Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

July 27, 2012

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

 

Commission File

Number

 

Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter; State of

Incorporation; Address of Principal Executive Offices; and

Telephone Number

 

IRS Employer

Identification

Number

1-16169

 

EXELON CORPORATION

(a Pennsylvania corporation)

10 South Dearborn Street

P.O. Box 805379

Chicago, Illinois 60680-5379

(312) 394-7398

  23-2990190

1-1910

 

BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

(a Maryland corporation)

2 Center Plaza

110 West Fayette Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21201

(410) 234-5000

  52-0280210

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

  ¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

  ¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Section 8 – Other Events

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On July 27, 2012, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) filed an application with the Maryland Public Service Commission (MDPSC) seeking increases of $150.8 million and $53.4 million to its electric and gas base rates, respectively. The requested rate of return on equity in the application is 10.5%. The new electric and gas distribution base rates are expected to take effect in late February 2013. BGE cannot predict how much of the requested increases the MDPSC will approve.

Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K is BGE’s press release regarding its filing with the MDPSC.

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

99.1   Press release

* * * * *

This combined Form 8-K is being furnished separately by Exelon Corporation (Exelon) and BGE (Registrants). Information contained herein relating to any individual Registrant has been furnished by such Registrant on its own behalf. No Registrant makes any representation as to information relating to any other Registrant.

This Current Report includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are subject to risks and uncertainties. The factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include those discussed herein as well as those discussed in (1) Exelon’s 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K in (a) ITEM 1A. Risk Factors, (b) ITEM 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and (c) ITEM 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data: Note 18; (2) Constellation Energy Group’s 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K in (a) ITEM 1A. Risk Factors, (b) ITEM 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and (c) ITEM 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data: Note 12; (3) the Registrant’s First Quarter 2012 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q in (a) Part II, Other Information, ITEM 1A. Risk Factors and (b) Part I, Financial Information, ITEM 1. Financial Statements: Note 15; and (4) 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 Current 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 Current Report.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

EXELON CORPORATION

/s/ Jonathan W. Thayer

Jonathan W. Thayer
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Exelon Corporation
BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

/s/ Carim V. Khouzami

Carim V. Khouzami
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company

July 27, 2012


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

99.1   Press release