Protecting the Environment
Recognized for our environmental stewardship, Constellation Energy bridges the gap between protecting natural resources and creating a better quality of life for customers. Here are some notable accomplishments that will have a positive, long-lasting effect on the environment:

• Constellation Energy received the 2001 WasteWise Partner of the Year Award—the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s highest honor for its voluntary program to reduce municipal solid waste. We were cited for our innovative and cost-effective new programs to prevent waste, increase recycling, and boost expenditures on recycled-content products.
     
• Constellation Generation’s Safe Harbor hydroelectric plant in Pennsylvania, of which we have two-thirds ownership, received that state’s Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award. Recognized for its river-borne debris removal program, the plant uses a floating harvester to collect trash and refuse in the Susquehanna River, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, and brings it to shore for sorting and recycling.
     
• Constellation Generation’s Brandon Shores power plant significantly reduced its air emissions. Located outside of Baltimore, it is the company’s largest coal-burning facility. Last year, it completed the installation of two selective catalytic reduction (SCR) reactors. SCRs work like the catalytic converter in your car to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions—known to contribute to the formation of ground-level ozone or smog. Brandon Shores is now capable of achieving a 90% NOx reduction and ranks as one of the country’s cleanest coal-burning plants of its size.