ComEd announced that it has priced $400 million of First Mortgage Bonds maturing on March 1, 2045, with a coupon of 3.70 percent. ComEd will use the net proceeds from the sale of the bonds to refinance at maturity our First Mortgage 4.70% Bonds, Series 101, due April 15, 2015, and to use the remainder to repay a portion of our outstanding commercial paper obligations and for general corporate purposes. The sale is scheduled to close on March 2.

BNP Paribas Securities Corp., RBS Securities Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. led the offering as active joint book-running managers. Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc. and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. served as passive joint book-running managers and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. served as a senior co-manager. Minority-owned Great Pacific Securities and Melvin Securities, LLC served as co-managers for the offering.

An automatic shelf registration statement relating to the sale of the bonds became effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2014. The offering is being made by means of a prospectus supplement and an accompanying prospectus. Copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained by calling BNP Paribas Securities Corp. at 1-800-854-5674, RBS Securities Inc. at 1-866-884-2071 and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. at 1-877-558-2607.

Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This Press Release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are subject to risks and uncertainties. The factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements made by ComEd include those discussed herein as well as the items discussed in (1) ComEd’s 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K in (a) ITEM 1A. Risk Factors, (b) ITEM 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and (c) ITEM 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data: Note 22 and (2) other factors discussed in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission by ComEd. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this Press Release. ComEd undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revision to its forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Press Release.

Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) is a unit of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), the nation’s leading competitive energy provider, with approximately 7.8 million customers. ComEd provides service to approximately 3.8 million customers across northern Illinois, or 70 percent of the state’s population. For more information visit ComEd.com, and connect with the company on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

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