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Exelon (EXC) Risk Analysis
Risk Overview Q2, 2026
Risk Change Over Time
- Sales & Marketing - Risk 1All Registrants
None of our officers or directors, as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, adopted, modified, or terminated a "Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement" or a "non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement," as defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K, during the three months ended June 30, 2026, except as follows: On June 9, 2026, Calvin G. Butler, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, Exelon Corporation, terminated a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement he had previously adopted on March 13, 2026, which was intended to satisfy the affirmative defense of Rule 10b5-1(c). As of the date of termination of the trading arrangement, Mr. Butler had not sold any shares of common stock under its terms.
Risk Highlights Q2, 2026
Risk Word Cloud
Risk Factors Full Breakdown - Total Risks 28
- Manufacturing - Risk 1The Registrants' electricity and natural gas operations are inherently hazardous and involve significant risks to employees, contractors, customers, and the general public (All Registrants).
Employees and contractors throughout the organization work in, and customers and the general public could be exposed to, potentially dangerous environments near the Registrants' operations. As a result, employees, contractors, customers, and the general public may face, and in the past have experienced, serious injury, including loss of life, damage to or destruction of facilities and residences, business interruptions, and environmental pollution. These risks include, among others, gas explosions, uncontrolled release of natural gas and other environmental hazards, fires, pole strikes, and electric contact cases. Further, the location of natural gas pipelines and associated distribution facilities, or electric generation, transmission, substations and distribution facilities near populated areas, including residential areas, commercial business centers and industrial sites, increases the potential damages resulting from these risks.
- Manufacturing - Risk 2Lack of sufficient generation and energy storage to meet actual or forecasted demand or disruptions at power generation facilities owned by third parties could interrupt transmission and distribution services, impair economic development, cause outages, and result in use limitations or affordability implications for customers. (All Registrants)
Exelon does not generate the electricity it delivers. The Utility Registrants purchase, transmit, and distribute electric power obtained from power generation facilities owned by third parties. This power is primarily procured through contracts as directed by the Utility Registrants' respective state laws and regulatory commission actions from various approved bidders or from purchases on the PJM operated markets. Third-party power generation may be insufficient to meet our customers' electricity demand in the short- and medium-term because of extreme weather, fuel security, market procurement, regulatory requirements, operational issues, maintenance outages, inflexibility of demand, or financial uncertainty impacting existing or prospective generation facilities. Faster energy demand growth, acceleration of generator retirements, or the limited entry of new generating resources in any of the Utility Registrants' respective service territories may result in a longer-term power generation capacity shortfall. Exelon has forecast substantial increases in load, driven largely by the increasing use of data processing facilities dedicated to cloud services, artificial intelligence technologies, and other applications. If third-party power generation capacity is insufficient to meet any Utility Registrant's customers' electricity demand or customers' electricity demand across PJM over any period, transmission and distribution services may be diminished or interrupted, and results of operations, financial condition, and cash flows could be adversely affected. In the event generation capacity is insufficient to meet demand, the Utility Registrants' customers may experience greater price volatility, power service outages during peak demand periods or during generation contingencies (e.g., severe storms), and electricity use limits to maintain system balance. Furthermore, the Utility Registrants may be unable to support new economic development should generation constraints last for extended periods. Energy storage systems provide additional resources for enhancing grid reliability and stability by providing rapid response capabilities, allowing the injection and absorption of power during electric supply and demand imbalances. As forecasted load increases, the lack of sufficient energy storage growth may also lead to greater price volatility and challenges in power services for customers.
- Manufacturing - Risk 3The Utility Registrants' respective ability to deliver electricity, their operating costs, and their capital expenditures could be negatively impacted by the insufficiency of generation or energy storage resources to meet demand, transmission congestion, and failures of neighboring transmission systems (All Registrants).
Demand for electricity within the Utility Registrants' service areas could stress available transmission capacity requiring alternative routing or curtailment of electricity usage. Also, insufficient availability of electric supply to meet customer demand could jeopardize the Utility Registrants' ability to comply with reliability standards and strain customer and regulatory agency relationships. As is the case for electric utilities generally, potential concerns over transmission capacity or generation facility retirements could result in PJM or FERC requiring the Utility Registrants to upgrade or expand their respective transmission systems through additional capital expenditures. Delays in siting, permitting, and interconnection could defer the introduction of new generation or energy storage resources that could address resource adequacy concerns. PJM's systems and operations are designed to ensure the reliable operation of the transmission grid and prevent the operations of one utility from having an adverse impact on the operations of the other utilities. However, service interruptions at other utilities may cause interruptions in the Utility Registrants' service areas. Additionally, efforts to artificially manipulate power demand on the grid, or even accidental activity that results in sharp fluctuations of demand, could disrupt grid operations.
- Manufacturing - Risk 4The Utility Registrants' operating costs are affected by their ability to maintain the availability and reliability of their delivery and operational systems (All Registrants).
Failures of the equipment or facilities used in the Utility Registrants' delivery systems could interrupt electric transmission and/or electric or natural gas delivery, which could result in a loss of revenues and an increase in maintenance and capital expenditures. Equipment or facilities failures can occur due to several factors, including natural causes such as weather or information systems failure. Specifically, if the implementation of AMI, smart grid, or other technologies in the Utility Registrants' service territory fail to perform as intended or are not successfully integrated with billing and other information systems, or if any of the financial, accounting, or other data processing systems fail or have other significant shortcomings, the Utility Registrants' financial results could be negatively impacted. In addition, dependence upon automated systems could further increase the risk that operational system flaws or internal and/or external tampering or manipulation of those systems will result in losses that are difficult to detect. Regulated utilities, which are required to provide service to all customers within their respective service territories, have generally been afforded liability protections against claims by customers relating to failure of service. Under Illinois law, however, ComEd could be required to pay damages to its customers in some circumstances involving extended outages affecting large numbers of its customers, which could be material.
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