Jeanne M. Jones
Thank you, Calvin, and good morning, everyone. Today, I will cover our financial update for the second quarter and the progress on our current regulatory activity. Starting on Slide 5, we present our quarter-over-quarter adjusted operating earnings block. Exelon earned $0.39 per share in the second quarter of 2025 compared to $0.47 per share in the same period in 2024, reflecting lower results of $0.08 per share over the same period. Earnings are lower in the second quarter relative to the same period last year, primarily driven by $0.13 of higher distribution and transmission rates driven by new rates in effect. This favorability was offset by $0.07 of ComEd timing, which reverses most of the favorability seen in the first quarter due to revenue shaping and timing of O&M spend relative to 2024. There's $0.04 at corporate attributable to our customer relief fund, $0.03 of higher storm costs at PECO, $0.02 of higher interest at corporate and PHI and $0.02 attributable to the recognition of Pepco Maryland's first MIP reconciliations for rate years 1 and 2 in 2024. The remaining $0.03 is attributable to smaller nonrecurring items, including timing of taxes at corporate and approximately $0.01 attributable to the derecognition of a regulatory asset subsequent to Maryland's Next- generation act. As Calvin mentioned, these results are slightly ahead of the guidance we provided in our prior quarter call due to favorable revenue and tax timing at ComEd and disciplined cost management at our utilities. Our year-to-date performance underscores our ability to deliver strong financial results amidst increasingly significant storm activity and while continuing to find new and creative ways to support our customers. Looking ahead to next quarter, we expect earnings to be approximately 29% of the midpoint of our projected full year earnings guidance range, which contemplates new rates in effect, anticipated shaping up costs and revenue timing and assumes normal weather and storm conditions, along with our ability to seek deferral treatment of extraordinary storm costs at PECO from the first half of the year. As we look towards the end of the year, we remain on track for full year operating earnings of $2.64 to $2.74 per share, with the goal to be at midpoint or better. Finally, we have reaffirmed our annualized earnings growth rate of 5% to 7% through 2028 with the expectation to be at the midpoint or better of that range. Turning to Slide 6. I will review the limited base rate case activity across our platform. We received intervenor testimony on July 25 on the Delmarva Power gas distribution rate case filed last September, keeping the rate case on track. The rate filing seeks to recover continued reliability investments such as aging piping, along with the LNG plant upgrades, which help protect customers from price volatility during peak periods. Following intervenor testimony, the case will be open for rebuttal testimony in September before evidentiary hearings are held in November, an order is expected in the first quarter of 2026. Our second open base rate case is at Atlantic City Electric, where settlement discussions remain ongoing as we seek recovery for grid improvement and modernization efforts in line with New Jersey's Energy Master Plan and the Clean Energy Act. An order is expected by the end of the year. At ComEd, our first reconciliation under the new multiyear rate plan framework is underway. As a reminder, we filed for a $268 million reconciliation adjustment primarily driven by operating under a lower revenue requirement in 2024 than what was ultimately approved by the commission. The reconciliation is also inclusive of $6 million related to a positive 5.3 basis point adjustment to our return on equity from our performance metrics. In initial testimony filed on July 15, recommended $108 million reduction in the net reconciliation amount. But noted, they would consider additional information that could impact their ultimate recommendation. We continue to feel confident in the spend we incurred in 2024 as we maintained industry-leading levels of reliability at well below average rates and are working towards the remaining rounds of testimony, including our rebuttal testimony due next week. Finally, in Maryland, we continue to wait decisions on our final reconciliations from the first BGE and Pepco Maryland multiyear plans, along with the commission's comments on the lessons learned proceeding to support our next filings. We trust that we can find an approach that best aligns stakeholders' interest in balancing affordability, reliability, economic development and the state's energy transition goals. Finally, I'll conclude with updates on our balance sheet activity on Slide 7, where we've continued to make substantial progress on our 2025 capital needs. From a financing perspective, we have successfully completed nearly 80% of our planned long-term debt financing needs for the year with ComEd and BGE issuing $725 million and $650 million in the second quarter, respectively. The strong investor demand and attractive pricing we continue to achieve in our debt offering is supported by the strength of our balance sheet and by the low-risk attributes of our platform. Investor confidence in our offerings, along with our preissuance hedging program position us well as we seek to finance the energy transformation in the most cost-effective way for our customers and our investors. As it pertains to equity, we've successfully priced the full $700 million of planned equity needs for 2025 via our ATM, issuing $175 million in shares and pricing an additional $525 million under forward agreements for the issuance later in the year. In addition to derisking 2025, we've also priced nearly $160 million of our equity needs for 2026 through forward agreements using our ATM, which we renewed an upside in the second quarter to cover our needs for the current 4-year plan. We continue to project 100 to 200 basis points of financial flexibility on average over the Moody's downgrade threshold of 12%, approaching 14% at the end of our guidance period with a focus on ways in which we can protect and strengthen our balance sheet to ensure we support all opportunities to invest to meet our customer needs. Most recently, we filed with FERC for construction work and process incentive treatment on our Tri-County transmission project, which will support stronger credit ratings. We also continue to advocate for language that incorporates repairs for calculating the corporate alternative minimum tax, which will lower energy costs for our customers. As a reminder, favorably addressing repairs in the minimum tax calculation would result in an increase of approximately 50 basis points to our consolidated metrics on average over the plan. And I'll also remind you that our financing plan and credit metrics are not impacted by the most recent tax legislation. Thank you. I'll now turn the call back to Calvin for his closing remarks.