Exelon Recognized for Industry-Leading Sustainability Performance for Tenth Year in a Row
September 14 2015 - 11:42AM
Business Wire
Company added 215 megawatts of clean energy last year, including
new wind and solar
In recognition of its industry-leading corporate sustainability
performance, Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC) has been named to the
2015 Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for North America. This
is the tenth consecutive year Exelon has appeared on the index.
Exelon was one of seven electric and gas utility companies to be
named to the DJSI for North America out of 600 total companies
considered. Exelon ranked particularly high among peers in the
areas of environmental policy/management systems, risk management
and performance measurement. The independent DJSI assessment is
conducted each year by sustainability investment specialist
RobecoSAM. It is based on a comprehensive review of environmental
performance, health and safety, corporate citizenship, corporate
governance, risk management, and human resources development.
“The Dow Jones Sustainability Index is one of the most widely
recognized and trusted indicators of companies’ sustainability
performance,” said Chris Crane, president and CEO of Exelon. “We
are proud to have been named to the index every year for the last
decade. This validates our consistent effort to run our businesses
in a way that takes into account the long-term needs of our
customers, communities and employees.”
Continuing to make progress toward its sustainability goals,
Exelon in 2014:
- Added 215 megawatts (MW) of new,
zero-emission power generation – including wind and solar energy
projects and nuclear energy uprates – and announced it will add
another 108 MW of new wind generation in 2015;
- Completed its 242-MW Antelope Valley
Solar Ranch One solar project;
- Deployed 21 MW of new distributed solar
energy, bringing its total amount of customer-sited solar installed
or under development to 200 MW;
- Through its electric and gas utilities
– BGE, ComEd and PECO – helped customers save more than 7.6 million
megawatt-hours through energy efficiency programs, avoiding more
than 4 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions;
- Invested $3.1 billion in utility
infrastructure, including $500 million in smart grid and smart
meter technologies, bringing its total number of customer smart
meters deployed to more than 3.4 million;
- Made investments in emerging
technologies such as electric vehicles, distributed generation,
energy storage and intelligent buildings;
- Contributed more than $31.4 million to
non-profits in the communities it serves, focused on the areas of
environment, education, the arts and economic development;
- Saw employees log 113,000 hours
volunteering for community organizations;
- Spent more than $1 billion with
diversity-certified suppliers; and
- Achieved its best-ever safety
performance across all key measures, ranking among the top 10
percent of U.S. utility companies.
Exelon uses rigorous performance and risk management programs to
track its sustainability performance against specific, quantifiable
goals while accounting for a wide variety of factors, from changes
in the prices of electricity and natural gas to the risks
associated with climate change and drought.
Exelon provides a detailed review of its sustainability strategy
and performance in its annual sustainability report. The 2014
report is available at:
www.exeloncorp.com/assets/newsroom/downloads/docs/dwnld_Exelon_CSR.pdf.
Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC) is the nation’s leading
competitive energy provider, with 2014 revenues of approximately
$27.4 billion. Headquartered in Chicago, Exelon does business in 48
states, the District of Columbia and Canada. Exelon is one of the
largest competitive U.S. power generators, with more than 32,000
megawatts of owned 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 more than 2.5 million residential, public sector and business
customers, including more than two-thirds of the Fortune 100.
Exelon’s utilities deliver electricity and natural gas to more than
7.8 million customers in central Maryland (BGE), northern Illinois
(ComEd) and southeastern Pennsylvania (PECO). Follow Exelon on
Twitter @Exelon.
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