Understanding Our Form 10-K

Part I :: Part II

Part I: Our Businesses
Part I of our Form 10-K provides details about our businesses:
  • Our merchant energy business.
  • Our regulated utility - Baltimore Gas and Electric Company.
  • Our other nonregulated businesses.
Also included is information about environmental matters, employees, properties, and executive officers.
Here's Where You Look in Part l Highlights of What You'll Find
Page Item Section


  • Company description and brief background.
    We have a merchant energy business and a regulated utility.
  • Operating segment details.
    Our reportable operating segments are merchant energy, regulated electric, and regulated gas.
1-2 Business Overview
3-9   Merchant Energy Business
  • Business description.
    We combine electric generating assets with the marketing and risk management of energy.
  • Discussion of fuel sources we use to generate electricity.
    We have a diversified portfolio of fuel sources that we use to generate electricity.
  • Discussion of our competition.
    Companies - of various sizes and levels of experience and financial and human resources.
  • Merchant energy operating statistics for the last five years.
    Our revenues and megawatt hours generated.
9-13   Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
  • Business description broken down between electric and gas.
    Our electric service territory covers 2,300 square miles, and our gas service territory covers 800 square miles.
  • Electric and gas operating statistics for the last five years.
    Revenues by customer type, sales to our customers, and the number of our customers.
13   Other Nonregulated Businesses
  • Descriptions of our other nonregulated energy businesses.
    Primarily heating and cooling system services we provide to residential, commercial, industrial and municipal customers.
13-16   Environmental Matters
  • Discussion of the environmental matters affecting the company.
    We are subject to regulations concerning air quality, water quality, and disposal of hazardous substances.
16   Employees
  • Number of employees.
    We had approximately 8,650 employees at year end 2003.
17-19 Properties  
  • Generating plant location, ownership and size details.
    We own more than 12,000 megawatts of generating capacity located strategically throughout the United States.
  • Offices and facilities we own and lease.
    Our corporate offices are in Baltimore, and we have plants and marketing offices throughout North America.
19-20 Executive Officers of the Registrant  
  • Executive officers' names, ages, current positions and recent experience.
    Our corporate officers have a diverse mix of energy, financial and other experience in competitive and regulated markets.