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jpak

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Wed Mar 23, 2016, 04:54 PM Mar 2016

D.C. regulators green light Pepco-Exelon merger, creating largest utility in the nation

Source: Washington Post

District regulators approved a $6.8 billion merger between Pepco Holdings and Exelon on Wednesday, creating the largest publicly-held utility in the country.

The decision marked a surprising turn of events for the deal,which regulators had rejected twice before and which appeared to be on life-support in recent weeks as D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and other city leaders lined up in opposition.

The merger means that Pepco will now absorbed by a company with the largest number of nuclear reactors in the country and widespread operations throughout the mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and New England.

The proposal had been closely watched by environmentalists, utility and ­public-service attorneys, and financial analysts across the country. Because of its size, the deal is likely to change the national utility landscape.

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