(Editor's note: The following release was originally published May 1, 2001, and is being republished, unchanged, to RatingsDirect for technical reasons.) (Editor's note: In the press release on Exelon Generation Co. published earlier today, the company name was incorrect. A corrected version follows.) NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's CreditWire) May 1, 2001--Standard&Poor's today assigned its single-'A'-minus corporate credit rating to Exelon Generation Co. (EGC). EGC is the recently established wholly owned, unregulated generation subsidiary of Exelon Corp., which also owns two very large, regulated utilities, Commonwealth Edison Co. (ComEd) and PECO Energy Co., as well as other unregulated units. The outlook is stable. Standard&Poor's considers EGC as being integral to Exelon's business strategy. Also, because there
