Exelon Corporation announced this week it has joined the Pew Center on Global Climate Change as a member of the organization's Business Environmental Leadership Council.

The BELC was established by the Pew Center in 1998 and is comprised of mainly Fortune 500 companies representing a diverse group of industries. The members share the belief that enough is known about the science of climate change to begin taking reasonable steps now to protect the climate.

The Pew Center on Global Climate Change recently assisted Exelon in developing its goal, strategy and program for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by eight percent from 2001 levels by the end of 2008 as part of the company's participation in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Leaders Program.

Exelon's actions on climate change are consistent with its overall environmental strategy. Exelon's environmental priorities include increasing renewable energy supplies, promoting efficient use of electricity and natural gas, contributing to the development of a sound national policy addressing climate change, and preserving the option for low carbon intensity technologies, including nuclear, for the future.

BELC members represent a variety of industries including energy, automobiles, manufacturing, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, metals, mining, paper and forest products, consumer goods and appliances, telecommunications, and high technology. Individually and collectively, these companies are demonstrating that it is possible to take action to address climate change while maintaining competitive excellence, growth and profitability. The companies together generate annual revenues in excess of $600 billion and employ more than 1.7 million people.

The other members of the BELC are: ABB; Air Products and Chemicals; Alcoa; American Electric Power; Baxter International; Boeing; BP; California Portland Cement Co.; CH2M HILL; Cinergy Corp.; Cummins Inc.; Deutsche Telekom; DTE Energy; DuPont; Entergy; Georgia-Pacific; Hewlett-Packard Company; Holcim; IBM; Intel; Interface Inc.; John Hancock Financial Services; Lockheed Martin; Maytag; Novartis; Ontario Power Generation; PG&E Corporation; Rio Tinto; Rohm and Haas; Royal Dutch/Shell; SC Johnson; Sunoco; Toyota; TransAlta; United Technologies; Weyerhaeuser; Whirlpool; and Wisconsin Energy Corporation.

Exelon Corporation is one of the nation's largest electric utilities with approximately 5.2 million customers and more than $14 billion in annual revenues. The company has one of the industry's largest portfolios of electricity generation capacity, with a nationwide reach and strong positions in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic.

5/27/2005