Exelon Corporation is an American electric utility holding company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, formed by the 2000 merger of PECO Energy of Philadelphia and Unicom, the parent of Commonwealth Edison of Chicago. It became one of the largest electric utility companies in the United States and the largest operator of nuclear power plants in the country, before spinning off its competitive power generation business as the separate company Constellation Energy in 2022 to focus solely on regulated utility operations.
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Company TypeAmerican public utility 1 Founded Year HeadquartersChicago, Illinois, U.S. 1 Connections
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A major electric or gas utility company; classified in the atlas utilities-industry.
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1. Exelon (Wikipedia)
WikipediaLead section, opening sentence
Exelon Corporation is an American public utility headquartered in Chicago, and incorporated in Pennsylvania.
Lead section, headquarters clause
Exelon Corporation is an American public utility headquartered in Chicago, and incorporated in Pennsylvania.
History section, founding sentence
Exelon Corporation was created in October 2000 by the merger between PECO Energy Company, formed in 1902, and Unicom Corporation, the parent of Commonwealth Edison, formed in 1907.
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