load | 1,403 | (f) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clinton | Clinton, IL | 1 | Uranium | Base-load | 1,080 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan Wind 2 | Sanilac Co., MI | 50 | 51 | (g) | Wind | Intermittent | 46 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beebe | Gratiot Co., MI | 34 | 51 | (g) | Wind | Intermittent | 42 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan Wind 1 | Huron Co., MI | 46 | 51 | (g) | Wind | Intermittent | 35 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvest 2 | Huron Co., MI | 33 | 51 | (g) | Wind | Intermittent | 30 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvest | Huron Co., MI | 31 | 51 | (g) | Wind | Intermittent | 26 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beebe 1B | Gratiot Co., MI | 21 | 51 | (g) | Wind | Intermittent | 26 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blue Breezes | Faribault Co., MN | 2 | Wind | Intermittent | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CP Windfarm | Faribault Co., MN | 2 | 51 | (g) | Wind | Intermittent | 2 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeast Chicago | Chicago, IL | 8 | Gas | Peaking | 296 | (h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clinton Battery Storage | Blanchester, OH | 1 | Energy Storage | Peaking | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Midwest | 11,892 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mid-Atlantic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Limerick | Sanatoga, PA | 2 | Uranium | Base-load | 2,315 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Calvert Cliffs | Lusby, MD | 2 | Uranium | Base-load | 1,789 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peach Bottom | Delta, PA | 2 | 50 | Uranium | Base-load | 1,324 | (f) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salem | Lower Alloways Creek Township, NJ | 2 | 42.59 | Uranium | Base-load | 993 | (f) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conowingo | Darlington, MD | 11 | Hydroelectric | Base-load | 572 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Criterion | Oakland, MD | 28 | 51 | (g) | Wind | Intermittent | 36 | (f) |
| Station**(a)** | Location | No. of Units | Percent Owned**(b)** | Primary Fuel Type | Primary Dispatch Type**(c)** | Net Generation Capacity (MWs)****(d) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fair Wind | Garrett County, MD | 12 | Wind | Intermittent | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fourmile Ridge | Garrett County, MD | 16 | 51 | (g) | Wind | Intermittent | 20 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Solar Horizons | Emmitsburg, MD | 1 | 51 | (g) | Solar | Intermittent | 8 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Solar New Jersey 3 | Middle Township, NJ | 5 | 51 | (g) | Solar | Intermittent | 1 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Muddy Run | Drumore, PA | 8 | Hydroelectric | Intermediate | 1,070 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eddystone 3, 4 | Eddystone, PA | 2 | Oil/Gas | Peaking | 760 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Perryman | Aberdeen, MD | 5 | Oil/Gas | Peaking | 404 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Croydon | West Bristol, PA | 8 | Oil | Peaking | 391 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handsome Lake | Kennerdell, PA | 5 | Gas | Peaking | 268 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richmond | Philadelphia, PA | 2 | Oil | Peaking | 98 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia Road | Baltimore, MD | 4 | Oil | Peaking | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eddystone | Eddystone, PA | 4 | Oil | Peaking | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delaware | Philadelphia, PA | 4 | Oil | Peaking | 56 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwark | Philadelphia, PA | 4 | Oil | Peaking | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Falls | Morrisville, PA | 3 | Oil | Peaking | 51 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moser | Lower Pottsgrove Twp., PA | 3 | Oil | Peaking | 51 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chester | Chester, PA | 3 | Oil | Peaking | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schuylkill | Philadelphia, PA | 2 | Oil | Peaking | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salem | Lower Alloways Creek Township, NJ | 1 | 42.59 | Oil | Peaking | 16 | (f) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Mid-Atlantic | 10,495 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ERCOT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Whitetail | Webb County, TX | 57 | 51 | (g) | Wind | Intermittent | 47 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sendero | Jim Hogg and Zapata County, TX | 39 | 51 | (g) | Wind | Intermittent | 40 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado Bend II | Wharton, TX | 3 | Gas | Intermediate | 1,143 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wolf Hollow II | Granbury, TX | 3 | Gas | Intermediate | 1,115 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handley 3 | Fort Worth, TX | 1 | Gas | Intermediate | 395 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handley 4, 5 | Fort Worth, TX | 2 | Gas | Peaking | 870 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total ERCOT | 3,610 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New York | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nine Mile Point | Scriba, NY | 2 | (i) | Uranium | Base-load | 1,675 | (f) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FitzPatrick | Scriba, NY | 1 | Uranium | Base-load | 842 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ginna | Ontario, NY | 1 | Uranium | Base-load | 576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total New York | 3,093 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Antelope Valley | Lancaster, CA | 1 | Solar | Intermittent | 242 |
| Station**(a)** | Location | No. of Units | Percent Owned**(b)** | Primary Fuel Type | Primary Dispatch Type**(c)** | Net Generation Capacity (MWs)****(d) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bluestem | Beaver County, OK | 60 | 51 | (g)(j) | Wind | Intermittent | 101 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shooting Star | Kiowa County, KS | 65 | 51 | (g) | Wind | Intermittent | 53 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sacramento PV Energy | Sacramento, CA | 4 | 51 | (g) | Solar | Intermittent | 15 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bluegrass Ridge | King City, MO | 27 | 51 | (g) | Wind | Intermittent | 29 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conception | Barnard, MO | 24 | 51 | (g) | Wind | Intermittent | 26 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cow Branch | Rock Port, MO | 24 | 51 | (g) | Wind | Intermittent | 26 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mountain Home | Glenns Ferry, ID | 20 | 51 | (g) | Wind | Intermittent | 21 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| High Mesa | Elmore Co., ID | 19 | 51 | (g) | Wind | Intermittent | 20 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Echo 1 | Echo, OR | 21 | 50.49 | (g) | Wind | Intermittent | 17 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cassia | Buhl, ID | 13 | 51 | (g) | Wind | Intermittent | 14 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wildcat | Lovington, NM | 13 | 51 | (g) | Wind | Intermittent | 14 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Echo 2 | Echo, OR | 9 | 51 | (g) | Wind | Intermittent | 9 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuana Springs | Hagerman, ID | 8 | 51 | (g) | Wind | Intermittent | 9 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Greensburg | Greensburg, KS | 10 | 51 | (g) | Wind | Intermittent | 6 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Three Mile Canyon | Boardman, OR | 6 | 51 | (g) | Wind | Intermittent | 5 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loess Hills | Rock Port, MO | 4 | Wind | Intermittent | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver Airport Solar | Denver, CO | 1 | 51 | (g) | Solar | Intermittent | 2 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mystic 8, 9 | Charlestown, MA | 6 | Gas | Intermediate | 1,413 | (e) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hillabee | Alexander City, AL | 3 | Gas | Intermediate | 753 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyman 4 | Yarmouth, ME | 1 | 5.9 | Oil | Intermediate | 34 | (f) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Medway II | West Medway, MA | 2 | Oil/Gas | Peaking | 191 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Medway | West Medway, MA | 3 | Oil | Peaking | 124 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Prairie | Alberta, Canada | 1 | Gas | Peaking | 105 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Framingham | Framingham, MA | 3 | Oil | Peaking | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Other | 3,265 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 32,355 |
(a)All nuclear stations are boiling water reactors except Braidwood, Byron, Calvert Cliffs, Ginna, and Salem, which are pressurized water reactors.
(b)100%, unless otherwise indicated.
(c)Base-load units are plants that normally operate to take all or part of the minimum continuous load of a system and, consequently, produce electricity at an essentially constant rate. Intermittent units are plants with output controlled by the natural variability of the energy resource rather than dispatched based on system requirements. Intermediate units are plants that normally operate to take load of a system during the daytime higher load hours and, consequently, produce electricity by cycling on and off daily. Peaking units consist of lower-efficiency, quick response steam units, gas turbines and diesels normally used during the maximum load periods.
(d)For nuclear stations, capacity reflects the annual mean rating. Natural gas and oil stations and wind and solar facilities reflect a summer rating.
(e)On August 9, 2020, we announced we would permanently cease generation operations at Byron and Dresden nuclear facilities in 2021 and Mystic Units 8 and 9 in 2024. On September 15, 2021, we reversed the previous decision to retire Byron and Dresden. See Note 7 — Early Plant Retirements of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
(f)Net generation capacity is stated at proportionate ownership share.
(g)Reflects the prior sale of 49% of CRP to a third party. See Note 22 — Variable Interest Entities of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
(h)We have deactivated the site and are evaluating for potential return of service or retirement beyond 2023.
(i)We wholly own Nine Mile Point Unit 1 and have an 82% undivided ownership interest in Nine Mile Point Unit 2.
(j)CRP owns 100% of the Class A membership interests and a tax equity investor owns 100% of the Class B membership interests of the entity that owns the Bluestem generating assets.
The net generation capability available for operation at any time may be less due to regulatory restrictions, transmission congestion, fuel restrictions, efficiency of cooling facilities, level of water supplies, or generating units being temporarily out of service for inspection, maintenance, refueling, repairs, or modifications required by regulatory authorities.
We also own EMT, which is a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility located on the Mystic River in Everett, MA. EMT connects to two interstate pipeline systems as well as a local gas utility's distribution system and the Mystic Generating Station.
We maintain property insurance against loss or damage to our principal plants and properties by fire or other perils, subject to certain exceptions. For additional information on insurance specific to our nuclear facilities, see Note 19 — Commitments and Contingencies of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. For our insured losses, we are self-insured to the extent that any losses are within the policy deductible or exceed the amount of insurance maintained. Any such losses could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial condition or results of operations.
Item 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
We are parties to various lawsuits and regulatory proceedings in the ordinary course of business. For information regarding material lawsuits and proceedings, see Note 3 — Regulatory Matters and Note 19 — Commitments and Contingencies of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Such descriptions are incorporated herein by these references.
Item 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not Applicable
PART II
Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
CEG Parent
Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq (trading symbol: CEG). As of January 31, 2023 there were 327,131,082 shares of common stock outstanding and approximately 75,145 record holders of common stock.
Stock Performance Graph
The performance graph below illustrates a one-year comparison of cumulative total returns based on an initial investment of $100 in CEG Parent common stock, as compared with the S&P 500 Stock Index and the Philadelphia Utility Sector Index, or UTY, for the year 2022.
This performance chart assumes:
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$100 invested on February 1, 2022, in CEG Parent common stock, the S&P 500 Stock Index, and the UTY, and
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All dividends are reinvested.

| Value of Investment in 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2/1 | 12/31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CEG | $100 | $175 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S&P 500 | $100 | $86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTY | $100 | $107 |
Constellation
As of January 31, 2023, CEG Parent directly held the entire membership interest in Constellation.
Dividends
As a Pennsylvania corporation, Constellation is subject to certain restrictions on dividends under Pennsylvania corporate law. Generally, a corporation may only pay dividends under the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law if the total assets of the corporation would be more than the sum of its total liabilities plus the amount that would be needed, if the corporation were to be dissolved at the time as of which the distribution is measured, to satisfy the preferential rights upon dissolution of shareholders whose preferential rights are superior to those receiving the distribution.
Constellation's revolving credit facility contains a covenant requiring it to maintain a consolidated leverage ratio calculated as the ratio of its consolidated indebtedness to its consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. Maintaining that ratio may affect Constellation's ability to make distributions to the CEG Parent.
Our Board of Directors approved an updated dividend policy for 2023. The 2023 quarterly dividend will be $0.2820 per share.
The following table sets forth Constellation’s quarterly cash dividends per share paid during 2022.
| Fourth Quarter | Third Quarter | Second Quarter | First Quarter | |||||||||||||||||
| $ | 0.1410 | $ | 0.1410 | $ | 0.1410 | $ | 0.1410 |
First Quarter 2023 Dividend
On February 15, 2023, our Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.2820 per share on our common stock for the first quarter of 2023. The dividend is payable on Friday, March 10, 2023, to shareholders of record as of 5 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, February 27, 2023.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
None.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
None.
Item 6. RESERVED
Not Applicable
Item 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
(Dollars in millions, unless otherwise noted)
Executive Overview
We are a supplier of clean energy. Our generating capacity primarily consists of nuclear, wind, solar, natural gas and hydroelectric assets. Through our integrated business operations, we sell electricity, natural gas, and other energy related products and sustainable solutions to various types of customers, including distribution utilities, municipalities, cooperatives, and commercial, industrial, governmental, and residential customers in competitive markets across multiple geographic regions. We have five reportable segments: Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, New York, ERCOT and Other Power Regions. The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations summarizes results for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to the year ended December 31, 2021. For discussion of the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020, refer to ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS in the 2021 Form 10-K, which was filed with the SEC on February 25, 2022.
Capital Allocation and Growth Announcements
We are announcing our capital allocation strategy for 2023 and 2024 supporting our core principles outlined in our Strategy and Outlook discussion. See ITEM 1. BUSINESS – Constellation's Strategy and Outlook for additional information about our strategy.
We will double the annual dividend in 2023 from $0.5640 per share to $1.1280 per share while targeting growth of 10% annually. We are allocating capital towards our best-in-class generation fleet by committing $1.5 billion of growth capital expenditures over the next three years, including nuclear uprates, wind repowering and hydrogen. These organic growth opportunities are projected to exceed our double-digit return threshold. In our commitment to return value to shareholders, we have also authorized a share buyback program of $1.0 billion.
Significant 2022 Transactions and Developments
Separation from Exelon
On February 21, 2021, Exelon’s Board of Directors approved a plan to separate its competitive generation and customer-facing energy businesses into a stand-alone publicly traded company (the "separation"). Exelon completed the separation on February 1, 2022. In order to govern the ongoing relationships between us and Exelon after the separation, and to facilitate an orderly transition, we and Exelon have entered into several agreements, including a Separation Agreement, Tax Matters Agreement, a Transition Services Agreement, and an Employee Matters Agreement and other ancillary agreements. See Note 1 — Basis of Presentation of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
We incurred separation costs of $140 million and $49 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, which are primarily recorded in Operating and maintenance expense. We expect to incur incremental costs of approximately $80 million in 2023. The separation costs are primarily comprised of system-related costs, third-party costs paid to advisors, consultants, lawyers, and other experts assisting in the separation.
PJM Performance Bonuses
On December 23, 2022, and continuing through the morning of December 25, 2022, winter storm Elliott blanketed the entirety of PJM’s footprint with record low temperatures and extreme weather conditions. A significant portion of PJM's fossil generation fleet failed to perform as reserves were called. PJM’s initial estimate of non-performance charges ranges from $1 billion to $2 billion and, in accordance with its tariff, funds collected from those charges are redistributed to generating resources that performed above expectations during the event. PJM released preliminary invoices to generators subject to non-performance charges and bonuses on February 10, 2023. PJM indicated that these preliminary invoices are informational and subject to change for items that could have a material impact to the final amounts billed to non-performing generators, pending PJM’s
completion of their internal processes and data quality assurance reviews. Leveraging preliminary data from PJM and applying significant judgments and assumptions, we recognized an estimated benefit of $109 million (pre-tax) for performance bonuses (net of non-performance charges), primarily driven by the overperformance of our nuclear fleet. The ultimate impact to our consolidated financial statements may be affected by several factors, including final non-performance charges billed, the impacts of generator defaults, and related litigation and disputes. It is reasonably possible that the ultimate benefit could differ significantly once these uncertainties are resolved, which could have a material impact on our financial statements.
Other Key Business Drivers
Russia and Ukraine Conflict
We are closely monitoring developments of the Russia and Ukraine conflict including United States sanctions against Russian energy exports, the potential for sanctions on Russian nuclear fuel supply, and enrichment activities, as well as yet undefined action by Russia to limit energy deliveries. To-date, our nuclear fuel deliveries have not been affected by the Russia and Ukraine conflict. Our nuclear fuel is obtained predominantly through long-term uranium supply and service contracts. We work with a diverse set of domestic and international suppliers years in advance to procure our nuclear fuel and generally have enough nuclear fuel to support all our refueling needs for multiple years regardless of sanctions. Recognizing the potential for the continuing conflict to impact our longer-term security and cost of supply, we have entered into contracts to increase the size of our nuclear fuel inventory. We are taking this affirmative action by working with our diverse set of suppliers to ensure we can secure the nuclear fuel needed to continue to operate our nuclear fleet long-term and provide the necessary fuel to bridge potential Russian supply disruption through 2028, which is the date multiple suppliers are expected to have incremental capacity online. We are also continuing to work with federal policymakers and other stakeholders to facilitate the expansion of the domestic nuclear fuel cycle within the United States to improve carbon-free energy security.
Hedging Strategy
We are exposed to commodity price risk associated with the unhedged portion of our electricity portfolio. We enter into non-derivative and derivative contracts, including options, swaps, and forward and futures contracts, all with credit-approved counterparties, to hedge this anticipated exposure. For merchant revenues not already hedged via comprehensive state programs, such as the CMC in Illinois, we typically utilize a three-year ratable sales plan to align our hedging strategy with our financial objectives. The prompt three-year merchant revenues are hedged on an approximate rolling 90%/60%/30% basis. We may also enter into transactions that are outside of this ratable hedging program. As of December 31, 2022, the percentage of expected generation hedged for the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, New York, and ERCOT reportable segments is 94%-97% and 75%-78% for 2023 and 2024, respectively. We have been and will continue to be proactive in using hedging strategies to mitigate commodity price risk.
We procure natural gas through long-term and short-term contracts and spot-market purchases. Nuclear fuel assemblies are obtained predominantly through long-term uranium concentrate supply contracts, contracted conversion services, contracted enrichment services, or a combination thereof, and contracted fuel fabrication services. The supply markets for uranium concentrates and certain nuclear fuel services are subject to price fluctuations and availability restrictions. Approximately 60% of our uranium concentrate require
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Item 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We are exposed to market risks associated with adverse changes in commodity prices, counterparty credit, interest rates, and equity prices. We manage these risks through risk management policies and objectives for risk assessment, control and valuation, counterparty credit approval, and the monitoring and reporting of risk exposures. After the separation on February 1, 2022, reporting on risk management issues is to the Executive Committee, the Risk Management Committees of our generation and customer-facing businesses, and the Audit and Risk Committee of the Board of Directors.
Commodity Price Risk
Commodity price risk is associated with price movements resulting from changes in supply and demand, fuel costs, market liquidity, weather conditions, governmental, regulatory and environmental policies, and other factors. To the extent the total amount of energy we produce or procure differs from the amount of energy we have contracted to sell, we are exposed to market fluctuations in commodity prices. We seek to mitigate our commodity price risk through the sale and purchase of electricity, natural gas and oil, and other commodities.
Electricity available from our owned or contracted generation supply in excess of our obligations to customers is sold into the wholesale markets. To reduce commodity price risk caused by market fluctuations, we enter into non-derivative contracts as well as derivative contracts, including swaps, futures, forwards, and options, with approved counterparties to hedge anticipated exposures. We use derivative instruments as economic hedges to mitigate exposure to fluctuations in commodity prices. We expect the settlement of the majority of our economic hedges will occur during 2023 through 2025.
In general, increases and decreases in forward market prices have a positive and negative impact, respectively, on our owned and contracted generation positions which have not been hedged. For merchant generation sales
not already hedged via comprehensive state programs, such as the CMC in Illinois, we typically utilize a three-year ratable sales plan to align our hedging strategy with our financial objectives. The prompt three-year merchant sales are hedged on an approximate rolling 90%/60%/30% basis. We may also enter transactions that are outside of this ratable hedging program. As of December 31, 2022, the percentage of expected generation hedged for the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, New York, and ERCOT reportable segments is 94%-97% and 75%-78% for 2023 and 2024, respectively. The percentage of expected generation hedged is the amount of equivalent sales divided by the expected generation. Expected generation is the volume of energy that best represents our commodity position in energy markets from owned or contracted generation based upon a simulated dispatch model that makes assumptions regarding future market conditions, which are calibrated to market quotes for power, fuel, load following products and options. Equivalent sales represent all hedging products, which include economic hedges, CMC payments, and certain non-derivative contracts.
A portion of our hedging strategy may be accomplished with fuel products based on assumed correlations between power and fuel prices, which routinely change in the market. Market price risk exposure is the risk of a change in the value of unhedged positions. The forecasted market price risk exposure for our entire economic hedge portfolio associated with a $5/MWh reduction in the annual average around-the-clock energy price based on December 31, 2022 market conditions and hedged position would be a decrease in pre-tax net income of approximately $8 million and $215 million for 2023 and 2024, respectively. Power price sensitivities are derived by adjusting power price assumptions while keeping all other price inputs constant. We actively manage our portfolio to mitigate market price risk exposure for our unhedged position. Actual results could differ depending on the specific timing of, and markets affected by, price changes, as well as future changes in our portfolio. See Note 16 — Derivative Financial Instruments of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Fuel Procurement
We procure natural gas through long-term and short-term contracts, and spot-market purchases. Nuclear fuel assemblies are obtained predominantly through long-term uranium concentrate supply contracts, contracted conversion services, contracted enrichment services, or a combination thereof, including contracts sourced from Russia, and contracted fuel fabrication services. The supply markets for uranium concentrates and certain nuclear fuel services are subject to price fluctuations and availability restrictions. Supply market conditions may make our procurement contracts subject to credit risk related to the potential non-performance of counterparties to deliver the contracted commodity or service at the contracted prices. We engage a diverse set of suppliers to ensure we can secure the nuclear fuel needed to continue to operate our nuclear fleet long-term. Approximately 60% of our uranium concentrate requirements from 2023 through 2027 are supplied by three suppliers. To-date, we have not experienced any counterparty credit risk associated with these suppliers stemming from the Russian and Ukraine conflict. In the event of non-performance by these or other suppliers, we believe that replacement uranium concentrates can be obtained, although at prices that may be unfavorable when compared to the prices under the current supply agreements. Geopolitical developments, including the Russia and Ukraine conflict and United States sanctions against Russia, have the potential to impact delivery from multiple suppliers in the international uranium industry. Non-performance by these counterparties could have a material adverse impact in our consolidated financial statements. To-date, we have not experienced any delivery or non-performance issues from our suppliers, nor any degradation in the quality of fuel we have received, and we are closely monitoring developments from the conflict. See ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS, Other Key Business Drivers for more information on the Russia and Ukraine conflict.
Trading and Non-Trading Marketing Activities
The following table detailing our trading and non-trading marketing activities is included to address the recommended disclosures by the energy industry’s Committee of Chief Risk Officers (CCRO).
The following table provides detail on changes in our commodity mark-to-market net asset or liability balance sheet position from December 31, 2020 to December 31, 2022. It indicates the drivers behind changes in the balance sheet amounts. This table incorporates the mark-to-market activities that are immediately recorded in earnings. This table excludes all NPNS contracts and does not segregate proprietary trading activity. See Note 16 — Derivative Financial Instruments of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on the balance sheet classification of the mark-to-market energy contract net assets (liabilities) recorded as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.
| Mark-to-Market Energy Contract Net Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of December 31, 2020 | $ | 729 | (a) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total change in fair value during 2021 of contracts recorded in result of operations | 797 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Reclassification to realized at settlement of contracts recorded in results of operations | (228) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Changes in allocated collateral | 96 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net option premium paid | 338 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Option premium amortization | (125) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Upfront payments and amortizations(b) | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of December 31, 2021 | $ | 1,622 | (a) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total change in fair value during 2022 of contracts recorded in result of operations | (647) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Reclassification to realized at settlement of contracts recorded in results of operations | (380) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Changes in allocated collateral | 386 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net option premium paid | 177 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Option premium amortization | (293) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Upfront payments and amortizations(b) | 167 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign Currency Translation | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of December 31, 2022 | $ | 1,046 | (a) |
(a)Amounts are shown net of collateral paid to and received from counterparties.
(b)Includes derivative contracts acquired or sold through upfront payments or receipts of cash, excluding option premiums, and the associated amortizations.
Fair Values
The following table presents maturity and source of fair value for mark-to-market commodity contract net assets (liabilities). The table provides two fundamental pieces of information. First, the table provides the source of fair value used in determining the carrying amount of our total mark-to-market net assets (liabilities), net of allocated collateral. Second, the table shows the maturity, by year, of our commodity contract net assets (liabilities), net of allocated collateral, giving an indication of when these mark-to-market amounts will settle and either generate or require cash. See Note 18 — Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding fair value measurements and the fair value hierarchy.
| Maturities Within | Total Fair Value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 and Beyond | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Normal Operations, Commodity derivative contracts**(a)(b)****:** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Actively quoted prices (Level 1) | $ | 264 | $ | 169 | $ | 128 | $ | 68 | $ | 33 | $ | — | $ | 662 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prices provided by external sources (Level 2) | 238 | 4 | (83) | 6 | — | — | 165 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prices based on model or other valuation methods (Level 3) | 284 | (107) | 83 | 38 | 7 | (86) | 219 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 786 | $ | 66 | $ | 128 | $ | 112 | $ | 40 | $ | (86) | $ | 1,046 |
(a)Mark-to-market gains and losses on other economic hedge and trading derivative contracts that are recorded in the results of operations.
(b)Amounts are shown net of collateral paid/(received) from counterparties (and offset against mark-to-market assets and liabilities) of $898 million at December 31, 2022.
Credit Risk
We would be exposed to credit-related losses in the event of non-performance by counterparties that execute derivative instruments. The credit exposure of derivative contracts, before collateral, is represented by the fair value of contracts at the reporting date. See Note 16 — Derivative Financial Instruments of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a detailed discussion of credit risk.
The following tables provide information on our credit exposure for all derivative instruments, NPNS, and payables and receivables, net of collateral and instruments that are subject to master netting agreements, as of December 31, 2022. The tables further delineate that exposure by credit rating of the counterparties and provide guidance on the concentration of credit risk to individual counterparties and an indication of the duration of a company’s credit risk by credit rating of the counterparties. The figures in the table below exclude credit risk exposure from individual retail customers, uranium procurement contracts, and exposure through RTOs, ISOs, and commodity exchanges, which are discussed below.
| Rating as of December 31, 2022 | Total Exposure Before Credit Collateral | Credit Collateral**(a)** | Net Exposure | Number of Counterparties Greater than 10% of Net Exposure | Net Exposure of Counterparties Greater than 10% of Net Exposure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Investment grade | $ | 1,304 | $ | 135 | $ | 1,169 | — | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-investment grade | 110 | 88 | 22 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No external ratings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Internally rated—investment grade | 106 | — | 106 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Internally rated—non-investment grade | 374 | 40 | 334 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 1,894 | $ | 263 | $ | 1,631 | — | $ | — |
(a)As of December 31, 2022, credit collateral held from counterparties where we had credit exposure included $152 million of cash and $111 million of letters of credit.
| Maturity of Credit Risk Exposure | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rating as of December 31, 2022 | Less than 2 Years | 2-5 Years | Exposure Greater than 5 Years | Total Exposure Before Credit Collateral | |||||||||||||||||||
| Investment grade | $ | 1,276 | $ | 7 | $ | 21 | $ | 1,304 | |||||||||||||||
| Non-investment grade | 108 | 2 | — | 110 | |||||||||||||||||||
| No external ratings | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Internally rated—investment grade | 106 | — | — | 106 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Internally rated—non-investment grade | 227 | 104 | 43 | 374 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 1,717 | $ | 113 | $ | 64 | $ | 1,894 |
| Net Credit Exposure by Type of Counterparty | As of December 31, 2022 | ||||
| Investor-owned utilities, marketers, power producers | $ | 1,311 | |||
| Energy cooperatives and municipalities | 112 | ||||
| Financial Institutions | 9 | ||||
| Other | 199 | ||||
| Total | $ | 1,631 |
Credit-Risk-Related Contingent Features
As part of the normal course of business, we routinely enter into physical or financial contracts for the sale and purchase of electricity, natural gas, and other commodities. In accordance with the contracts and applicable law, if we are downgraded by a credit rating agency, especially if such downgrade is to a level below investment grade, it is possible that a counterparty would attempt to rely on such a downgrade as a basis for making a demand for adequate assurance of future performance. Depending on our net position with a counterparty, the demand could be for the posting of collateral. In the absence of expressly agreed-to provisions that specify the collateral that must be provided, collateral requested will be a function of the facts and circumstances of the situation at the time of the demand. See Note 16 — Derivative Financial Instruments of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding collateral requirements and Note 19 — Commitments and Contingencies of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding the letters of credit supporting the cash collateral.
We transact output through bilateral contracts. The bilateral contracts are subject to credit risk, which relates to the ability of counterparties to meet their contractual payment obligations. Any failure to collect these payments from counterparties could have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. As market prices rise above or fall below contracted price levels, we are required to post collateral with purchasers; as market prices fall below contracted price levels, counterparties are required to post collateral with us. To post collateral, we depend on access to bank credit facilities, which serve as liquidity sources to fund collateral requirements. See ITEM 7. Liquidity and Capital Resources — Credit Matters and Cash Requirements — Credit Facilities for additional information.
RTOs and ISOs
We participate in all, or some, of the established, wholesale spot energy markets that are administered by PJM, ISO-NE, NYISO, CAISO, MISO, SPP, AESO, OIESO, and ERCOT. ERCOT is not subject to regulation by FERC but performs a similar function in Texas to that performed by RTOs in markets regulated by FERC. In these areas, power is traded through bilateral agreements between buyers and sellers and on the spot energy markets that are administered by the RTOs or ISOs, as applicable. In areas where there is no spot energy market, electricity is purchased and sold solely through bilateral agreements. For sales into the spot markets administered by an RTO or ISO, the RTO or ISO maintains financial assurance policies that are established and enforced by those administrators. The credit policies of the RTOs and ISOs may, under certain circumstances,
require that losses arising from the default of one member on spot energy market transactions be shared by the remaining participants. Non-performance or non-payment by a major counterparty could result in a material adverse impact on our consolidated financial statements. See Note 3 — Regulatory Matters of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on the February 2021 extreme cold weather event and Texas-based generating asset outages.
Exchange Traded Transactions
We enter into commodity transactions on NYMEX, ICE, NASDAQ, NGX, and the Nodal exchange ("the Exchanges"). The Exchange clearinghouses act as the counterparty to each trade. Transactions on the Exchanges must adhere to comprehensive collateral and margining requirements. As a result, transactions on Exchanges are significantly collateralized and have limited counterparty credit risk.
Interest Rate and Foreign Exchange Risk
We use a combination of fixed-rate and variable-rate debt to manage interest rate exposure. We may also utilize interest rate swaps to manage our interest rate exposure. A hypothetical 50 basis point increase in the interest rates associated with unhedged variable-rate debt (excluding Commercial Paper) and fixed-to-floating swaps would not result in a material decrease in our pre-tax income for the year ended December 31, 2022. To manage foreign exchange rate exposure associated with international energy purchases in currencies other than U.S. dollars, we utilize foreign currency derivatives, which are typically designated as economic hedges. See Note 16 — Derivative Financial Instruments of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Equity Price Risk
We maintain trust funds, as required by the NRC, to fund the costs of decommissioning our nuclear plants. Our NDT funds are reflected at fair value in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The mix of securities in the trust funds is designed to provide returns to be used to fund decommissioning and to compensate us for inflationary increases in decommissioning costs; however, the equity securities in the trust funds are exposed to price fluctuations in equity markets, and the value of fixed-rate, fixed-income securities are exposed to changes in interest rates. We actively monitor the investment performance of the trust funds and periodically review asset allocations in accordance with our NDT fund investment policy. A hypothetical 25 basis points increase in interest rates and 10% decrease in equity prices would result in a $759 million reduction in the fair value of the trust assets as of December 31, 2022. This calculation holds all other variables constant and assumes only the discussed changes in interest rates and equity prices. See Liquidity and Capital Resources section of ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS for additional information.
Item 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
The management of Constellation Energy Corporation (CEG Parent) is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f). Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
CEG Parent’s management assessed the effectiveness of CEG Parent’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022. In making this assessment, management used the criteria in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this assessment, CEG Parent’s management concluded that, as of December 31, 2022, CEG Parent’s internal control over financial reporting was effective.
The effectiveness of CEG Parent’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022, has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which appears herein.
February 16, 2023
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
The management of Constellation Energy Generation, LLC (Constellation) is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f). Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Constellation’s management assessed the effectiveness of Constellation’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022. In making this assessment, management used the criteria in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this assessment, Constellation’s management concluded that, as of December 31, 2022, Constellation’s internal control over financial reporting was effective.
February 16, 2023
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Constellation Energy Corporation
Opinions on the Financial Statements and Internal Control over Financial Reporting
We have audited the consolidated financial statements, including the related notes, as listed in the index appearing under Item 15(a)(1)(i), and the financial statement schedule listed in the index appearing under Item 15(a)(1)(ii), of Constellation Energy Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). We also have audited the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2022 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the COSO.
Basis for Opinions
The Company's management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting appearing under Item 8. Our responsibility is to express opinions on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and on the Company's internal control over financial reporting based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.
Our audits of the consolidated financial statements included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.
Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance rega
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Item 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
Item 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
During the fourth quarter of 2022, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures related to the recording, processing, summarizing, and reporting of information in periodic reports that we file or submit with the SEC. These disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that (a) information relating to our consolidated subsidiaries, is accumulated and made known to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, by other employees as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure, and (b) this information is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported, as applicable, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Due to the inherent limitations of control systems, not all misstatements may be detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls could be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons or by collusion of two or more people.
Accordingly, as of December 31, 2022, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to accomplish their objectives.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
We continually strive to improve our disclosure controls and procedures to enhance the quality of our financial reporting and to maintain dynamic systems that change as conditions warrant. There have been no changes in internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fourth quarter of 2022 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, any of our internal control over financial reporting.
Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Management is required to assess and report on the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022. As a result of that assessment, management determined that there were no material weaknesses as of December 31, 2022 and, therefore, concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective. Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting is included in ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.
Item 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
None.
Item 9C. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS
Not Applicable
PART III
Constellation Energy Generation, LLC meets the conditions set forth in General Instruction I(1)(a) and (b) of Form 10-K for a reduced disclosure format. Accordingly, all items in this section relating to Constellation are not presented.
Item 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Information about our Executive Officers as of February 16, 2023
| Name | Age | Position | Period | |||||||||||||||||
| Dominguez, Joseph | 60 | President and Chief Executive Officer | 2022 - Present | |||||||||||||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer, Exelon Generation Company, LLC | 2021 - 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chief Executive Officer, ComEd | 2018 - 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Executive Vice President, Governmental and Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy, Exelon | 2012 - 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Eggers, Daniel | 47 | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | 2022 - Present | |||||||||||||||||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Exelon Generation Company, LLC | 2021 - 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance, Exelon | 2018 - 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior Vice President of Investor Relations, Exelon | 2016 - 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Barrόn, Kathleen | 52 | Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer | 2022 - Present | |||||||||||||||||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Exelon Generation Company, LLC | 2021 - 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Executive Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs, Exelon | 2018 - 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior Vice President, Competitive Market Policy, Exelon | 2012 - 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hanson, Bryan C. | 57 | Executive Vice President and Chief Generation Officer | 2022 - Present | |||||||||||||||||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Generation Officer, Exelon Generation Company, LLC | 2020 - 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||
| President and Chief Nuclear Officer, Exelon Nuclear; Senior Vice President, Exelon Generation Company, LLC | 2015 - 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Koehler, Michael R. | 56 | Executive Vice President and Chief Administration Officer | 2022 - Present | |||||||||||||||||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Administration Officer, Exelon Generation Company, LLC | 2021 - 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior Vice President and Chief Information and Chief Digital Officer, Exelon | 2016 - 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
| McHugh, James | 51 | Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer | 2022 - Present | |||||||||||||||||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, Exelon Generation Company, LLC | 2021 - 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Executive Vice President, Exelon; Chief Executive Officer, competitive retail and commodities business, Exelon | 2018 - 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior Vice President, Portfolio Management and Strategy, competitive retail and commodities business, Exelon | 2016 - 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dardis, David | 50 | Executive Vice President and General Counsel | 2022 - Present | |||||||||||||||||
| Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Exelon Generation Company, LLC | 2021 - 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Exelon Generation Company, LLC | 2020 - 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior Vice President and General Counsel, competitive retail and commodities business, Exelon | 2016 - 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bauer, Matthew | 46 | Senior Vice President and Controller | 2022 - Present | |||||||||||||||||
| Vice President and Controller, Exelon Generation Company, LLC | 2016 - 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||
Directors, Director Nomination Process and Audit Committee
The information required under ITEM 10 concerning directors and nominees for election as directors at the annual meeting of shareholders (Item 401 of Regulation S-K), the director nomination process (Item 407(c)(3)), the audit committee (Item 407(d)(4) and (d)(5)), and the beneficial reporting compliance (Sec. 16(a)) is incorporated herein by reference to information to be contained in our definitive 2023 proxy statement (2023 Constellation Proxy Statement) to be filed with the SEC on or before April 30, 2023 pursuant to Regulation 14A or 14C, as applicable, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Code of Conduct and Ethics
In connection with the completion of the separation from Exelon, our Board of Directors adopted a code of conduct and ethics (the “Code of Ethics”), effective February 1, 2022, that applies to all of our directors, officers and employees, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer and persons performing similar functions. The Code of Ethics is available upon written request to our corporate secretary or on our website at www.ConstellationEnergy.com. If we amend provisions of our Code of Ethics that apply to, or grant a waiver from a provision of our Code of Ethics for any executive officer, we will publicly disclose such amendment or waiver on our website and as required by applicable law or regulation. The information contained on, or accessible from, our website is not part of this annual report by reference or otherwise.
Item 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The information required by this item will be set forth under "Executive Compensation Data" and "Report of the Compensation Committee" in the Constellation Proxy Statement for the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The information required by this item will be set forth under "Ownership of Constellation Stock" in the Constellation Proxy Statement for the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders which is incorporated herein by reference.
Securities Authorized for Issuance under Constellation Equity Compensation Plans
| [A] | [B] | [C] | |||||||||||||||
| Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding Options, warrants and rights (Note 1) | Weighted-average price of outstanding Options, warrants and rights | Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column [A]) (Note 2) | |||||||||||||||
| Equity compensation plans approved by security holders | $ | 2,984,589 | N/A | $ | 37,533,641 |
(1)Balance includes outstanding performance shares and restricted stock units that were granted under the Constellation LTIP (including shares awarded under those plans and deferred into the stock deferral plan) and deferred stock units granted to directors as part of their compensation. Unvested performance shares are subject to performance metrics and to a CFO/Debt modifier. In addition, pursuant to the terms of the Constellation LTIP plan, 50% of final payouts are made in the form of shares of common stock and 50% is made in form of in cash, or if the participant has exceeded 200% of their stock ownership requirement, 100% of the final payout is made in cash. For performance shares, the total includes the maximum number of shares that could be issued assuming all participants receive 50% of payouts in shares and assuming the performance and CFO/Debt modifier metrics were both at maximum, representing best case performance, for a total of 1,552,925 shares. If the performance and total shareholder return modifier metrics were at "target", the number of securities to be issued for such awards would be 776,463. The balance also includes 127,664 shares to be issued upon the conversion of deferred stock units awarded to members of the Constellation board of directors. Conversion of the deferred stock units to shares of common stock occurs after a director terminates service on the Constellation board.
(2)Includes 17,638,730 shares remaining available for issuance from the employee stock purchase plan and 19,894,911 shares remaining available for issuance to former Constellation employees with outstanding awards made under the prior Constellation LTIP.
Item 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
The additional information required by this item will be set forth under "Related Persons Transactions" and "Director Independence" in the Constellation Proxy Statement for the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
The information required by this item will be set forth under "The Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Constellation's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2023" in the Constellation Proxy Statement for the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders which is incorporated herein by reference.
PART IV
Item 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
(a)The following documents are filed as a part of this report:
(1) Constellation Energy Corporation and Subsidiary Companies
| (i) | Financial Statements (Item 8): | |||||||
| Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm dated February 16, 2023 of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PCAOB ID 238) | ||||||||
| Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income for the Years Ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020 | ||||||||
| Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020 | ||||||||
| Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2022 and 2021 | ||||||||
| Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for the Years Ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020 | ||||||||
| Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements | ||||||||
| (ii) | Financial Statement Schedule: | |||||||
| Schedule II—Valuation and Qualifying Accounts for the Years Ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020 | ||||||||
| Schedules not included are omitted because of the absence of conditions under which they are required or because the required information is provided in the consolidated financial statements, including the notes thereto |
Constellation Energy Corporation and Subsidiary Companies
Constellation Energy Generation, LLC and Subsidiary Companies
Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
| Additions and adjustments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Balance at Beginning of Period | Charged to Costs and Expenses | Charged to Other Accounts | Deductions | Balance at End of Period | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In millions) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| For the year ended December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Allowance for credit losses | $ | 59 | $ | 10 | $ | — | $ | 18 | (a) | $ | 51 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Deferred tax valuation allowance | 22 | — | (11) | — | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reserve for obsolete materials | 250 | 11 | (6) | 17 | 238 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| For the year ended December 31, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Allowance for credit losses | $ | 32 | $ | 34 | $ | — | $ | 7 | (a) | $ | 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Deferred tax valuation allowance | 23 | — | (1) | — | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reserve for obsolete materials | 265 | (6) | (2) | 7 | 250 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| For the year ended December 31, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Allowance for credit losses | $ | 81 | $ | 12 | $ | (56) | $ | 5 | (a) | $ | 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Deferred tax valuation allowance | 24 | — | (1) | — | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reserve for obsolete materials | 143 | 123 | (b) | (1) | — | 265 |
(a)Write-offs, net of recoveries of individual accounts receivable.
(b)Primarily reflects expense resulting from materials and supplies inventory reserve adjustments as a result of the decision to early retire Byron, Dresden, and Mystic 8 and 9. See Note 7—Early Plant Retirements of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
(2) Constellation Energy Generation, LLC and Subsidiary Companies
| (i) | Financial Statements (Item 8): | |||||||
| Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm dated February 16, 2023 of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PCAOB ID 238) | ||||||||
| Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income for the Years Ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020 | ||||||||
| Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020 | ||||||||
| Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2022 and 2021 | ||||||||
| Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for the Years Ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020 | ||||||||
| Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements | ||||||||
| (ii) | Financial Statement Schedule: | |||||||
| Schedule II—Valuation and Qualifying Accounts for the Years Ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020 (a) | ||||||||
| Schedules not included are omitted because of the absence of conditions under which they are required or because the required information is provided in the consolidated financial statements, including the notes thereto |
(a)The Constellation Energy Generation, LLC Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts for Years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020 is the same as the Constellation Energy Corporation Schedule II.
Exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K:
Certain of the following exhibits are incorporated herein by reference under Rule 12b-32 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Certain other instruments which would otherwise be required to be listed below have not been so listed because such instruments do not authorize securities in an amount which exceeds 10% of the total assets of the applicable registrant and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis and the relevant registrant agrees to furnish a copy of any such instrument to the SEC upon request.
| 24-2 | Yves C. de Balmann | ||||
| 24-3 | Nneka Rimmer | ||||
| 24-4 | Bradley Halverson | ||||
| 24-5 | Charles Harrington | ||||
| 24-6 | Julie Holzrichter | ||||
| 24-7 | Ashish Khandpur | ||||
| 24-8 | Robert Lawless | ||||
| 24-9 | John Richardson | ||||
| Certifications Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 as to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 filed by the following officers for the following registrants: | |||||
| Exhibit No. | Description | ||||
| 31-1 | Filed by Joseph Dominguez for Constellation Energy Corporation | ||||
| 31-2 | Filed by Daniel L. Eggers for Constellation Energy Corporation | ||||
| 31-3 | Filed by Joseph Dominguez for Constellation Energy Generation, LLC | ||||
| 31-4 | Filed by Daniel L. Eggers for Constellation Energy Generation, LLC | ||||
| Certifications Pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 United States Code as to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 filed by the following officers for the following registrants: | |||||
| Exhibit No. | Description | ||||
| 32-1 | Filed by Joseph Dominguez for Constellation Energy Corporation | ||||
| 32-2 | Filed by Daniel L. Eggers for Constellation Energy Corporation | ||||
| 32-3 | Filed by Joseph Dominguez for Constellation Energy Generation, LLC | ||||
| 32-4 | Filed by Daniel L. Eggers for Constellation Energy Generation, LLC | ||||
| 101.INS | Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. | ||||
| 101.SCH | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. | ||||
| 101.CAL | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. | ||||
| 101.DEF | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. | ||||
| 101.LAB | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document. | ||||
| 101.PRE | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. | ||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) |
- Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
Item 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY
None.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Baltimore and State of Maryland on the 16th day of February, 2023.
| CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORPORATION | |||||||||||
| By: | /s/ JOSEPH DOMINGUEZ | ||||||||||
| Name: | Joseph Dominguez | ||||||||||
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities indicated on the 16th day of February, 2023.
| Signature | Title | |||||||
| /s/ JOSEPH DOMINGUEZ | President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | |||||||
| Joseph Dominguez | ||||||||
| /s/ DANIEL L. EGGERS | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | |||||||
| Daniel L. Eggers | ||||||||
| /s/ MATTHEW N. BAUER | Senior Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) | |||||||
| Matthew N. Bauer |
This annual report has also been signed below by David Dardis, Attorney-in-Fact, on behalf of the following Directors on the date indicated:
| Laurie Brlas | Ashish Khandpur | |||||||
| Yves C. de Balmann | Robert Lawless | |||||||
| Bradley Halverson | John Richardson | |||||||
| Charles Harrington | Nneka Rimmer | |||||||
| Julie Holzrichter |
| By: | /s/ DAVID DARDIS | February 16, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Name: | David Dardis |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Baltimore and State of Maryland on the 16th day of February, 2023.
| CONSTELLATION ENERGY GENERATION, LLC | |||||||||||
| By: | /s/ JOSEPH DOMINGUEZ | ||||||||||
| Name: | Joseph Dominguez | ||||||||||
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities indicated on the 16th day of February, 2023.
| Signature | Title | |||||||
| /s/ JOSEPH DOMINGUEZ | President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | |||||||
| Joseph Dominguez | ||||||||
| /s/ DANIEL L. EGGERS | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | |||||||
| Daniel L. Eggers | ||||||||
| /s/ MATTHEW N. BAUER | Senior Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) | |||||||
| Matthew N. Bauer |