BALTIMORE (March 26, 2014) -Constellationtoday announced the first quarter 2014 recipiennts of its  Community Champions grants, a program that allows Constellation residential electricity and natural gas supply customers to nominate a local project or cause for grant funding. This quarter, more than $8,500 in funding was awarded to 19 community projects in Maryland, New Jersey, Georgia and Texas, focusing on education, youth adn the environment. For the complete list of grant recipients, click here.

"Constellation shares our customers' commitment to making a difference," said Joseph Nigro, CEO of Constellation. "We are proud to help invest in their philanthropic efforts and improve the quality of life in the communities we serve."

Constellation customer Dave Lohrmann received a Constellation Community Champions grant in 2013 on behalf of  Georgia Enriches Minds, a Desination Imagination affiliate in Norcross, Georgia. The organization received a $500 grank to support their participation in the state Destination Imagination tournament.

"Our students work in teams to solve a variety of challenges, which in turn equips them to become the next generation of leaders and innovators," Lohrmann said. "Constellation's grant to Georgia Destination Imagination allowed us to provide a high quality tournament for our teams and give students the opportunity to celebrate creativity and healthy competition with their peers. This year, we grew our program by over 60 percent, delivering the program to over 225 students."​

​The 2014 program is open to Constellation customers in Maryland, New Jersey, Georgia and Texas. Since the program's launch last year, nearly $40,000 in funding has been awarded to 85 community projects. 

Customers are encouraged to go online to nominate their favorite local project or cause. To apply, visitwww.constellation.com/communitychampionsand have your account number on hand to identify you as a Constellation customer.Community-based efforts focusing on education, youth and the environment are eligible for funding. Designated 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations are eligible for requests up to $500. Other community causes are eligible for requests up to $250.

Constellation Community Champions grants are awarded on a quarterly basis. The next deadline for submissions is May 1, 2014.

To learn more about the program, visit theCommunity Outreachsection ofwww.constellation.com.

Contact: Kelly Biemer

Constellation

410-470-9700

kelly.biemer@constellation.com

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About Constellation

The Constellation family of retail electricity and natural gas suppliers (www.constellation.com), are subsidiaries of Exelon Corp., and are leading competitive retail suppliers of power, natural gas and energy products and services for homes and businesses across the continental United States. Constellation's retail businesses serve more than 100,000 business and public sector customers, including more than two-thirds of the Fortune 100, and nearly one million residential customers.

Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC) is the nation's leading competitive energy provider, with 2013 revenues of approximately $24.9 billion. Headquartered in Chicago, Exelon has operations and business activities in 47 states, the District of Columbia and Canada. Exelon is one of the largest competitive U.S. power generators, with approximately 35,000 megawatts of owned capacity comprising one of the nation's cleanest and lowest-cost power generation fleets. The company's Constellation business unit provides energy products and services to approximately 100,000 business and public sector customers and approximately 1 million residential customers. Exelon's utilities deliver electricity and natural gas to more than 6.6 million customers in central Maryland (BGE), northern Illinois (ComEd) and southeastern Pennsylvania (PECO).​

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