# Constellation Energy Corp (CEG) FY 2023 MD&A

Verbatim Item 7 Management's Discussion and Analysis from Constellation Energy Corp's 10-K for fiscal year 2023.

SEC filing source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1868275/000186827524000014/ceg-20231231.htm
Accession: 0001868275-24-000014
Filing date: 2024-02-27
Report date: 2023-12-31
Extracted structurally from real Item 7 body heading to real Item 7A/8 boundary.
Confidence: high

Company profile: /company/CEG/
All MD&A years: /company/CEG/mda/
Previous year: /company/CEG/mda/fy2022/ (FY 2022)
Next year: /company/CEG/mda/fy2024/ (FY 2024)

Item 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
(Dollars in millions, unless otherwise noted)

Executive Overview

We are a supplier of carbon-free energy. Our generating capacity primarily consists of nuclear, wind, solar, natural gas and hydroelectric assets. Through our integrated business operations, we sell electricity, natural gas, and other energy-related products and sustainable solutions to various types of customers, including distribution utilities, municipalities, cooperatives, and commercial, industrial, governmental, and residential customers in competitive markets across multiple geographic regions. We have five reportable segments: Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, New York, ERCOT and Other Power Regions. The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations summarizes results for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to the year ended December 31, 2022. For discussion of the year ended December 31, 2022

48

Table of Contents

compared to the year ended December 31, 2021, refer to ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS in the 2022 Form 10-K, which was filed with the SEC on February 16, 2023.

Capital Allocation and Growth Announcements

We are announcing our capital allocation strategy for 2024 and 2025 supporting our core principles outlined in our Strategy and Outlook discussion. See ITEM 1. BUSINESS – Constellation's Strategy and Outlook for additional information about our strategy.

We will increase the quarterly dividend by 25% to $0.3525 per share starting in 2024, while targeting growth of 10% annually. We are allocating capital towards our best-in-class generation fleet by committing $875 million of growth capital expenditures over the next two years, including nuclear uprates and license renewals, wind repowering, and hydrogen with policy support. These organic growth opportunities are projected to exceed our double-digit return threshold. In our commitment to return value to shareholders, we have also approved an increase to our previously announced $1 billion share buyback program, authorizing the repurchase of up to an additional $1 billion of company stock. See Note 20 — Shareholders' Equity of the Combined Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on completed and authorized share buybacks.

Significant Transactions and Developments

Separation from Exelon

On February 21, 2021, Exelon’s Board of Directors approved a plan to separate its competitive generation and customer-facing energy businesses into a stand-alone publicly traded company (the "separation"). Exelon completed the separation on February 1, 2022. In order to govern the ongoing relationships between us and Exelon after the separation, and to facilitate an orderly transition, we and Exelon have entered into several agreements, including a Separation Agreement, Tax Matters Agreement, a Transition Services Agreement, and an Employee Matters Agreement and other ancillary agreements. See Note 1 — Basis of Presentation of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

We incurred separation costs of $101 million and $140 million for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, which are primarily recorded in Operating and maintenance expense. The separation costs are primarily comprised of system-related costs, third-party costs paid to advisors, consultants, lawyers, and other experts assisting in the separation.

Share Repurchase Program

On February 16, 2023, our Board of Directors announced a share repurchase program with a $1 billion authority without expiration. Repurchases under this program commenced in March 2023. On December 12, 2023, the Board of Directors approved an increase to our previously announced $1 billion share repurchase program, authorizing the repurchase of up to an additional $1 billion of our outstanding common stock. During 2023, we repurchased from the open market 10.6 million shares of our common stock for a total cost, inclusive of taxes and transaction costs, of $1 billion. See Note 20 — Shareholders' Equity of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

Acquisition of Joint Ownership in South Texas Project

On November 1, 2023, we completed the acquisition of NRG South Texas LP (renamed and converted as Constellation South Texas, LLC), which owns a 44% undivided ownership interest in the jointly owned STP, a 2,645 MW, dual-unit nuclear plant located in Bay City, Texas. The net cash paid was $1.65 billion, after certain purchase price adjustments. This acquisition is complementary to and aligned strategically with our existing clean energy business operations. See Note 2 — Mergers, Acquisitions, and Dispositions of the Combined Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on this acquisition. The STP operating results are included in the ERCOT operating segment. See Note 5 — Segment Information additional information on our reportable segments.

Revenue Recognized for Illinois ZECs Delivered in Prior Planning Years

49

Table of Contents

Our Clinton and Quad Cities units contract with certain utilities in Illinois which requires delivery of all ZECs produced during each planning year (June 1 to May 31), with total compensation limited by an annual cap for each planning year designed to limit the cost of ZECs to each utility's customers. ZECs delivered that, if paid, would result in the annual cap being exceeded may be paid in subsequent years at the vintage year price as long as the payments would not exceed the annual cap in the year paid. In each planning year since the program commenced on June 1, 2017, we delivered ZECs to the utilities in excess of the annual compensation cap.

The ZEC price and annual compensation cap effective for each planning year are administratively determined by the IPA. In 2023, we recognized $218 million of revenue as a receivable for ZECs delivered in prior planning years, with payment expected in the third quarter of 2024. As of December 31, 2023, this receivable is included within Customer accounts receivable, net in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. See Note 4 — Revenue from Contracts with Customers of the Combined Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on this acquisition.

Other Key Business Drivers

Russia and Ukraine Conflict

We are closely monitoring developments of the Russia and Ukraine conflict including United States, United Kingdom, European Union, and Canadian sanctions, and pending legislation that may impact exports and imports of Russian nuclear fuel supply and enrichment activities, as well as the potential for Russia to limit energy deliveries. To-date, our nuclear fuel deliveries have not been affected by the Russia and Ukraine conflict. Our nuclear fuel is obtained predominantly through long-term uranium supply and service contracts. We work with a diverse set of domestic and international suppliers years in advance to procure our nuclear fuel and generally have enough nuclear fuel to support all our refueling needs for multiple years regardless of sanctions. Recognizing the potential for the continuing conflict to impact our longer-term security and cost of supply, we have entered into contracts to increase the size of our nuclear fuel inventory. We are taking this affirmative action by working with our diverse set of suppliers to ensure we can secure the nuclear fuel needed to continue to operate our nuclear fleet long-term and provide the necessary fuel to bridge potential Russian supply disruption through 2028, which is the date multiple suppliers are expected to have incremental additional capacity online. We are also continuing to work with federal policymakers and other stakeholders to facilitate the expansion of the domestic nuclear fuel cycle within the United States to improve carbon-free energy security.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires that management apply accounting policies and make estimates and assumptions that affect results of operations and the amounts of assets and liabilities reported in the consolidated financial statements. Management believes that the accounting policies described below require significant judgment in their application or incorporate estimates and assumptions that are inherently uncertain and that may change in subsequent periods. Additional information on the application of these accounting policies can be found in the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Nuclear Decommissioning Asset Retirement Obligations

The AROs associated with decommissioning our nuclear units were $13.9 billion at December 31, 2023. The authoritative guidance requires that we estimate our obligation for the future decommissioning of our nuclear generating plants. To estimate that liability, we use an internally-developed, probability-weighted, discounted cash flow model which, on a unit-by-unit basis, considers multiple decommissioning outcome scenarios.

As a result of nuclear plant retirements in the industry, in recent years, nuclear operators and third-party service providers are obtaining more information about costs associated with decommissioning activities. At the same time, regulators are gaining more information about decommissioning activities which could result in changes to existing decommissioning requirements. In addition, as more nuclear plants are retired, it is possible that technological advances will be identified that could create efficiencies and lead to a reduction in decommissioning costs. The amount of NDT funds could also impact the timing of the decommissioning activities. Additionally, certain factors such as changes in regulatory requirements during plant operations or the profitability of a nuclear plant could impact the timing of plant retirements. These factors could result in material changes to our current estimates as more information becomes available and could change the timing of plant retirements and the probability assigned to the decommissioning outcome scenarios.

50

Table of Contents

The nuclear decommissioning obligation is adjusted on a regular basis due to the passage of time and revisions to the key assumptions for the expected timing and/or estimated amounts of the future undiscounted cash flows required to decommission the nuclear plants, based upon the following methodologies and significant estimates and assumptions:

Decommissioning Cost Studies. We use unit-by-unit decommissioning cost studies to provide a marketplace assessment of the expected costs (in current year dollars) and timing of decommissioning activities, which are validated by comparison to current decommissioning projects within the industry and other estimates. Decommissioning cost studies are updated, on a rotational basis, for each of our nuclear units at least every five years, unless circumstances warrant more frequent updates. As part of the annual cost study update process, we evaluate newly assumed costs or substantive changes in previously assumed costs to determine if the cost estimate impacts are sufficiently material to warrant application of the updated estimates to the AROs across the nuclear fleet outside of the normal five-year rotating cost study update cycle.

Cost Escalation Factors. We use cost escalation factors to escalate the decommissioning costs from the decommissioning cost studies discussed above through the assumed decommissioning period for each of the units. Cost escalation studies, updated on an annual basis, are used to determine escalation factors, and are based on inflation indices for labor, equipment and materials, energy, LLRW disposal, and other costs. All the nuclear AROs are adjusted each year for updated cost escalation factors.

Probabilistic Cash Flow Models. Our probabilistic cash flow models include the assignment of probabilities to various scenarios for decommissioning cost levels, decommissioning approaches, and timing of plant shutdown on a unit-by-unit basis. Probabilities assigned to cost levels include an assessment of the likelihood of costs 20% higher (high-cost scenario) or 15% lower (low-cost scenario) than the base-cost scenario. The assumed decommissioning scenarios generally include the following three alternatives: (1) DECON, which assumes major decommissioning activities begin shortly after the cessation of operation, (2) Shortened SAFSTOR, which generally assumes a 30-year delay prior to onset of major decommissioning activities, and (3) SAFSTOR, which assumes the nuclear facility is placed and maintained in such condition during decommissioning so that the nuclear facility can be safely stored and subsequently decontaminated within 60 years after cessation of operations. In each decommissioning scenario, spent fuel is transferred to dry cask storage as soon as possible until DOE acceptance for disposal.

The actual decommissioning approach selected will be determined at the time of shutdown and may be influenced by multiple factors including the funding status of the NDT funds at the time of shutdown and regulatory or other commitments.

The plant shutdown timing scenarios consider four alternatives: (1) the probability of early plant retirement, (2) the probability of operating through the original 40-year nuclear license term, (3) the probability of operating through an initial 20-year license renewal term, and (4) the probability of a second, 20-year license renewal term. As power market and regulatory environment developments occur, we evaluate and incorporate, as necessary, the impacts of such developments into our nuclear ARO assumptions and estimates.

Our probabilistic cash flow models also include an assessment of the timing of DOE acceptance of SNF for disposal. We currently assume DOE will begin accepting SNF from the industry in 2035. The SNF acceptance date assumption is based on management’s estimates of the amount of time required for DOE to select a site location and develop the necessary infrastructure for long-term SNF storage. For additional information regarding SNF, see Note 19 — Commitments and Contingencies of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Discount Rates. The probability-weighted estimated future cash flows for the various assumed scenarios are discounted using our specific credit-adjusted, risk-free rates (CARFR) or a AAA-rated U.S. company proxy CARFR for the units that maintain the ability to collect decommissioning costs from utility customers (former PECO and STP units). We initially recognize an ARO at fair value and subsequently adjust it for changes to estimated costs, timing of future cash flows and modifications to decommissioning assumptions. The ARO is not required or permitted to be re-measured for changes in the CARFR that occur in isolation. Increases in the ARO due to upward revisions in estimated undiscounted cash flows are considered new obligations and are measured using a current CARFR as the increase creates a new cost layer within the ARO. Any decrease in the estimated undiscounted future cash flows relating to the ARO are treated as a modification of an existing ARO cost layer and, therefore, are measured using the average historical CARFR rates used in creating the initial ARO cost

51

Table of Contents

layers. If all our future nominal cash flows associated with the ARO were to be discounted at the current prevailing CARFR, the obligation would decrease from approximately $13.9 billion to approximately $11.3 billion.

The following table illustrates the significant impact that changes in the CARFR, when combined with changes in projected amounts and expected timing of cash flows, can have on the valuation of the ARO:

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["Change in the CARFR applied to the annual ARO update","Increase (Decrease) to ARO as of December 31, 2023"],["2022 CARFR rather than the 2023 CARFR","$","520"],["2023 CARFR increased by 50 basis points","(290)"],["2023 CARFR decreased by 50 basis points","350"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]

ARO Sensitivities. Changes in the assumptions underlying the ARO could materially affect the decommissioning obligation. The impact of a change in any one of these assumptions to the ARO is highly dependent on how the other assumptions may correspondingly change.

The following table illustrates the effects of changing certain ARO assumptions while holding all other assumptions constant:

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["Change in ARO Assumption","Increase (Decrease) to ARO as of December 31, 2023"],["Cost escalation studies"],["Uniform increase in escalation rates of 50 basis points","$","1,860"],["Probabilistic cash flow models"],["Increase the estimated costs to decommission the nuclear plants by 10 percent","770"],["Increase the likelihood of the DECON scenario by 10 percent and decrease the likelihood of the SAFSTOR scenario by 10 percent(a)","140"],["Shorten each unit's probability-weighted operating life assumption by 10 percent(b)","220"],["Extend the estimated date for DOE acceptance of SNF to 2040","(80)"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]

__________

(a)Excludes any sites in which management has committed to a specific decommissioning approach.

(b)Excludes any retired sites.

See Note 1 — Basis of Presentation and Note 10 — Asset Retirement Obligations of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding accounting for nuclear AROs.

Purchase Accounting

In accordance with authoritative guidance, the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in an acquired business are recorded at their estimated fair values on the date of acquisition. Determining the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed requires management’s judgment, often utilizes independent valuation experts and involves the use of significant estimates and assumptions with respect to the timing and amounts of future cash inflows and outflows, discount rates, market prices and asset lives, among other items. Changes to these estimates and assumptions could result in material changes to the fair value of assets and liabilities as of acquisition date. The judgments made in the determination of the estimated fair value assigned to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, as well as the estimated useful life of each asset and the duration of each liability, could significantly impact the financial statements in periods after acquisition, such as through depreciation and amortization expense. Authoritative guidance provides that the allocation of the purchase price may be modified up to one year after the acquisition date as more information is obtained about the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed. See Note 2 — Mergers, Acquisitions, and Dispositions of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

The difference between the purchase price amount and the net fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed is recognized as goodwill on the balance sheet if the purchase price exceeds the estimated net fair value or as a bargain purchase gain on the income statement if the purchase price is less than the estimated net fair value. Goodwill is assigned to reporting units that are expected to benefit from the acquisition. Goodwill is not amortized, instead it is subject to an impairment assessment at least annually to consider whether the

52

Table of Contents

reporting unit fair value is more likely than not less than the carrying amount. See Note 1 — Basis of Presentation, Note 2 — Mergers, Acquisitions, and Dispositions, and Note 13 — Intangible Assets of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

Goodwill

We are required to perform an assessment for impairment of goodwill at least annually or more frequently if an event occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of the reporting units below their carrying amount. A reporting unit is an operating segment or one level below an operating segment (known as a component) and is the level at which goodwill is tested for impairment. Our operating segments and reporting units are Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, New York, ERCOT, and Other Power Regions. See Note 5 — Segment Information of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on our segments. Goodwill is primarily reported within our ERCOT segment. See Note 13 — Intangible Assets of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

Entities assessing goodwill for impairment have the option of first performing a qualitative assessment to determine whether a quantitative assessment is necessary. As part of the qualitative assessment, we evaluate, among other things, management’s best estimate of projected operating and capital cash flows for the reporting units and changes in certain market conditions, including the discount rate.

Significant assumptions used in these fair value analyses include discount and growth rates, energy prices, and projected operating and capital cash flows.

While the 2023 annual assessments indicated no impairments, certain assumptions used in the assessment are highly sensitive to changes. Adverse regulatory actions or changes in significant assumptions could potentially result in future impairments of our goodwill, which could be material.

See Note 1 — Basis of Presentation, Note 2 — Mergers, Acquisitions, and Dispositions, and Note 13 — Intangible Assets of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

Unamortized Energy Contract Assets and Liabilities

Unamortized energy contract assets and liabilities represent the remaining unamortized balances of non-derivative energy contracts and fuel contracts that we have acquired. The initial amount recorded represents the difference between the fair value of the contracts at the time of acquisition and the contract value based on the terms of each contract. The unamortized energy contract assets and liabilities are amortized over the life of the contract in relation to the expected realization of the underlying cash flows. Amortization of the unamortized energy and fuel contract assets and liabilities are recorded through Operating revenues or Purchased power and fuel expense, depending on the nature of the underlying contract. See Note 13 — Intangible Assets of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

We regularly monitor and evaluate the carrying value of long-lived assets or asset groups for recoverability whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of those assets may not be recoverable. Indicators of potential impairment may include a deteriorating business climate, including, but not limited to, declines in energy prices, condition of the asset, or plans to dispose of a long-lived asset significantly before the end of its useful life.

The review of long-lived assets or asset groups for impairment utilizes significant assumptions about operating strategies and estimates of future cash flows, which require assessments of current and projected market conditions. Forecasting future cash flows requires assumptions regarding forecasted commodity prices for the sale of power and purchases of fuel and the expected operations of assets. A variation in the assumptions used could lead to a different conclusion regarding the recoverability of an asset or asset group and, thus, could potentially result in material future impairments. An impairment evaluation is based on an undiscounted cash flow analysis at the lowest level at which cash flows of the long-lived assets or asset groups are largely independent of the cash flows of other assets and liabilities. The lowest level of independent cash flows is determined by the evaluation of several factors, including the geographic dispatch of the generation units and the hedging strategies related to those units. The cash flows from our generating units are generally evaluated at a regional portfolio level (asset group) given the interdependency of cash flows generated from the customer supply and

53

Table of Contents

risk management activities within each region. In certain cases, our generating assets may be evaluated on an individual basis where those assets are contracted on a long-term basis with a third-party and operations are independent of other generating assets (typically contracted renewable generation).

On a quarterly basis, we assess our long-lived assets or asset groups for indicators of potential impairment. If indicators are present for a long-lived asset or asset group, a comparison of the undiscounted expected future cash flows to the carrying value is performed. When the undiscounted cash flow analysis indicates the carrying value of a long-lived asset or asset group may not be recoverable, the amount of the impairment loss is determined by measuring the excess of the carrying amount of the long-lived asset or asset group over its fair value. The fair value of the long-lived asset or asset group is dependent upon a market participant’s view of the exit price of the asset or asset groups. This includes significant assumptions of the estimated future cash flows generated by the asset or asset groups and market discount rates. Events and circumstances often do not occur as expected, resulting in differences between prospective financial information and actual results, which may be material. The determination of fair value is driven by both internal assumptions that include significant unobservable inputs, such as revenue and generation forecasts, projected capital, maintenance expenditures, and discount rates, as well as information from various public, financial and industry sources.

See Note 12 — Asset Impairments of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of asset impairment assessments.

Depreciable Lives of Property, Plant, and Equipment

We have significant investments in electric generation assets. These assets are generally depreciated on a straight-line basis, using the group, composite or unitary methods of depreciation. The group approach is typically for groups of similar assets that have approximately the same useful lives and the composite approach is used for heterogeneous assets that have different lives. Under both methods, a reporting entity depreciates the assets over the average life of the assets in the group. The estimation of asset useful lives requires management judgment, supported by formal depreciation studies of historical asset retirement experience. Depreciation studies are generally conducted periodically if an event, regulatory action, or change in retirement patterns indicate an update is necessary.

Along with depreciation study results, management considers expected future energy market conditions and generation plant operating costs and capital investment requirements in determining the estimated service lives of our generating facilities and reassesses the reasonableness of estimated useful lives whenever events or changes in circumstances warrant. When a determination has been made that an asset will be retired before the end of its current estimated useful life, depreciation provisions will be accelerated to reflect the shortened estimated useful life, which could have a material unfavorable impact on future results of operations. See Note 7 — Early Plant Retirements of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

Changes in estimated useful lives of electric generation assets could have a significant impact on future results of operations. See Note 1 — Basis of Presentation and Note 8 — Property, Plant, and Equipment of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for information regarding depreciation and estimated service lives of the property, plant and equipment.

Accounting for Derivative Instruments

We use derivative instruments to manage commodity price risk, foreign currency exchange risk and interest rate risk related to ongoing business operations. Our derivative activities are in accordance with our Risk Management Policy (RMP). See Note 16 — Derivative Financial Instruments of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

We account for derivative financial instruments under the applicable authoritative guidance. Determining whether a contract qualifies as a derivative requires that management exercise significant judgment, including assessing market liquidity as well as determining whether a contract has one or more underlying and one or more notional quantities. Changes in management’s assessment of contracts and the liquidity of their markets, and changes in authoritative guidance, could result in previously excluded contracts becoming in scope of new authoritative guidance.

54

Table of Contents

All derivatives are recognized on the balance sheet at their fair value, except for certain derivatives that qualify for, and are elected under, NPNS. Derivatives entered for economic hedging and for proprietary trading purposes are recorded at fair value through earnings. NPNS transactions are not required to be recorded at fair value, but rather on an accrual basis of accounting. Determining whether a contract qualifies for NPNS requires judgment on whether the contract will physically deliver and requires that management ensure compliance with all associated qualification and documentation requirements.

Commodity Contracts. Identification of a commodity contract as an economic hedge requires us to determine that the contract is in accordance with the RMP. We reassess our economic hedges on a regular basis to determine if they continue to be within the guidelines of the RMP.

As a part of the authoritative guidance, we make estimates and assumptions concerning future commodity prices, load requirements, interest rates, the timing of future transactions and their probable cash flows, the fair value of contracts and the expected changes in the fair value in deciding whether to enter derivative transactions, and in determining the initial accounting treatment for derivative transactions. Under the authoritative guidance for fair value measurements, we categorize these derivatives under a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value.

Derivative contracts are traded in both exchange-based and non-exchange-based markets. Exchange-based derivatives that are valued using unadjusted quoted prices in active markets are generally categorized in Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

Certain derivative pricing is verified using indicative price quotations available through brokers or over-the-counter, online exchanges. The price quotations reflect the average of the mid-point of the bid-ask spread from observable markets that we believe provide the most liquid market for the commodity. The price quotations are reviewed and corroborated to ensure the prices are observable and representative of an orderly transaction between market participants. Our derivatives are traded predominantly at liquid trading points. The remaining derivative contracts are valued using models that consider inputs such as contract terms, including maturity, and market parameters, and assumptions of the future prices of commodities, interest rates, volatility, credit worthiness and credit spread. For derivatives that trade in liquid markets, such as generic forwards, swaps, and options, the model inputs are generally observable. Such instruments are categorized in Level 2.

For derivatives that trade in less liquid markets with limited pricing information, the model inputs generally would include both observable and unobservable inputs and are categorized in Level 3.

We consider non-performance risk, including credit risk in the valuation of derivative contracts, and both historical and current market data in our assessment of non-performance risk. The impacts of non-performance and credit risk to date have generally not been material to the consolidated financial statements.

See ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK and Note 16 — Derivative Financial Instruments and Note 18 — Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding derivative instruments.

Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Employee Benefits

The majority of our current employees participate in defined benefit pension and OPEB plans we sponsor. The measurement of the plan obligations and costs of providing benefits involves various factors, including the development of valuation assumptions and inputs and accounting policy elections. When developing the required assumptions, we consider historical information as well as future expectations. The measurement of projected benefit obligations and costs is affected by several assumptions including the discount rate, the long-term expected rate of return on plan assets, the anticipated rate of increase of health care costs, our contributions, the rate of compensation increases, and the long-term expected investment rate credited to employees of certain plans, among others. The assumptions are updated annually and upon any interim remeasurement of the plan obligations.

Pension and OPEB plan assets include equity securities, including U.S. and international securities, and fixed income securities, as well as certain alternative investment classes such as real estate, private equity, private credit, and hedge funds.

55

Table of Contents

Expected Rate of Return on Plan Assets. In determining the EROA, we consider expectations regarding future long-term capital market performance, weighted by our target asset class allocations. We calculate the amount of expected return on pension and OPEB plan assets by multiplying the EROA by the MRV of plan assets at the beginning of the year, taking into consideration anticipated contributions and benefit payments to be made during the year. In determining MRV, the authoritative guidance for pensions and postretirement benefits allows the use of either fair value or a calculated value that recognizes changes in fair value in a systematic and rational manner over not more than five years. For the majority of pension plan assets, we use a calculated value that adjusts for 20% of the difference between fair value and expected MRV of plan assets. Use of this calculated value approach enables less volatile expected asset returns to be recognized as a component of pension cost from year to year. For OPEB plan assets and certain pension plan assets, we use fair value to calculate the MRV.

Discount Rate. The discount rates are determined by developing a spot rate curve based on the yield to maturity of a universe of high-quality non-callable (or callable with make-whole provisions) bonds with similar maturities to the related pension and OPEB obligations. The spot rates are used to discount the estimated future benefit distribution amounts under the pension and OPEB plans. The discount rate is the single level rate that produces the same result as the spot rate curve. We utilize an analytical tool developed by our actuaries to determine the discount rates.

Mortality. The mortality assumption is composed of a base table that represents the current expectation of life expectancy of the population adjusted by an improvement scale that attempts to anticipate future improvements in life expectancy. At separation and upon remeasurement as of December 31, 2023, we utilized the mortality tables and projection scales released by the SOA.

Sensitivity to Changes in Key Assumptions. The following table illustrates the effects of changing certain of the actuarial assumptions reflected above and as discussed in Note 15 — Retirement Benefits of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, while holding all other assumptions constant:

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["","Actual Assumption"],["","Pension","","OPEB","","Assumption","","Increase / (Decrease)"],["Actuarial Assumption","","","","Pension","","OPEB","","Total"],["Change in 2024 cost:"],["Discount rate(a)","5.52","%","","5.50","%","","0.5","%","","$","(14)","","","$","\u2014","","","$","(14)"],["","5.52","%","","5.50","%","","(0.5)","%","","14","","","1","","","15"],["EROA","6.50","%","","6.51","%","","0.5","%","","(39)","","","(4)","","","(43)"],["","6.50","%","","6.51","%","","(0.5)","%","","39","","","4","","","43"],["Change in benefit obligation:"],["Discount rate(a)","5.17","%","","5.15","%","","0.5","%","","(349)","","","(64)","","","(413)"],["","5.17","%","","5.15","%","","(0.5)","%","","380","","","69","","","449"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]
__________

(a)In general, the discount rate will have a larger impact on the pension and OPEB cost and obligation as the rate moves closer to 0%. Therefore, the discount rate sensitivities above cannot necessarily be extrapolated for larger increases or decreases in the discount rate. Additionally, we utilize a liability-driven hedging investment strategy for our pension asset portfolio. The sensitivities shown above do not reflect the offsetting impact that changes in discount rates may have on pension asset returns.

See Note 1 — Basis of Presentation and Note 15 — Retirement Benefits of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding the accounting for the defined benefit pension and OPEB plans.

Taxation

Significant management judgment is required in determining our provision for income taxes, primarily due to the uncertainty related to tax positions taken, as well as deferred tax assets and liabilities and valuation allowances. We account for uncertain income tax positions using a benefit recognition model with a two-step approach including a more-likely-than-not recognition threshold and a measurement approach based on the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. Management evaluates each position based solely on the technical merits and facts and circumstances of the position, assuming the

56

Table of Contents

position will be examined by a taxing authority having full knowledge of all relevant information. Significant judgment is required to determine whether the recognition threshold has been met and, if so, the appropriate amount of tax benefits to be recorded in the consolidated financial statements.

We evaluate quarterly the probability of realizing deferred tax assets by reviewing a forecast of future taxable income and our intent and ability to implement tax planning strategies, if necessary, to realize deferred tax assets. We also assess negative evidence, such as the expiration of historical operating loss or tax credit carryforwards, that could indicate our inability to realize our deferred tax assets. Based on the combined assessment, we record valuation allowances for deferred tax assets when it is more-likely-than-not such benefit will not be realized in future periods.

Actual income taxes could vary from estimated amounts due to the future impacts of various items, including future changes in income tax laws, our forecasted financial condition and results of operations, failure to successfully implement tax planning strategies, as well as results of audits and examinations of filed tax returns by taxing authorities. See Note 14 — Income Taxes of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

Accounting for Loss Contingencies

In the preparation of our financial statements, we make judgments regarding the future outcome of contingent events and record liabilities for loss contingencies that are probable and can be reasonably estimated based upon available information. The amount recorded may differ from the actual expense incurred when the uncertainty is resolved. Such difference could have a significant impact in the consolidated financial statements.

Environmental Costs. Environmental investigation and remediation liabilities are based upon estimates with respect to the number of sites for which we will be responsible, the scope and cost of work to be performed at each site, the portion of costs that will be shared with other parties, the timing of the remediation work, regulations, and the requirements of local governmental authorities. In addition, periodic reviews are performed to assess the adequacy of other environmental reserves. These matters, if resolved in a manner different from the estimate, could have a significant impact in the consolidated financial statements. See Note 19 — Commitments and Contingencies of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

Other, Including Personal Injury Claims. Prior to our separation from Exelon, we were self-insured for general liability, automotive liability, and workers’ compensation claims. For accidents occurring post-separation, we maintain insurance coverage for general liability, automotive liability, workers’ compensation, and personal injury claims and are self-insured to the extent that losses are within policy deductibles or exceed the amount of insurance maintained. We have reserves for both open claims asserted, and an estimate of claims incurred but not reported (IBNR). The IBNR reserve is estimated based on actuarial assumptions and analysis and is updated annually. Future events, such as the number of new claims to be filed each year, the average cost of disposing of claims, as well as the numerous uncertainties surrounding litigation and possible state and national legislative measures could cause the actual costs to be higher or lower than estimated. Accordingly, these claims, if resolved in a manner different from the estimate, could have a material impact to the consolidated financial statements.

Revenue Recognition

Sources of Revenue and Determination of Accounting Treatment. We earn revenue from various business activities including competitive sales of power, natural gas, and other energy-related products and sustainable solutions.

The accounting treatment for revenue recognition is based on the nature of the underlying transaction and applicable authoritative guidance. We primarily apply the Revenue from Contracts with Customers and Derivatives Revenues guidance to recognize revenue, as discussed in more detail below.

Revenue from Contracts with Customers. We recognize revenues in the period in which the performance obligations within contracts with customers are satisfied, which generally occurs when power, natural gas and other energy-related commodities and services are provided to the customer. Transactions within the scope of

57

Table of Contents

Revenue from Contracts with Customers generally include non-derivative agreements, contracts that are designated as NPNS and spot-market energy commodity sales, including settlements with RTOs and ISOs.

The determination of our retail power and natural gas sales to individual customers is based on systematic readings of customer meters, generally monthly. Energy delivered to customers that has not yet been billed as of the reporting period is estimated and corresponding unbilled revenue is recorded. The measurement of unbilled revenue is based upon individual customer meter readings, forecasted volumes, and applicable rates. See Note 1 — Basis of Presentation and Note 4 — Revenue from Contracts with Customers of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

Derivative Revenues. We record revenues and expenses using the mark-to-market method of accounting for transactions that are accounted for as derivatives. These derivative transactions primarily relate to commodity price risk management activities. Mark-to-market revenues and expenses include inception gains or losses on new transactions where the fair value is observable, unrealized gains and losses from changes in the fair value of open contracts, and realized gains and losses.

Financial Results of Operations

GAAP Results of Operations. The following table sets forth our GAAP consolidated Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common Shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to the same period in 2022. For additional information regarding the financial results for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 see the discussions of Results of Operations below.

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["","For the Years Ended December 31,","Favorable Variance"],["","2023","","2022"],["GAAP Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common Shareholders","$","1,623","","","$","(160)","","","$","1,783"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]

Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP). In analyzing and planning for our business, we supplement our use of GAAP Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common Shareholders with Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) as a performance measure. Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) reflects an additional way of viewing our business that, when viewed with our GAAP results and the accompanying reconciliation to GAAP Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common Shareholders included in the table below, may provide a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting our business. Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) should not be relied upon to the exclusion of GAAP financial measures and is, by definition, an incomplete understanding of our business, and must be considered in conjunction with GAAP measures. In addition, Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) is neither a standardized financial measure, nor a presentation defined under GAAP and may not be comparable to other companies’ presentations or deemed more useful than the GAAP information provided elsewhere in this report.

58

Table of Contents

The following table provides a reconciliation between Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders as determined in accordance with GAAP and Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to the same period in 2022.

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["","","For the Years Ended December 31,"],["","","2023","","2022"],["Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common Shareholders","","$","1,623","","","$","(160)"],["Income Tax (Benefit) Expense(a)","","840","","","(339)"],["Depreciation and Amortization","","1,096","","","1,091"],["Interest Expense, Net","","431","","","251"],["Unrealized (Gain) Loss on Fair Value Adjustments(b)","","658","","","1,058"],["Asset Impairments","","71","","","\u2014"],["Plant Retirements and Divestitures","","(28)","","","(11)"],["Decommissioning-Related Activities(c)","","(716)","","","820"],["Pension & OPEB Non-Service Credits","","(54)","","","(116)"],["Separation Costs(d)","","101","","","140"],["Acquisition-Related Costs","","12","","","\u2014"],["ERP System Implementation Costs(e)","","25","","","22"],["Change in Environmental Liabilities","","43","","","10"],["Prior Merger Commitment(f)","","\u2014","","","(50)"],["Noncontrolling Interests(g)","","(77)","","","(49)"],["Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP)","","$","4,025","","","$","2,667"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]
__________

(a)Includes amounts contractually owed to Exelon under the TMA reflected in Other, net.

(b)Includes mark-to-market on economic hedges and fair value adjustments related to gas imbalances and equity investments.

(c)Reflects all gains and losses associated with NDTs, ARO accretion, ARO remeasurement, and impacts of contractual offset for Regulatory Agreement Units.

(d)Represents certain incremental costs related to the separation (system-related costs, third-party costs paid to advisors, consultants, lawyers, and other experts assisting in the separation), including a portion of the amounts billed to us pursuant to the TSA.

(e)Reflects costs related to a multi-year ERP system implementation.

(f)Reversal of a charge related to a 2012 merger commitment.

(g)Represents elimination from results for the noncontrolling interests related to certain adjustments.

59

Table of Contents

Results of Operations

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["","2023","","2022","","Favorable (Unfavorable) Variance"],["Operating revenues","$","24,918","","","$","24,440","","","$","478"],["Operating expenses"],["Purchased power and fuel","16,001","","","17,462","","","1,461"],["Operating and maintenance","5,685","","","4,841","","","(844)"],["Depreciation and amortization","1,096","","","1,091","","","(5)"],["Taxes other than income taxes","553","","","552","","","(1)"],["Total operating expenses","23,335","","","23,946","","","611"],["Gain (loss) on sales of assets and businesses","27","","","1","","","26"],["Operating income (loss)","1,610","","","495","","","1,115"],["Other income and (deductions)"],["Interest expense, net","(431)","","","(251)","","","(180)"],["Other, net","1,268","","","(786)","","","2,054"],["Total other income and (deductions)","837","","","(1,037)","","","1,874"],["Income (loss) before income taxes","2,447","","","(542)","","","2,989"],["Income tax (benefit) expense","859","","","(388)","","","(1,247)"],["Equity in income (losses) of unconsolidated affiliates","(11)","","","(13)","","","2"],["Net income (loss)","1,577","","","(167)","","","1,744"],["Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests","(46)","","","(7)","","","(39)"],["Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders","$","1,623","","","$","(160)","","","$","1,783"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]

Year Ended December 31, 2023 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2022. Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders was favorable by $1,783 million primarily due to:

•Favorable market and portfolio conditions primarily driven by higher realized margins on load contracts and generation-to-load optimization;

•Favorable net realized and unrealized NDT activity; and

•Unrealized gains resulting from an investment that became a publicly traded company in the second quarter of 2023.

The favorable items were partially offset by:

•Higher labor, contracting and materials;

•Lower capacity revenues;

•Impact of our annual update to the nuclear ARO for Non-Regulatory Agreement Units;

•Unfavorable impacts of nuclear outages; and

•Higher interest expense.

Operating revenues. The basis for our reportable segments is the integrated management of our electricity business that is located in different geographic regions, and largely representative of the footprints of RTO/ISO and/or NERC regions, which utilize multiple supply sources to provide electricity through various distribution channels (wholesale and retail). Our hedging strategies and risk metrics are also aligned with these same geographic regions. Our five reportable segments are Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, New York, ERCOT, and Other Power Regions. See Note 5 — Segment Information of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on these reportable segments.

60

Table of Contents

Wholesale and retail sales of natural gas, as well as sales of other energy-related products and sustainable solutions and other miscellaneous business activities that are not significant to overall results of operations are reported under Other and not allocated to a region.

For the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to 2022, Operating revenues were as follows:

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["","","","","","2023 vs. 2022"],["","2023","","2022","","Variance","","% Change(a)"],["Mid-Atlantic","$","5,138","","","$","5,164","","","$","(26)","","","(0.5)","%"],["Midwest","4,658","","","4,650","","","8","","","0.2","%"],["New York","2,021","","","1,595","","","426","","","26.7","%"],["ERCOT","1,346","","","1,543","","","(197)","","","(12.8)","%"],["Other Power Regions","5,851","","","6,732","","","(881)","","","(13.1)","%"],["Total reportable segment electric revenues","19,014","","","19,684","","","(670)","","","(3.4)","%"],["Other","4,505","","","5,944","","","(1,439)","","","(24.2)","%"],["Mark-to-market gains (losses)","1,399","","","(1,188)","","","2,587"],["Total Operating revenues","$","24,918","","","$","24,440","","","$","478","","","2.0","%"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]
__________

(a)% Change in mark-to-market is not a meaningful measure.

Sales and Supply Sources. Our sales and supply sources by region are summarized below:

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["","","","","","2023 vs. 2022"],["Supply Source (GWhs)","2023","","2022","","Variance","","% Change"],["Nuclear Generation(a)"],["Mid-Atlantic","53,012","","","53,214","","","(202)","","","(0.4)","%"],["Midwest","93,768","","","95,090","","","(1,322)","","","(1.4)","%"],["New York","25,546","","","25,046","","","500","","","2.0","%"],["ERCOT","1,721","","","\u2014","","","1,721","","","100.0","%"],["Total Nuclear Generation","174,047","","","173,350","","","697","","","0.4","%"],["Natural Gas, Oil and Renewables"],["Mid-Atlantic","2,014","","","2,097","","","(83)","","","(4.0)","%"],["Midwest","1,024","","","1,202","","","(178)","","","(14.8)","%"],["ERCOT","16,877","","","14,124","","","2,753","","","19.5","%"],["Other Power Regions","8,512","","","10,189","","","(1,677)","","","(16.5)","%"],["Total Natural Gas, Oil and Renewables","28,427","","","27,612","","","815","","","3.0","%"],["Purchased Power"],["Mid-Atlantic","16,509","","","15,366","","","1,143","","","7.4","%"],["Midwest","984","","","610","","","374","","","61.3","%"],["ERCOT","5,530","","","3,575","","","1,955","","","54.7","%"],["Other Power Regions","44,192","","","51,131","","","(6,939)","","","(13.6)","%"],["Total Purchased Power","67,215","","","70,682","","","(3,467)","","","(4.9)","%"],["Total Supply/Sales by Region"],["Mid-Atlantic","71,535","","","70,677","","","858","","","1.2","%"],["Midwest","95,776","","","96,902","","","(1,126)","","","(1.2)","%"],["New York","25,546","","","25,046","","","500","","","2.0","%"],["ERCOT","24,128","","","17,699","","","6,429","","","36.3","%"],["Other Power Regions","52,704","","","61,320","","","(8,616)","","","(14.1)","%"],["Total Supply/Sales by Region","269,689","","","271,644","","","(1,955)","","","(0.7)","%"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]

__________

(a)Includes the proportionate share of output where we have an undivided ownership interest in jointly-owned generating plants.

61

Table of Contents

Nuclear Fleet Capacity Factor. The following table presents nuclear fleet operating data for our plants, which reflects ownership percentage of stations operated by us, excluding Salem and STP, which are operated by PSEG and STPNOC, respectively. The nuclear fleet capacity factor presented in the table is defined as the ratio of the actual output of a plant over a period of time to its output if the plant had operated at its net monthly mean capacity for that time period. We consider capacity factor to be a useful measure to analyze the nuclear fleet performance between periods. We have included the analysis below as a complement to the financial information provided in accordance with GAAP. However, these measures are not a presentation defined under GAAP and may not be comparable to other companies’ presentations or be more useful than the GAAP information provided elsewhere in this report.

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["","2023","","2022"],["Nuclear fleet capacity factor","94.4","%","","94.8","%"],["Refueling outage days","256","","","212"],["Non-refueling outage days","51","","","54"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]

ZEC Prices. We are compensated through state programs for the carbon-free attributes of our nuclear generation. ZEC programs are a significant contributor to our total operating revenues. The following table includes the average ZEC reference prices ($/MWh) for each of our major regions in which state programs have been enacted. Prices reflect the weighted average price for the various delivery periods within the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["","","","","","2023 vs. 2022"],["State (Region)(a)","2023","","2022","","Variance","","% Change"],["New Jersey (Mid-Atlantic)(b)","$","9.95","","","$","9.93","","","$","0.02","","","0.2","%"],["Illinois (Midwest)(c)","5.18","","","13.88","","","(8.70)","","","(62.7)","%"],["New York (New York)","19.05","","","21.38","","","(2.33)","","","(10.9)","%"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]

__________

(a)See ITEM 1. BUSINESS, Environmental Matters for additional information on the plants receiving payments through state programs.

(b)The ZEC price is expected to be $10.00/MWh for each delivery period and is subject to an annual update once full year generation is known. Following the latest annual update, on August 16, 2023 the ZEC price for the delivery period beginning June 1, 2022 through May 31, 2023 was calculated to be $9.88.

(c)See Note 4 — Revenue from Contracts with Customers of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on the Illinois ZEC program.

Illinois CMC Price. The price received (paid) for each CMC is determined by the IPA monthly and is based on the accepted CMC bid, less the sum of (a) monthly weighted average PJM busbar price, (b) ComEd zone capacity price and (c) any federal tax credit or subsidy received, and is subject to a customer protection cap ($30.30 per MWh for initial delivery period June 1, 2022 through May 31, 2023 and $32.50 per MWh for the period June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2024). If the monthly CMC price per MWh calculation results in a net positive value, ComEd will multiply that value by the delivered quantity and pay the total to us. If the CMC price per MWh calculation results in a net negative value, we will multiply this value by the delivered quantity and pay the net value to ComEd. The average CMC prices per MWh were $4.13 and ($42.20) for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Capacity Prices. We participate in capacity auctions in each of our major regions, except ERCOT which does not have a capacity market. We also incur capacity costs associated with load served, which are factored into customer sales prices. Capacity prices have a significant impact on our operating revenues and purchased power and fuel expense. We report capacity on a net monthly basis within each region in either Operating revenues or Purchased power and fuel expense, depending on our net monthly position. The following table presents the average capacity prices ($/MW Day) for each of our major regions. Prices reflect the weighted average price for the various auction periods within the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.

62

Table of Contents

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["","","","","","2023 vs. 2022"],["Location (Region)","2023","","2022","","Variance","","% Change"],["Eastern Mid-Atlantic Area Council (Mid-Atlantic and Midwest)","$","69.64","","","$","126.14","","","$","(56.50)","","","(44.8)","%"],["ComEd (Midwest)","48.64","","","121.71","","","(73.07)","","","(60.0)","%"],["Rest of State (New York)","137.88","","","85.36","","","52.52","","","61.5","%"],["Southeast New England (Other)","91.67","","","138.21","","","(46.54)","","","(33.7)","%"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]

Electricity Prices. As a producer and supplier of electricity, the price of electricity has a significant impact on our operating revenues and purchased power cost. We report the sale and purchase of electricity in the spot market on a net hourly basis in either Operating revenues or Purchased power and fuel expense within each region, depending on our net hourly position. The price of electricity is impacted by several variables, including but not limited to, the price of fuels, generation resources in the region, weather, on-going competition, emerging technologies, as well as macroeconomic and regulatory factors. The following table presents an average day-ahead around-the-clock reference price ($/MWh) for the periods presented for each of our major regions and does not necessarily reflect prices we ultimately realized.

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["","","","","","2023 vs. 2022"],["Location (Region)","2023","","2022","","Variance","","% Change"],["PJM West (Mid-Atlantic)","$","33.06","","","$","72.90","","","$","(39.84)","","","(54.7)","%"],["ComEd (Midwest)","26.64","","","60.24","","","(33.60)","","","(55.8)","%"],["Central (New York)","26.97","","","57.52","","","(30.55)","","","(53.1)","%"],["North (ERCOT)","55.15","","","64.38","","","(9.23)","","","(14.3)","%"],["Southeast Massachusetts (Other)(a)","37.35","","","86.02","","","(48.67)","","","(56.6)","%"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]

__________

(a)Reflects New England, which comprises the majority of the activity in the Other region.

For the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to 2022, changes in Operating revenues by region were approximately as follows:

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["","2023 vs. 2022"],["","Variance","","% Change(a)","","Description"],["Mid-Atlantic","$","(26)","","","(0.5)","%","","\u2022 unfavorable settled economic hedges of ($305) due to settled prices relative to hedged prices\u2022 unfavorable retail load revenue of ($40) primarily due to lower contracted energy prices; partially offset by \u2022 favorable wholesale load revenue of $250 due to higher contracted energy prices and higher volumes \u2022 favorable PJM net performance bonuses of $45 associated with the December 2022 weather event(b)"],["Midwest","8","","","0.2","%","","\u2022 favorable settled economic hedges of $210 due to settled prices relative to hedged prices \u2022 favorable ZEC revenue of $85 primarily due to revenue recognized for Illinois ZECs delivered in priorplanning years partially offset by a decrease in the ZEC price in current planning year \u2022 favorable retail load revenue of $25 primarily due to higher load volumes, partially offset by lower contracted energy prices; partially offset by\u2022 unfavorable net generation and wholesale load revenue of ($280) primarily due to lower nuclear generation and lower load volumes, partially offset by CMC program activity and net capacity revenue \u2022 unfavorable PJM performance bonuses of ($40), associated with the December 2022 weather event(b),"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]

63

Table of Contents

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["","2023 vs. 2022"],["","Variance","","% Change(a)","","Description"],["New York","426","","","26.7","%","","\u2022 favorable settled economic hedges of $520 due to settled prices relative to hedged prices\u2022 favorable retail load revenue of $105 primarily due to higher contracted energy prices; partially offset by\u2022 unfavorable net generation revenue of ($150) primarily due to lower energy prices\u2022 unfavorable ZEC revenue of ($50) primarily due to lower ZEC price partially offset by higher generation volumes"],["ERCOT","(197)","","","(12.8)","%","","\u2022 unfavorable settled economic hedges of ($570) due to settled prices relative to hedged prices; partially offset by\u2022 favorable wholesale load revenue of $330 due to higher volumes and higher contracted energy prices"],["Other Power Regions","(881)","","","(13.1)","%","","\u2022 unfavorable settled economic hedges of ($845) due to settled prices relative to hedged prices\u2022 unfavorable wholesale load revenue of ($190) primarily due to lower volumes; partially offset by\u2022 favorable retail load revenue of $175 primarily due to higher contracted energy prices"],["Other","(1,439)","","","(24.2)","%","","\u2022 unfavorable gas revenue, including settled economic hedges, of ($1,240) primarily due to lower gas prices\u2022 unfavorable revenues in the United Kingdom of ($225) primarily due to lower energy prices"],["Mark-to-market(c)","2,587","","","","","\u2022 gains on economic hedging activities of $1,399 in 2023 compared to losses of ($1,188) in 2022"],["Total","$","478","","","2.0","%"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]

__________

(a)% Change in mark-to-market is not a meaningful measure.

(b)See Note 3 — Regulatory Matters of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on PJM performance bonuses

(c)See Note 16 — Derivative Financial Instruments of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on mark-to-market gains and losses.

Purchased power and fuel. See Operating revenues above for discussion of our reportable segments and hedging strategies and for supplemental statistical data, including supply sources by region, nuclear fleet capacity factor, capacity prices, and electricity prices.

The following business activities are not allocated to a region and are reported under Other: wholesale and retail sales of natural gas, as well as other miscellaneous business activities that are not significant to overall results of operations.

64

Table of Contents

For the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to 2022, Purchased power and fuel expense were as follows:

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["","","","","","2023 vs. 2022"],["","2023","","2022","","Variance","","% Change(a)"],["Mid-Atlantic","$","2,214","","","$","3,026","","","$","812","","","26.8","%"],["Midwest","1,403","","","1,886","","","483","","","25.6","%"],["New York","770","","","528","","","(242)","","","(45.8)","%"],["ERCOT","764","","","1,136","","","372","","","32.7","%"],["Other Power Regions","4,611","","","5,811","","","1,200","","","20.7","%"],["Total electric purchased power and fuel","9,762","","","12,387","","","2,625","","","21.2","%"],["Other","3,868","","","5,250","","","1,382","","","26.3","%"],["Mark-to-market losses (gains)","2,371","","","(175)","","","(2,546)"],["Total purchased power and fuel","$","16,001","","","$","17,462","","","$","1,461","","","8.4","%"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]

__________

(a)% Change in mark-to-market is not a meaningful measure.

For the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to 2022, changes in Purchased power and fuel expense by region were approximately as follows:

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["","2023 vs. 2022"],["","Variance","","% Change(a)","","Description"],["Mid-Atlantic","$","812","","","26.8","%","","\u2022 favorable purchased power and net capacity impact of $960 primarily due to lower energy and capacity prices; partially offset by\u2022 unfavorable environmental products activity of ($160) primarily due to higher load served and REC prices"],["Midwest","483","","","25.6","%","","\u2022 favorable cost associated with power delivery and net capacity impact of $525 primarily due to lower energy and capacity prices earned"],["New York","(242)","","","(45.8)","%","","\u2022 unfavorable settlement of economic hedges of ($360) due to settled prices relative to hedged prices; partially offset by\u2022 favorable cost associated with power delivery and net capacity impact of $130 primarily due to lower energy prices and partially offset by higher capacity prices"],["ERCOT","372","","","32.7","%","","\u2022 favorable settlement of economic hedges of $245 due to settled prices relative to hedged prices\u2022 favorable fuel cost of $70 primarily due to lower gas prices partially offset by higher generation\u2022 favorable purchased power of $65 primarily due to lower energy prices and higher generation partially offset by higher load served"],["Other Power Regions","1,200","","","20.7","%","","\u2022 favorable purchased power and fuel of $3,235 primarily due to lower energy prices and lower load served; partially offset by\u2022 unfavorable settlement of economic hedges of ($1,965) due to settled prices relative to hedged prices\u2022 unfavorable environmental products activity of ($55) primarily driven higher REC prices"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]

65

Table of Contents

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["","2023 vs. 2022"],["","Variance","","% Change(a)","","Description"],["Other","1,382","","","26.3","%","","\u2022 favorable net gas purchase costs and settlement of economic hedges of $1,160 primarily due to lower gasprices\u2022 favorable purchases in the United Kingdom of $180 primarily due to lower energy prices \u2022 favorable fair value adjustment related to gas imbalances of $45"],["Mark-to-market(b)","(2,546)","","","","","\u2022 losses on economic hedging activities of ($2,371) in 2023 compared to gains of $175 in 2022"],["Total","$","1,461","","","8.4","%"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]
__________

(a)% Change in mark-to-market is not a meaningful measure.

(b)See Note 16 — Derivative Financial Instruments of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on mark-to-market gains and losses.

The changes in Operating and maintenance expense consisted of the following:

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["","2023 vs. 2022"],["","Increase (Decrease)"],["Labor, other benefits, contracting, and materials(a)","$","349"],["Decommissioning-related activities(b)","169"],["Nuclear refueling outage costs, including the co-owned Salem plants","157"],["Asset impairments","71"],["Prior merger commitment","50"],["Change in environmental liabilities","34"],["Other","14"],["Total increase","$","844"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]

__________

(a)Primarily reflects increased employee-related costs, including labor and other incentives, and certain non-essential maintenance work.

(b)Primarily reflects a decreased benefit related to the annual nuclear ARO update for non-regulatory agreement units.

Interest expense, net increased for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to the same period in 2022, primarily due to the issuance of senior notes and tax exempt bonds, increased fees and interest on short term borrowings, and changes in the 13-week Treasury rate for our SNF obligation. See Note 17 — Debt and Credit Agreements of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on our senior notes, tax-exempt bonds, and short-term borrowings. See Note 19 — Commitments and Contingencies of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on our SNF obligation.

66

Table of Contents

Other, net was favorable for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to the same period in 2022, due to activity described in the table below:

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["","Other, net"],["","For the Years Ended December 31,"],["","Income (Deductions)","","Income (Deductions)"],["","2023","","2022"],["Decommissioning-related activities(a)","$","803","","","$","(902)"],["Non-service net periodic benefit credit (cost)(b)","54","","","110"],["Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) from equity investments(c)","307","","","(13)"],["Return to provision adjustment(d)","19","","","(49)"],["Other(e)","85","","","68"],["Other, net","$","1,268","","","$","(786)"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]
__________

(a)Includes net realized and net unrealized gains (losses) on NDT fund investments, the elimination of decommissioning-related activities, and the elimination of income taxes related to all NDT fund activity for the Regulatory Agreement Units except for decommissioning-related impacts that were not offset for the Byron units starting in the second quarter of 2021. With our September 15, 2021 reversal of the previous decision to retire Byron, we resumed contractual offset for Byron as of that date. See Note 10 — Asset Retirement Obligations of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding the accounting for nuclear decommissioning and the contractual offset suspension for the Byron units. See Note 23 — Supplemental Financial Information of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

(b)Prior to separation, we were allocated our portion of pension and OPEB non-service credits (costs) from Exelon, which was included in Operating and maintenance expense. Effective February 1, 2022, the non-service credit (cost) components are included in Other, net, in accordance with single employer plan accounting. See Note 15 — Retirement Benefits of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

(c)For 2023, includes unrealized gain resulting from equity investment that became publicly traded in the second quarter of 2023 and now has a readily determinable fair value (and no longer is accounted for as an equity method investment due to lack of significant influence). We record the fair value of this investment in Investments on the Consolidated Balance Sheets based on quoted market price of the stock. See Note 18 — Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information. For 2022, represents Net realized and unrealized (losses) gains from equity investments.

(d)This reflects amounts contractually owed to Exelon under the TMA, which is offset in Income taxes. See Note 14 — Income Taxes of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

(e)Includes amounts we billed Exelon for services pursuant to the TSA. See Note 1 — Basis of Presentation of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

Effective income tax rates were 35.1% and 71.6% for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. We do not expect the effective tax rate to deviate from the statutory tax rate with the exception of realized and unrealized gains and losses of the nuclear decommissioning trust funds. In 2022, the rate was also impacted by one-time adjustments. See Note 14 — Income Taxes of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests primarily relates to CRP for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

For discussion of the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to the year ended December 31, 2021, refer to Liquidity and Capital Resources of MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS in the 2022 Form 10-K which was filed with the SEC on February 16, 2023.

All results included throughout the liquidity and capital resources section are presented on a GAAP basis.

Our operating and capital expenditures requirements are provided by internally generated cash flows from operations, the sale of certain receivables, as well as funds from external sources in the capital markets and through bank borrowings. Our business is capital intensive and requires considerable capital resources. We

67

Table of Contents

annually evaluate our financing plan and credit line sizing, focusing on maintaining our investment grade ratings while meeting our cash needs to fund capital requirements, including construction expenditures, retire debt, pay dividends, fund pension and OPEB obligations, and invest in new and existing ventures. A broad spectrum of financing alternatives beyond the core financing options can be used to meet our needs and fund growth including monetizing assets in the portfolio via project financing, asset sales, and the use of other financing structures (e.g., joint ventures, minority partners, etc.). Our access to external financing on reasonable terms depends on our credit ratings and current overall capital market business conditions. If these conditions deteriorate to the extent that we no longer have access to the capital markets at reasonable terms, we have access to credit facilities with aggregate bank commitments of $6.1 billion. We utilize our credit facilities to support our commercial paper programs, provide for other short-term borrowings and to issue letters of credit. See the “Credit Matters and Cash Requirements” section below for additional information. We expect cash flows to be sufficient to meet operating expenses, financing costs, and capital expenditure requirements. See Note 17 — Debt and Credit Agreements of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on our debt and credit agreements.

Pursuant to the Separation Agreement between us and Exelon, we received a cash payment of $1.75 billion from Exelon on January 31, 2022. See Note 1 — Basis of Presentation of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on the separation.

NRC Minimum Funding Requirements

NRC regulations require that licensees of nuclear generating facilities demonstrate reasonable assurance that sufficient funds will be available in certain minimum amounts to decommission the facility. These NRC minimum funding levels are typically based upon the assumption that decommissioning activities will commence after the end of the current licensed life of each unit. If a unit fails the NRC minimum funding test, then the plant’s owners or parent companies would be required to take steps, such as providing financial guarantees through surety bonds, letters of credit, or parent company guarantees or making additional cash contributions to the NDT fund to ensure sufficient funds are available. See Note 10 - Asset Retirement Obligations of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

If a nuclear plant were to retire before the end of its licensed life, there is a risk that it will no longer meet the NRC minimum funding requirements due to the earlier commencement of decommissioning activities and a shorter time period over which the NDT funds could appreciate in value. A shortfall could require that we address the shortfall by providing additional financial assurances, such as surety bonds, letters of credit, or parent company guarantees for our share of the funding assurance. However, the amount of any assurance will ultimately depend on the decommissioning approach, the associated level of costs, and the NDT fund investment performance going forward. No later than two years after shutting down a plant, we must submit a Post-shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR) to the NRC that includes the planned option for decommissioning the site.

Upon issuance of any additional financial assurance mechanisms to address a decommissioning funding shortfall, subject to satisfying various regulatory preconditions, each site would be able to utilize the respective NDT funds for radiological decommissioning costs, which represent the majority of the total expected decommissioning costs. However, under the regulations, the NRC must approve an exemption in order for us to utilize the NDT funds to pay for non-radiological decommissioning costs (i.e., spent fuel management and site restoration costs, if applicable). Any amounts not covered by an exemption would be borne by us without reimbursement.

As of December 31, 2023, we are not required to provide any additional financial assurance for TMI Unit 1 under the SAFSTOR scenario that is the planned decommissioning option, as described in the TMI Unit 1 PSDAR filed with the NRC on April 5, 2019. On October 16, 2019, the NRC granted our exemption request to use the TMI Unit 1 NDT funds for spent fuel management costs. On June 8, 2022, the NRC granted our exemption request to use the TMI Unit 1 NDT funds for site restoration costs.

On November 16, 2023, Zion Station was transferred back to us from ZionSolutions. As of December 31, 2023, we have adequate NDT funds for the remaining radiological decommissioning cost at Zion Station. Decommissioning costs other than radiological may require funding from us. See Note 10 — Asset Retirement Obligations of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on Zion Station Decommissioning.

68

Table of Contents

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Our cash flows from operating activities primarily result from the sale of electric energy and energy-related products and services to customers. Our future cash flows from operating activities may be affected by future demand for, and market prices of, energy and our ability to continue to produce and supply power at competitive costs, as well as to obtain collections from customers and the sale of certain receivables.

See Note 3 — Regulatory Matters and Note 19 — Commitments and Contingencies of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on regulatory and legal proceedings and proposed legislation.

The following table provides a summary of the change in cash flows from operating activities for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022:

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["","For the Years Ended December 31,"],["Cash flows from operating activities","2023","","2022","","Change"],["Net income (loss)","$","1,577","","","$","(167)","","","$","1,744"],["Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash:"],["Changes in working capital and other noncurrent assets and liabilities(a)","(8,355)","","","(5,246)","","","(3,109)"],["Collateral received (posted), net","(1,491)","","","(351)","","","(1,140)"],["Option premiums received (paid), net","26","","","(177)","","","203"],["Pension and non-pension postretirement benefit contributions","(54)","","","(237)","","","183"],["Total non-cash operating activities(b)","2,996","","","3,825","","","(829)"],["Net cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities","$","(5,301)","","","$","(2,353)","","","$","(2,948)"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]
__________

(a)Includes changes in Accounts receivable, Receivables from and payables to affiliates, net, Inventories, Accounts payable and accrued expenses, Income taxes, and Other assets and liabilities.

(b)See the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for details of non-cash operating activities, includes Depreciation, amortization, and accretion, Asset impairments, Gain on sales of assets and businesses, Deferred income taxes and amortization of ITCs, Net fair value changes related to derivatives, and Net realized and unrealized activity associated with NDTs and equity investments. See Note 23 — Supplemental Financial Information of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on the Other non-cash operating activities line.

Changes in our cash flows from operations were generally consistent with changes in results of operations, as adjusted by changes in working capital in the normal course of business, except as discussed below. In addition, significant operating cash flow impacts for 2023 and 2022 were as follows:

•A net increase in cash outflows for changes in working capital and other noncurrent assets and liabilities primarily relates to a decrease in Accounts payable and accrued expenses, primarily driven by lower gas prices and a decrease in CMC program activity for the current year. This was partially offset by a decrease in Accounts receivable, mainly driven by higher contracted prices and volumes at year end 2022, including the impact of the December 2022 weather event. Additionally, there was a decrease in Other assets and liabilities, primarily driven by an increase in cash collections applied to DPP due to a decrease in the drawn customer accounts receivable Facility balance in 2023 compared to 2022. See Note 6 — Accounts Receivable of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on the sales of customer accounts receivable.

•Depending upon whether we are in a net mark-to-market liability or asset position, collateral may be required to be posted with or collected from our counterparties. In addition, the collateral posting and collection requirements differ depending on whether the transactions are on an exchange or in the over-the-counter markets. See Note 16 — Derivative Financial Instruments of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on collateral.

•Option premiums paid, net relate to options contracts that we purchase and sell as part of our established policies and procedures to manage risks associated with market fluctuations in commodity

69

Table of Contents

prices. Note 16 — Derivative Financial Instruments of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on derivative contracts.

•Decrease in cash outflows for pension and non-pension postretirement benefit contributions is primarily due to our annual qualified pension contribution of $21 million and $192 million made in July 2023 and February 2022, respectively. See Note 15 — Retirement Benefits of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on pension and non-pension postretirement benefit plans.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

The following table provides a summary of the change in cash flows from investing activities for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022:

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["","For the Years Ended December 31,"],["Cash flows from investing activities","2023","","2022","","Change"],["Acquisitions of assets and businesses","$","(1,690)","","","$","(29)","","","$","(1,661)"],["Capital expenditures","(2,422)","","","(1,689)","","","(733)"],["Proceeds from sales of assets and businesses","24","","","52","","","(28)"],["Investment in NDT funds, net","(228)","","","(221)","","","(7)"],["Collection of DPP, net","7,340","","","4,964","","","2,376"],["Other investing activities","7","","","27","","","(20)"],["Net cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities","$","3,031","","","$","3,104","","","$","(73)"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]

Significant investing cash flow impacts for 2023 and 2022 were as follows:

•See Note 2 — Mergers, Acquisitions, and Dispositions of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information related to the STP acquisition.

•Variances in capital expenditures are primarily due to the timing of cash payments for capital projects. See the "Credit Matters and Cash Requirements" section below for additional information on projected capital expenditure spending.

•Collection of DPP, net increased due to cash collections from the customer accounts receivable Facility, as discussed in the Cash Flows from Operating Activities section above. This was partially offset by a reduction in cash proceeds received from the Purchasers in 2023 compared to 2022. See Note 6 — Accounts Receivable of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

The following table provides a summary of the change in cash flows from financing activities for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022:

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["","For the Years Ended December 31,"],["Cash flows from financing activities","2023","","2022","","Change"],["Long-term debt, net","$","3,027","","","$","(1,406)","","","$","4,433"],["Changes in short-term borrowings, net","485","","","(923)","","","1,408"],["Dividends paid on common stock","(366)","","","(185)","","","(181)"],["Repurchases of common stock","(992)","","","\u2014","","","(992)"],["Contributions from Exelon","\u2014","","","1,750","","","(1,750)"],["Other financing activities","42","","","(35)","","","77"],["Net cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities","$","2,196","","","$","(799)","","","$","2,995"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]

70

Table of Contents

Significant financing cash flow impacts for 2023 and 2022 were as follows:

•Long-term debt, net, varies due to debt issuances and redemptions each year. Refer to debt issuances and redemptions tables below for additional information.

•Changes in short-term borrowings, net, is driven by repayments on and issuances of notes due in less than 365 days. Refer to Note 17 — Debt and Credit Agreements of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on short-term borrowings.

•Refer to ITEM 5. — MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES for additional information on dividend restrictions. See below for quarterly dividends declared.

•Repurchases of common stock is related to our share repurchase program that commenced in March 2023. See Note 20 — Shareholders' Equity of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

•Contributions from Exelon is primarily related to a cash contribution of $1.75 billion from Exelon on January 31, 2022, pursuant to the Separation Agreement. See Note 1 — Basis of Presentation of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on the separation.

Debt Issuances and Redemptions

See Note 17 — Debt and Credit Agreements of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on our long-term debt. Debt activity for 2023 and 2022 was as follows:

During 2023, the following long-term debt was issued:

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["Type","","Interest Rate","","Maturity","","Amount","","Use of Proceeds"],["2053 Senior Notes","","6.50","%","","October 1, 2053","","$","900","","","To fund the acquisition of STP and general corporate purposes"],["2028 Senior Notes","","5.60","%","","March 1, 2028","","750","","","To fund general corporate purposes, including repayment of short-term borrowings"],["2033 Senior Notes","","5.80","%","","March 1, 2033","","600","","","To fund general corporate purposes, including repayment of short-term borrowings"],["2034 Senior Notes","","6.13","%","","January 15, 2034","","500","","","To fund the acquisition of STP and general corporate purposes"],["Tax-Exempt Notes Reoffering","","4.10% - 4.45%","","2025-2053(b)","","435","","","To fund general corporate purposes, including repayment of short-term borrowings"],["Energy Efficiency Project Financing(a)","","2.20% - 4.96%","","March 31, 2024 - June 30, 2024","","11","","","Funding to install energy conservation measures"],["Total","","","","","","$","3,196"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]

__________

(a)For Energy Efficiency Project Financing, the maturity dates represent the expected date of project completion, upon which the respective customer assumes the outstanding debt.

(b)The Tax-Exempt Notes have a maturity date of March 1, 2025 - April 1, 2053, and a mandatory purchase date that ranges from March 1, 2025 - June 1, 2029.

71

Table of Contents

During 2022, the following long-term debt was issued:

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["Type","","Interest Rate","","Maturity","","Amount","","Use of Proceeds"],["Energy Efficiency Project Financing(a)","","2.20% - 6.96%","","March 31, 2023 - May 1, 2024","","$","14","","","Funding to install energy conservation measures"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]
__________

(a)For Energy Efficiency Project Financing, the maturity dates represent the expected date of project completion, upon which the respective customer assumes the outstanding debt.

During 2023, the following long-term debt was retired and/or redeemed:

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["Type","","Interest Rate","","Maturity","","Amount"],["Energy Efficiency Project Financing","","2.44% - 6.96%","","May 31, 2023 - March 31, 2024","","$","44"],["CR Nonrecourse Debt","","3-month SOFR + 2.76%(a)","","December 15, 2027","","39"],["West Medway II Nonrecourse Debt","","1-month SOFR + 2.975% - 3.225%(b)(d)","","March 31, 2026","","26"],["Continental Wind Nonrecourse Debt","","6.00%","","February 28, 2033","","25"],["Antelope Valley DOE Nonrecourse Debt(c)","","2.29% - 3.56%","","January 5, 2037","","25"],["RPG Nonrecourse Debt","","4.11%","","March 31, 2035","","9"],["Total","","","","","","$","168"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]

__________

(a)The interest rate for long-term debt redemptions prior to June 2023 were based on LIBOR + 2.50%. Beginning in June 2023, these redemptions are based on SOFR + 2.76%. See Note 17 — Debt and Credit Agreements of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on the CR nonrecourse debt.

(b)The interest rate for long-term debt redemptions prior to May 2023 were based on LIBOR + 2.875%. Beginning in May 2023, these redemptions are based on SOFR + the variable interest rate of 2.975% - 3.225%. See Note 17 — Debt and Credit Agreements of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on the West Medway II nonrecourse debt.

(c)On January 5, 2024, we redeemed $5.5 million of 2.29% - 3.56% Antelope Valley DOE nonrecourse debt.

(d)The nonrecourse debt has an average blended interest rate.

During 2022, the following long-term debt was retired and/or redeemed:

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["Type","","Interest Rate","","Maturity","","Amount"],["Senior Notes","","3.40%","","March 15, 2022","","$","500"],["Senior Notes","","4.25%","","June 15, 2022","","523"],["CR Nonrecourse Debt(a)","","3-month LIBOR + 2.50%","","December 15, 2027","","41"],["Continental Wind Nonrecourse Debt(a)","","6.00%","","February 28, 2033","","37"],["West Medway II Nonrecourse Debt(a)","","1 month LIBOR + 2.875%(c)","","March 31, 2026","","24"],["Antelope Valley DOE Nonrecourse Debt(a)(b)","","2.29% - 3.56%","","January 5, 2037","","25"],["RPG Nonrecourse Debt(a)","","4.11%","","March 31, 2035","","9"],["Energy Efficiency Project Financing","","3.71%","","December 31, 2022","","3"],["Total","","","","","","$","1,162"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]

__________

(a)See Note 17 — Debt and Credit Agreements of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on nonrecourse debt.

(b)On January 6, 2023, we redeemed $5 million of 2.29% - 3.56% Antelope Valley DOE nonrecourse debt.

(c)The nonrecourse debt has an average blended interest rate.

72

Table of Contents

From time to time and as market conditions warrant, we may engage in long-term debt retirements via tender offers, open market repurchases or other viable options to reduce debt.

Dividends

Quarterly dividends declared by our Board of Directors during 2023 and for the first quarter of 2024 were as follows:

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["Period","","Declaration Date","","Shareholder of Record Date","","Dividend Payable Date","","Cash per Share"],["First Quarter of 2023","","February 15, 2023","","February 27, 2023","","March 10, 2023","","$","0.2820"],["Second Quarter of 2023","","April 25, 2023","","May 12, 2023","","June 9, 2023","","$","0.2820"],["Third Quarter of 2023","","August 1, 2023","","August 14, 2023","","September 8, 2023","","$","0.2820"],["Fourth Quarter of 2023","","November 1, 2023","","November 17, 2023","","December 8, 2023","","$","0.2820"],["First Quarter of 2024","","February 26, 2024","","March 8, 2024","","March 19, 2024","","$","0.3525"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]

Credit Matters and Cash Requirements

We fund liquidity needs for capital expenditures, working capital, energy hedging and other financial commitments through cash flows from operations, public debt offerings, commercial paper markets and large, diversified credit facilities. As of December 31, 2023, we have access to facilities with aggregate bank commitments of $6.1 billion. We had access to the commercial paper markets and had availability under our revolving credit facilities during 2023 to fund our short-term liquidity needs, when necessary. We routinely review the sufficiency of our liquidity position, including appropriate sizing of credit facility commitments, by performing various stress test scenarios, such as commodity price movements, increases in margin-related transactions, changes in hedging levels, and the impacts of hypothetical credit downgrades. We closely monitor events in the financial markets and the financial institutions associated with the credit facilities, including monitoring credit ratings and outlooks, credit default swap levels, capital raising, and merger activity. See PART I, ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS for additional information regarding the effects of uncertainty in the capital and credit markets.

We believe our cash flow from operating activities, access to credit markets and our credit facilities provide sufficient liquidity to support the estimated future cash requirements discussed below.

If we had lost our investment grade credit ratings as of December 31, 2023, we would have been required to provide incremental collateral estimated to be approximately $1.9 billion to meet collateral obligations for derivatives, non-derivatives, NPNS, and applicable payables and receivables, net of the contractual right of offset under master netting agreements. A loss of investment grade credit rating would have required a three notch downgrade by S&P or a two notch downgrade by Moody's from their current levels of BBB+ and Baa2, to BB+ and Ba1 or below. respectively. As of December 31, 2023, we had $3.1 billion of available capacity and $0.4 billion of cash on hand. In the event of a credit downgrade below investment grade and a resulting requirement to provide incremental collateral exceeding our available capacity and cash on hand, we would be required to access additional liquidity through the capital markets. See Note 16 — Derivative Financial Instruments and Note 17 — Debt and Credit Agreements of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

73

Table of Contents

Capital Expenditures

Our most recent estimate of capital expenditures is approximately $2.8 billion and $2.3 billion for 2024 and 2025 respectively. Approximately 44% - 47% of projected capital expenditures are for the acquisition of nuclear fuel, which includes additional nuclear fuel to increase inventory levels. This is a strategic decision in response to the potential for the continuing Russia and Ukraine conflict to impact our long-term nuclear fuel supply. Additionally, the above estimates of capital expenditures includes $875 million of growth capital expenditures, including nuclear uprates and license renewals, wind repowering, and hydrogen with policy support. The remaining amounts primarily reflect additions and upgrades to existing generation facilities (including material condition improvements during nuclear refueling outages). See ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS, Other Key Business Drivers for more information on the Russia and Ukraine conflict.

Planned additions and upgrades and other investments are subject to periodic review and revision to reflect changes in economic conditions impacting our generating assets and other factors, including, but not limited to, market power prices, results of capacity auctions, potential legislative and regulatory actions, impacts of inflation, changes in the cost of materials and labor, and financing costs.

We anticipate funding these capital expenditures with a combination of internally generated funds and borrowings.

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits

We consider various factors when making pension funding decisions, including actuarially-determined minimum contribution requirements under ERISA, contributions required to avoid benefit restrictions and at-risk status as defined by the Pension Protection Act, and management of the pension obligation. The Pension Protection Act requires the attainment of certain funding levels to avoid benefit restrictions (such as an inability to pay lump sums or to accrue benefits prospectively) and at-risk status (which triggers higher minimum contribution requirements and participant notification). The contributions below reflect a funding strategy to make levelized annual contributions with the objective of achieving 100% funded status over time. This level-funding strategy helps minimize volatility of future period required pension contributions. Unlike the qualified pension plans, our non-qualified pension plans are not funded, given that they are not subject to statutory minimum contribution requirements.

OPEB plans are also not subject to statutory minimum contribution requirements, though we have funded certain of our plans. For our funded OPEB plans, we consider several factors in determining the level of contributions including liabilities management and levels of benefit claims paid.

The following table provides our planned contributions to our qualified pension plans, non-qualified pension plans, and OPEB plans in 2024 (including our benefit payments related to unfunded plans):

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["","Qualified Pension Plans","","Non-Qualified Pension Plans","","OPEB","","Total"],["Planned contributions","$","161","","","$","13","","","$","20","","","$","194"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]

To the extent interest rates decline significantly or the pension and OPEB plans earn less than the expected asset returns, annual pension contribution requirements in future years could increase. Conversely, to the extent interest rates increase significantly or the pension and OPEB plans earn greater than the expected asset returns, annual pension and OPEB contribution requirements in future years could decrease. Additionally, expected contributions could change if we change our pension or OPEB funding strategy. See Note 15 — Retirement Benefits of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on pension and OPEB contributions.

74

Table of Contents

Cash Requirements for Other Financial Commitments

The following table summarizes our future estimated cash payments as of December 31, 2023 under existing financial commitments:

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["","2024","","Beyond 2024","","Total","","Time Period"],["Long-term debt","$","121","","","$","7,556","","","$","7,677","","","2024 - 2053"],["Interest payments on long-term debt(a)","403","","","4,699","","","5,102","","","2024 - 2053"],["Operating leases(b)","54","","","463","","","517","","","2024 - 2056"],["Purchase power obligations(c)","958","","","1,164","","","2,122","","","2024 - 2033"],["Fuel purchase agreements(d)","1,464","","","8,634","","","10,098","","","2024 - 2040"],["Other purchase obligations(e)","1,198","","","1,121","","","2,319","","","2024 - 2049"],["SNF obligation","\u2014","","","1,296","","","1,296","","","2024 - 2035"],["Pension contributions(f)","161","","","672","","","833","","","2024 - 2029"],["Total cash requirements","$","4,359","","","$","25,605","","","$","29,964"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]

__________

(a)Interest payments are estimated based on final maturity dates of debt securities outstanding at December 31, 2023 and do not reflect anticipated future refinancing, early redemptions, or debt issuances. Variable rate interest obligations are estimated based on rates as of December 31, 2023.

(b)Capacity payments associated with contracted generation lease agreements are net of sublease and capacity offsets of $47 million and $275 million for 2024 and beyond 2024, respectively and $322 million in total.

(c)Purchase power obligations primarily include expected payments for REC purchases and capacity payments associated with contracted generation agreements, which may be reduced based on plant availability. Expected payments exclude payments on renewable generation contracts that are contingent in nature.

(d)Represents commitments to purchase nuclear fuel and related services and natural gas-related transportation and capacity.

(e)Represents the future estimated value at December 31, 2023 of the cash flows associated with all contracts, both cancellable and non-cancellable, entered into with third-parties for the provision of services and materials, entered into in the normal course of business not specifically reflected elsewhere in this table. These estimates are subject to significant variability from period to period.

(f)These amounts represent our expected contributions to our qualified pension plans. Qualified pension contributions for years after 2029 are not included.

See Note 3 — Regulatory Matters and Note 19 — Commitments and Contingencies of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information of our other commitments potentially triggered by future events. Additionally, see below for where to find additional information regarding the financial commitments in the table above in the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["Item","","Location within Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements"],["Long-term debt","","Note 17 \u2014 Debt and Credit Agreements"],["Interest payments on long-term debt","","Note 17 \u2014 Debt and Credit Agreements"],["Operating leases","","Note 11 \u2014 Leases"],["SNF obligation","","Note 19 \u2014 Commitments and Contingencies"],["Pension contributions","","Note 15 \u2014 Retirement Benefits"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]

Sales of Customer Accounts Receivable

We have an accounts receivable financing facility with a number of financial institutions and a commercial paper conduit to sell certain receivables, which expires on August 15, 2025 unless renewed by the mutual consent of the parties in accordance with its terms. See Note 6 — Accounts Receivable of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

Project Financing

Project financing is based upon a nonrecourse financial structure, in which project debt is paid back from the cash generated by a specific asset or portfolio of assets. Borrowings under these agreements are secured by the

75

Table of Contents

assets and equity of each respective project. Lenders do not have recourse against us in the event of a default. If a project financing entity does not maintain compliance with its specific debt covenants, there could be a requirement to accelerate repayment of the associated debt or other project-related borrowings earlier than the stated maturity dates. In these instances, if such repayment were not satisfied, or restructured, the lenders or security holders would generally have rights to foreclose against the project-specific assets and related collateral. The potential requirement to repay the debt or other borrowings earlier than otherwise anticipated could lead to impairments due to a higher likelihood of disposing of the respective project-specific assets significantly before the end of their useful lives. See Note 17 — Debt and Credit Agreements of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on project finance credit facilities and nonrecourse debt.

Credit Facilities

We meet our short-term liquidity requirements primarily through the issuance of commercial paper. We may use our credit facilities for general corporate purposes, including meeting short-term funding requirements and the issuance of letters of credit. See Note 17 — Debt and Credit Agreements of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on our credit facilities.

Capital Structure

At December 31, 2023, our capital structure consisted of the following:

[[GREPCENT_TABLE]]
[["","Percentage of Capital Structure"],["Commercial paper and notes payable","8","%"],["Long-term debt","37","%"],["Member\u2019s equity","55","%"]]
[[/GREPCENT_TABLE]]

Security Ratings

Our access to the capital markets, including the commercial paper market, and our financing costs in those markets, may depend on our securities ratings.

Our borrowings are not subject to default or prepayment as a result of a downgrade of our securities, although such a downgrade could increase fees and interest charges under our credit agreements.

As part of the normal course of business, we enter into contracts that contain express provisions or otherwise permit us and our counterparties to demand adequate assurance of future performance when there are reasonable grounds for doing so. In accordance with the contracts and applicable contracts law, if we are downgraded by a credit rating agency, it is possible that a counterparty would attempt to rely on such a downgrade as a basis for making a demand for adequate assurance of future performance, which could include the posting of additional collateral. See Note 16 — Derivative Financial Instruments of the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on collateral provisions.

At separation, S&P and Moody's affirmed our senior unsecured ratings of BBB- and Baa2, respectively. Fitch also affirmed their final rating of BBB, prior to formally withdrawing coverage on January 5th, 2022. We have only engaged S&P and Moody's for ratings coverage following separation. On October 13, 2022, S&P raised our senior unsecured debt rating to 'BBB' from 'BBB-' citing the passage of the IRA as a material credit positive for us. On November 22, 2023, S&P further raised our senior unsecured debt rating to 'BBB+' from 'BBB' citing the expected benefits from nuclear PTCs.