Constellation Energy Market Performance
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Nuclear Fuel Hedging Strategy Leads to Cost Stability
Operational Risk Management
Hedge well in advance to secure supply and avoid near-term costs
variability
■ Promote supplier diversity and competition while managing levels of
concentrated risk to our partners
Appropriately size inventory holdings and forward contractual
requirements to protect against supply disruptions and price shocks
while allowing capital flexibility
Financial Risk Management
■ Structure forward contracts to control price risk
■ Establish metrics to measure and forecast cost variability
■ Allow flexibility to pursue market opportunities and cost optimization
Negotiate ceiling prices in market-related contracts and caps on
references to inflation indexes
■ Amortize fuel cost over the time the fuel is in the core
Constellation begins building contract book well in advance of refueling year
100%
80%
60%
40%
30%
20%
15%
68%
51%
100%
100%
100%
Cost by Fuel Cycle
Component
New Fuel Cost Amortization Schedule
U308 Contracting
40%
50%
Conversion Contracting
10%
Enrichment Contracting
30%
40%
Fabrication Contracting
20%
10%
0%
Refuel
Year -6
Refuel
Year -5
Refuel
Year -4
Refuel
Year -3
Refuel
Year -2
Refuel
Year -1
Refuel Year
Refuel Year
1
2
3
4
56
Year in Core
Nuclear fuel is ~20% of operating costs and uranium is 40% of fuel costs
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