Exelon and Pepco Holdings signed a definitive agreement to combine the two companies in an all-cash transaction. The agreement, which has been unanimously approved by both companies’ boards of directors, brings together Exelon’s three electric and gas utilities – BGE, ComEd and PECO – and Pepco Holdings’ electric and gas utilities – Atlantic City Electric, Delmarva Power and Pepco – to create the leading Mid-Atlantic electric and gas utility. The combined utility businesses will serve approximately 10 million customers and have a rate base of approximately $26 billion. The transaction requires the approval of the stockholders of Pepco Holdings. Completion of the transaction is also conditioned upon approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the District of Columbia Public Service Commission and several state commissions including the Delaware Public Service Commission, the Maryland Public Service Commission and the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. The companies anticipate closing in the second or third quarter of 2015.
