Exelon Breaks All-Time Giving Record by Donating More Than $46.5 Million and 200,000 Volunteer Hours to Communities in 2017

Exelon companies and the Exelon Foundation supported more than 3,000
nonprofits, with a focus on the environment, education, health & human
services, community development and the arts

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Exelon, along with the Exelon Foundation, its operating companies and
34,000 employees, achieved a new record in corporate philanthropy and
volunteerism in 2017, committing $46.5 million in charitable giving and
volunteering 200,000 hours.

“I am extremely proud of our employees for the positive impact they have
had in strengthening their communities this year,” said Maggie
FitzPatrick, Exelon’s senior vice president of Corporate Affairs.
“During our Giving Tuesday initiative alone, more than 1,700 employees
in 39 cities participated in over 150 service projects, restoring
natural resources, volunteering at schools and feeding the hungry. Their
efforts to give back are a true demonstration of our commitment to
communities and supporting our neighbors, particularly during the
holidays.”

Exelon focuses the majority of its social investments on preserving the
environment; enhancing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)
education; sustaining the arts and fostering strong and healthy
communities.

“Through Exelon’s support of our Lakeshore Preserve and ComEd’s Green
Region Program, Exelon and ComEd have enabled us to maintain open space
projects focusing on environmental conservation, preservation and
improvements to local parks and recreational resources,” said Jerry
Adelmann, president and CEO of Openlands, one of the oldest metropolitan
conservation organizations in the nation. "Together for the last five
years, we have been able to help communities throughout northern
Illinois create and enhance open space where their citizens live, work
and play."

“Exelon and its operating companies’ support is critical to providing
our 38,000 students with hands-on STEM education opportunities,” said
Mary Spruill, executive director of The NEED Project, which created the
Energizing Student Potential initiative for students primarily in 5th
to 8th grade in Illinois, Maryland, Pennsylvania and
Washington, D.C. “Not only have they given us grants to provide
year-round academic support for approximately 275 schools, their
employees have shared important lessons with our students, bringing
their real-life experience to the classroom.”

In keeping with Exelon’s culture of giving back, nearly 8,500 Exelon,
BGE, Constellation, ComEd, Exelon Generation, PECO and Pepco Holdings
employees and their families surpassed the goal of committing 180,000
hours of volunteer time to their communities by spending the equivalent
of three workdays each helping those in need. They also exceeded the $8
million goal for Exelon’s annual employee giving campaign by nearly
$500,000. In addition to grants provided by Exelon throughout the year,
employee efforts were matched by the company, bringing the total to
$12.6 million. Employees also participated in the Exelon Foundation
Matching Gifts Program, donating over $3 million to charity — a gift
that was matched dollar for dollar, doubling the impact on the community.

Exelon, its operating companies and their employees are committed to
giving back year-round to the communities where they live and work. In
2017, the company was named to Points of Light’s list of the 50 most
community-minded companies in the country, and Exelon also received
honors from the Trust for Public Land, the Pro Bono Institute, the
Northwestern Settlement House and Kids in Need of Defense, among others,
for its leadership in corporate responsibility. For more information on
how Exelon supports its community, go to www.exeloncorp.com/community.

About Exelon

Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC) is a Fortune 100 energy company with the
largest number of utility customers in the U.S. Exelon does
business in 48 states, the District of Columbia and Canada and had 2016
revenue of $31.4 billion. Exelon’s six utilities deliver electricity and
natural gas to approximately 10 million customers in Delaware, the
District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
through its Atlantic City Electric, BGE, ComEd, Delmarva Power, PECO and
Pepco subsidiaries. Exelon is one of the largest competitive U.S. power
generators, with more than 35,500 megawatts of nuclear, gas, wind, solar
and hydroelectric generating capacity comprising one of the nation’s
cleanest and lowest-cost power generation fleets. The company’s
Constellation business unit provides energy products and services to
approximately 2.2 million residential, public sector and business
customers, including more than two-thirds of the Fortune 100. Follow
Exelon on Twitter @Exelon.

Contacts

Exelon Corporation
Robin Gray
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