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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q


QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For The Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2009

Commission
File Number
  Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter   IRS Employer
Identification No.
1-12869   CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.   52-1964611
1-1910   BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY   52-0280210

MARYLAND
(State of Incorporation of both registrants)

100 CONSTELLATION WAY,                BALTIMORE, MARYLAND                21202
                                         (Address of principal executive offices)                (Zip Code)

410-470-2800
(Registrants' telephone number, including area code)

NOT APPLICABLE
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

         Indicate by check mark whether the registrants (1) have filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months, and (2) have been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ý        No o

         Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes o        No o

         Indicate by check mark whether Constellation Energy Group, Inc. is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):

Large accelerated filer ý   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer o
(Do not check if a smaller
reporting company)
  Smaller reporting company o

         Indicate by check mark whether Baltimore Gas and Electric Company is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):

Large accelerated filer o   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer ý
(Do not check if a smaller
reporting company)
  Smaller reporting company o

         Indicate by check mark whether Constellation Energy Group, Inc. is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) Yes o        No ý

         Indicate by check mark whether Baltimore Gas and Electric Company is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) Yes o        No ý

Common Stock, without par value 199,192,018 shares outstanding
of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. on April 30, 2009.

         Baltimore Gas and Electric Company meets the conditions set forth in General Instruction H(1)(a) and (b) of Form 10-Q and is therefore filing this form in the reduced disclosure format.




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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 
  Page

Part I—Financial Information

  3
 

Item 1—Financial Statements

  3
           

Constellation Energy Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

   
           

Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss)

  3
           

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

  3
           

Consolidated Balance Sheets

  4
           

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

  6
           

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company and Subsidiaries

   
           

Consolidated Statements of Income

  7
           

Consolidated Balance Sheets

  8
           

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

  10
           

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

  11
 

Item 2—Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

  40
           

Introduction and Overview

  40
           

Business Environment

  40
           

Events of 2009

  41
           

Results of Operations

  42
           

Financial Condition

  55
           

Capital Resources

  60
 

Item 3—Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

  66
 

Items 4 and 4(T)—Controls and Procedures

  66

Part II—Other Information

  67
 

Item 1—Legal Proceedings

  67
 

Item 2—Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

  67
 

Item 5—Other Information

  68
 

Item 6—Exhibits

  69
 

Signature

  70

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PART 1—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1—Financial Statements


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (LOSS) (UNAUDITED)

Constellation Energy Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

 
  Three Months Ended
March 31,

 
 
  2009
  2008
 

 

 
 
  (In millions, except
per share amounts)

 

Revenues

             
 

Nonregulated revenues

  $ 3,112.3   $ 3,711.9  
 

Regulated electric revenues

    806.8     709.3  
 

Regulated gas revenues

    384.3     391.0  
   
 

Total revenues

    4,303.4     4,812.2  

Expenses

             
 

Fuel and purchased energy expenses

    3,273.2     3,743.1  
 

Operating expenses

    581.7     590.1  
 

Merger termination and strategic alternatives costs

    42.3      
 

Impairment losses and other costs

    28.6      
 

Workforce reduction costs

    10.8      
 

Depreciation, depletion, and amortization

    148.6     148.3  
 

Accretion of asset retirement obligations

    17.9     16.6  
 

Taxes other than income taxes

    77.9     74.8  
   
 

Total expenses

    4,181.0     4,572.9  

Net (loss) gain on divestitures

    (334.5 )   15.0  
   

(Loss) Income from Operations

    (212.1 )   254.3  

Other (Expense) Income

    (27.5 )   42.7  

Fixed Charges

             
 

Interest expense

    143.9     78.8  
 

Interest capitalized and allowance for borrowed funds used during construction

    (21.6 )   (7.1 )
   
 

Total fixed charges

    122.3     71.7  
   

(Loss) Income from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes

    (361.9 )   225.3  

Income Tax (Benefit) Expense

    (242.2 )   75.9  
   

Net (Loss) Income

    (119.7 )   149.4  

Less: Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests and BGE Preference Stock Dividends

    3.8     3.7  
   

Net (Loss) Income Attributable to Common Stock

  $ (123.5 ) $ 145.7  
   

Average Shares of Common Stock Outstanding—Basic

    198.5     178.2  

Average Shares of Common Stock Outstanding—Diluted

    198.5     180.2  
   

(Loss) Earnings Per Common Share—Basic

  $ (0.62 ) $ 0.82  
   

(Loss) Earnings Per Common Share—Diluted

  $ (0.62 ) $ 0.81  
   

Dividends Declared Per Common Share

  $ 0.24   $ 0.4775  
   


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (UNAUDITED)

Constellation Energy Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

 
  Three Months Ended
March 31,

 
 
  2009
  2008
 

 

 
 
  (In millions)
 

Net (Loss) Income

  $ (119.7 ) $ 149.4  
 

Other comprehensive (loss) income (OCI)

             
   

Hedging instruments:

             
     

Reclassification of net loss on hedging instruments from OCI to net (loss) income, net of taxes

    459.9     177.0  
     

Net unrealized (loss) gain on hedging instruments, net of taxes

    (336.2 )   361.6  
   

Available-for-sale securities:

             
     

Reclassification of net loss (gain) on sales of securities from OCI to net (loss) income, net of taxes

    29.7     (0.3 )
     

Net unrealized loss on securities, net of taxes

    (26.7 )   (45.1 )
   

Defined benefit obligations:

             
     

Amortization of net actuarial loss, prior service cost, and transition obligation included in net periodic benefit cost, net of taxes

    7.9     5.1  
   

Net unrealized gain (loss) on foreign currency, net of taxes

    2.0     (2.5 )
   
 

Comprehensive income

    16.9     645.2  
   

Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of taxes

    3.8     3.7  
   

Comprehensive Income Attributable to Common Stock

  $ 13.1   $ 641.5  
   

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Certain prior-period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period's presentation.

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

Constellation Energy Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

 
  March 31,
2009*

  December 31,
2008

 

 

 
 
  (In millions)
 

Assets

             
 

Current Assets

             
   

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 546.7   $ 202.2  
   

Accounts receivable (net of allowance for uncollectibles of $249.1 and $240.6, respectively)

    3,163.6     3,389.9  
   

Fuel stocks

    451.1     717.9  
   

Materials and supplies

    221.2     224.5  
   

Derivative assets

    1,257.3     1,465.0  
   

Unamortized energy contract assets

    170.2     81.3  
   

Restricted cash

    51.3     1,030.5  
   

Deferred income taxes

    280.6     268.0  
   

Other

    426.9     815.5  
   
   

Total current assets

    6,568.9     8,194.8  
   

Investments and Other Noncurrent Assets

             
   

Nuclear decommissioning trust funds

    983.3     1,006.3  
   

Other investments

    412.5     421.0  
   

Regulatory assets (net)

    470.0     494.7  
   

Goodwill

    4.6     4.6  
   

Derivative assets

    767.5     851.8  
   

Unamortized energy contract assets

    244.2     173.1  
   

Other

    375.9     421.3  
   
   

Total investments and other noncurrent assets

    3,258.0     3,372.8  
   

Property, Plant and Equipment

             
   

Property, plant and equipment

    15,496.1     15,285.6  
   

Nuclear fuel (net of amortization)

    454.6     443.0  
   

Accumulated depreciation

    (5,011.6 )   (5,012.1 )
   
   

Net property, plant and equipment

    10,939.1     10,716.5  
   
 

Total Assets

 
$

20,766.0
 
$

22,284.1
 
   

* Unaudited
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Certain prior-period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period's presentation.

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

Constellation Energy Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

 
  March 31,
2009*
  December 31,
2008
 

 

 
 
  (In millions)
 

Liabilities and Equity

             
 

Current Liabilities

             
   

Short-term borrowings

  $ 1,062.9   $ 855.7  
   

Current portion of long-term debt

    1,591.1     2,591.5  
   

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

    2,024.1     2,370.1  
   

Customer deposits and collateral

    146.6     120.3  
   

Derivative liabilities

    1,180.6     1,241.8  
   

Unamortized energy contract liabilities

    497.0     393.5  
   

Accrued expenses

    380.6     373.1  
   

Other

    523.0     514.2  
   
   

Total current liabilities

    7,405.9     8,460.2  
   
 

Deferred Credits and Other Noncurrent Liabilities

             
   

Deferred income taxes

    480.1     677.0  
   

Asset retirement obligations

    1,004.9     987.3  
   

Derivative liabilities

    1,095.5     1,115.0  
   

Unamortized energy contract liabilities

    955.3     906.4  
   

Defined benefit obligations

    1,096.2     1,354.3  
   

Deferred investment tax credits

    42.6     44.1  
   

Other

    196.0     249.6  
   
   

Total deferred credits and other noncurrent liabilities

    4,870.6     5,333.7  
   
 

Long-term Debt, Net of Current Portion

   
5,134.2
   
5,098.7
 
 

Equity

             
   

Common shareholders' equity:

             
     

Common stock

    3,177.1     3,164.5  
     

Retained earnings

    2,042.7     2,228.7  
     

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

    (2,075.2 )   (2,211.8 )
   
   

Total common shareholders' equity

    3,144.6     3,181.4  
   

BGE preference stock not subject to mandatory redemption

    190.0     190.0  
   

Noncontrolling interests

    20.7     20.1  
   
   

Total equity

    3,355.3     3,391.5  
   
 

Commitments, Guarantees, and Contingencies (see Notes)

             
 

Total Liabilities and Equity

 
$

20,766.0
 
$

22,284.1
 
   

* Unaudited
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Certain prior-period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period's presentation.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

Constellation Energy Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Three Months Ended March 31,
  2009
  2008
 

 

 
 
  (In millions)
 

Cash Flows From Operating Activities

             
 

Net (loss) income

  $ (119.7 ) $ 149.4  
 

Adjustments to reconcile to net cash provided by operating activities

             
   

Depreciation, depletion, and amortization

    148.6     148.3  
   

Amortization of nuclear fuel

    30.8     28.7  
   

Amortization of energy contracts

    (43.3 )   (43.7 )
   

All other amortization

    35.1     4.3  
   

Accretion of asset retirement obligations

    17.9     16.6  
   

Deferred income taxes

    (308.8 )   (53.7 )
   

Investment tax credit adjustments

    (1.5 )   (1.6 )
   

Deferred fuel costs

    16.6     15.9  
   

Defined benefit obligation expense

    30.7     28.8  
   

Defined benefit obligation payments

    (282.2 )   (91.2 )
   

Workforce reduction costs

    10.8      
   

Impairment losses and other costs

    28.6      
   

Impairment losses on nuclear decommissioning trust assets

    60.5     7.8  
   

Merger termination and strategic alternatives costs

    37.2      
   

Loss (gain) on divestitures

    334.5     (21.8 )
   

Gains on termination of contracts

        (65.7 )
   

Equity in earnings of affiliates less than (more than) dividends received

    5.7     (3.6 )
   

Derivative sales contracts classified as financing activities under SFAS No. 149

    296.8     1.5  
   

Changes in:

             
     

Accounts receivable, excluding margin

    219.9     (219.2 )
     

Derivative assets and liabilities, excluding collateral

    67.6     (1.2 )
     

Net collateral and margin

    211.6     323.7  
     

Materials, supplies, and fuel stocks

    270.0     (19.4 )
     

Other current assets

    240.9     23.1  
     

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

    (345.9 )   313.5  
     

Other current liabilities

    7.5     (223.2 )
   

Other

    19.9     31.1  
   
 

Net cash provided by operating activities

    989.8     348.4  
   

Cash Flows From Investing Activities

             
 

Investments in property, plant and equipment

    (392.1 )   (388.4 )
 

Asset acquisitions, net of cash acquired

        (156.9 )
 

Investments in nuclear decommissioning trust fund securities

    (135.4 )   (124.7 )
 

Proceeds from nuclear decommissioning trust fund securities

    116.7     106.0  
 

Proceeds from sales of investments and other assets

    31.4     63.8  
 

Contract and portfolio acquisitions

    (866.3 )    
 

Decrease (increase) in restricted funds

    979.3     (39.3 )
 

Other

    (0.9 )   (0.6 )
   
 

Net cash used in investing activities

    (267.3 )   (540.1 )
   

Cash Flows From Financing Activities

             
 

Net issuance (repayment) of short-term borrowings

    207.2     (14.0 )
 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

    5.8     3.9  
 

Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt

    109.0      
 

Repayment of long-term debt

    (1,119.6 )   (149.7 )
 

Debt issuance costs

    (62.7 )    
 

Common stock dividends paid

    (85.7 )   (79.3 )
 

BGE preference stock dividends paid

    (3.3 )   (3.3 )
 

Proceeds from contract and portfolio acquisitions

    863.8      
 

Derivative sales contracts classified as financing activities under SFAS No. 149

    (296.8 )   (1.5 )
 

Other

    4.3     2.3  
   
 

Net cash used in financing activities

    (378.0 )   (241.6 )
   

Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents

    344.5     (433.3 )

Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Period

    202.2     1,095.9  
   

Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period

  $ 546.7   $ 662.6  
   

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Certain prior-period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period's presentation.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED)

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company and Subsidiaries

 
  Three Months Ended
March 31,

 
 
  2009
  2008
 

 

 
 
  (In millions)
 

Revenues

             
 

Electric revenues

  $ 806.8   $ 709.4  
 

Gas revenues

    386.9     396.4  
   
 

Total revenues

    1,193.7     1,105.8  

Expenses

             
 

Operating expenses

             
   

Electricity purchased for resale

    525.2     455.3  
   

Gas purchased for resale

    258.1     270.0  
   

Operations and maintenance

    127.0     133.6  
 

Depreciation and amortization

    66.9     62.7  
 

Taxes other than income taxes

    47.8     46.5  
   
 

Total expenses

    1,025.0     968.1  
   

Income from Operations

    168.7     137.7  

Other Income

    7.5     7.9  

Fixed Charges

             
 

Interest expense

    36.7     35.0  
 

Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction

    (1.0 )   (1.0 )
   
 

Total fixed charges

    35.7     34.0  
   

Income Before Income Taxes

    140.5     111.6  

Income Taxes

    55.5     35.4  
   

Net Income

    85.0     76.2  

Preference Stock Dividends

    3.3     3.3  
   

Net Income Attributable to Common Stock before Noncontrolling Interests

    81.7     72.9  

Net Loss Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests

        0.1  
   

Net Income Attributable to Common Stock

  $ 81.7   $ 73.0  
   

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Certain prior-period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period's presentation.

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company and Subsidiaries

 
  March 31,
2009*
  December 31,
2008
 

 

 
 
  (In millions)
 

Assets

             
 

Current Assets

             
   

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 13.0   $ 10.7  
   

Accounts receivable (net of allowance for uncollectibles of $34.3 and $33.3, respectively)

    426.1     327.0  
   

Accounts receivable, unbilled (net of allowance for uncollectibles of $0.9 and $0.9, respectively)

    178.9     232.3  
   

Investment in cash pool, affiliated company

    387.7     148.8  
   

Accounts receivable, affiliated companies

    3.0     4.3  
   

Fuel stocks

    32.9     143.7  
   

Materials and supplies

    36.0     38.4  
   

Prepaid taxes other than income taxes

    25.0     51.0  
   

Regulatory assets (net)

    60.0     79.7  
   

Restricted cash

    48.2     23.7  
   

Other

    7.6     10.8  
   
   

Total current assets

    1,218.4     1,070.4  
   
 

Investments and Other Assets

             
   

Regulatory assets (net)

    470.0     494.7  
   

Receivable, affiliated company

    311.9     161.1  
   

Other

    123.9     131.6  
   
   

Total investments and other assets

    905.8     787.4  
   
 

Utility Plant

             
   

Plant in service

             
     

Electric

    4,523.1     4,493.7  
     

Gas

    1,225.7     1,221.1  
     

Common

    488.5     476.3  
   
     

Total plant in service

    6,237.3     6,191.1  
   

Accumulated depreciation

    (2,218.5 )   (2,191.0 )
   
   

Net plant in service

    4,018.8     4,000.1  
   

Construction work in progress

    244.1     225.7  
   

Plant held for future use

    2.3     2.6  
   
   

Net utility plant

    4,265.2     4,228.4  
   
 

Total Assets

 
$

6,389.4
 
$

6,086.2
 
   

* Unaudited
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Certain prior-period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period's presentation.

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company and Subsidiaries

 
  March 31,
2009*
  December 31,
2008
 

 

 
 
  (In millions)
 

Liabilities and Equity

             
 

Current Liabilities

             
   

Short-term borrowings

  $ 370.0   $ 370.0  
   

Current portion of long-term debt

    90.0     90.0  
   

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

    164.3     231.0  
   

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities, affiliated companies

    269.8     97.0  
   

Customer deposits

    74.3     72.3  
   

Current portion of deferred income taxes

    32.5     40.2  
   

Accrued taxes

    128.7     18.8  
   

Accrued expenses and other

    95.6     98.4  
   
   

Total current liabilities

    1,225.2     1,017.7  
   
 

Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities

             
   

Deferred income taxes

    861.4     843.3  
   

Payable, affiliated company

    243.3     243.2  
   

Deferred investment tax credits

    10.4     10.6  
   

Other

    24.5     28.6  
   
   

Total deferred credits and other liabilities

    1,139.6     1,125.7  
   
 

Long-term Debt

             
   

Rate stabilization bonds

    564.4     564.4  
   

Other long-term debt

    1,443.0     1,443.0  
   

6.20% deferrable interest subordinated debentures due October 15, 2043 to wholly owned BGE Capital Trust II relating to trust preferred securities

    257.7     257.7  
   

Long-term debt of nonregulated business

    25.0     25.0  
   

Unamortized discount and premium

    (2.3 )   (2.4 )
   

Current portion of long-term debt

    (90.0 )   (90.0 )
   
   

Total long-term debt

    2,197.8     2,197.7  
   
 

Equity

             
   

Common shareholder's equity:

             
     

Common stock

    912.2     912.2  
     

Retained earnings

    707.1     625.4  
     

Accumulated other comprehensive income

    0.6     0.6  
   
   

Total common shareholder's equity

    1,619.9     1,538.2  
   

Preference stock not subject to mandatory redemption

    190.0     190.0  
   

Noncontrolling interest

    16.9     16.9  
   
   

Total equity

    1,826.8     1,745.1  
   
 

Commitments, Guarantees, and Contingencies (see Notes)

             
 

Total Liabilities and Equity

 
$

6,389.4
 
$

6,086.2
 
   

* Unaudited
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Certain prior-period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period's presentation.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company and Subsidiaries

Three Months Ended March 31,
  2009
  2008
 

 

 
 
  (In millions)
 

Cash Flows From Operating Activities

             
 

Net income

  $ 85.0   $ 76.2  
 

Adjustments to reconcile to net cash provided by operating activities

             
   

Depreciation and amortization

    66.9     62.7  
   

Other amortization

    0.9     3.3  
   

Deferred income taxes

    9.0     (6.1 )
   

Investment tax credit adjustments

    (0.3 )   (0.4 )
   

Deferred fuel costs

    16.6     15.9  
   

Defined benefit plan expenses

    9.2     9.5  
   

Allowance for equity funds used during construction

    (2.0 )   (1.9 )
   

Changes in

             
     

Accounts receivable

    (45.7 )   (49.4 )
     

Accounts receivable, affiliated companies

    1.3     1.0  
     

Materials, supplies, and fuel stocks

    113.2     81.6  
     

Other current assets

    29.3     26.7  
     

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

    (66.7 )   (26.3 )
     

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities, affiliated companies

    14.8     (3.2 )
     

Other current liabilities

    102.2     52.7  
     

Long-term receivables and payables, affiliated companies

    (1.9 )   (1.2 )
     

Other

    16.5     22.2  
   
 

Net cash provided by operating activities

    348.3     263.3  
   

Cash Flows From Investing Activities

             
 

Utility construction expenditures (excluding equity portion of allowance for funds used during construction)

    (79.3 )   (114.0 )
 

Change in cash pool at parent

    (238.9 )   37.3  
 

Proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment

        12.9  
 

Increase in restricted funds

    (24.5 )   (38.7 )
   
 

Net cash used in investing activities

    (342.7 )   (102.5 )
   

Cash Flows From Financing Activities

             
 

Repayment of long-term debt

        (144.7 )
 

Preference stock dividends paid

    (3.3 )   (3.3 )
   
 

Net cash used in financing activities

    (3.3 )   (148.0 )
   

Net Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents

    2.3     12.8  

Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Period

    10.7     17.6  
   

Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period

  $ 13.0   $ 30.4  
   

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Certain prior-period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period's presentation

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

Various factors can have a significant impact on our results for interim periods. This means that the results for this quarter are not necessarily indicative of future quarters or full year results given the seasonality of our business.

        Our interim financial statements on the previous pages reflect all adjustments that management believes are necessary for the fair statement of the results of operations for the interim periods presented. These adjustments are of a normal recurring nature.

Basis of Presentation

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is a combined report of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (Constellation Energy) and Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE). References in this report to "we" and "our" are to Constellation Energy and its subsidiaries, collectively. References in this report to the "regulated business(es)" are to BGE.

Reclassifications

We have reclassified certain prior-period amounts:

        We discuss our adoption of SFAS No. 160 in more detail on page 38.

Investment Agreement with EDF Group

On December 17, 2008, we entered into an Investment Agreement with EDF Group and related entities (EDF) under which EDF will purchase from us a 49.99% membership interest in our nuclear generation and operation business for $4.5 billion (subject to certain adjustments). We discuss the Investment Agreement with EDF in more detail in Note 15 of our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Merger Termination and Strategic Alternatives Costs

We incurred costs during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 related to the terminated merger agreement with MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company (MidAmerican), the conversion of our Series A Preferred Stock, the transactions related to EDF, and other strategic alternatives costs. These costs totaled $42.3 million pre-tax and primarily relate to the write-off of the unamortized debt discount associated with the 14% Senior Notes (Senior Notes) that were repaid in full to MidAmerican in January 2009.

Variable Interest Entities

As of March 31, 2009, we consolidated two variable interest entities (VIE) in which we were the primary beneficiary, and we had significant interests in seven VIEs for which we did not have controlling financial interests and, accordingly, were not the primary beneficiary. We discuss our VIEs in more detail in Note 4 of our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Consolidated Variable Interest Entities

In 2007, BGE formed RSB BondCo LLC (BondCo), a special purpose bankruptcy-remote limited liability company, to acquire and hold rate stabilization property and to issue and service bonds secured by the rate stabilization property. In June 2007, BondCo purchased rate stabilization property from BGE, including the right to assess, collect, and receive non-bypassable rate stabilization charges payable by all residential electric customers of BGE. These charges are being assessed in order to recover previously incurred power purchase costs that BGE deferred

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pursuant to Senate Bill 1. We discuss Senate Bill 1 in more detail in Management's Discussion and Analysis section of our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

        BGE determined that BondCo is a variable interest entity for which it is the primary beneficiary. As a result, BGE, and we, consolidated BondCo.

        The carrying amounts and classification of BondCo's assets and liabilities included in our consolidated financial statements at March 31, 2009 are as follows:

 
  (In millions)
 
   

Current assets

  $ 48.2  

Noncurrent assets

     
   

Total Assets

  $ 48.2  
   

Current liabilities

  $ 69.5  

Noncurrent liabilities

    510.9  
   

Total Liabilities

  $ 580.4  
   

        The BondCo assets above are restricted and can only be used to settle the obligations of BondCo. Further, BGE is required to remit all payments it receives from customers for rate stabilization charges to BondCo. During the quarter ended March 31, 2009, BGE remitted $24.5 million to BondCo.

        BGE did not provide any additional financial support to BondCo during the quarter ended March 31, 2009. Further, BGE does not have any contractual commitments or obligations to provide additional financial support to BondCo unless additional rate stabilization bonds are issued. Alternatively, the BondCo creditors do not have any recourse to the general credit of BGE in the event the rate stabilization charges are not sufficient to cover the bond principal and interest payments of BondCo.

        We consolidate a retail power supply VIE for which we became the primary beneficiary in 2008 as a result of a modification to its contractual arrangements that changed the allocation of the economic risks and rewards of the VIE among the variable interest holders. The consolidation of this VIE did not have a material impact on our financial results or financial condition.

Unconsolidated Variable Interest Entities

As of March 31, 2009, we had significant interests in seven VIEs for which we were not the primary beneficiary. We have not provided any material financial or other support to these entities during the quarter ended March 31, 2009.

        The nature of these entities and our involvement with them are described in the following table:

VIE Category
  Nature of
Entity
Financing

  Nature of
Constellation
Energy
Involvement

  Obligations or Requirement
to Provide
Financial
Support

  Date of
Involvement

 

Power contract monetization entities
(2 entities)

  Combination of debt and equity financing   Power sale agreements, loans, and guarantees   $43.0 million in letters of credit   March 2005

Power projects and fuel supply entities
(4 entities)

 

Combination of debt and equity financing

 

Equity investments and guarantees

 

$2.0 million debt guarantee and working capital funding

 

Prior to 2003

Retail gas supply
(1 entity)

 

Equity financing and proceeds from gas sales

 

Gas supply agreement

 

$3.2 million in obligations under gas supply agreement

 

February 2008

        We discuss the nature of our involvement with the power contract monetization VIEs in detail in Note 4 of our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

        The following is summary information available as of March 31, 2009 about the VIEs in which we have a significant interest, but are not the primary beneficiary:

 
  Power
Contract
Monetization
VIEs

  All
Other
VIEs

  Total
 
   
 
  (In millions)
 

Total assets

  $ 576.6   $ 321.9   $ 898.5  

Total liabilities

    468.7     104.6     573.3  

Our ownership interest

        54.0     54.0  

Other ownership interests

    107.9     163.3     271.2  

Our maximum exposure to loss

    43.0     59.2     102.2  

Carrying amount and location of variable interest on balance sheet:

                   
 

-Other investments

        54.0     54.0  

        Our maximum exposure to loss is the loss that we would incur in the unlikely event that our interests in all of these entities were to become worthless and we were required to fund the full amount of all guarantees associated with these entities. Our maximum exposure to loss as of March 31, 2009 consists of the following:

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        We assess the risk of a loss equal to our maximum exposure to be remote and, accordingly have not recognized a liability associated with any portion of the maximum exposure to loss. In addition, there are no agreements with, or commitments by, third parties that would affect the fair value or risk of our variable interests in these variable interest entities.

Impairment Losses and Other Costs

Equity Securities

We evaluated certain of our investments in equity securities in light of continued declines in market prices during the first quarter of 2009. The investments we evaluated included our investment in Constellation Energy Partners LLC (CEP), our nuclear decommissioning trust fund assets, and other marketable securities. We record an impairment charge if an investment has experienced a decline in fair value to a level less than our carrying value and the decline is "other than temporary." We do not record an impairment charge if the decline in value is temporary and we have the ability and intent to hold the investment until its value recovers.

        In making this determination, we evaluate the reasons for an investment's decline in value, the extent and length of that decline, and factors that indicate whether and when the value will recover. For securities held in our nuclear decommissioning trust fund for which the market value is below book value, the decline in fair value is considered other than temporary and we write them down to fair value.

        As of March 31, 2009, the fair value of our investment in CEP based upon its closing unit price was $10.0 million, which was lower than its carrying value of $24.0 million.

        The decline in fair value of our investment in CEP reflects a number of other factors, including:

        As a result of evaluating these factors, we determined that the decline in the value of our investment is other than temporary. Therefore, we recorded a $14.0 million pre-tax impairment charge at March 31, 2009 to write-down our investment to fair value. We recorded this charge in "Impairment losses and other costs" in our Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss). To the extent that the market price of our investment declines further in future quarters, we may record additional write-downs if we determine that those additional declines are other than temporary.

        As a result of declines in the stock market during the first quarter of 2009, the fair values of certain of our marketable securities and many of the securities held in our nuclear decommissioning trust fund declined below book value. As a result, we recorded a $60.5 million pre-tax impairment charge for our nuclear decommissioning trust fund assets in the "Other (expense) income" line in our Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss). In addition, we recorded all other changes in the fair value of our nuclear decommissioning trust fund assets that are not impaired in other comprehensive (loss) income. We discuss our impairment policy for our nuclear decommissioning trust fund assets in more detail in Note 1 to our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K. We also recorded an impairment charge of $0.5 million for other marketable securities during the quarter ended March 31, 2009.

        The estimates we utilize in evaluating impairment of our equity securities require judgment and the evaluation of economic and other factors that are subject to variation, and the impact of such variations could be material.

Other Costs

During the quarter ended March 31, 2009, we recorded a $14.1 million pre-tax charge in the "Impairment losses and other costs" line in our Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) primarily related to certain long-lived assets that ceased to be used as of March 31, 2009 in connection with the divestiture of a majority of our international commodities operation and our Houston-based gas trading operation.

Workforce Reduction Costs

We incurred workforce reduction costs during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 primarily related to the divestiture of a majority of our international commodities operation as well as some smaller restructurings elsewhere in our organization. We recognized a $10.8 million pre-tax charge in 2009 related to the elimination of approximately 180 positions. We expect all of these restructurings will be completed within the next 12 months.

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2008. The following table summarizes the status of the involuntary severance liability at March 31, 2009:

   
 
  (In millions)
 

Initial severance liability balance

  $ 2.5  

Amounts recorded as pension and postretirement liabilities

     
   

Net cash severance liability

    2.5  

Cash severance payments

    (2.0 )

Other

     
   

Severance liability balance at March 31, 2009

  $ 0.5  
   

        We also incurred costs related to workforce reduction efforts initiated across all of our operations in 2008.

        The following table summarizes the status of this involuntary severance liability at March 31, 2009:

   
 
  (In millions)
 

Initial severance liability balance

  $ 19.7  

Amounts recorded as pension and postretirement liabilities

    (3.0 )
   

Net cash severance liability

    16.7  

Cash severance payments

    (5.8 )

Other

    (0.2 )
   

Severance liability balance at March 31, 2009

  $ 10.7  
   

        We discuss our 2008 workforce reduction costs in more detail in Note 2 of our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per common share (EPS) is computed by dividing earnings applicable to common stock by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution of common stock equivalent shares that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock.

        Our dilutive common stock equivalent shares consist of stock options and other stock-based compensation awards. The following table presents stock options that were not dilutive and were excluded from the computation of diluted EPS in each period, as well as the dilutive common stock equivalent shares:

 
  Quarter Ended
March 31,

 
 
  2009
  2008
 
   
 
  (In millions)
 

Non-dilutive stock options

    5.5     0.6  

Dilutive common stock equivalent shares

    0.4     2.0  
   

As a result of the Company incurring a loss for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, dilutive common stock equivalent shares were not included in calculating diluted EPS.

        We issued to MidAmerican 19,897,322 shares of Constellation Energy's common stock upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, which happened upon the termination of the merger agreement with MidAmerican on December 17, 2008. We discuss the conversion feature of the Series A Preferred Stock in more detail in Note 9 of our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K. These additional shares impacted our earnings per share for the quarter ended March 31, 2009.

Accretion of Asset Retirement Obligations

We discuss our asset retirement obligations in more detail in Note 1 of our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K. The change in our "Asset retirement obligations" liability during 2009 was as follows:

   
 
  (In millions)
 

Liability at January 1, 2009

  $ 987.3  

Accretion expense

    17.9  

Liabilities incurred

    0.1  

Liabilities settled

    (0.2 )

Revisions to cash flows

     

Other

    (0.2 )
   

Liability at March 31, 2009

  $ 1,004.9  
   

Divestitures

In 2009, we continued to implement many of the strategic initiatives we identified in 2008 to improve liquidity and reduce our business risk. We discuss these initiatives in the Strategy section of our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

International Commodities Operation

In January 2009, we entered into a definitive agreement to sell a majority of our international commodities operation.

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We completed this transaction on March 23, 2009 and recognized the following impacts:

        The transaction to sell a majority of our international commodities operation was structured in two parts:

        We removed the contracts that were assigned from our balance sheet, paid the buyer approximately $90 million, and reflected the impact of this payment on our working capital in the operating activities section of our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

        Under the TRS, we entered into offsetting trades with the buyer that matched the terms of the remaining third party contracts for which we were unable to complete assignment to the buyer as of March 23, 2009. This structure transferred the risks associated with changes in commodity prices after March 23, 2009 to the buyer in all instances. However, the trades under the TRS are newly executed transactions, and we remain the principal under both the unassigned third party trades and the matching trades with the buyer under the TRS with no right of either financial or legal offset. We continue to pursue the assignment of these remaining contracts to the buyer.

        The matching contracts under the TRS are both derivatives and non-derivatives and were executed at prices that differed from market prices at closing, which resulted in a net cash payment of approximately $3 million to the buyer. We recorded the underlying contracts at fair value on a gross basis as assets or liabilities in our Consolidated Balance Sheets depending on whether they were above or below market prices at closing. As a result, the derivative contracts have been included in "Derivative Assets and Liabilities" and the nonderivative contracts have been included in "Unamortized Energy Contract Assets and Liabilities." The derivative contracts are subject to mark-to-market accounting until they are realized or assigned. The nonderivative contracts resulted in a net liability of approximately $75 million that will be amortized into earnings as the underlying contracts are realized, or sooner if those contracts are assigned.

        We record the cash proceeds we pay or receive at the inception of energy purchase and sale contracts based upon whether the contracts are in-the-money or out-of-the-money as follows.

 

In-the-money contracts—proceeds paid

 
Investing Outflow

Out-of-the-money contracts—proceeds received

  Financing Inflow
 

        We have reflected the contracts under the TRS on a gross basis in cash flows from investing and financing activities in our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows as follows:

Quarter Ended March 31, 2009  
 
  (In millions)
 

Investing activities—contract and portfolio acquisitions

  $ (866.3 )

Financing activities—proceeds from contract and portfolio acquisitions

    863.8  
   

Net cash flows from contract and portfolio acquisitions

  $ (2.5 )
   

        After inception, we record the cash flows from all energy purchase and sale contracts as operating activities except for out-of-the-money derivative contracts, which were liabilities at inception. We record the ongoing cash flows from these contracts as financing activities, regardless of whether they are purchase or sales contracts, as required by SFAS No. 149.

        In addition to the March 23, 2009 transaction for a majority of our international commodities operation, we entered into a separate agreement to sell certain other international assets, which is expected to close in the second quarter of 2009. We expect to receive cash proceeds of approximately $45 million and record an approximately $30 million loss on this sale.

Houston-Based Gas Trading Operation

On February 3, 2009, we entered into a definitive agreement to sell our Houston-based gas trading operation. We transferred control of this operation on April 1, 2009, received proceeds of approximately $46 million, and expect to record an approximately $130 million loss on this sale in

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the second quarter of 2009. The loss on sale primarily relates to nonderivative accrual contracts, which were not recorded on our Consolidated Balance Sheet, the cost associated with disposing of an entire portfolio and not merely individual contracts, and the cost of capital, including contingent capital, to support the operation.

        The transaction to sell our Houston-based gas trading operation was structured so that the buyer would assume the market risks of the operation during March 2009 and ultimately assume the performance risks at the closing date, which was April 1, 2009. At March 1, 2009, we terminated our exchange transactions, and transferred our storage contracts and storage inventory at market prices, and we executed transactions with the buyer that matched the terms of the third party derivative and non-derivative transactions to transfer the market risks for the remainder of the operation prior to the assignment of the underlying transactions to the buyer. We remain the principal to the third party transactions and the newly executed offsetting transactions until the third party transactions are successfully assigned. The derivative contracts, including the newly executed offsetting transactions, have been included in "Derivative Assets and Liabilities" in our Consolidated Balance Sheets.

        The matching derivative and nonderivative transactions were executed at prices that differed from market prices at March 1, 2009. As a result, we record the ongoing cash flows related to the out-of-the-money derivative contracts as financing cash flows in accordance with SFAS No. 149. This resulted in cash outflows related to financing activities of $317.4 million in our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the month of March 2009 associated with derivatives that were out of the money at March 1, 2009.

        In addition, we incurred other costs of $4.0 million related to leasehold improvements, furniture, computer hardware and software costs, which are recorded as part of "Impairment losses and other costs" on our Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) during the first quarter of 2009.

        We also have entered into an agreement with the buyer of our Houston-based gas trading operation under which the buyer will provide us with the gas supply needed to support our retail gas customer supply business. In connection with this agreement, we were required to post approximately $160 million of collateral. This represents approximately 25 percent of the previous collateral requirements to support this operation.

Impacts on Collateral Requirements

As a result of the divestitures of the international commodities operation, the Houston-based gas trading operation, and other smaller operations, by April 30, 2009 we have realized substantially all of the $1 billion of previously posted net collateral that supported these operations. Due to the successful execution of the announced divestitures, we estimate our collateral requirements in the event of a credit ratings downgrade would be decreased by $400 million based on current commodity prices. The actual amount of the reduction will be impacted by the actual timing of the remaining contract assignments.

Information by Operating Segment

Our reportable operating segments are Merchant Energy, Regulated Electric, and Regulated Gas:

        Our remaining nonregulated businesses:

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        In connection with efforts to improve our liquidity and reduce our business risk:

        We believe that the successful execution of these initiatives, as well as our other initiatives being undertaken to reduce risk in our merchant energy business, will reduce our exposure to activities that require contingent capital support and improve our liquidity. In turn, the results for our merchant energy business segment will be materially different from prior periods. We discuss these strategies and their effect on liquidity in Note 8 of our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

        Our Merchant Energy, Regulated Electric, and Regulated Gas reportable segments are strategic businesses based principally upon regulations, products, and services that require different technologies and marketing strategies. We evaluate the performance of these segments based on net income. We account for intersegment revenues using market prices. A summary of information by operating segment is shown in the table below.

 
  Reportable Segments    
   
   
 
 
  Holding
Company
and Other
Nonregulated
Businesses

   
   
 
 
  Merchant
Energy
Business

  Regulated
Electric
Business

  Regulated
Gas
Business

  Eliminations
  Consolidated
 
   
 
  (In millions)
 

Quarter ended March 31,

                                     

2009

                                     

Unaffiliated revenues

  $ 3,055.0   $ 806.8   $ 384.3   $ 57.3   $   $ 4,303.4  

Intersegment revenues

    224.5         2.6         (227.1 )    
   

Total revenues

    3,279.5     806.8     386.9     57.3     (227.1 )   4,303.4  

Net (loss) income

    (202.7 )   45.4     39.6     (2.0 )       (119.7 )

Net (loss) income attributable to common stock

    (203.2 )   42.9     38.8     (2.0 )       (123.5 )

2008

                                     

Unaffiliated revenues

  $ 3,652.8   $ 709.3   $ 391.0   $ 59.1   $   $ 4,812.2  

Intersegment revenues

    294.2     0.1     5.4     0.1     (299.8 )    
   

Total revenues

    3,947.0     709.4     396.4     59.2     (299.8 )   4,812.2  

Net income

    72.7     36.2     40.2     0.3         149.4  

Net income attributable to common stock

    72.2     33.7     39.4     0.4         145.7  

Certain prior-period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period's presentation.

Our merchant energy business operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 include the following after-tax charges:

Total assets decreased approximately $1.5 billion during 2009. Most of the decrease relates to our Holding Company and Other Nonregulated Businesses and is primarily related to the decline in restricted cash as a result of the repayment of the 14% Senior Notes to MidAmerican.

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Pension and Postretirement Benefits

We show the components of net periodic pension benefit cost in the following table:

 
  Quarter Ended
March 31,

 
 
  2009
  2008
 
   
 
  (In millions)
 

Components of net periodic pension benefit cost

             

Service cost

  $ 15.2   $ 15.0  

Interest cost

    27.2     27.5  

Expected return on plan assets

    (29.6 )   (30.9 )

Recognized net actuarial loss

    10.6     5.9  

Amortization of prior service cost

    3.3     2.9  

Amount capitalized as construction cost

    (2.6 )   (2.7 )
   

Net periodic pension benefit cost1

  $ 24.1   $ 17.7  
   

1 BGE's portion of our net periodic pension benefit cost, excluding amounts capitalized, was $5.0 million in 2009 and $4.5 million in 2008.

        We show the components of net periodic postretirement benefit cost in the following table:

 
  Quarter Ended
March 31,

 
 
  2009
  2008
 
   
 
  (In millions)
 

Components of net periodic postretirement benefit cost

             

Service cost

  $ 1.6   $ 1.7  

Interest cost

    5.8     6.7  

Amortization of transition obligation

    0.5     0.5  

Recognized net actuarial loss

    0.7     1.0  

Amortization of prior service cost

    (0.8 )   (0.9 )

Amount capitalized as construction cost

    (1.5 )   (2.1 )
   

Net periodic postretirement benefit cost1

  $ 6.3   $ 6.9  
   

1 BGE's portion of our net periodic postretirement benefit cost, excluding amounts capitalized, was $3.2 million in 2009 and $3.7 million in 2008.

        Our non-qualified pension plans and our postretirement benefit programs are not funded; however, we have trust assets securing certain executive pension benefits. We estimate that we will incur approximately $21 million in pension benefit payments for our non-qualified pension plans and approximately $32 million for retiree health and life insurance benefit payments during 2009. We contributed $271 million to our qualified pension plans in March 2009 and an additional $26 million in April 2009.

Financing Activities

Credit Facilities and Short-term Borrowings

Our short-term borrowings may include bank loans, commercial paper, and bank lines of credit. Short-term borrowings mature within one year from the date of issuance. We pay commitment fees to banks for providing us lines of credit. When we borrow under the lines of credit, we pay market interest rates.

Constellation Energy

Constellation Energy had bank and other lines of credit under committed unsecured credit facilities totaling $6.2 billion at March 31, 2009 for short-term financial needs. We enter into these facilities to ensure adequate liquidity to support our operations.

        Our liquidity requirements are funded with credit facilities and cash. We fund our short-term working capital needs with existing cash and with our credit facilities, which support direct cash borrowings and the issuance of commercial paper, if available. We also use our credit facilities to support the issuance of letters of credit, primarily for our merchant energy business.

        These facilities can issue letters of credit, commercial paper, if available, and/or cash borrowings up to approximately $6.2 billion as shown below. As of March 31, 2009, we had approximately $3.4 billion in letters of credit issued and borrowed approximately $700 million against those facilities. The weighted-average effective interest rate for this outstanding borrowing was 3.15% at March 31, 2009. At April 30, 2009, we had approximately $3.1 billion in letters of credit issued and borrowed approximately $350 million against those facilities.

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        We have also included the pro forma effect on our credit facilities, which are reduced or terminated upon the occurrence of certain events, of closing the transactions contemplated by the Investment Agreement with EDF, which is expected to occur in the third quarter of 2009:

Facility Expiration
  Facility
Size

  Facility Size
Upon Completion
of the EDF
Transaction

 
   
 
  (In billions)
 

July 2012

  $ 3.85   $ 2.32  

November 20091

    1.23      

June 20092

    0.60      

September 2013

    0.35      

December 2009

    0.15      
   

Total

  $ 6.18   $ 2.32  
   

1 Size of facility may be reduced by proceeds received from certain securities offerings or asset sales.
2 This facility terminated during April 2009 as a result of the EDF put arrangement becoming effective. We discuss this in more detail in the Other Sources of Liquidity section below.

BGE

BGE has a $400.0 million five-year revolving credit facility expiring in 2011. BGE can borrow directly from the banks, use the facility to allow commercial paper to be issued, if available, or issue letters of credit. As of March 31, 2009 and April 30, 2009, BGE had $1.0 million in letters of credit issued under this facility and borrowed $370.0 million against this facility. The weighted-average effective interest rate for this outstanding borrowing was 0.94% at March 31, 2009.

        In addition, at March 31, 2009, BGE had no commercial paper outstanding. At April 30, 2009, BGE had $20.0 million in commercial paper outstanding.

Net Available Liquidity

The following table provides a summary of our net available liquidity at March 31, 2009:

 
  As of March 31, 2009  
 
  Constellation
Energy

  BGE
  Total
Consolidated

 
   
 
  (In billions)
 

Credit facilities

  $ 6.2   $ 0.4   $ 6.6  

Less: Letters of credit issued

    (3.4 )       (3.4 )

Less: Cash drawn on credit facilities

    (0.7 )   (0.4 )   (1.1 )
   

Undrawn facilities

    2.1         2.1  

Less: Commercial paper outstanding

             
   

Net available facilities

    2.1         2.1  

Add: Cash

    0.5         0.5  
   

Net available liquidity

  $ 2.6   $   $ 2.6  
   

        The following table provides our estimated net available liquidity at April 30, 2009:

 
  As of April 30, 2009  
 
  Constellation
Energy

  BGE
  Total
Consolidated

 
   
 
  (In billions)
 

Credit facilities

  $ 5.6   $ 0.4   $ 6.0  

Less: Letters of credit issued

    (3.1 )       (3.1 )

Less: Cash drawn on credit facilities

    (0.3 )   (0.4 )   (0.7 )
   

Undrawn facilities

    2.2         2.2  

Less: Commercial paper outstanding

             
   

Net available facilities

    2.2         2.2  

Add: Cash

    0.7         0.7  

Add: EDF put arrangement

    1.1         1.1  
   

Net available liquidity

  $ 4.0   $   $ 4.0  
   

Other Sources of Liquidity

In December 2008, we executed an Investment Agreement with EDF that includes an asset put arrangement that provides us with an option at any time through December 31, 2010 (or the termination of the Investment Agreement by EDF if we breach that agreement) to sell certain non-nuclear generation assets, at pre-agreed prices, to EDF for aggregate proceeds of no more than $2 billion

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pre-tax, or approximately $1.4 billion after-tax. The amount of after-tax proceeds will be impacted by the assets actually sold and the related tax impacts at that time. Exercise of the put arrangement is conditioned upon the receipt of regulatory approvals and third-party consents, the absence of any material liens on such assets, and the absence of a material adverse effect, as defined in the Investment Agreement. During April 2009, we received regulatory approvals and consents for the majority of the assets covered by the put arrangement. As of April 30, 2009, we have approximately $1.1 billion after-tax of liquidity available through the put arrangement. We expect to receive regulatory approval for an additional asset in the third quarter of 2009, which will increase the net after-tax liquidity to approximately $1.4 billion. The $600 million interim backstop liquidity facility provided by EDF terminated as a result of the put arrangement becoming available.

        We are actively seeking to increase available liquidity and to reduce our business risk. Specifically, we are reducing capital spending and ongoing expenses, scaling down the expected variability in long-term earnings and short-term collateral usage, and limiting our exposure to business activities that require contingent capital support. During 2009, we made progress on several other initiatives as discussed in more detail in the Divestitures section beginning on page 14. As of April 30, 2009 we have realized substantially all of the $1 billion of the net reduction in collateral that was expected from the divestiture of these operations.

        Due to the successful execution of the announced divestitures, we estimate our collateral requirements in the event of a downgrade in our credit ratings decreased by $400 million based on current commodity prices. The actual amount of the reduction will be impacted by the timing of the remaining contract assignments for our divested operations.

        We believe that we will have sufficient liquidity to meet our ongoing requirements over the next 12 months. However, our liquidity projections include assumptions for commodity price changes, which are subject to significant volatility, and continued changes in our business operations resulting from our strategic initiatives. Also, we are exposed to certain operational risks that could have a significant impact on our liquidity. In addition, if we cannot successfully execute on our strategies, our available liquidity would be negatively affected, which would have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

Credit Facility Compliance and Covenants

The credit facilities of Constellation Energy and BGE have limited material adverse change clauses, none of which would prohibit draws under the existing facilities.

        Certain credit facilities of Constellation Energy contain a provision requiring Constellation Energy to maintain a ratio of debt to capitalization equal to or less than 65%. At March 31, 2009, the debt to capitalization ratio as defined in the credit agreements was 56%.

        Under our $3.85 billion and $1.23 billion credit facilities, we will be required to grant a lien on certain of our generating facilities and pledge our ownership interests in our nuclear business to the lenders upon the earlier of (i) the closing of the Investment Agreement with EDF or (ii) the date on which both the Investment Agreement is terminated and our Standard & Poors (S&P) or Fitch senior unsecured debt credit rating is below BBB- or our Moody's senior unsecured debt credit rating is below Baa3.

        Our $1.23 billion credit facility requires us to maintain consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization to consolidated interest expense ratio of at least 2.75 when our S&P senior unsecured debt rating is BBB- or lower and our Moody's senior unsecured debt rating is Baa3 or lower. Compliance with the covenant is not required as of April 30, 2009 as S&P's senior unsecured debt rating is above BBB-.

        The credit agreement of BGE contains a provision requiring BGE to maintain a ratio of debt to capitalization equal to or less than 65%. At March 31, 2009, the debt to capitalization ratio for BGE as defined in this credit agreement was 53%.

Income Taxes

We compute the income tax benefit (expense) for each quarter based on the estimated annual effective tax rate for the year. The effective tax rate was 66.9% for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 compared to 33.7% for the same period of 2008. The higher effective tax rate for 2009 reflects the impact of unfavorable nondeductible adjustments (primarily related to dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock and the write-off of the unamortized debt discount on the Senior Notes) in relation to the lower estimated 2009 taxable income (primarily attributable to losses on the divestiture of a majority of our international commodities and our Houston-based gas trading operations).

        The BGE effective tax rate was 39.5% for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 compared to 31.7% for the same period of 2008. This reflects the impact of the lower 2008 taxable income related to the Maryland settlement agreement, which increased the relative impact of favorable

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permanent tax adjustments on BGE's 2008 effective tax rate.

Unrecognized Tax Benefits

The following table summarizes the change in unrecognized tax benefits during 2009 and our total unrecognized tax benefits at March 31, 2009:

At March 31, 2009  
 
  (In millions)
 

Total unrecognized tax benefits, January 1, 2009

  $ 189.7  

Increases in tax positions related to the current year

    1.4  

Reductions in tax positions related to prior years

    (5.1 )
   

Total unrecognized tax benefits, March 31, 20091

  $ 186.0  
   

1 BGE's portion of our total unrecognized tax benefits at March 31, 2009 was $4.0 million.

        Increases in current year and reductions in prior year tax positions are primarily due to unrecognized tax benefits for repair and depreciation deductions measured at amounts consistent with prior IRS examination results and state income tax accruals.

        If the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits of $186.0 million were ultimately realized, our income tax expense would decrease by approximately $159 million. However, the $159 million includes state tax refund claims of approximately $48 million that have been disallowed by tax authorities and we believe that there is a remote likelihood of ultimately realizing any benefit from these refund claim amounts. These state refund claims may be resolved by December 31, 2009. For this reason, we believe it is reasonably possible that reductions to our total unrecognized tax benefits in the range of $40 to $50 million may occur by March 31, 2010, although these reductions are not expected to materially impact income tax expense.

        Interest and penalties recorded in our Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) as tax expense relating to liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits were as follows:

 
  For the Quarter Ended March 31,
 
 
  2009
  2008
 
   
 
  (In millions)
 

Interest and penalties recorded as tax (benefit) expense

  $ (0.7 ) $ 1.0  
   

BGE's portion of interest and penalties was immaterial for both periods presented.

        Accrued interest and penalties recognized in our Consolidated Balance Sheets were $9.6 million, of which BGE's portion was $0.8 million at March 31, 2009, and $10.3 million, of which BGE's portion was $0.7 million at December 31, 2008.

Taxes Other Than Income Taxes

BGE collects from certain customers franchise and other taxes that are levied by state or local governments on the sale or distribution of gas and electricity. We include these types of taxes in "Taxes other than income taxes" in our Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss). Some of these taxes are imposed on the customer and others are imposed on BGE. The taxes imposed on the customer are accounted for on a net basis, which means we do not recognize revenue and an offsetting tax expense for the taxes collected from customers. The taxes imposed on BGE are accounted for on a gross basis, which means we recognize revenue for the taxes collected from customers. Accordingly, the taxes accounted for on a gross basis are recorded as revenues in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Income for BGE as follows:

Quarter Ended March 31,
  2009
  2008
 
   
 
  (In millions)
 

Taxes other than income taxes included in revenues—BGE

  $ 21.6   $ 20.9  
   

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Guarantees

Our guarantees do not represent incremental Constellation Energy obligations; rather they primarily represent parental guarantees of subsidiary obligations. The following table summarizes the maximum exposure by guarantor based on the stated limit of our outstanding guarantees:

At March 31, 2009
  Stated Limit
 
   
 
  (In billions)
 

Constellation Energy guarantees

  $ 15.4  

Merchant energy business guarantees

    0.1  

BGE guarantees

    0.3  
   

Total guarantees

  $ 15.8  
   

        At March 31, 2009, Constellation Energy had a total of $15.8 billion in guarantees outstanding related to loans, credit facilities, and contractual performance of certain of its subsidiaries as described below.

        In connection with the divestiture of our international commodities operation, we agreed to indemnify the purchaser for potential contingencies arising prior to the sales date. The indemnities are subject to certain monetary and non-monetary limitations, including an overall cap of $75 million, except with respect to a breach of certain warranties in the sales agreement. We believe payment under the indemnifications is remote and have estimated an immaterial liability for the fair value of the indemnifications at inception.


Commitments and Contingencies

We have made substantial commitments in connection with our merchant energy, regulated electric and gas, and other nonregulated businesses. These commitments relate to:

        Our merchant energy business enters into various long-term contracts for the procurement and delivery of fuels to supply our generating plant requirements. In most cases, our contracts contain provisions for price escalations, minimum purchase levels, and other financial commitments. These contracts expire in various years between 2009 and 2028. In addition, our merchant energy business enters into long-term contracts for the capacity and transmission rights for the delivery of energy to meet our physical obligations to our customers. These contracts expire in various years between 2009 and 2030.

        Our merchant energy business also has committed to long-term service agreements and other purchase commitments for our plants.

        Our regulated electric business enters into various long-term contracts for the procurement of electricity. These contracts expire during 2009, 2010, and 2011, representing 100% of our estimated requirements for residential customers until May 2010, approximately 75% of our estimated requirements from June 2010 to September 2010, approximately 50% of our estimated requirements from October 2010 to May 2011, and approximately 25% of our estimated requirements from June 2011 to September 2011. These contracts are recoverable under the Provider of Last Resort agreement reached with the Maryland PSC.

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and storage of gas. Our regulated gas business has gas procurement contracts that expire between 2009 and 2011, and transportation and storage contracts that expire between 2012 and 2027. These contracts are recoverable under BGE's gas cost adjustment clause discussed in Note 1 of our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

        Our other nonregulated businesses have committed to gas purchases, as well as to contribute additional capital for construction programs and joint ventures in which they have an interest.

        We have also committed to long-term service agreements and other obligations related to our information technology systems.

        At March 31, 2009, the total amount of commitments was $5,690.2 million. These commitments are primarily related to our merchant energy business.


Long-Term Power Sales Contracts

We enter into long-term power sales contracts in connection with our load-serving activities. We also enter into long-term power sales contracts associated with certain of our power plants. Our load-serving power sales contracts extend for terms through 2019 and provide for the sale of energy to electricity distribution utilities and certain retail customers. Our power sales contracts associated with power plants we own extend for terms into 2015 and provide for the sale of all or a portion of the actual output of certain of our power plants. Substantially all long-term contracts were executed at pricing that approximated market rates, including profit margin, at the time of execution.


Contingencies

Litigation

In the normal course of business, we are involved in various legal proceedings. We discuss the significant matters below.

Merger with MidAmerican

Beginning September 18, 2008, seven shareholders of Constellation Energy filed lawsuits in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Maryland challenging the then-pending merger with MidAmerican. Four similar suits were filed by other shareholders of Constellation Energy in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.

        The lawsuits claim that the merger consideration was inadequate and did not maximize value for shareholders, that the sales process leading up to the merger was unreasonably short and procedurally flawed, and that unreasonable deal protection devices were agreed to in order to ward off competing bids and coerce shareholders into accepting the merger. The federal lawsuits also assert that the conversion of the Preferred Stock issued to MidAmerican into debt is not permitted under Maryland law. The lawsuits seek declaratory judgments establishing the unenforceability of the merger based on the alleged breaches of duty, injunctive relief to enjoin the merger, rescission of the merger or rescissory damages, the imposition of a constructive trust in favor of shareholders of any benefits received by the individual members of the Board of Directors of Constellation Energy, and reasonable costs and expenses, including attorney's fees.

        The termination of the MidAmerican merger renders moot the claims attempting to enjoin the merger with MidAmerican. We believe there are meritorious defenses to the remaining claims or requests for relief. However, we are unable at this time to determine the ultimate outcome of these lawsuits or their possible effect on our financial results.

Securities Class Action

Three federal securities class action lawsuits have been filed in the United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York and the District of Maryland between September 2008 and November 2008. The cases were filed on behalf of a proposed class of persons who acquired publicly traded securities, including the Series A Junior Subordinated Debentures (Debentures), of Constellation Energy between January 30, 2008 and September 16, 2008, and who acquired Debentures in an offering completed in June 2008. The securities class actions generally allege that Constellation Energy, a number of its present or former officers or directors, and the underwriters violated the securities laws by issuing a false and misleading registration statement and prospectus in connection with Constellation Energy's June 27, 2008 offering of Debentures. The securities class actions also allege that Constellation Energy issued false or misleading statements or was aware of material undisclosed information which contradicted public statements including in connection with its announcements of financial results for 2007, the fourth quarter of 2007, the first quarter of 2008 and the second quarter of 2008 and the filing of its first quarter 2008 Form 10-Q. The securities class actions seek, among other things, certification of the cases as class actions, compensatory damages, reasonable costs and expenses, including counsel fees, and rescission damages.

        A lead plaintiff has not yet been appointed pursuant to the provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act and Constellation Energy and other defendants have accordingly not been required to respond to the complaints or take other action to defend the litigation. The Southern District of New York granted the defendants' motion to transfer the two securities class actions filed there to the District of Maryland, and the actions have since been transferred for coordination with the securities class action

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filed there. We are unable at this time to determine the ultimate outcome of the securities class actions or their possible effect on our, or BGE's financial results.

ERISA Actions

In the fall of 2008, multiple class action lawsuits were filed in the United States District Courts for the District of Maryland and the Southern District of New York against Constellation Energy; Mayo A. Shattuck III, Constellation Energy's Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer; and others in their roles as fiduciaries of the Constellation Energy Employee Savings Plan. The actions, which have been consolidated into one action in Maryland (the Consolidated Action), allege that the defendants, in violation of various sections of ERISA, breached their fiduciary duties to prudently and loyally manage Constellation Energy Savings Plan's assets by designating Constellation Energy common stock as an investment, by failing to properly provide accurate information about the investment, by failing to properly monitor the investment and by failing to properly monitor other fiduciaries. The plaintiffs seek to compel the defendants to reimburse the plaintiffs and the Constellation Energy Savings Plan for all losses resulting from the defendants' breaches of fiduciary duty, to impose a constructive trust on any unjust enrichment, to award actual damages with pre- and post-judgment interest, to award appropriate equitable relief including injunction and restitution and to award costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees. A consolidated and amended complaint is expected to be filed on or before May 18, 2009. We are unable at this time to determine the ultimate outcome of the Consolidated Action or its possible effects on our, or BGE's, financial results.

Mercury

Since September 2002, BGE, Constellation Energy, and several other defendants have been involved in numerous actions filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Maryland alleging mercury poisoning from several sources, including coal plants formerly owned by BGE. The plants are now owned by a subsidiary of Constellation Energy. In addition to BGE and Constellation Energy, approximately 11 other defendants, consisting of pharmaceutical companies, manufacturers of vaccines, and manufacturers of Thimerosal have been sued. Approximately 70 cases, involving claims related to approximately 132 children, have been filed to date, with each claimant seeking $20 million in compensatory damages, plus punitive damages, from us.

        In rulings applicable to all but three of the cases, involving claims related to approximately 47 children, the Circuit Court for Baltimore City dismissed with prejudice all claims against BGE and Constellation Energy. Plaintiffs may attempt to pursue appeals of the rulings in favor of BGE and Constellation Energy once the cases are finally concluded as to all defendants. We believe that we have meritorious defenses and intend to defend the remaining actions vigorously. However, we cannot predict the timing, or outcome, of these cases, or their possible effect on our, or BGE's, financial results.

Asbestos

Since 1993, BGE and certain Constellation Energy subsidiaries have been involved in several actions concerning asbestos. The actions are based upon the theory of "premises liability," alleging that BGE and Constellation Energy knew of and exposed individuals to an asbestos hazard. In addition to BGE and Constellation Energy, numerous other parties are defendants in these cases.

        Approximately 512 individuals who were never employees of BGE or Constellation Energy have pending claims each seeking several million dollars in compensatory and punitive damages. Cross-claims and third-party claims brought by other defendants may also be filed against BGE and Constellation Energy in these actions. To date, most asbestos claims which have been resolved have been dismissed or resolved without any payment and a small minority have been resolved for amounts that were not material to our financial results.

        BGE and Constellation Energy do not know the specific facts necessary to estimate their potential liability for these claims. The specific facts we do not know include:

        Until the relevant facts are determined, we are unable to estimate what our, or BGE's, liability might be. Although insurance and hold harmless agreements from contractors who employed the plaintiffs may cover a portion of any awards in the actions, the potential effect on our, or BGE's, financial results could be material.

Environmental Matters

Solid and Hazardous Waste

In 1999, the EPA proposed to add the 68th Street Dump in Baltimore, Maryland to the Superfund National Priorities List, which is its list of sites targeted for clean-up and enforcement, and sent a general notice letter to BGE and 19 other parties identifying them as potentially liable parties at the site. In March 2004, we and other potentially

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responsible parties formed the 68th Street Coalition and entered into consent order negotiations with the EPA to investigate clean-up options for the site under the Superfund Alternative Sites Program. In May 2006, a settlement among the EPA and 19 of the potentially responsible parties, including BGE, with respect to investigation of the site became effective. The settlement requires the potentially responsible parties, over the course of several years, to identify contamination at the site and recommend clean-up options. BGE is fully indemnified by a wholly owned subsidiary of Constellation Energy for costs related to this settlement, as well as any clean-up costs. The clean-up costs will not be known until the investigation is closer to completion. However, those costs could have a material effect on our financial results.

Air Quality

In May 2007, a subsidiary of Constellation Energy entered into a consent decree with the Maryland Department of the Environment to resolve alleged violations of air quality opacity standards at three fossil fuel plants in Maryland. The consent decree requires the subsidiary to pay a $100,000 penalty, provide $100,000 to a supplemental environmental project, and install technology to control emissions from those plants.

        In January 2009, the EPA issued a notice of violation (NOV) to a subsidiary of Constellation Energy, as well as the other owners and the operator of the Keystone coal-fired power plant in Shelocta, Pennsylvania. We hold an approximately 21% interest in the Keystone plant. The NOV alleges that the plant performed various capital projects beginning in 1984 without complying with the new source review permitting requirements of the Clean Air Act. The EPA also contends that the alleged failure to comply with those requirements are continuing violations under the plant's air permits. The EPA could seek civil penalties under the Clean Air Act for the alleged violations.

        The owners and operator of the Keystone plant are investigating the allegations and have entered into discussions with the EPA. We believe there are meritorious defenses to the allegations contained in the NOV. However, we cannot predict the outcome of this proceeding and it is not possible to determine our actual liability, if any, at this time.

Water Quality

In October 2007, a subsidiary of Constellation Energy entered into a consent decree with the Maryland Department of the Environment relating to groundwater contamination at a third party facility that was licensed to accept fly ash, a byproduct generated by our coal-fired plants. The consent decree requires the payment of a $1.0 million penalty, remediation of groundwater contamination resulting from the ash placement operations at the site, replacement of drinking water supplies in the vicinity of the site, and monitoring of groundwater conditions. We recorded a liability in our Consolidated Balance Sheets of approximately $7.9 million, which includes the $1 million penalty and our estimate of probable costs to remediate contamination, replace drinking water supplies, monitor groundwater conditions, and otherwise comply with the consent decree. We have paid approximately $4.1 million of these costs as of March 31, 2009, resulting in a remaining liability at March 31, 2009 of $3.8 million. We estimate that it is reasonably possible that we could incur additional costs of up to approximately $10 million more than the liability that we accrued.

Insurance

We discuss our nuclear and non-nuclear insurance programs in Note 12 of our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.


Derivative Instruments

Nature of Our Business and Associated Risks

Our business activities primarily include our merchant energy business and our regulated electric and gas business. Our merchant energy business includes:

        Our regulated electric and gas businesses engage in electricity and gas transmission and distribution activities in Central Maryland at prices set by the Maryland PSC that are generally designed to recover our costs, including purchased fuel and energy. Substantially all of our risk management activities involving derivatives occur outside our regulated businesses.

        In carrying out our merchant energy business activities, we purchase and sell power, fuel, and other energy-related commodities in competitive markets. These activities expose us to significant risks, including market risk from price volatility for energy commodities and the credit risks of counterparties with which we enter into contracts. The sources of these risks include, but are not limited to, the following:

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Objectives and Strategies for Using Derivatives

Risk Management Activities

To lower our exposure to the risk of unfavorable fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates, and foreign currency rates, we routinely enter into derivative contracts, such as fixed-price forward physical purchase and sales contracts, futures, financial swaps, and option contracts traded in the over-the-counter markets or on exchanges, for hedging purposes. The objectives for entering into such hedging transactions primarily include:

Non-Risk Management Activities

In addition to the use of derivatives for risk management purposes, we also enter into derivative contracts for trading purposes primarily to achieve the following objectives:


Accounting for Derivative Instruments

The accounting requirements for derivatives are governed by SFAS No. 133 which requires recognition of all qualifying derivative instruments on the balance sheet at fair value as either assets or liabilities.

Accounting Designation

We must evaluate new and existing transactions and agreements to determine whether they are derivatives. SFAS No. 133 permits several possible accounting treatments for derivatives that meet all of the applicable requirements of that standard. SFAS No. 133 requires mark-to-market as the default accounting treatment for all derivatives unless they qualify, and we specifically designate them, for one of the other accounting treatments. Derivatives designated for any of the elective accounting treatments must meet specific, restrictive criteria prescribed by SFAS No. 133, both at the time of designation and on an ongoing basis. The permissible accounting treatments under SFAS No. 133 include:

        We discuss our accounting policies for derivatives and hedging activities and their impacts on our financial statements in Note 1 to our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

NPNS

We elect NPNS accounting for derivative contracts that provide for the purchase or sale of a physical commodity that will be delivered in quantities expected to be used or sold over a reasonable period in the normal course of business. Once we elect NPNS classification for a given contract, we cannot subsequently change the election and treat the contract as a derivative using mark-to-market or hedge accounting.

Cash Flow Hedging

We generally elect cash flow hedge accounting for most of the derivatives that we use to hedge market price risk for our physical energy delivery activities because hedge accounting more closely aligns the timing of earnings recognition and cash flows for the underlying business activities. Management monitors the potential impacts of commodity price changes and, where appropriate, may enter into or close out (via offsetting transactions) derivative transactions designated as cash flow hedges.

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Commodity Cash Flow Hedges

Our merchant energy business has designated fixed-price forward contracts as cash-flow hedges of forecasted sales of energy and forecasted purchases of fuel and energy for the years 2009 through 2016. Our merchant energy business had net unrealized pre-tax losses on these cash-flow hedges recorded in "Accumulated other comprehensive loss" of $2,407.3 million at March 31, 2009 and $2,614.9 million at December 31, 2008.

        We expect to reclassify $1,584.3 million of net pre-tax losses on cash-flow hedges from "Accumulated other comprehensive loss" into earnings during the next twelve months based on market prices at March 31, 2009. However, the actual amount reclassified into earnings could vary from the amounts recorded at March 31, 2009, due to future changes in market prices.

        When we determine that a forecasted transaction originally hedged has become probable of not occurring, we reclassify net unrealized gains or losses associated with those hedges from "Accumulated other comprehensive loss" to earnings. We recognized in earnings the following pre-tax amounts on such contracts:

        Substantially all of the pre-tax loss reclassified in 2009 resulted from the sale of a majority of our international commodities operation since the forecasted transactions associated with previously designated cash-flow hedge contracts were deemed probable of not occurring.

Interest Rate Swaps Designated as Cash Flow Hedges

We use interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges to manage our interest rate exposures associated with new debt issuances and to manage our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates on variable rate debt. The effective portion of gains and losses on these interest rate cash flow hedges, net of associated deferred income tax effects, is recorded in "Accumulated other comprehensive loss" in our Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss. We reclassify gains and losses on the hedges from "Accumulated other comprehensive loss" into "Interest expense" in our Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) during the periods in which the interest payments being hedged occur.

        Accumulated other comprehensive loss includes net unrealized pre-tax gains on interest rate cash-flow hedges of prior debt issuances totaling $12.0 million at both March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008. We expect to reclassify $1.3 million of pre-tax net gains on these cash-flow hedges from "Accumulated other comprehensive loss" into "Interest expense" during the next twelve months. We had no hedge ineffectiveness on these swaps.

Fair Value Hedging

We elect fair value hedge accounting for a limited portion of our derivative contracts including certain interest rate swaps and certain forward contracts and price and basis swaps associated with natural gas fuel in storage. The objectives for electing fair value hedging in these situations are to manage our exposure, to optimize the mix of our fixed and floating-rate debt, and to hedge the value of our natural gas in storage.

Interest Rate Swaps Designated as Fair Value Hedges

We use interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges to optimize the mix of fixed and floating-rate debt. We record any gains or losses on swaps that qualify for fair value hedge accounting treatment, as well as changes in the fair value of the debt being hedged, in "Interest expense." We record changes in fair value of the swaps in "Derivative assets and liabilities" and changes in the fair value of the debt in "Long-term debt" in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. In addition, we record the difference between interest on hedged fixed-rate debt and floating-rate swaps in "Interest expense" in the periods that the swaps settle.

        During 2004, we entered into interest rate swaps qualifying as fair value hedges relating to $450 million of our fixed-rate debt maturing in 2012 and 2015, and converted this notional amount of debt to floating-rate. The fair value of these hedges was an unrealized gain of $60.8 million at March 31, 2009 and $55.9 million at December 31, 2008 and was recorded as an increase in our "Derivative assets" and an increase in our "Long-term debt." We had no hedge ineffectiveness on these interest rate swaps.

Hedge Ineffectiveness

For all categories of derivative instruments designated in hedging relationships, we recorded in earnings the following pre-tax gains (losses) related to hedge ineffectiveness:

Quarter ended March 31,
  2009
  2008
 
   
 
  (In millions)
 

Cash-flow hedges

  $ 29.1   $ (45.1 )

Fair value hedges

    23.9     6.5  
   

Total

  $ 53.0   $ (38.6 )
   

        The ineffectiveness amounts in the table above exclude $30.6 million and $24.7 million of pre-tax losses for the quarters ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively, representing the change in fair value of derivatives that no longer qualify for cash-flow hedge accounting. These

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amounts relate to periods of insufficient price correlation between the hedge and the risk being hedged, but the derivatives qualify for and remain designated as hedges prospectively. In addition, we did not recognize any gain/loss during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 related to the change in fair value for the portion of our fair value hedges excluded from ineffectiveness testing. However, we recognized a $0.2 million pre-tax gain for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 related to the change in value for the portion of our fair value hedges excluded from ineffectiveness testing.

Mark-to-Market

We generally apply mark-to-market accounting for risk management and trading activities for which changes in fair value more closely reflect the economic performance of the underlying business activity. However, we also use mark-to-market accounting for derivatives related to the following physical energy delivery activities:


Quantitative Information About Derivatives and Hedging Activities

Background

Effective January 1, 2009, we adopted SFAS No. 161, Disclosures About Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, (SFAS No. 161). SFAS No. 161 does not change the accounting for derivatives; rather, it requires expanded disclosure about derivative instruments and hedging activities regarding:

Balance Sheet Tables

We present our derivative assets and liabilities in our Consolidated Balance Sheets on a net basis, including cash collateral, whenever we have a legally enforceable master netting agreement with a counterparty to a derivative contract. We use master netting agreements whenever possible to manage and substantially reduce our potential counterparty credit risk. The net presentation in our Consolidated Balance Sheets reflects our actual credit exposure after giving effect to the beneficial effects of these agreements and cash collateral, and our credit risk is reduced further by other forms of collateral.

        The following table provides information about the types of market risks we manage using derivatives. In accordance with SFAS No. 161, this table only includes derivatives and does not reflect the price risks we are hedging that arise from physical assets or nonderivative accrual contracts within our generating plants, customer supply, and global commodities activities.

        As discussed more fully following the table, SFAS No. 161 requires us to present this information by disaggregating our net derivative assets and liabilities into gross components on a contract-by-contract basis before giving effect to the risk-reducing benefits of master netting arrangements and collateral. As a result, we must present each individual contract as an "asset value" if it is in the money or a "liability value" if it is out of the money, regardless of whether the individual contracts offset market or credit risks of other contracts in full or in part. Therefore, the gross amounts in this table do not reflect our actual economic or credit risk associated with derivatives. This gross presentation is intended only to show separately the various derivative contract types we use, such as commodities, interest rate, and foreign exchange.

        In order to identify how our derivatives impact our financial position, at the bottom of the table we provide a reconciliation of the gross fair value components to the net fair value amounts as presented in the Fair Value Measurements section of this note and our Consolidated Balance Sheets.

        The gross asset and liability values in the table below are segregated between those derivatives designated in qualifying hedge accounting relationships and those not designated in hedge accounting relationships. Derivatives not designated in hedging relationships include our retail gas customer supply operation, economic hedges of accrual activities, the international commodities and Houston-based gas trading operations we are exiting, and trading and risk management activities which we have substantially curtailed as part of our effort to reduce risk in our business. We use the end of period accounting designation to determine the classification for each derivative position.

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As of March 31, 2009
  Derivatives
Designated as Hedging
Instruments for
Accounting Purposes

  Derivatives Not
Designated As Hedging
Instruments for
Accounting Purposes

  All Derivatives
Combined

 
   
Contract type
  Asset
Values3

  Liability
Values4

  Asset
Values3

  Liability
Values4

  Asset
Values3

  Liability
Values4

 
   
 
  (In millions)
 
 

Power contracts

  $ 2,898.8   $ (4,716.1 ) $ 29,270.0   $ (30,162.8 ) $ 32,168.8   $ (34,878.9 )
 

Gas contracts

    2,613.9     (1,977.4 )   12,594.7     (12,198.4 )   15,208.6     (14,175.8 )
 

Coal contracts

    29.2     (145.1 )   2,650.5     (2,662.2 )   2,679.7     (2,807.3 )
 

Other commodity contracts1

    50.1     (24.1 )   377.4     (320.7 )   427.5     (344.8 )
 

Interest rate contracts

    60.8         41.1     (61.0 )   101.9     (61.0 )
 

Foreign exchange contracts

        (5.9 )   59.7     (43.1 )   59.7     (49.0 )
   

Total gross fair values

  $ 5,652.8   $ (6,868.6 ) $ 44,993.4   $ (45,448.2 ) $ 50,646.2   $ (52,316.8 )
                   
 

Netting arrangements5

                            (49,411.2 )   49,411.2  
 

Cash collateral

                            (196.2 )   629.5  
                               

Net fair values

                          $ 1,038.8   $ (2,276.1 )
                               

Net fair value by balance sheet line item:

                                     

Accounts receivable2

                          $ (986.0 )      

Derivative assets—current

                            1,257.3        

Derivative assets—noncurrent

                            767.5        

Derivative liabilities—current

                                  (1,180.6 )

Derivative liabilities—noncurrent

                                  (1,095.5 )
                               

Total Derivatives

                          $ 1,038.8   $ (2,276.1 )
   

1 Other commodity contracts include oil, freight, emission allowances, uranium, and weather contracts.
2 Represents the unrealized fair value of exchange traded derivatives, exclusive of cash margin posted.
3 Represents in-the-money contracts without regard to potentially offsetting out-of-the-money contracts under master netting agreements.
4 Represents out-of-the-money contracts without regard to potentially offsetting in-the-money contracts under master netting agreements.
5 Represents the effect of legally enforceable master netting agreements.

        The magnitude of and changes in the gross derivatives components in this table do not indicate changes in the level of derivative activities, the level of market risk, or the level of credit risk. The primary factors affecting the magnitude of the gross amounts in the table are changes in commodity prices and the total number of contracts. If commodity prices change, the gross amounts could increase, even if the level of contracts stays the same, because SFAS No. 161 requires separate presentation of contracts that are in the money from those that are out of the money. As a result, the gross amounts of even fully hedged positions could increase if prices change. Additionally, if the number of contracts increases, the gross amounts also could increase. Thus, the execution of new contracts to reduce economic risk could actually increase the gross amounts in the table because of the requirement to present the gross value of each individual contract separately.

        The primary purpose of this table is to disaggregate the risks being managed using derivatives. In order to achieve this objective, SFAS No. 161 requires us to prepare this table by separating each individual derivative contract that is in the money from each contract that is out of the money and present such amounts on a gross basis, even for offsetting contracts that have identical quantities for the same commodity, location, and delivery period. We must also present these components excluding the substantive credit-risk reducing effects of master netting agreements and collateral. As a result, the gross "asset" and "liability" amounts for each contract type far exceed our actual economic exposure to commodity price risk and credit risk. Our actual economic exposure consists of the net derivative position combined with our nonderivative accrual contracts, such as those for load-serving, and our physical assets, such as our power plants. Our actual derivative credit risk exposure after master netting agreements and cash collateral is reflected in the net fair value amounts shown at the bottom of the table above. Our total economic and credit exposures, including derivatives, are managed in a comprehensive risk framework that includes risk measures such as economic value at risk, stress testing, and maximum potential credit exposure.

Gain and (Loss) Tables

The tables below summarize the gain and loss impacts of our derivative instruments segregated into the following categories:

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        The tables only include this information for derivatives and do not reflect the related gains or losses that arise from generation and generation-related assets, nonderivative accrual contracts, or NPNS contracts within our Generation, Customer Supply, and Global Commodities activities, other than fair value hedges, for which we separately show the gain or loss on the hedged asset or liability. As a result, for mark-to-market and cash-flow hedge derivatives, these tables only reflect the impact of derivatives themselves and therefore do not necessarily include all of the income statement impacts of the transactions for which derivatives are used to manage risk. For a more complete discussion of how derivatives affect our financial performance, see our accounting policy for Revenues, Fuel and Purchased Energy Expenses, and Derivatives and Hedging Activities in Note 1 to our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

        The following table presents gains and losses on derivatives designated as cash flow hedges. As discussed more fully in our accounting policy, we record the effective portion of unrealized gains and losses on cash flow hedges in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss until the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. We record the ineffective portion of gains and losses on cash flow hedges in earnings as they occur. When the hedged forecasted transaction settles and is recorded in earnings, we reclassify the related amounts from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss into earnings, with the result that the combination of revenue or expense from the forecasted transaction and gain or loss from the hedge are recognized in earnings at a total amount equal to the hedged price. Accordingly, the amount of derivative gains and losses recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss and reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss into earnings does not reflect the total economics of the hedged forecasted transactions. The total impact of our forecasted transactions and related hedges is reflected in our Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss).

Cash Flow Hedges
  Quarter Ended March 31, 2009
 
   
Contract type:
  Amount of
Derivative Gain
(Loss) Recorded
in AOCI

  Statement of Income (Loss) Line Item
  Amount of Gain
(Loss) Reclassified
from AOCI into
Earnings

  Amount of Derivative
Ineffectiveness
Gain (Loss) Recorded
in Earnings

 
   
 
  (In millions)
 

Hedges of forecasted sales:

        Nonregulated revenues              
 

Power contracts

  $ 161.8       $ (92.0 ) $ 59.8  
 

Gas contracts

    (31.8 )       (21.4 )   2.1  
 

Coal contracts

    10.0         (229.9 )    
 

Other commodity contracts1

    13.7         (2.8 )   (3.0 )

Foreign exchange contracts

    0.3         (0.9 )    
   

Total gains (losses)

  $ 154.0   Total included in nonregulated revenues   $ (347.0 ) $ 58.9  
   

Hedges of forecasted purchases:

        Fuel and purchased energy expense              
 

Power contracts

    (774.1 )       (426.5 )   (29.3 )
 

Gas contracts

    175.2         25.9     0.7  
 

Coal contracts

    (84.6 )       (13.3 )   (1.2 )
 

Other commodity contracts2

    1.8         25.8      
 

Foreign exchange contracts

    0.1         0.1      
   

Total gains (losses)

  $ (681.6 ) Total included in fuel and purchased energy expense   $ (388.0 ) $ (29.8 )
   

Hedges of interest rates:

        Interest expense              
 

Interest rate contracts

    (0.3 )       (0.1 )    
   

Total gains (losses)

  $ (0.3 ) Total included in interest expense   $ (0.1 ) $  
   

Grand total gains (losses)

  $ (527.9 )     $ (735.1 ) $ 29.1  
   

1 Other commodity sale contracts include oil and freight contracts.
2 Other commodity purchase contracts include freight and emission allowances.

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        The following table presents gains and losses on derivatives designated as fair value hedges and, separately, the gains and losses on the hedged item. As discussed earlier, we record the unrealized gains and losses on fair value hedges as well as changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability in earnings as they occur. The difference between these amounts represents hedge ineffectiveness.

Fair Value Hedges
   
  Quarter Ended March 31, 2009
 
   
Contract type:
  Statement of Income (Loss) Line Item
  Amount of Gain (Loss)
Recognized in Income
on Derivative

  Amount of Gain (Loss)
Recognized in Income
on Hedged Item

 
   
 
   
  (In millions)
 

Commodity contracts:

                 
 

Gas contracts

  Nonregulated revenues   $ 40.6   $ (16.7 )

Interest rate contracts

  Interest expense     4.9     (4.9 )
   

Total gains (losses)

      $ 45.5   $ (21.6 )
   

        The following table presents gains and losses on mark-to-market derivatives, contracts that have not been designated as hedges for accounting purposes. As discussed more fully in Note 1 to our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K, we record the unrealized gains and losses on mark-to-market derivatives in earnings as they occur. While we use mark-to-market accounting for risk management and trading activities because changes in fair value more closely reflect the economic performance of the activity, we also use mark-to-market accounting for certain derivatives related to portions of our physical energy delivery activities. Accordingly, the total amount of gains and losses from mark-to-market derivatives does not necessarily reflect the total economics of related transactions.

Mark-to-Market Derivatives
   
  Quarter Ended March 31, 2009
 
   
Contract type:
  Statement of Income (Loss) Line Item
  Amount of Gain (Loss)
Recorded in Income
on Derivative

 
   
 
   
  (In millions)
 

Commodity contracts:

           
 

Power contracts

  Nonregulated revenues   $ 88.6  
 

Gas contracts

  Nonregulated revenues     (162.6 )
 

Coal contracts

  Nonregulated revenues     (42.3 )
 

Other commodity contracts1

  Nonregulated revenues     (3.9 )
 

Coal contracts

  Fuel and purchased energy expense     (105.5 )

Other contracts2

  Nonregulated revenues     7.3  
   

Total gains (losses)

      $ (218.4 )
   

1 Other commodity contracts include oil, freight, uranium, weather, and emission allowances.
2 Other contracts include interest rate and foreign currency contracts.

        In computing the amounts of derivative gains and losses in the above tables, we include the changes in fair values of derivative contracts up to the date of maturity or settlement of each contract. This approach facilitates a comparable presentation for both financial and physical derivative contracts. In addition, for cash flow hedges we include the impact of intra-quarter transactions (i.e., those that arise and settle within the same quarter) in both gains and losses recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss and amounts reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss into earnings.

Volume of Derivative Activity

The volume of our derivatives activity is directly related to the fundamental nature and scope of our business and the risks we manage. We own or control electric generating facilities, which exposes us to both power and fuel price risk; we serve electric and gas wholesale and retail customers within our customer supply business, which exposes us to electricity and natural gas price risk; and we provide risk management services and engage in trading activities, which can expose us to a variety of commodity price risks. We conduct our business activities throughout the United States and internationally. In order to

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manage the risks associated with these activities, we are required to be an active participant in the energy markets, and we routinely employ derivative instruments to conduct our business.

        Derivative instruments provide an efficient and effective way to conduct our business and to manage the associated risks. We manage our generating resources and customer supply activities based upon established policies and limits, and we use derivatives to establish a portion of our hedges and to adjust the level of our hedges from time to time. Additionally, we engage in trading activities which enable us to execute hedging transactions in a cost-effective manner. We manage those activities based upon various risk measures, including position limits, economic value at risk (EVaR) and value at risk (VaR), and we use derivatives to establish and maintain those activities within the prescribed limits. We are also using derivatives to execute, control, and reduce the overall level of our trading positions and risk as well as to manage a portion of our interest rate risk associated with debt and our foreign currency risk from non-dollar denominated transactions. Accordingly, the use of derivative instruments is integral to the conduct of our business, and derivative instruments are an important tool through which we are able to manage and mitigate the risks that are inherent in our activities.

        The following table presents information designed to provide insight into the overall volume of our derivatives usage. However, the volumes presented in this table are subject to a number of limitations and should only be used as an indication of the extent of our derivatives usage and the risks they are intended to manage.

        First, the volume information is not a complete representation of our market price risk because it only includes derivative contracts, as required by SFAS No. 161. Accordingly, this table does not present a complete picture of our overall net economic exposure, and should not be interpreted as an indication of open or unhedged commodity positions, because the use of derivatives is only one of the means by which we engage in and manage the risks of our business. For example, the table does not include power or fuel quantities and risks arising from our physical assets, non-derivative contracts, and forecasted transactions that we manage using derivatives; a portion of these volumes reduce those risks. It also does not include volumes of commodities under nonderivative contracts that we use to serve customers or manage our risks. Our actual net economic exposure from our generating facilities and customer supply activities is reduced by derivatives, and the exposure from our trading activities is managed and controlled through the risk measures discussed above. Therefore, the information in the table below is only an indication of that portion of our business that we manage through derivatives and serves primarily to identify the extent of our derivatives activities and the types of risks that they are intended to manage.

        Additionally, the disclosure of derivative quantities potentially could reveal commercially valuable or otherwise competitively sensitive information that could limit the effectiveness and profitability of our business activities. Therefore, in the table below, we have computed the derivative volumes for commodities by aggregating the absolute value of net open long (purchase) and short (sell) positions within commodities for each year. This provides an indication of the level of derivatives activity, but it does not indicate either the direction of our position (long or short), or the overall size of our position. We believe this presentation gives an appropriate indication of the level of derivatives activity without unnecessarily revealing the size and direction of our derivatives positions, consistent with the principles of SFAS No. 161.

        Finally, the volume information for commodity derivatives represents "delta equivalent" quantities, not gross notional amounts. We make use of different types of commodity derivative instruments such as forwards, futures, options, and swaps, and we believe that the delta equivalent quantity is the most relevant measure of the volume associated with these commodity derivatives. The delta-equivalent quantity represents a risk-adjusted notional quantity for each contract that takes into account the probability that an option will be exercised. Therefore, the volume information for commodity derivatives represent the delta equivalent quantity of those contracts, computed on the basis described above. For interest rate contracts and foreign currency contracts we have presented the notional amounts of such contracts in the table below.

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        The following table presents the volume of our derivative activities as of March 31, 2009 shown by contractual settlement year.

Quantities1 Under Derivative Contracts
   
   
   
   
  As of March 31, 2009
 
   
Contract Type (Unit)
  2009
  2010
  2011
  2012
  2013
  Thereafter
  Total
 
   
 
  (In millions)
 

Power (MWh)

    33.5     15.8     4.3     3.2     3.9     5.5     66.2  

Gas (MMBTU)

    22.3     50.0     25.7     31.6     14.2     36.0     179.8  

Coal (Tons)

    7.5     2.1     0.1     0.5             10.2  

Oil (BBL)

    0.4     0.1         0.1             0.6  

Emission Allowances (Tons)

    2.0                         2.0  

Interest Rate Contracts

  $ 1,834.0   $ 140.0   $ 210.0   $ 355.0   $ 26.7   $ 275.0   $ 2,840.7  

Foreign Exchange Rate Contracts

  $ 8.8   $ 24.4   $ 24.6   $ 16.7   $ 16.8   $ 32.3   $ 123.6  
   

1 Amounts in the table are only intended to provide an indication of the level of derivatives activity and should not be interpreted as a measure of any derivative position or overall economic exposure to market risk. Quantities are expressed as "delta equivalents" on an absolute value basis by contract type by year. Additionally, quantities relate only to derivatives and do not include potentially offsetting quantities associated with physical assets and nonderivative accrual contracts.

        In addition to the commodities in the tables above, we also hold derivative instruments related to weather, uranium, and freight that are insignificant relative to the overall level of our derivative activity.

Credit-Risk Related Contingent Features

Certain of our derivative instruments contain provisions that would require additional collateral upon a credit-related event such as an adequate assurance provision or a credit rating decrease in the senior unsecured debt of Constellation Energy. The amount of collateral we could be required to post would be determined by the fair value of contracts containing such provisions that represent a net liability, after offset for the fair value of any asset contracts with the same counterparty under master netting agreements and any other collateral already posted. This collateral amount is a component of, and is not in addition to, the total collateral we could be required to post for all contracts upon a credit rating decrease.

        The following table presents information related to these derivatives. Based on contractual provisions, we estimate that if Constellation Energy's senior unsecured debt were downgraded, our total contingent collateral obligation for derivatives in a net liability position was $0.4 billion as of March 31, 2009, which represents the additional collateral that we could be required to post with counterparties, including both cash collateral and letters of credit, in the event of a credit downgrade to below investment grade. These amounts are associated with net derivative liabilities totaling $2.7 billion after reflecting legally binding master netting agreements and collateral already posted.

        Interpretations of SFAS No. 161 indicate that the gross fair value of derivatives in a net liability position that have credit-risk-related contingent features should be disclosed, and we present this amount in the first column in the table below. This gross fair value amount represents only the out-of-the-money contracts containing such features that are not fully collateralized by cash on a stand-alone basis. Thus, this amount does not reflect the offsetting fair value of in-the-money contracts under legally-binding master netting agreements with the same counterparty, as shown in the second column in the table. These in-the-money contracts would offset the amount of any gross liability that could be required to be collateralized, and as a result, the actual potential collateral requirements would be based upon the net fair value of derivatives containing such features, not the gross amount. The amount of any possible contingent collateral for such contracts in the event of a downgrade would be further reduced to the extent that we have already posted collateral related to the net liability.

        Because the amount of any contingent collateral obligation would be based on the net fair value of all derivative contracts under each master netting agreement, we believe that the "net fair value of derivative contracts containing this feature" as shown in the table below is the most relevant measure of derivatives in a net liability position with credit-risk-related contingent features. This amount reflects the actual net liability upon which existing collateral postings are computed and upon which any additional contingent collateral obligation would be based.

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Credit-Risk Related Contingent Feature
  As of March 31, 2009
 
   
Gross Fair Value
of Derivative
Contracts Containing
This Feature1

  Offsetting Fair Value
of In-the-Money
Contracts Under Master
Netting Agreements2

  Net Fair Value
of Derivative
Contracts Containing
This Feature3

  Amount of
Posted
Collateral4

  Contingent
Collateral
Obligation5

 
   
(In billions)
 
$ 23.4   $ (20.7 ) $ 2.7   $ 2.0   $ 0.4  
   

1 Amount represents the gross fair value of out-of-the-money derivative contracts containing credit-risk-related contingent features that are not fully collateralized by posted cash collateral on an individual, contract-by-contract basis ignoring the effects of master netting agreements.
2 Amount represents the offsetting fair value of in-the-money derivative contracts under legally-enforceable master netting agreements with the same counterparty, which reduces the amount of any liability for which we potentially could be required to post collateral.
3 Amount represents the net fair value of out-of-the-money derivative contracts containing credit-risk related contingent features after considering the mitigating effects of offsetting positions under master netting arrangements and reflects the actual net liability upon which any potential contingent collateral obligations would be based.
4 Amount includes cash collateral posted of $629.5 million and letters of credit of $1,411.2 million.
5 Amounts represent the additional collateral that we could be required to post with counterparties, including both cash collateral and letters of credit, in the event of a credit downgrade to below investment grade after giving consideration to offsetting derivative and non-derivative positions under master netting agreements.

Concentrations of Derivative-Related Credit Risk

Constellation Energy's wholesale and retail credit risk management policies establish the guidelines under which we extend unsecured credit to counterparties and customers. Based on the counterparty analysis and limits established by Constellation Energy, collateral or other security may be required to enter into transactions based on the potential exposure. Under most agreements we have entered into, collateral is in the form of cash or letters of credit. These forms of collateral are held by us and can be drawn upon should a counterparty default on its obligations under its agreement.

        As a best practice, we enter into commodity master agreements and cross-commodity netting agreements in order to achieve the benefits of netting in terms of exposure and collateral capital reductions. Where beneficial to the risk profile of the company, we will seek credit protections that include upfront collateral, margining, material adverse change clauses (based on credit ratings downgrades or other financial ratios events), and adequate assurances clauses in our master agreements that can be utilized to request security from our counterparties in order to cover our potential risk of loss.

        We consider a significant concentration of credit risk to be any single obligor or counterparty whose concentration exceeds 10% of total credit exposure. As of March 31, 2009, no single counterparty concentration comprises more than 10% of the total exposure of the portfolio, and no collection of counterparties based in a single country comprises more than 10% of the total exposure of the portfolio.

Fair Value Measurements

SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, (SFAS No. 157) defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and requires certain disclosures about fair value measurements. Fair value is the price that we would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (exit price).

        SFAS No. 157 also creates a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

        We determine the fair value of our assets and liabilities using unadjusted quoted prices in active markets (Level 1) or pricing inputs that are observable (Level 2) whenever that information is available. We use unobservable inputs (Level 3) to estimate fair value only when relevant observable inputs are not available.

        We classify assets and liabilities within the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement of each individual asset and liability taken as a whole. We determine fair value for assets and liabilities classified as Level 1 by multiplying the market price by the quantity of the asset or liability. We primarily

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determine fair value measurements classified as Level 2 or Level 3 using the income valuation approach, which involves discounting estimated cash flows using assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

        We present all derivatives recorded at fair value net with the associated fair value cash collateral. This presentation of the net position reflects our credit exposure for our on-balance sheet positions but excludes the impact of any off-balance sheet positions and collateral. Examples of off-balance sheet positions and collateral include in-the-money accrual contracts for which the right of offset exists in the event of default and letters of credit. We discuss our letters of credit in more detail in the Financing Activities section.

Recurring Measurements

BGE's assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are immaterial. Our merchant energy business segment's assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis consist of the following:

 
  As of
March 31, 2009

 
 
  Assets
  Liabilities
 
   
 
  (In millions)
 

Cash equivalents

  $ 376.9   $  

Debt and equity securities

    1,039.9      

Derivative instruments:

             
 

Classified as derivative assets and liabilities:

             
   

Current

    1,257.3     (1,180.6 )
   

Noncurrent

    767.5     (1,095.5 )
   
   

Total classified as derivative assets and liabilities

    2,024.8     (2,276.1 )
 

Classified as accounts receivable*

    (986.0 )    
   
 

Total derivative instruments

    1,038.8     (2,276.1 )
   

Total recurring fair value measurements

  $ 2,455.6   $ (2,276.1 )
   

* Represents the unrealized fair value of exchange traded derivatives, exclusive of cash margin posted.

        Cash equivalents represent money market mutual funds which are included in "Cash and cash equivalents" in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Debt and equity securities represent available-for-sale investments which are included in "Nuclear decommissioning trust funds" and "Other assets" in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Derivative instruments represent unrealized amounts related to all derivative positions, including futures, forwards, swaps, and options. We classify exchange-listed contracts as part of "Accounts Receivable" in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. We classify the remainder of our derivative contracts as "Derivative assets" or "Derivative liabilities" in our Consolidated Balance Sheets.

        The table below disaggregates our net derivative assets and liabilities on a gross contract-by-contract basis as required by SFAS No. 157. A primary focus of SFAS No. 157 is the fair value hierarchy that provides information about how fair value measurements are determined. SFAS No. 157 requires each individual asset or liability that is remeasured at fair value on a recurring basis to be presented in this table and classified, in its entirety, within the appropriate level in the fair value hierarchy. Therefore, the objective of this table is to provide information about how each individual derivative contract is valued within the fair value hierarchy, regardless of whether a particular contract is eligible for netting against other contracts or whether it has been collateralized.

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        The table below sets forth by level within the fair value hierarchy the gross components of the Company's assets and liabilities that were measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2009. These gross balances are intended solely to provide information on sources of inputs to fair value and proportions of fair value involving objective versus subjective valuations and do not represent either our actual credit exposure or net economic exposure.

At March 31, 2009
  Level 1
  Level 2
  Level 3
  Netting and
Cash Collateral*

  Total Net
Fair Value

 
   
 
  (In millions)
 

Cash equivalents

  $ 376.9   $   $   $   $ 376.9  

Debt and equity securities

    298.1     741.8             1,039.9  

Derivative assets

    602.2     45,400.7     4,643.3     (49,607.4 )   1,038.8  

Derivative liabilities

    (706.1 )   (46,692.3 )   (4,918.4 )   50,040.7     (2,276.1 )
   
 

Net derivative position

    (103.9 )   (1,291.6 )   (275.1 )   433.3     (1,237.3 )
   

Total

  $ 571.1   $ (549.8 ) $ (275.1 ) $ 433.3   $ 179.5  
   

* We present our derivative assets and liabilities in our Consolidated Balance Sheets on a net basis. We net derivative assets and liabilities, including cash collateral, when a legally enforceable master netting agreement exists between us and the counterparty to a derivative contract. At March 31, 2009, we included $196.2 million of cash collateral held and $629.5 million of cash collateral posted (excluding margin posted on exchange traded derivatives) in netting amounts in the above table.

        The factors that cause changes in the gross components of the derivatives amounts in the table above are unrelated to the existence or level of actual market or credit risk from our operations. Thus, the gross components of the derivatives amounts in this table increased from the corresponding amounts as of December 31, 2008, due to substantial decreases in commodity prices and the execution of additional contracts to transfer portions of our operations and reduce risk in our activities. These increases occurred despite reductions in the overall level of our positions and risk during the quarter. We describe the primary factors that change the gross components below.

        SFAS No. 157 requires us to prepare this table by separating each individual derivative contract that is in the money from each contract that is out of the money. It also requires us to ignore master netting agreements and collateral for our derivatives. As a result, the gross "asset" and "liability" amounts under each of the three fair value levels far exceed our actual economic exposure to commodity price risk and credit risk. Our actual economic exposure consists of the net derivative position combined with our nonderivative accrual contracts, such as those for load-serving, and our physical assets, such as our power plants. Our actual credit risk exposure is reflected in the net derivative asset and derivative liability amounts shown in the Total Net Fair Value column.

        Increases and decreases in the gross components presented in each of the levels in this table also do not indicate changes in the level of derivative activities. Rather, the primary factors affecting the gross amounts are commodity prices and the total number of contracts. If commodity prices change, the gross amounts could increase, even if the level of contracts stays the same, because SFAS No. 157 requires separate presentation of contracts that are in the money from those that are out of the money. As a result, even fully hedged positions could exhibit increases in the gross amounts if prices change. Additionally, if the number of contracts increases, the gross amounts also could increase. Thus, the execution of new contracts to reduce economic risk could actually increase the gross amounts in the table because of the required separation of contracts discussed above.

        Cash equivalents are comprised of exchange traded money market funds and money market mutual funds. These instruments are valued based upon unadjusted quoted prices in active markets and are classified within Level 1.

        Debt and equity securities include trust assets securing certain executive benefits, other marketable securities, and our nuclear decommissioning trust funds. Trust assets securing certain executive benefits consist of mutual funds, which are valued based upon unadjusted quoted prices in active markets and are classified within Level 1. Our other marketable securities consist of publicly traded individual securities, which are valued based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets and are classified within Level 1. Nuclear decommissioning trust funds consist of a number of different types of securities, including the following:

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        Derivative instruments include exchange-traded and bilateral contracts. Exchange-traded derivative contracts include futures and certain options. Bilateral derivative contracts include swaps, forwards, certain options and complex structured transactions. We utilize models to measure the fair value of bilateral derivative contracts. Generally, we use similar models to value similar instruments. Valuation models utilize various inputs, which include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, other observable inputs for the asset or liability, and market-corroborated inputs, which are inputs derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means. However, the primary input to our valuation models is the forward commodity price. We have classified derivative contracts within the fair value hierarchy as follows:

        The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in Level 3 fair value measurements:

 
  Quarter
ended
March 31,
2009

  Quarter
ended
March 31,
2008

 
   
 
  (In millions)
 

Balance at beginning of period

  $ 37.0   $ (147.1 )

Realized and unrealized gains (losses):

             
 

Recorded in income

    (147.5 )   (15.1 )
 

Recorded in other comprehensive (loss) income

    (90.7 )   175.9  

Purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements

    1.9     31.1  

Transfers into and out of Level 3

    (75.8 )   355.6  
   

Balance at end of period

  $ (275.1 ) $ 400.4  
   

Change in unrealized gains recorded in income relating to derivatives still held at end of period

  $ 164.7   $ (34.8 )
   

        Realized and unrealized gains (losses) are included primarily in "Nonregulated revenues" for our derivative contracts that are marked-to-market in our Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and are included in "Accumulated other comprehensive loss" for our derivative contracts designated as cash-flow hedges in our Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Nonrecurring Measurements

The table below sets forth by level within the fair value hierarchy our assets and liabilities that were measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis during the quarter ended March 31, 2009:

 
  Fair
Value at
March 31,
2009

  Level 1
  Level 2
  Level 3
  Losses for
the quarter
ended
March 31,
2009

 
   
 
  (In millions)
 

Equity method investment

  $ 10.0   $ 10.0   $   $   $ 14.0  
   

        As described in more detail on page 13, during the first quarter of 2009, we recorded an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $14.0 million on our equity method investment in Constellation Energy Partners LLC (CEP). The fair value of CEP is a level 1 measurement because CEP is a publicly-traded stock on the New York Stock Exchange and,

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therefore, the fair value is based on a quoted price in an active market.

Accounting Standards Issued

FSP SFAS No. 115-2 and SFAS No. 124-2

In April 2009, the FASB issued Staff Position (FSP) SFAS No. 115-2 and SFAS No. 124-2, Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments, which is effective for interim periods ending after June 15, 2009. The FSP amends the other-than-temporary guidance for debt securities and expands the disclosure requirements for debt and equity securities. The available-for-sale investments in our nuclear decommissioning trust funds are managed by third parties who have independent discretion over the purchases and sales of securities. As such, the amended guidance for other-than-temporary impairments will likely not affect CEG's policy of recognizing impairments for any of these investments for which fair value declines below our book value. The FSP also amends SFAS No. 115 and FSP SFAS No. 115-1 and No. 124-1 to require disclosures regarding available-for-sale securities in interim financial statements as well as in annual financial statements. We are currently evaluating the impact of the FSP, but, we do not expect the adoption of this standard to have a material impact on our, or BGE's, financial results.


FSP SFAS No. 107-1 and APB No. 28-1

In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP SFAS No. 107-1 and APB No. 28-1, Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments, which is effective for interim periods ending after June 15, 2009. The FSP amends SFAS No. 107 to require disclosures about fair value of financial instruments in interim financial statements as well as in annual financial statements. We do not expect the adoption of this standard to have a material impact on our, or BGE's, financial results because it only provides for additional disclosure.


FSP SFAS No. 157-4

In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP SFAS No. 157-4, Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly, which is effective for interim periods ending after June 15, 2009. The FSP provides additional guidance for estimating fair value in accordance with SFAS No. 157 when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability have decreased. The FSP also includes guidance on identifying circumstances that indicate a transaction is not orderly. Finally, the FSP expands the disclosure requirements in SFAS No. 157 to include further disaggregation in the tabular disclosures. We are currently evaluating the impact of the FSP, but, we do not expect the adoption of this standard to have a material impact on our, or BGE's, financial results.

Accounting Standards Adopted

SFAS No. 160

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB No. 51. SFAS No. 160 provides that a noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary is an ownership interest in the consolidated entity that should be reported as equity in the consolidated financial statements. This presentation is based upon the view of the consolidated business as a single economic entity and considers minority ownership interests in consolidated subsidiaries as equity in the consolidated entity.

        SFAS No. 160 requires that companies:

        Effective January 1, 2009, we presented and disclosed noncontrolling interests in our Consolidated Financial Statements. Specifically, we:


SFAS No. 161

In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161. SFAS No. 161 requires entities to provide expanded disclosure about derivative instruments and hedging activities, but does not change the accounting for derivatives. We adopted SFAS

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No. 161 on January 1, 2009 and provide these additional disclosures beginning on page 28.


FSP SFAS No. 157-2

In February 2008, the FASB issued FSP SFAS No. 157-2, Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157. FSP SFAS No. 157-2 delayed the effective date of SFAS No. 157 for many nonfinancial assets and liabilities, including asset retirement obligations, long-lived assets, and goodwill, to fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008. Prospectively, we will disclose subsequent measurements of nonfinancial assets and liabilities at fair value as part of our SFAS No. 157 footnote. We adopted FSP SFAS No. 157-2 on January 1, 2009 with no effect on our, or BGE's, financial results. See page 34 for our disclosures about fair value measurements.


EITF No. 08-5

In September 2008, the FASB ratified EITF No. 08-5, Third Party Credit Enhancements. EITF No. 08-5 clarifies that an entity shall not include the effects of a third party credit enhancement in the fair value measurement of a liability. We adopted EITF No. 08-5 on January 1, 2009 and recorded a reduction in our derivative liability of approximately $4 million.

Related Party Transactions

BGE—Income Statement

BGE is obligated to provide market-based standard offer service to all of its electric customers for varying periods. Bidding to supply BGE's market-based standard offer service to electric customers will occur from time to time through a competitive bidding process approved by the Maryland PSC.

        Our merchant energy business will supply a portion of BGE's market-based standard offer service obligation to residential electric customers through September 30, 2011.

        The cost of BGE's purchased energy from nonregulated subsidiaries of Constellation Energy to meet its standard offer service obligation was $204.3 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 compared to $271.3 million for the same period in 2008.

        In addition, Constellation Energy charges BGE for the costs of certain corporate functions. Certain costs are directly assigned to BGE. We allocate other corporate function costs based on a total percentage of expected use by BGE. We believe this method of allocation is reasonable and approximates the cost BGE would have incurred as an unaffiliated entity. These costs were approximately $29.6 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 compared to $35.1 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2008.


BGE—Balance Sheet

BGE participates in a cash pool under a Master Demand Note agreement with Constellation Energy. Under this arrangement, participating subsidiaries may invest in or borrow from the pool at market interest rates. Constellation Energy administers the pool and invests excess cash in short-term investments or issues commercial paper to manage consolidated cash requirements. Under this arrangement, BGE had invested $387.7 million at March 31, 2009 and had invested $148.8 million at December 31, 2008.

        BGE's Consolidated Balance Sheets include intercompany amounts related to corporate functions performed at the Constellation Energy holding company, BGE's purchases to meet its standard offer service obligation, BGE's charges to Constellation Energy and its nonregulated affiliates for certain services it provides them, and the participation of BGE's employees in the Constellation Energy defined benefit plans.

        We believe our allocation methods are reasonable and approximate the costs that would be charged to unaffiliated entities.

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Item 2. Management's Discussion

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations


Introduction and Overview

Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (Constellation Energy) is an energy company that conducts its business through various subsidiaries including a merchant energy business and Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE). We describe our operating segments in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page 16.

        This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is a combined report of Constellation Energy and BGE. References in this report to "we" and "our" are to Constellation Energy and its subsidiaries, collectively. References in this report to the "regulated business(es)" are to BGE. We discuss our business and strategy in more detail in Item 1—Business section of our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K and we discuss the risks affecting our business in Item 1A. Risk Factors section of our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

        Our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K includes a detailed discussion of various items impacting our business, our results of operations, and our financial condition. These include:

        Critical accounting policies are the accounting policies that are most important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results of operations and that require management's most difficult, subjective, or complex judgment. Our critical accounting policies include derivative accounting, evaluation of assets for impairment and other than temporary decline in value, and asset retirement obligations.

        In this discussion and analysis, we explain the general financial condition and the results of operations for Constellation Energy and BGE including:

        As you read this discussion and analysis, refer to our Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) on page 3, which present the results of our operations for the quarters ended March 31, 2009 and 2008. We analyze and explain the differences between periods in the specific line items of the Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss).

        We have organized our discussion and analysis as follows:


Business Environment

Various factors affect our financial results. We discuss these various factors in the Forward Looking Statements section on page 68 and in Item 1A. Risk Factors section of our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K. We discuss our market risks in the Risk Management section beginning on page 62.

        The volatility of the financial, credit and global energy markets impacts our liquidity and collateral requirements as well as our credit risk. We discuss our liquidity and collateral requirements in the Financial Condition section and our customer (counterparty) credit and other risks in more detail in the Risk Management section.

        In this section, we discuss in more detail events which have impacted our business during 2009.

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Environmental Matters

Air Quality

Capital Expenditures

As discussed in our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K, we expect to incur additional environmental capital expenditures to comply with air quality laws and regulations. Based on updated information from vendors, we expect our estimated environmental capital requirements for these air quality projects to be approximately $300 million in 2009, $35 million in 2010, $15 million in 2011 and $30 million from 2012-2013.

        Our estimates may change further as we implement our compliance plan. As discussed in our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K, our estimates of capital expenditures continue to be subject to significant uncertainties.

Accounting Standards Issued and Adopted

We discuss recently issued and adopted accounting standards in the Accounting Standards Issued and Accounting Standards Adopted sections of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page 38.


Events of 2009

Divestitures

In January 2009, we entered into a definitive agreement to sell a majority of our international commodities operation. We completed this transaction in March 2009. Additionally, we entered into an agreement to sell an additional international holding, which is expected to close in the second quarter of 2009.

        In February 2009, we entered into a definitive agreement to sell our Houston-based gas trading operation. We transferred control of this operation in April 2009. Simultaneously, we entered into an agreement with the buyer of our Houston-based gas trading operation under which that company will provide us with the gas supply needed to support our retail gas customer supply business.

        We discuss these divestitures in more detail in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page 14.

Merger Termination and Strategic Alternatives Costs

During the quarter ended March 31, 2009, we incurred merger termination and strategic alternative costs related to the terminated merger with MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company (MidAmerican), the conversion of our Series A Preferred Stock, the transactions related to EDF Group and related entities (EDF), and other strategic alternatives costs. We discuss costs related to the mergers and strategic alternatives in more detail on page 11 in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Impairment losses and other costs

During the quarter ended March 31, 2009, we recorded impairment losses and other costs on certain of our investments in equity securities and other assets. We discuss these charges in more detail in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements on page 13.

Workforce Reduction Costs

During the quarter ended March 31, 2009, we incurred workforce reduction costs primarily related to the divestitures of a majority of our international commodities operation as well as some smaller restructurings elsewhere in our organization. We recognized a $10.8 million pre-tax charge in 2009 related to the elimination of approximately 180 positions. We expect all of these restructurings will be completed within the next 12 months. We discuss our workforce reduction costs in more detail in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page 13.

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Results of Operations for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2009 Compared with the Same Period of 2008

In this section, we discuss our earnings and the factors affecting them. We begin with a general overview, then separately discuss earnings for our operating segments. Significant changes in other income and expense, fixed charges, and income taxes are discussed, as necessary, in the aggregate for all segments in the Consolidated Nonoperating Income and Expenses section on page 54.

Overview

Results

 
  Quarter Ended
March 31,

 
 
  2009
  2008
 
   
 
  (In millions, after-tax)
 

Merchant energy

  $ (202.7 ) $ 72.7  

Regulated electric

    45.4     36.2  

Regulated gas

    39.6     40.2  

Other nonregulated

    (2.0 )   0.3  
   

Net (Loss) Income

  $ (119.7 ) $ 149.4  
   

Net (Loss) Income attributable to common stock

  $ (123.5 ) $ 145.7  
   

Other Items Included in Operations (after-tax):

             
 

Non-qualifying hedges

  $   $ (34.6 )
 

International commodities operation and gas trading operation1

    (184.2 )    
 

Impairment losses and other costs

    (11.1 )    
 

Merger termination and strategic alternatives costs

    (42.3 )    
 

Impairment of nuclear decommissioning trust assets

    (23.8 )   (3.9 )
 

Workforce reduction costs

    (4.2 )    
 

Credit facility amendment fees

    (3.7 )    
   

Total Other Items

  $ (269.3 ) $ (38.5 )
   

Change from prior year

  $ (230.8 )      
         

1 These amounts include the loss on sale of the international commodities operation, the reclassification of losses on previously designated cash-flow hedges from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss because the forecasted transactions are probable of not occurring, and earnings that are no longer part of our core business. The impairment losses and other costs and workforce reduction costs line items also include amounts related to the operations we are divesting.

Quarter Ended March 31, 2009

Our total net loss attributable to common stock for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 was unfavorable compared to net income for the same period of 2008 by $269.2 million, or $1.43 per share, primarily due to the following:

 
  2009 vs. 2008
 
   
 
  (in millions,
after-tax)

 

Generation gross margin

  $ 7  

Customer Supply gross margin

    38  

Global Commodities gross margin

    (150 )

Hedge ineffectiveness

    51  

Credit loss—coal supplier bankruptcy

    33  

Merchant interest expense

    (28 )

Regulated businesses

    9  

Other nonregulated businesses

    (2 )

Total change in Other Items included in operations per Overview—Results table

    (231 )

All other changes

    4  
   

Total Change

  $ (269 )
   

        In the following sections, we discuss our net loss by business segment in greater detail.

Merchant Energy Business

Background

Our merchant energy business is a competitive provider of energy solutions for various customers. We discuss the impact of deregulation on our merchant energy business in Item 1. Business—Competition section of our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

        Our merchant energy business focuses on delivery of physical, customer-oriented products to producers and consumers, manages the risk and optimizes the value of our owned generation assets and customer supply activities, and uses our portfolio management and trading capabilities both to manage risk and to deploy risk capital.

        We are continuing to assess the ongoing capital requirements of the merchant energy business, including evaluating the proper size of our Customer Supply and Global Commodities operations, and we are continuing to implement various strategic initiatives for our Global Commodities operation. We discuss our strategy in more detail in the Strategy section of our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

        While we have completed the sale of a majority of our international commodities operation and our gas trading operation, the execution of our strategy in the future will be affected by continued instability in financial, credit, and commodities markets. Execution of our goals could have a

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substantial effect on the nature and mix of our business activities. In particular, upon closing the transactions contemplated by our Investment Agreement with EDF, we expect that our subsidiary that owns our nuclear generation assets will be deconsolidated. In turn, this could affect our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows in material amounts, and these amounts could vary substantially from historical results. We discuss our asset and operation divestitures in more detail in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page 14.

        We record merchant energy revenues and expenses in our financial results in different periods depending upon which portion of our business they affect and based on the associated accounting policies. We discuss our revenue recognition policies in the Critical Accounting Policies section and in Note 1 of our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

        As part of managing our total portfolio risk, we use economic value at risk. We view economic value at risk as the most comprehensive measure of our exposure to changing commodity prices. This metric measures the risk in our total portfolio, encompassing all aspects of our merchant energy business. We also use daily value at risk and stop loss limits and liquidity guidelines to restrict the level of risk in our portfolio.

        Our Global Commodities operation actively transacts in energy and energy-related commodities in order to manage our portfolio of energy purchases and sales to customers through structured transactions. As part of these activities, we trade energy and energy-related commodities and deploy risk capital in the management of our portfolio in order to earn returns.

        We discuss the impact of our economic value at risk and value at risk in more detail in the Mark-to-Market and Risk Management sections.

Results

 
  Quarter Ended
March 31,

 
 
  2009
  2008
 
   
 
  (In millions)
 

Revenues

  $ 3,279.5   $ 3,947.0  

Fuel and purchased energy expenses

    (2,694.8 )   (3,298.9 )

Operating expenses

    (434.6 )   (429.8 )

Merger and strategic alternatives costs

    (42.3 )    

Impairment losses and other costs

    (28.6 )    

Workforce reduction costs

    (10.8 )    

Depreciation, depletion, and amortization

    (63.6 )   (71.1 )

Accretion of asset retirement obligations

    (17.9 )   (16.6 )

Taxes other than income taxes

    (29.4 )   (27.7 )

(Loss) gain on divestitures

    (334.5 )   15.0  
   

Income from Operations

  $ (377.0 ) $ 117.9  
   

Net (Loss) Income

  $ (202.7 ) $ 72.7  
   

Net (Loss) Income attributable to common stock

  $ (203.2 ) $ 72.2  
   

Other Items Included in Operations (after-tax):

             
 

Non-qualifying hedges

  $   $ (34.6 )
 

International commodities operation and gas trading operation1

    (184.2 )    
 

Impairment losses and other costs

    (11.1 )    
 

Merger termination and strategic alternatives costs

    (42.3 )    
 

Impairment of nuclear decommissioning trust assets

    (23.8 )   (3.9 )
 

Workforce reduction costs

    (4.2 )    
 

Credit facility amendment fees

    (3.7 )    
   

Total Other Items

  $ (269.3 ) $ (38.5 )
   

Above amounts include intercompany transactions eliminated in our Consolidated Financial Statements. The Information by Operating Segment section within the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements on page 17 provides a reconciliation of operating results by segment to our Consolidated Financial Statements.

1 These amounts include the loss on sale of the international commodities operation, the reclassification of losses on previously designated cash-flow hedges from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss because the forecasted transactions are probable of not occurring, and earnings that are no longer part of our core business. The impairment losses and other costs and workforce reduction costs line items also include amounts related to the operations we are divesting.

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Revenues and Fuel and Purchased Energy Expenses

Our merchant energy business manages the revenues we realize from the sale of energy and energy-related products to our customers and our costs of procuring fuel and energy. The difference between revenues and fuel and purchased energy expenses, including all direct expenses, represents the gross margin of our merchant energy business, and this measure is a useful tool for assessing the profitability of our merchant energy business. Accordingly, we believe it is appropriate to discuss the operating results of our merchant energy business by analyzing the changes in gross margin between periods. In managing our portfolio, we may terminate, restructure, or acquire contracts primarily to reduce risk and/or improve our liquidity. Such transactions are within the normal course of managing our portfolio and may materially impact the timing of our recognition of revenues, fuel and purchased energy expenses, and cash flows.

        We discuss our merchant energy revenues, fuel and purchased energy expenses, and gross margin below.

Revenues

Our merchant energy revenues decreased $667.5 million in the first quarter of 2009 compared to 2008, primarily due to the following:

 
  2009 vs. 2008
 
   
 
  (In millions)
 

Change in Global Commodities mark-to-market revenues due to favorable changes in power and gas prices

  $ 25  

Decrease in contract prices and volume of business primarily related to our international coal and freight operation, which we have divested

    (409 )

Increase in contract prices and volume related to our domestic coal operation

    87  

Realization of lower prices and volume of business at our gas trading operation and absence of revenue due to the sales of certain of our upstream gas properties in 2008

    (90 )

Realization of lower volumes on wholesale and retail load at our Global Commodities and Customer Supply operations, partially offset by higher contract prices

    (267 )

All other

    (14 )
   

Total decrease in merchant revenues

  $ (668 )
   

Fuel and Purchased Energy Expenses

Our merchant energy fuel and purchased energy expenses decreased $604.1 million in the first quarter of 2009 compared to 2008, primarily due to the following:

 
  2009 vs. 2008
 
   
 
  (In millions)
 

Increase in Global Commodities mark-to-market expenses related to international coal purchase contracts due to decreasing prices, which we have divested

  $ 169  

Decrease in contract prices and volume of business primarily related to our international coal and freight operation, which we have divested

    (333 )

Increase in contract prices and volume related to our domestic coal operation

    80  

Realization of lower volumes at our gas trading operations

    (35 )

Realization of lower contract prices and volumes on wholesale and retail purchases at our Global Commodities and Customer Supply operations

    (508 )

All other

    23  
   

Total decrease in merchant energy fuel and purchased energy expenses

  $ (604 )
   

Gross Margin

We analyze our merchant energy gross margin in the following categories:

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        We provide a summary of our gross margin for these three components of our merchant energy business as follows:

 
  Quarter Ended March 31,
 
 
  2009
  2008
 
   
 
  (Dollar amounts in millions)
 
 
   
  % of
Total
   
  % of
Total
 

Gross Margin:

                         
 

Generation

  $ 532     91 % $ 498     77 %
 

Customer Supply

    169     29     99     15  
 

Global Commodities

    (116 )   (20 )   51     8  
   
 

Total

  $ 585     100 % $ 648     100 %
   

Generation

The $34 million increase in generation gross margin during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 compared to the same period of 2008 is primarily due to the following:

        These increases were partially offset by $26 million of lower earnings primarily related to our investments in power projects.

Customer Supply

The $70 million increase in customer supply gross margin during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 compared to the same period of 2008 is primarily due to:

        These increases were partially offset by $47 million of lower mark-to-market results in our retail gas operation. We discuss these transactions in more detail in the Mark-to-Market section beginning on page 46.

Global Commodities

We present Global Commodities results in the following categories:

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        The $167 million decrease in gross margin from our Global Commodities activities during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 compared to the same period of 2008 is primarily due to:

        These decreases in Global Commodities gross margin were partially offset by $22 million of higher gross margin related to our portfolio management and trading operation. The increase in portfolio management and trading is due to the following factors:

        These increases were mostly offset by the following:

Mark-to-Market

Mark-to-market results include net gains and losses from origination, trading, and risk management activities for which we use the mark-to-market method of accounting. We discuss these activities and the mark-to-market method of accounting in more detail in the Critical Accounting Policies section of our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

        The nature of our operations and the use of mark-to-market accounting for certain activities creates fluctuations in mark-to-market earnings. We cannot predict these fluctuations, but the impact on our earnings could be material. We discuss our market risk in more detail in the Risk Management section beginning on page 62. The primary factors that cause fluctuations in our mark-to-market results are:

        As discussed earlier, we are continuing to assess the ongoing capital requirements of the merchant energy business and are continuing to implement various alternative strategies. Additionally, we have focused our activities on reducing capital requirements, reducing long-term economic risk, and reducing short-term liquidity requirements. These actions may impact the future results of the merchant energy business, particularly the size of and potential for changes in fair value of activities subject to mark-to-market accounting.

        The primary components of mark-to-market results are origination gains and gains and losses from risk management and trading activities.

        Origination gains arise primarily from contracts that our Global Commodities operation structures to meet the risk management needs of our customers or relate to our trading activities. Transactions that result in origination gains may be unique and provide the potential for individually significant revenues and gains from a single transaction.

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our fundamental risk management and trading activities, we also use non-trading derivative contracts subject to mark-to-market accounting to manage our exposure to changes in market prices, while in general the underlying physical transactions related to these activities are accounted for on an accrual basis. We discuss the changes in mark-to-market results below. We show the relationship between our mark-to-market results and the change in our net mark-to-market energy asset later in this section.

        Mark-to-market results were as follows:

 
  Quarter Ended
March 31,

 
 
  2009
  2008
 
   
 
  (In millions)
 

Unrealized mark-to-market results

             
 

Origination gains

  $   $ 59.7  
 

Risk management and trading—mark-to-market

             
   

Unrealized changes in fair value

    (194.5 )   (49.6 )
   

Changes in valuation techniques

         
   

Reclassification of settled contracts to realized

    (316.7 )   32.6  
   
 

Total risk management and trading—mark-to-market

    (511.2 )   (17.0 )
   

Total unrealized mark-to-market*

    (511.2 )   42.7  

Realized mark-to-market

    316.7     (32.6 )
   

Total mark-to-market results**

  $ (194.5 ) $ 10.1  
   

* Total unrealized mark-to-market is the sum of origination gains and total risk management and trading—mark-to-market.

** Includes gains (losses) on hedge ineffectiveness for fair value hedges recorded in gross margin.

        Total mark-to-market results decreased $204.6 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 compared to the same period of 2008 primarily due to unrealized changes in fair value. The period-to-period variance in unrealized changes in fair value was primarily due to higher unrealized risk management and trading losses of $144.9 million and the decrease in origination gains of $59.7 million. We discuss origination gains below.

        The increase in risk management and trading losses of $144.9 million was primarily due to:

        These unfavorable impacts were partially offset by the absence of $57 million of prior year losses related to certain economic hedges, primarily used to manage our gas transportation and storage and freight activities, that do not qualify for or are not designated as cash-flow hedges.

        We did not record any origination gains during the three months ended March 31, 2009. During the three months ended March 31, 2008, our Global Commodities operation amended certain nonderivative contracts to mitigate counterparty performance risk under the existing contracts. As a result of these amendments, the revised contracts became derivatives subject to mark-to-market accounting under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, as amended. The change in accounting for these contracts from nonderivative to derivative resulted in substantially all of the origination gains for 2008 presented in the table above.

Derivative Assets and Liabilities

Derivative assets and liabilities consisted of the following:

 
  March 31,
2009

  December 31,
2008

 
   
 
  (In millions)
 

Current Assets

  $ 1,257.3   $ 1,465.0  

Noncurrent Assets

    767.5     851.8  
   

Total Assets

    2,024.8     2,316.8  
   

Current Liabilities

    1,180.6     1,241.8  

Noncurrent Liabilities

    1,095.5     1,115.0  
   

Total Liabilities

    2,276.1     2,356.8  
   

Net Derivative Position

  $ (251.3 ) $ (40.0 )
   

Composition of net derivative position:

             

Hedges

  $ (1,721.0 ) $ (1,837.6 )

Mark-to-market

    1,036.4     1,485.9  

Net cash collateral included in derivative balances

    433.3     311.7  
   

Net Derivative Position

  $ (251.3 ) $ (40.0 )
   

        As discussed in the Critical Accounting Policies section of our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K, our "Derivative assets and liabilities" include contracts accounted for as hedges and those accounted for on a mark-to-market basis. These amounts are presented in our Consolidated Balance

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Sheets after the impact of legally binding master netting agreements. Due to the impacts of commodity prices, the number of open positions, master netting arrangements, and offsetting risk positions on the presentation of our derivative assets and liabilities in our Consolidated Balance Sheets, we believe an evaluation of the net position is the most relevant measure, and is discussed in more detail below.

        The decrease in our net derivative liability subject to hedge accounting since December 31, 2008 of $116.6 million was due primarily to $415 million of realization of out-of-the-money cash-flow hedges, partially offset by $298 million of increases on our out-of-the-money cash-flow hedge positions primarily related to decreases in power, natural gas, and coal prices during the first quarter of 2009.

        The following are the primary sources of the change in our net derivative asset subject to mark-to-market accounting during the quarter ended March 31, 2008:

   
 
  (In millions)
 

Fair value beginning of period

        $ 1,485.9  

Changes in fair value recorded in earnings

             
 

Origination gains

  $        
 

Unrealized changes in fair value

    (194.5 )      
 

Changes in valuation techniques

           
 

Reclassification of settled contracts to realized

    (316.7 )      
             

Total changes in fair value

          (511.2 )

Changes in value of exchange-listed futures and options

          404.5  

Net change in premiums on options

          (6.6 )

Contracts acquired

          80.5  

Dedesignated contracts and other changes in fair value

          (416.7 )
   

Fair value at end of period

        $ 1,036.4  
   

        Changes in our net derivative asset that affected earnings were as follows:

        The net derivative asset also changed due to the following items recorded in accounts other than in our Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss):

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        The settlement terms of the portion of our net derivative asset subject to mark-to-market accounting and sources of fair value based on the fair value hierarchy established by SFAS No. 157 are as follows as of March 31, 2009:

 
  Settlement Term    
 
 
  2009
  2010
  2011
  2012
  2013
  2014
  Thereafter
  Fair Value
 
   
 
  (In millions)
 

Level 1

  $ 66.1   $ 26.4   $ 5.8   $ 0.7   $ 0.6   $   $   $ 99.6  

Level 2

    436.3     (10.8 )   326.2     130.9     (17.5 )   (1.5 )   1.7     865.3  

Level 3

    278.9     164.3     (192.2 )   (167.4 )   (13.2 )   3.1     (2.0 )   71.5  
   

Total net derivative asset subject to mark-to-market accounting

  $ 781.3   $ 179.9   $ 139.8   $ (35.8 ) $ (30.1 ) $ 1.6   $ (0.3 ) $ 1,036.4  
   

        Management uses its best estimates to determine the fair value of commodity and derivative contracts it holds and sells. These estimates consider various factors including closing exchange and over-the-counter price quotations, time value, volatility factors, and credit exposure. Additionally, because the depth and liquidity of the power markets varies substantially between regions and time periods, the prices used to determine fair value could be affected significantly by the volume of transactions executed. Future market prices and actual quantities will vary from those used in recording mark-to-market energy assets and liabilities, and it is possible that such variations could be material.

        We manage our mark-to-market risk on a portfolio basis based upon the delivery period of our contracts and the individual components of the risks within each contract. Accordingly, we manage the energy purchase and sale obligations under our contracts in separate components based upon the commodity (e.g., electricity or gas), the product (e.g., electricity for delivery during peak or off-peak hours), the delivery location (e.g., by region), the risk profile (e.g., forward or option), and the delivery period (e.g., by month and year).

        The electricity, fuel, and other energy contracts we hold have varying terms to maturity, ranging from contracts for delivery the next hour to contracts with terms of ten years or more. Because an active, liquid electricity futures market comparable to that for other commodities has not developed, many contracts are direct contracts between market participants and are not exchange-traded or financially settling contracts that can be readily offset in their entirety through an exchange or other market mechanism. Consequently, we and other market participants generally realize the value of these contracts as cash flows become due or payable under the terms of the contracts rather than through selling or liquidating the contracts themselves.

        In order to realize the entire value of a long-term contract in a single transaction, we would need to sell or assign the entire contract. If we were to sell or assign any of our long-term contracts in their entirety, we may not realize the entire value reflected in the preceding table. However, based upon the nature of the global commodities operation, we expect to realize the value of these contracts, as well as any contracts we may enter into in the future to manage our risk, over time as the contracts and related hedges settle in accordance with their terms. Generally, we do not expect to realize the value of these contracts and related hedges by selling or assigning the contracts themselves in total.

Impairment losses and Other Costs

Our impairment losses and other costs are discussed in more detail on page 13 in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Workforce Reduction Costs

Our merchant energy business recognized expenses associated with our workforce reduction efforts as discussed in more detail beginning on page 13 in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Merger Termination and Strategic Alternatives Costs

We discuss costs related to the mergers and strategic alternatives in more detail on page 11 in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Amortization of Credit Facility Amendment Fees

Our merchant energy business incurred costs related to the amortization of credit facility amendment fees in connection with the EDF transaction. These costs are classified as interest expense in our Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss).

Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization Expense

Our merchant energy business incurred lower depreciation, depletion and amortization expenses of $7.5 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 compared to the same period of 2008 primarily due to the absence of depletion expenses as a result of divestitures made in 2008 in our upstream gas operations.

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Regulated Electric Business

Our regulated electric business is discussed in detail in Item 1. Business—Electric Business section of our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Results

 
  Quarter Ended
March 31,

 
 
  2009
  2008
 
   
 
  (In millions)
 

Revenues

  $ 806.8   $ 709.4  

Electricity purchased for resale expenses

    (525.2 )   (455.3 )

Operations and maintenance expenses

    (91.1 )   (94.7 )

Depreciation and amortization

    (55.5 )   (50.8 )

Taxes other than income taxes

    (37.2 )   (36.2 )
   

Income from Operations

  $ 97.8   $ 72.4  
   

Net Income

  $ 45.4   $ 36.2  
   

Net income attributable to common stock

  $ 42.9   $ 33.7  
   

Other Items Included in Operations (after-tax):

             

Effective tax rate impact of Maryland settlement agreement

  $   $ 3.0  
   

Above amounts include intercompany transactions eliminated in our Consolidated Financial Statements. The Information by Operating Segment section within the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements on page 17 provides a reconciliation of operating results by segment to our Consolidated Financial Statements.

        Net income attributable to common stock from the regulated electric business increased $9.2 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 compared to the same period in 2008, primarily due to an increase in revenues less electricity purchased for resale expenses of $16.7 million after-tax and decreased operations and maintenance expenses of $2.2 million after-tax, partially offset by the absence of the impact of reduced earnings from the Maryland settlement agreement on our effective tax rate of $3.0 million and increased depreciation and amortization of $2.9 million after-tax.

Electric Revenues

The changes in electric revenues during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 compared to the same period of 2008 were caused by:

 
  Quarter Ended
March 31,
2009 vs. 2008

 
   
 
  (In millions)
 

Distribution volumes

  $ 4.1  

Nuclear decommissioning charges

    4.8  

Smart energy savers program surcharges

    5.3  

Revenue decoupling

    2.1  

Standard offer service

    69.5  

Rate stabilization recovery

    1.9  

Financing credits

    1.0  

Senate Bill 1 credits

    5.2  
   

Total change in electric revenues from electric system sales

    93.9  

Other

    3.5  
   

Total change in electric revenues

  $ 97.4  
   

Distribution Volumes

Distribution volumes are the amount of electricity that BGE delivers to customers in its service territory.

        The percentage changes in our electric distribution volumes, by type of customer, during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 compared to the same period of 2008 were:

 
  Quarter Ended
March 31,
2009 vs. 2008

 
   

Residential

    (1.7 )%

Commercial

    5.2  

Industrial

    (10.4 )

        During the quarter ended March 31, 2009, we distributed less electricity to residential customers compared to the same period of 2008 mostly due to decreased usage per customer, partially offset by colder weather and an increased number of customers. We distributed more electricity to commercial customers compared to the same period of 2008 mostly due to increased usage per customer, colder weather, and an increased number of customers. We distributed less electricity to industrial customers mostly due to decreased usage per customer and a decreased number of customers.

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Nuclear Decommissioning Charges

Effective January 1, 2009, BGE and Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Inc. (Calvert Cliffs) mutually agreed to terminate the decommissioning funds collection agent agreement, which was effective from July 1, 2000 to December 31, 2008. As a result, BGE ceased transferring funds to provide for the decommissioning of Calvert Cliffs Unit 1 and Unit 2. Calvert Cliffs retains the obligation to provide adequate assurances of funding pursuant to Nuclear Regulatory Commission requirements. Under the 2008 Maryland settlement agreement, BGE will continue to provide certain credits to residential customers and assess certain charges to all customers relating to decommissioning.

Smart Energy Savers Program Surcharges

Beginning in 2009, the Maryland PSC approved customer surcharges through which BGE recovers costs associated with certain programs designed to help BGE manage peak demand and encourage customer energy conservation.

Revenue Decoupling

Beginning in 2008, the Maryland PSC allows us to record a monthly adjustment to our electric distribution revenues from residential and small commercial customers to eliminate the effect of abnormal weather and usage patterns per customer on our electric distribution volumes. Beginning in February 2009, the Maryland PSC allows us to record a monthly adjustment to our electric distribution revenues from the majority of our large commercial and industrial customers to eliminate the effect of abnormal weather and usage patterns per customer on our electric distribution volumes. This means our monthly electric distribution revenues for these customers are based on weather and usage that is considered "normal" for the month. Therefore, while these revenues are affected by customer growth, they will not be affected by actual weather or usage conditions.

Standard Offer Service

BGE provides standard offer service for customers that do not select an alternative supplier. We discuss the provisions of Maryland's Senate Bill 1 related to residential electric rates in Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis—Business Environment—Regulation—Maryland—Senate Bills 1 and 400 section of our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

        Standard offer service revenues increased during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 compared to the same period of 2008 mostly due to an increase in the standard offer service rates and higher standard offer service volumes.

Rate Stabilization Recovery

In late June 2007, BGE began recovering amounts deferred during the first rate deferral period that ended on May 31, 2007. In April 2008, BGE began recovering amounts deferred during the second rate deferral period that ended on December 31, 2007. The recovery of the second rate deferral will occur over a 21-month period that began April 1, 2008 and ends on December 31, 2009. The recovery of the first rate stabilization plan will occur over approximately ten years.

Financing Credits

Concurrent with the recovery of the deferred amounts related to the first rate deferral period, we are providing credits to residential customers to compensate them primarily for income tax benefits associated with the financing of the deferred amounts with rate stabilization bonds.

Senate Bill 1 Credits

As a result of Senate Bill 1, beginning January 1, 2007, we were required to provide to residential electric customers a credit equal to the amount collected from all BGE electric customers for the decommissioning of Calvert Cliffs and to suspend collection of the residential return component of the administrative charge collected through residential SOS rates through May 31, 2007. Under an order issued by the Maryland PSC in May 2007, as of June 1, 2007, we were required to reinstate collection of the residential return component of the administration charge in rates and to provide all residential electric customers a credit for the residential return component of the administrative charge. Under the 2008 Maryland settlement agreement, BGE was allowed to resume collection of the residential return portion of the administrative charge from June 1, 2008 through May 31, 2010 without having to rebate it to residential customers.

        The increase in revenues during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 compared to the same period in 2008 is primarily due to the absence of the credit for the residential return component of the administrative charge which was suspended under the Maryland settlement agreement, partially offset by lower distribution volumes.

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Electricity Purchased for Resale Expenses

Electricity purchased for resale expenses include the cost of electricity purchased for resale to our standard offer service customers. These costs do not include the cost of electricity purchased by delivery service only customers. The following table summarizes our regulated electricity purchased for resale expenses:

 
  Quarter Ended
March 31,

 
 
  2009
  2008
 
   
 
  (In millions)
 

Actual costs

  $ 509.4   $ 441.2  

Recovery under rate stabilization plan

    15.8     14.1  
   

Electricity purchased for resale expenses

  $ 525.2   $ 455.3  
   

Actual Costs

BGE's actual costs for electricity purchased for resale increased $68.2 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 compared to the same period of 2008 primarily due to higher contract prices to purchase electricity for our customers and higher volumes.

Recovery under Rate Stabilization Plan

In late June 2007, we began recovering previously deferred amounts from customers. We recovered $15.8 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 in deferred electricity purchased for resale expenses. Of the $15.8 million recovered, $14.6 million secures the payment of principal and interest and other ongoing costs associated with rate stabilization bonds issued by a subsidiary of BGE in June 2007.

Electric Operations and Maintenance Expenses

Regulated electric operations and maintenance expenses decreased $3.6 million in the quarter ended March 31, 2009 compared to the same period in 2008 primarily due to $4.3 million in lower labor and benefit costs and the absence of $1.6 million in incremental distribution service restoration expenses associated with 2008 storms, partially offset by increased uncollectible accounts receivable expense of $3.7 million.

Electric Depreciation and Amortization

Regulated electric depreciation and amortization expense increased $4.7 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 compared to the same period in 2008, primarily due to $7.9 million in increased amortization expense associated with the smart energy savers programs and additional property placed in service in 2009, partially offset by lower depreciation expense as a result of revised depreciation rates which were implemented on June 1, 2008 for regulatory and financial reporting purposes as part of the Maryland settlement agreement. The Maryland settlement agreement is discussed in more detail in Note 2 to Consolidated Financial Statements of our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Regulated Gas Business

Our regulated gas business is discussed in detail in Item 1. Business—Gas Business section of our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Results

 
  Quarter Ended
March 31,

 
 
  2009
  2008
 
   
 
  (In millions)
 

Revenues

  $ 386.9   $ 396.4  

Gas purchased for resale expenses

    (258.1 )   (270.0 )

Operations and maintenance expenses

    (35.9 )   (38.9 )

Depreciation and amortization

    (11.4 )   (11.9 )

Taxes other than income taxes

    (10.4 )   (10.4 )
   

Income from operations

  $ 71.1   $ 65.2  
   

Net Income

  $ 39.6   $ 40.2  
   

Net Income attributable to common stock

  $ 38.8   $ 39.4  
   

Other Items Included in Operations (after-tax):

             

Effective tax rate impact of Maryland settlement agreement

  $   $ 3.6  
   

Above amounts include intercompany transactions eliminated in our Consolidated Financial Statements. The Information by Operating Segment section within the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements on page 17 provides a reconciliation of operating results by segment to our Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Gas Revenues

The changes in gas revenues during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 compared to the same period of 2008 were caused by:

 
  Quarter Ended
March 31,
2009 vs. 2008

 
   
 
  (In millions)
 

Distribution volumes

  $ 6.3  

Conservation surcharge

    0.5  

Gas revenue decoupling

    (6.0 )

Gas cost adjustments

    14.9  
   

Total change in gas revenues from gas system sales

    15.7  

Off-system sales

    (24.5 )

Other

    (0.7 )
   

Total change in gas revenues

  $ (9.5 )
   

Distribution Volumes

The percentage changes in our distribution volumes, by type of customer, during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 compared to the same period of 2008 were:

 
  Quarter Ended
March 31,
2009 vs. 2008

 
   

Residential

    7.8 %

Commercial

    2.4  

Industrial

    1.7  

        During the quarter ended March 31, 2009, we distributed more gas to residential and commercial customers compared to the same period of 2008 mostly due to colder weather and an increased number of customers, partially offset by decreased usage per customer. We distributed more gas to industrial customers mostly due to increased usage per customer.

Conservation Surcharge

Beginning February 2009, the Maryland PSC approved a customer surcharge through which BGE recovers costs associated with certain programs designed to help BGE encourage customer conservation.

Gas Revenue Decoupling

The Maryland PSC allows us to record a monthly adjustment to our gas distribution revenues to eliminate the effect of abnormal weather and usage patterns per customer on our gas distribution volumes. This means our monthly gas distribution revenues are based on weather and usage that is considered "normal" for the month. Therefore, while these revenues are affected by customer growth, they will not be affected by actual weather or usage conditions.

Gas Cost Adjustments

We charge our gas customers for the natural gas they purchase from us using gas cost adjustment clauses set by the Maryland PSC as described in Note 1 of our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K. However, under the market-based rates mechanism approved by the Maryland PSC, our actual cost of gas is compared to a market index (a measure of the market price of gas in a given period). The difference between our actual cost and the market index is shared equally between shareholders and customers.

        Customers who do not purchase gas from BGE are not subject to the gas cost adjustment clauses because we are not selling gas to them. However, these customers are charged base rates to recover the costs BGE incurs to deliver their gas through our distribution system, and are included in the gas distribution volume revenues.

        Gas cost adjustment revenues increased $14.9 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 compared to the same period of 2008 because we sold more gas, partially offset by lower rates.

Off-System Sales

Off-system sales are low-margin direct sales of gas to wholesale suppliers of natural gas. Off-system gas sales, which occur after we have satisfied our customers' demand, are not subject to gas cost adjustments. The Maryland PSC approved an arrangement for part of the margin from off-system sales to benefit customers (through reduced costs) and the remainder to be retained by BGE (which benefits shareholders). Changes in off-system sales do not significantly impact earnings.

        Revenues from off-system gas sales decreased $24.5 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 compared to the same period of 2008 because we sold less gas at lower prices.

Gas Purchased For Resale Expenses

Gas purchased for resale expenses include the cost of gas purchased for resale to our customers and for off-system sales. These costs do not include the cost of gas purchased by delivery service only customers.

        Gas costs decreased $11.9 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 compared to the same period of 2008 primarily due to lower prices, partially offset by more gas purchased.

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Gas Operations and Maintenance Expenses

Regulated gas operation and maintenance expenses decreased $3.0 million in the quarter ended March 31, 2009 compared to the same period in 2008, primarily due to $3.6 million in lower labor and benefit costs, partially offset by increased uncollectible accounts receivable expense of $1.5 million.

Other Nonregulated Businesses

Results

 
  Quarter Ended
March 31,

 
 
  2009
  2008
 
   
 
  (In millions)
 

Revenues

  $ 57.3   $ 59.2  

Operating expenses

    (42.3 )   (45.4 )

Depreciation and amortization

    (18.1 )   (14.5 )

Taxes other than income taxes

    (0.8 )   (0.5 )
   

Loss from Operations

  $ (3.9 ) $ (1.2 )
   

Net (Loss) Income

  $ (2.0 ) $ 0.3  
   

Net (Loss) Income attributable to common stock

  $ (2.0 ) $ 0.4  
   

Above amounts include intercompany transactions eliminated in our Consolidated Financial Statements. The Information by Operating Segment section within the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements on page 17 provides a reconciliation of operating results by segment to our Consolidated Financial Statements.

        The $2.4 million decrease to a net loss attributable to common stock of $2.0 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 compared to the net income attributable to common stock for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, is primarily due to increased depreciation and amortization expense as a result of increased property additions during 2008.

Consolidated Nonoperating Income and Expenses

Other (Expense) Income

In the first quarter of 2009, we had other expenses of $27.5 million and, in the first quarter of 2008, we had other income of $42.7 million. The $70.2 million decrease in 2009 compared to 2008 is mostly due to an increase in other-than-temporary impairment charges related to our nuclear decommissioning trust fund assets of $52.7 million.

Fixed Charges

Fixed charges increased $50.6 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 compared to the same period of 2008 mostly due to a higher level of interest expense associated with new debt issuances, primarily the Series A and Series B Preferred Stock issuances, in 2008 and higher amortization of debt issuance and credit facility costs.

Income Taxes

Income tax expense decreased $318.1 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 compared to the same period of 2008 mostly due to a loss before income taxes in 2009 compared to income before income taxes in 2008. Additionally, a higher effective tax rate in 2009 decreased income tax expense because it produced a higher income tax benefit when applied to the loss before income taxes.

        BGE's income tax expense increased $20.1 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 mostly due to a higher effective tax rate. For the quarter ended March 31, 2008, BGE had a lower effective tax rate. BGE projected a reduction in its 2008 taxable income, which increased the relative impact of the favorable permanent tax adjustments in its effective tax rate, as a result of the impact of certain provisions of the 2008 Maryland settlement agreement.

Defined Benefit Plans Funded Status

Our actual return on qualified pension plan assets for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 was a loss of 7.0% as compared to our assumption of an expected annual return on pension plan assets of 8.5%. This loss reflects the continued declines in financial markets that began in 2008 and have continued through March 31, 2009. If our qualified pension plan assets continue to underperform for the remainder of 2009, our actual 2010 pension expense and future contribution levels may be affected.

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Financial Condition

Cash Flows

The following table summarizes our cash flows for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, excluding the impact of changes in intercompany balances.

 
  2009 Segment
Cash Flows

  Consolidated
Cash Flows

 
 
     
 
  Quarter Ended
March 31, 2009

  Quarter Ended
March 31,

 
 
  Merchant
  Regulated
  Holding
Company and
Other

  2009
  2008
 
   
 
  (In millions)
 

Operating Activities

                               
 

Net (loss) income

  $ (202.7 ) $ 85.0   $ (2.0 ) $ (119.7 ) $ 149.4  
 

Non-cash merger termination and strategic alternatives costs

    37.2             37.2      
 

Derivative sales contracts classified as financing activities under SFAS No. 149

    296.8             296.8     1.5  
 

Other non-cash adjustments to net (loss) income

    217.1     92.2     26.2     335.5     31.5  
 

Changes in working capital

                               
   

Derivative assets and liabilities, excluding collateral

    62.9     0.1     4.6     67.6     (1.2 )
   

Net collateral and margin

    209.6     2.0         211.6     323.7  
   

Other changes

    320.3     137.9     (65.8 )   392.4     (125.2 )
 

Defined benefit obligations1

                (251.5 )   (62.4 )
 

Other

    (80.1 )   6.5     93.5     19.9     31.1  
       

Net cash provided by operating activities

    861.1     323.7     56.5     989.8     348.4  
       

Investing activities

                               
 

Investments in property, plant and equipment

    (310.3 )   (79.1 )   (2.7 )   (392.1 )   (388.4 )
 

Asset acquisitions, net of cash acquired

                    (156.9 )
 

Contributions to nuclear decommissioning trust funds

    (18.7 )           (18.7 )   (18.7 )
 

Proceeds from sale of investments and other assets

    0.2         31.2     31.4     63.8  
 

Contract and portfolio acquisitions

    (866.3 )           (866.3 )    
 

Decrease (increase) in restricted funds2

    0.2     (24.5 )   1,003.6     979.3     (39.3 )
 

Other investments

    (0.9 )           (0.9 )   (0.6 )
       

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

    (1,195.8 )   (103.6 )   1,032.1     (267.3 )   (540.1 )
       

Cash flows from operating activities less cash flows from investing activities

  $ (334.7 ) $ 220.1   $ 1,088.6     722.5     (191.7 )
           

Financing Activities1

                               
 

Net repayment of debt (includes $1 billion of 14% Senior Notes to MidAmerican)

                      (803.4 )   (163.7 )
 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

                      5.8     3.9  
 

Debt issuance costs

                      (62.7 )    
 

Common stock dividends paid

                      (85.7 )   (79.3 )
 

BGE preference stock dividends paid

                      (3.3 )   (3.3 )
 

Proceeds from contract and portfolio acquisitions

                      863.8      
 

Derivative sales contracts classified as financing activities under SFAS No. 149

                      (296.8 )   (1.5 )
 

Other

                      4.3     2.3  
                         

Net cash used in financing activities

                      (378.0 )   (241.6 )
                         

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

                    $ 344.5   $ (433.3 )
                         

1 Items are not allocated to the business segments because they are managed for the company as a whole.
2 The decrease in restricted funds at our Holding Company and Other is primarily related to $1.0 billion of restricted cash related to the issuance of Series B Preferred Stock to EDF in December 2008. These funds were held at the holding company and were restricted for payment of the 14% Senior Notes held by MidAmerican. The 14% Senior Notes were repaid in full in January 2009.

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Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Cash provided by operating activities was $989.8 million in 2009 compared to $348.4 million in 2008. This $641.4 million increase in cash flows was primarily due to $474.3 million of net favorable changes in working capital and a net increase of $295.3 million as a result of a reclassification of proceeds from derivative power sales contracts as financing activities under SFAS No. 149. We discuss the impact on cash flows from financing activities below. These favorable changes were partially offset by a $195.0 million increase in pension contributions.

        The net favorable changes in working capital of $474.3 million included $266.8 million in declines in fuel stock inventory, $179.6 million in increased income tax refunds, $153.5 million reduction in cash paid for performance based compensation, partially offset by $112.1 million less net collateral and margin returned in 2009 as compared to 2008.

        We continue to improve our collateral position in 2009. Total net cash collateral posted in 2009 decreased compared to the balance as of December 31, 2008 as follows:

   
 
  (In millions)
 

Net collateral and margin posted, December 31, 2008

  $ (1,445.6 )

Additional collateral held associated with nonderivative contracts

    26.3  

Net return of collateral posted associated with nonderivative contracts*

    128.2  

Return of initial and variation margin posted on exchange-traded transactions recorded in accounts receivable

    178.7  

Additional fair value net cash collateral posted (netted against derivative assets / liabilities)**

    (121.6 )
   

Change in net collateral and margin posted

    211.6  
   

Net collateral and margin posted, March 31, 2009

  $ (1,234.0 )
   

* Includes approximately $214 million of additional collateral posted due to certain counterparties that would not accept letters of credit issued by certain financial institutions.
** We discuss our netting of fair value collateral with our derivative assets / liabilities in more detail in Note 13 to Consolidated Financial Statements of our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

        The $211.6 million decrease in net collateral and margin posted during 2009 primarily reflects the following:

        These decreases were offset by changes in commodity prices and the level of our open positions.

        We discuss all forms of collateral in terms of their impact on our net available liquidity in the Available Sources of Funding section.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

Cash used in investing activities was $267.3 million in 2009 compared to $540.1 million in 2008. The $272.8 million decrease in 2009 compared to 2008 was primarily due to:

        This decrease in cash used for investing activities was partially offset by $866.3 million in cash used for contract and portfolio acquisitions as a result of the structure of the divestiture of a majority of our international commodities operation in March 2009. We discuss our divestitures in more detail beginning on page 14 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. There was no such activity in 2008.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Cash used in financing activities was $378.0 million in 2009 compared to $241.6 million in 2008. The increase in cash used for financing activities of $136.4 million was primarily due to:

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        This increase in cash used for financing activities was partially offset by $863.8 million in cash received for contract and portfolio acquisitions as a result of the structure of the divestiture of a majority of our international commodities operation in March 2009. We discuss our divestitures on more detail beginning on page 14 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. There was no such activity in 2008.

Available Sources of Funding

In addition to cash generated from business operations, we rely upon access to capital for our capital expenditure programs and for the liquidity required to operate and support our commercial businesses. Our liquidity requirements are funded by credit facilities and cash. We fund our short-term working capital needs with existing cash and with our credit facilities, which support direct cash borrowings and the issuance of commercial paper. We also use our credit facilities to support the issuance of letters of credit, primarily for our merchant energy business.

        The primary drivers of our use of liquidity have been our capital expenditure requirements and collateral requirements associated with hedging our generating assets, hedging our Customer Supply business in both power and gas, and hedging our coal businesses. Significant changes in the prices of commodities, depending on hedging strategies we have employed, could require us to post additional letters of credit, and thereby reduce the overall amount available under our credit facilities or to post additional cash, and thereby reduce our available cash balance. The current disruptions in the credit and capital markets have made it more difficult for us to raise capital and access the credit necessary to obtain sufficient liquidity to meet our business requirements.

Constellation Energy

At March 31, 2009, we had approximately $6.2 billion in committed credit facilities available as shown below. We have also included the pro forma effect on our credit facilities, which are reduced or terminated upon the occurrence of certain events, of closing the EDF transactions:

Facility Expiration
  Facility
Size

  Facility Size
Upon Completion
of the EDF
Transactions

 
   
 
  (In billions)
 

July 2012

  $ 3.85   $ 2.32  

November 20091

    1.23      

June 20092

    0.60      

September 2013

    0.35      

December 2009

    0.15      
   
 

Total

  $ 6.18   $ 2.32  
   

1 Size of facility may be reduced by proceeds received from certain securities offerings or asset sales.
2 This facility terminated during April 2009 as a result of the EDF put arrangement becoming effective.

        Collectively, these facilities currently support the issuance of letters of credit and/or cash borrowings up to approximately $6.2 billion as of March 31, 2009. At March 31, 2009, we had approximately $3.4 billion in letters of credit issued, and we borrowed approximately $0.7 billion under one of our credit facilities, and we had no commercial paper outstanding. During the month of April 2009, Constellation Energy issued no commercial paper. We may utilize commercial paper as a primary source of short-term debt if market conditions return to normal.

        In connection with the Investment Agreement with EDF, EDF has provided us with up to $2 billion pre-tax, or approximately $1.4 billion after-tax, of additional liquidity pursuant to a put arrangement that will allow us to require EDF to purchase certain non-nuclear generation assets. The amount of after-tax proceeds will be impacted by the assets actually sold and the related tax impacts at that time.

        During April 2009, we received regulatory approvals and consents for the majority of the assets covered by the put arrangement. As of April 30, 2009, we have approximately $1.1 billion after-tax of liquidity becoming available. We expect to receive regulatory approval for an additional asset in the third quarter of 2009, which will increase the net after-tax liquidity to $1.4 billion. The $600 million interim backstop liquidity facility provided by EDF terminated as a result of the put arrangement becoming available. The put arrangement will expire at the

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earlier of December 31, 2010 or the termination of the Investment Agreement by EDF in the event of a breach of contract by us.

        Certain credit facilities of Constellation Energy contain a provision requiring Constellation Energy to maintain a ratio of debt to capitalization equal to or less than 65%. At March 31, 2009, the debt to capitalization ratios as defined in the credit agreements were no greater than 56%.

        Our $1.23 billion credit facility requires us to maintain consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization to consolidated interest expense ratio of at least 2.75 when our Standard and Poors (S&P) senior unsecured debt rating is BBB- or lower and our Moody's senior unsecured debt rating is Baa3 or lower. Compliance with the covenant is not required as of April 30, 2009 as S&P's senior unsecured debt rating is above BBB-.

        The terms of the Series B Preferred Stock allow us to issue debt without the consent of the holders of the majority of the Series B Preferred Stock only if, after issuance of such debt, we maintain a ratio of debt to capitalization equal to or less than 65%.

        Under our $3.85 billion and $1.23 billion credit facilities, we will be required to grant a lien on certain generating facilities and pledge our ownership interests in our nuclear business to the lenders upon the earlier of (i) the closing of the Investment Agreement with EDF or (ii) the date on which both the Investment Agreement is terminated and our S&P or FitchRatings senior unsecured debt credit rating is below BBB- or our Moody's senior unsecured debt credit rating is below Baa3.

BGE

BGE currently maintains a $400.0 million five-year revolving credit facility expiring in 2011. BGE can use the facility to issue letters of credit or to issue short-term debt through the issuance of commercial paper or through direct borrowing against the facility. At March 31, 2009, BGE had $370.0 million on its $400 million credit facility outstanding to secure funds in advance of maturing commercial paper and other obligations.

        At March 31, 2009, BGE had no commercial paper outstanding. During the month of April 2009, BGE issued $20.0 million in commercial paper. BGE may utilize commercial paper as a primary source of short-term debt if market conditions return to normal.

        The credit agreement of BGE contains a provision requiring BGE to maintain a ratio of debt to capitalization equal to or less than 65%. At March 31, 2009, the debt to capitalization ratio for BGE as defined in this credit agreement was 53%.

        Decreases in Constellation Energy's or BGE's credit ratings would not trigger an early payment on any of our, or BGE's, credit facilities.

Net Available Liquidity

The following tables provide a summary of our net available liquidity at December 31, 2008 and March 31, 2009:

 
  As of December 31, 2008  
 
  Constellation
Energy

  BGE
  Total
Consolidated

 
   
 
  (In billions)
 

Credit facilities

  $ 6.2   $ 0.4   $ 6.6  

Less: Letters of credit issued

    (3.6 )       (3.6 )

Less: Cash drawn on credit facilities

    (0.5 )   (0.4 )   (0.9 )
   

Undrawn facilities

    2.1         2.1  

Less: Commercial paper outstanding

             
   

Net available facilities

    2.1         2.1  

Add: Cash

    0.2         0.2  
   

Net available liquidity

  $ 2.3   $   $ 2.3  
   

 

 
  As of March 31, 2009  
 
  Constellation
Energy

  BGE
  Total
Consolidated

 
   
 
  (In billions)
 

Credit facilities

  $ 6.2   $ 0.4   $ 6.6  

Less: Letters of credit issued

    (3.4 )       (3.4 )

Less: Cash drawn on credit facilities

    (0.7 )   (0.4 )   (1.1 )
   

Undrawn facilities

    2.1         2.1  

Less: Commercial paper outstanding

             
   

Net available facilities

    2.1         2.1  

Add: Cash

    0.5         0.5  
   

Net available liquidity

  $ 2.6   $   $ 2.6  
   

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        The following table provides our estimated net available liquidity at April 30, 2009:

 
  As of April 30, 2009  
 
  Constellation
Energy

  BGE
  Total
Consolidated

 
   
 
  (In billions)
 

Credit facilities

  $ 5.6   $ 0.4   $ 6.0  

Less: Letters of credit issued

    (3.1 )       (3.1 )

Less: Cash drawn on credit facilities

    (0.3 )   (0.4 )   (0.7 )
   

Undrawn facilities

    2.2         2.2  

Less: Commercial paper outstanding

             
   

Net available facilities

    2.2         2.2  

Add: Cash

    0.7         0.7  

Add: EDF put arrangement

    1.1         1.1  
   

Net available liquidity

  $ 4.0   $   $ 4.0  
   

        Net available liquidity increased from December 31, 2008 to April 30, 2009 by approximately $1.7 billion as follows:

   
 
  (In billions)
 

Decrease in letters of credit issued

  $ 0.5  

Increase in cash

    0.5  

Decrease in cash drawn on credit facilities

    0.2  

Decrease in credit facilities

    (0.6 )

EDF put arrangement

    1.1  
   

Increase in net available liquidity

  $ 1.7  
   

        Through our efforts to reduce risk, we have significantly improved our liquidity. Through April 30, 2009, our risk management actions have resulted in a net increase in available liquidity of approximately $300 million since December 31, 2008. Specifically, we restructured and terminated existing transactions and amended certain credit agreements, which led to lower working capital requirements and reduced posting of initial margin. In addition, through April 30, 2009 we received substantially all of the $1 billion of total net collateral expected to be returned as a result of the successful execution of our divestitures. Lastly, the change in credit facilities and EDF put arrangement was due to the receipt of required regulatory approvals on all but one asset covered by the EDF put arrangement, which resulted in the termination of the EDF interim backstop liquidity facility.

        As discussed in our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K, we have made substantial changes in our strategy to improve our liquidity and our credit profile, including focusing on the following immediate goals:

        Our liquidity needs vary as commodity prices change. We regularly evaluate the effects of changing price levels on our liquidity needs by estimating the impacts of volatile power, gas, and coal prices on our price sensitive sources and uses of liquidity. For example, energy contracts settling in the current year may impact our cash flows and changing price levels may impact our collateral requirements. Additionally, we consider the impact of other sources and uses of liquidity, including planned business divestitures, anticipated new business, capital expenditures, operating expenses and credit charges. Also, we are exposed to certain operational risks that could have a significant impact on our liquidity. We discuss these risks in more detail in the Risk Factors section of our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

        We believe that the actions that we have taken will be sufficient to meet our ongoing liquidity requirements over the next 12 months. However, if we cannot successfully execute on our strategies and/or actual changes in commodity prices differ from our estimates, our available liquidity would be negatively affected, which would have a material adverse effect on our financial results and condition.

Collateral

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remaining economically hedged in our Generation and power and gas Customer Supply operations, third party coal business, and our trading activities. To support wholesale and retail power Customer Supply obligations, as well as some trading activities, Constellation Energy posts collateral to ISOs. Forward hedging of our Generation and Customer Supply obligations, as well as our Global Commodities trading activities, creates the need to transact with exchanges such as New York Mercantile Exchange and Intercontinental Exchange. We post initial margin based on exchange rules, as well as variation margin related to the change in value of the net open position with the exchange. Constellation Energy's initial margin requirements increased during the third quarter of 2008 as a result of changes in exchange rules and decreased during the fourth quarter of 2008 as a result of portfolio risk reduction and downsizing activities. During the quarter ended March 31, 2009, our initial margin requirements continued to decrease. In March 2009, we closed out our exchange positions related to our international commodities operation and gas trading operation, which reduced our margin posted with each exchange with which we transact. Daily variation margin postings to each exchange depend on price moves in the underlying power, gas and coal exchange traded forward and option contracts.

        In addition to the collateral posted to ISOs and exchanges, we post collateral with certain counterparties. These collateral amounts may be fixed or may vary with price levels.

        There are certain asymmetries relating to the use of collateral that create liquidity requirements for our merchant energy businesses. These asymmetries arise as a result of our actions to be economically hedged as well as market conditions or conventions for conducting business that result in some transactions being collateralized while others are not, including:

        Customers of our merchant energy business rely on the creditworthiness of Constellation Energy. In this regard, we have certain agreements that contain provisions that would require us to post additional collateral upon a credit rating downgrade in the senior unsecured debt of Constellation Energy. Based on contractual provisions at March 31, 2009, we estimate that if Constellation Energy's senior unsecured debt were downgraded to one level below the investment grade threshold we would have the following additional collateral obligations:

Credit Ratings Downgraded to*
  Level Below
Current Rating

  Additional
Obligations**

 
   
 
  (In billions)
 

Below investment grade

    1   $ 1.8  
   

* If there are split ratings among the independent credit-rating agencies, the lowest credit rating is used to determine our incremental collateral obligations.

** Includes $0.4 billion related to derivative contracts as discussed in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page 33.

        We estimate that our additional collateral obligations in the event of a downgrade to one level below the investment grade threshold would be $1.5 billion as of April 30, 2009, which primarily reflects the successful execution of the announced divestitures. The actual amount of the reduction will be impacted the timing of the remaining contract assignments.