RS-05-066, Letter from NRC, Additional Information for License Transfer Applications, to Exelon Generation Company, LLC and Amergen Energy Company, LLC Dated May 10, 2005
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| Site: | Dresden, Peach Bottom, Oyster Creek, Byron, Braidwood, Limerick, Clinton, Quad Cities, Zion, LaSalle, Crane  |
| Issue date: | 05/24/2005 |
| From: | Cowan P AmerGen Energy Co, Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear |
| To: | Document Control Desk, NRC/FSME |
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| RS-05-066 | |
| Download: ML051660090 (12) | |
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An Exelon Company www.exe1oncorp.com Nuclear AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Exelon Generation Warrenville, IL 60555 4300 win5eld Road Warrenville, IL 6o555 RS-05-066 May 24, 2005 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001 Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-72 and NPF-77 NRC Docket Nos. STN 50-456 and STN 50-457 Byron Station, Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-37 and NPF-66 NRC Docket Nos. STN 50-454 and STN 50-455 Clinton Power Station Facility Operating License No. NPF-62 NRC Docket No. 50-461 Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 1, 2 and 3 Facility Operating License No. DPR-2 Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-19 and DPR-25 NRC Docket Nos. 50-10. 50-237 and 50-249 LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-1 I and NPF-18 NRC Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374 Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-39 and NPF-85 NRC Docket Nos. 50-352 and 50-353 Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station Facility Operating License No. DPR-16 NRC Docket No. 50-219 Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 Facility Operating License No. DPR-12 Renewed Facility Operating Ucense Nos. DPR-44 and DPR-56 NRC Docket Nos. 50-171. 50-277. and 50-278 Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-29 and DPR-30 NRC Docket Nos. 50-254 and 50-265
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission May 24, 2005 Page 2 Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 Facility Operating License No. DPR-50 NRC Docket No. 50-289 Zion Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-39 and DPR-48 NRC Docket Nos. 50-295 and 50-304
Subject:
Additional Information Regarding License Transfer Applications
Reference:
Letter from NRC, 'Additional Information for License Transfer Applications," to Exelon Generation Company, LLC and AmerGen Energy Company, LLC dated May 10, 2005 As documented in the referenced letter, Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon Generation) and AmerGen Energy Company, LLC (AmerGen) agreed to provide additional information to the NRC regarding the requests for license transfers associated with the proposed merger of Exelon Corporation and Public Service Enterprise Group. provides the additional information.
Included in Attachment I are the assumptions used in the development of the projected income statement and, as described In the enclosed affidavit, Exelon Generation and AmerGen consider this confidential financial information. Accordingly, Exelon Generation and AmerGen request this information be withheld from public disclosure in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390(a)(4), Public. inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding." A non-proprietary version of Attachment 1, suitable for public disclosure, is provided as Attachment 2.
If you have any questions about this letter, please contact Kenneth Ainger at (856) 339-2136.
Respectfully, Pamela B. C n
Director - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Exelon Generation Company, LLC AmerGen Energy Company, LLC Attachments Enclosure
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
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COUNTY OF CHESTER
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Pamela B. Cowan, being duly sworn according to law deposes and says:
I am Director -
Licensing and Regulatory Affairs of Exelon Generation Company, LLC and AmerGen Company, LLC, and as such, I am familiar with the contents of the attachments accompanying this correspondence (RS-05-066) concerning the requests for license transfers associated with the proposed merger of Exelon Corporation and Public Service Enterprise Group, and the matters set forth therein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.
Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon Generation) and AmerGen Energy Company, LLC (AmerGen) request that this correspondence be treated as confidential and withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390(a)(4).
Specifically, information in Attachment 1 provides assumptions used in the development of the projected income statement of Exelon Generation Company, LLC post-merger and contains commercial and financial information that is privileged and confidential.
The information therein has been held in confidence and not disclosed to the public.
Internal distribution of this information has likewise been limited to essential Exelon Generation and AmerGen personnel.
Subscribed and Sworn to before me this c..LT day of I.
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, 2005 iCt dCOMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVAN H
Notarial Sa Stab L Sprowe. Notary PubC Notary Public of Pennsylvania Kennett Twp., ChesterCounty My Commission Expires Sept. 20,2008 Member. Pennsylvania Assoclation Of Notaries
ATTACHMENT 2 (NON - PROPRIETARY VERSION)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR LICENSE TRANSFER APPLICATIONS
- 1.
Identification of the Securities and Exchange Commission filings that contain the information specific to the merger.
Response
On March 15, 2005, Exelon Corporation and Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated filed Form U-1, 'Application - Declaration Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935" with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 70-10294). A description of the proposed merger is on page 1 of this filing. A description of Exelon Generation restructuring is on page 11 of this filing.
- 2.
Confirmation that there are no intermediate companies above Exelon Generation in the new corporate structure other than Exelon Ventures.
Response
Exelon Ventures Company, LLC is the only intermediate holding company between Exelon Generation and Exelon Electric & Gas Corporation in the proposed post-merger corporate structure.
- 3.
Confirmation that the Exelon Nuclear Group is a business unit rather than a separate company.
Response
As depicted in the organization chart provided in response to item 4 below, Exelon Nuclear is a business unit of Exelon Generation and not a separate company.
- 4.
An organization chart showing the relationship between the Exelon Nuclear Group and Exelon Generation.
Response
Figure 1 is an organization chart that shows Exelon Nuclear as a business unit within Exelon Generation.
- 5.
All information as described in 10 CFR 50.33(d)(3) for Exelon Generation, Exelon Ventures Company, and Exelon Electric & Gas Corporation to the extent not yet provided.
Response
The information specified in 10 CFR 50.33(d)(3)(i) and (iii) was provided in the Exelon Generation submittal, "Application for Approval of License Transfers,"
dated March 3, 2005 and the AmerGen submittal, 'Application for Approval of
Indirect License Transfers," dated March 3, 2005. Tables 1 and 2 provide names and titles of officers of Exelon Generation and Exelon Ventures Company, LLC, respectively. The mailing address of the officers of Exelon Generation is 300 Exelon Way, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 19348. Exelon Generation is organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The mailing address of the officers of Exelon Ventures Company, LLC is 10 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. Exelon Ventures Company, LLC is organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. The officers of Exelon Generation (except one officer as denoted on Table 1) and the officers of Exelon Ventures Company, LLC are U.S. citizens. Exelon Generation and AmerGen provide the information in Tables 1 and 2 as an organizational snapshot and note that periodic organizational title and staff changes will necessarily alter some of the names and titles before the license transfers are finalized. With respect to Exelon Electric & Gas, as described in the applications mentioned above, the new Board of Directors will be nominated at a ratio of two-thirds by Exelon Corporation and one-third by Public Service Enterprise Group and any change to its officers will be made once the merger is completed. We will provide the names, addresses, and citizenship of the directors and principle officers of Exelon Electric & Gas following consummation of the merger.
- 6.
The assumptions that were used in the development of the projected income statement.
Response
Tables 3 and 4 contain assumptions used in the projected income statement for Exelon Generation post-merger. The net annual mean rating, net capacity factor, refueling outages, and site expenses are provided for the nuclear units.
- 7.
A statement related to the AmerGen submittal confirming that the emergency plans will not be affected by the merger.
Response
The emergency plans for the AmerGen units (i.e., Clinton Power Station, Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, and Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1) will not be required to be revised as a result of the merger. However, with the objective of improving emergency preparedness post-merger, a revision to the emergency plan for Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station may be proposed as a result of integrating the Salem and Hope Creek Generating Stations into the Exelon Generation/AmerGen fleet.
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V Figure 1 Business Units of Exelon Generation Company, LLC l Exelon Generation Company, LLC Exelon Nuclear Operates and maintains Exelon's nuclear assets Exelon Power Operates and maintains Exelon's fossil and hydro units
I Table 1 Officers of Exelon Generation Company, LLC
- Ian P. McLean John L. Skolds Christopher M. Crane J. Barry Mitchell Charles G. Pardee Kenneth W. Cornew Robert J. Hovey Richard P. Lopriore Michael Pacilio Mark A. Schiavoni David W. Woods J. Tyler Anthony Phillip S. Barnett Robert S Bement Jeffrey A. Benjamin Danny G. Bost Robert C. Braun Kevin Cellars Thomas Coutu Martin J. Coveney President, Exelon Power Team President, Exelon Generation President and Chief Nuclear Officer, Exelon Nuclear Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer Chief Operating Officer, Exelon Nuclear SeniorVice President, Power Transactions & Wholesale Delivery, Exelon Power Team SeniorVice President, Operations Support, Exelon Nuclear Senior Vice President, Mid-Atlantic Operations, Exelon Nuclear Senior Vice President, Mid-West Operations, Exelon Nuclear Senior Vice President, Exelon Generation, President, Exelon Power Senior Vice President, Communications, Governmental &
Public Affairs Vice President, Project Management, Exelon Nuclear Vice President - Finance Site Vice President - Clinton Power Station Vice President, Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Exelon Nuclear Site Vice President - Dresden Nuclear Power Station Site Vice President - Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Vice President, Business Operations, Exelon Power Vice President, Midwest Operations Vice President, Business Operations, Exelon Nuclear
- Citizen of the United Kingdom
Edward J. Cullen Jr.
Ronald J. DeGregorio Gerald A. Ellis David Ellsworth Meg Evangelist Jan H. Freeman Lester J. Guthrie Ernest J. Harkness Christopher Hughes Theodore E. Jennings Marilyn C. Kray Rod Krich Stephen E. Kuczynski Susan Landahl James P. Malone Robert K. McDonald Mark McFarland James R. Meister Joellen Burns Muntz Carol R. Peterson Keith Poison Laura V. Raymond Amir Shahkarami Clair N. Swenson Thomas D. Terry Jr.
Vice President, Legal and Secretary Site Vice President - Limerick Generating Station Vice President, Human Resources, Exelon Nuclear Vice President, Fuels, Power Team Vice President, Human Resources, Exelon Power Vice President, Public Affairs, Exelon Generation Vice President, Outage Planning &
Services, Exelon Nuclear Vice President, Special Projects, Exelon Nuclear Vice President, Exelon Power Vice President, Engineering &
Operation Support, Exelon Power Vice President, Project Development Exelon Nuclear Vice President, Licensing Projects, Exelon Nuclear Site Vice President - Byron Station Site Vice President, LaSalle County Station Vice President, Fuels Management, Exelon Nuclear Vice President, Generation Vice President, Commercial Transactions & Pricing, Power Team Vice President, Nuclear Services, Exelon Nuclear Vice President, Operations, Exelon Power Vice President, Finance, Exelon Nuclear Site Vice President - Braidwood Station Vice President, Marketing & Business Development, Exelon Power Vice President, Engineering, Exelon Nuclear Site Vice President - Oyster Creek Vice President, Taxes
Timothy Tulon Jon D. Veurink Sue E. Wallace Russell G. West Thomas R. Miller George R. Shicora Charles S. Walls Christopher J. Bernard Todd D. Cutler Scott N. Peters Bruce G. Wilson Ronald L. Zack Site Vice President - Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station Vice President and Corporate Controller Vice President, Management Projects, Exelon Generation Site Vice President - TMI Assistant Treasurer Assistant Treasurer Assistant Treasurer Assistant Secretary Assistant Secretary Assistant Secretary Assistant Secretary Assistant Secretary
Table 2 Exelon Ventures Company, LLC John W. Rowe J. Barry Mitchell John F. Young Robert K. McDonald Randall E. Mehrberg Thomas D. Terry Jr.
Katherine K. Combs George R. Shicora Charles S. Walls Todd D. Cutler Scott N. Peters Bruce G. Wilson Ronald L. Zack President and Chief Executive Officer Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer Executive Vice President Vice President, Ventures Vice President and General Counsel Vice President, Taxes Secretary Assistant Treasurer Assistant Treasurer Assistant Secretary Assistant Secretary Assistant Secretary Assistant Secretary
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Table 3 Projected Income Statement Assumptions (non-proprietary)
Net Annual Mean Rating for the Units, Includes Upratings
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