Exelon Contributes $150,000 to Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts
August 30 2017 - 4:43PM
Business Wire
Constellation Field to be used as recovery
staging area staffed in part by employee volunteers; company
utility resources poised to assist in restoration
Exelon Corporation and Constellation, its competitive retail and
wholesale business, will together donate $150,000 to the American
Red Cross to support residents of Houston as they recover from the
devastation of Hurricane Harvey.
Constellation Field, a minor league baseball stadium in
Sugarland, Texas, was temporarily opened as a shelter for those
displaced by the flooding. Evacuees are being transferred to
another shelter location with additional support services and the
field will now be used as a Red Cross training center. Company
volunteers also plan to use the field as a staging area to assist
with clean-up efforts in the weeks to come.
“We have all been disheartened to watch as the impact of
Hurricane Harvey continues to devastate the Texas coastline,” said
Chris Crane, Exelon president and CEO. “The thoughts and prayers of
the Exelon family are with our colleagues, our customers and all of
the people impacted by this tragedy. We will continue to provide
resources and assistance where we can.”
Exelon has approximately 500 employees at facilities throughout
the Houston area, including a Constellation regional office and
Exelon Power electricity generating stations. While all employees
have been accounted for, several of their homes -- like so many in
the region -- have either been destroyed or sustained significant
damage. The Exelon Foundation will provide grants to company
employees whose homes were damaged or destroyed from the storm.
“Giving back to the communities we serve is one of our company’s
most important responsibilities, and even more so during times like
this,” said Joseph Nigro, CEO of Constellation. “The safety and
security of our employees and their families is our highest
priority. We’ll continue to come together to lend support to our
colleagues and neighbors in the Houston area in the months
ahead.”
“I am very impressed with the work of our employees in the
region who have battled through personal safety challenges while
still maintaining plant readiness,” said Ron DeGregorio, President
of Exelon Power.
Exelon’s six electric and gas utilities have offered to send
crews to assist in restoration efforts and resources are standing
by should assistance be requested.
The company also expects to provide additional financial support
through the Exelon Foundation Matching Gifts program as employees
make personal donations. Employee gifts are matched
dollar-for-dollar up to $5,000 per individual.
Constellation’s Houston-based call center is partially staffed
and experiencing higher than normal call volume. The company asks
customers for their patience as it prioritizes employee safety.
Customers should report outages and service interruptions to their
local utilities.
To learn more about Exelon’s initiatives to support the
communities where its employees live and work, visit
exeloncorp.com.
Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC) is a Fortune 100 energy company
with the largest number of utility customers in the U.S. Exelon
does business in 48 states, the District of Columbia and Canada and
had 2016 revenue of $31.4 billion. Exelon’s six utilities deliver
electricity and natural gas to approximately 10 million customers
in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania through its Atlantic City Electric, BGE,
ComEd, Delmarva Power, PECO and Pepco subsidiaries. Exelon is one
of the largest competitive U.S. power generators, with more than
32,700 megawatts of nuclear, gas, wind, solar and hydroelectric
generating capacity comprising one of the nation’s cleanest and
lowest-cost power generation fleets. The company’s Constellation
business unit provides energy products and services to
approximately 2.2 million residential, public sector and business
customers, including more than two-thirds of the Fortune 100.
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