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Exelon Corporation is one of the nation's largest electric utilities with approximately 5.4 million customers. The company has one of the industry's largest portfolios of electricity generation capacity, with a nationwide reach and strong positions in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. Exelon distributes electricity to approximately 5.4 million customers in Illinois and Pennsylvania and gas to more than 440,000 customers in the Philadelphia area. Exelon is headquartered in Chicago and trades on the NYSE under the ticker EXC.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is an independent regulatory agency established by the U.S. Congress under the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to ensure adequate protection of the public health and safety, the common defense and security, and the environment in the use of nuclear materials in the United States.
The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) is the policy organization of the nuclear energy and technologies industry and participates in both the national and global policy-making process. NEI's objective is to ensure the formation of policies that promote the beneficial uses of nuclear energy and technologies in the United States and around the world.
The Pa. Department of Environmental Protection is committed to providing a high quality of life for the residents of Pennsylvania, by assisting the residents of Pennsylvania in preserving, sustaining, protecting and enhancing the environment to ensure the integration of high environmental quality, public health and economic vitality.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is an independent regulatory agency within the Department of Energy that regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas, and oil ; regulates the transmission of oil by pipeline in interstate commerce; regulates the transmission and wholesale sales of electricity in interstate commerce; licenses and inspects private, municipal and state hydroelectric projects; oversees related environmental matters and administers accounting and financial reporting regulations and conducts of jurisdictional companies.
The Department of Energy's mission is to foster a secure and reliable energy system that is environmentally and economically sustainable and to support continued United States leadership in science and technology.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's mission is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment - air, water, and land - upon which life depends. For 30 years, the EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people.
For over two decades, the Yucca Mountain Project has conducted an extensive scientific effort to determine whether Yucca Mountain, Nevada is a suitable site for a deep underground facility called a repository. The purpose of a repository is to safely isolate highly radioactive nuclear waste for at least 10,000 years.
Edison Electric Institute (EEI) is the association of United States shareholder-owned electric companies, international affiliates, and industry associates worldwide. Our U.S. members serve 97 percent of the ultimate customers in the shareholder owned segment of the industry, and 71 percent of all electric utility ultimate customers in the nation. They generate almost 60 percent of the electricity produced by U.S. electric generators.
The World Nuclear Association (WNA) is the global industrial organization that seeks to promote the peaceful worldwide use of nuclear power as a sustainable energy resource for the coming centuries.
The PJM Interconnection plays a vital role in the U.S. electric system. As a regional transmission organization (RTO), PJM coordinates the movement of electricity through all or parts of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency provides evacuation routes for use by area residents in the event of any emergency in the area.