Mr. Chairman, Members of the Committee:
 
I am Jack Skolds, Chief Nuclear Officer for Exelon Nuclear, the nuclear division of Exelon Generation Company. Exelon Generation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Exelon Corporation, which was formed in 2000 by the merger of Unicom Corporation of Chicago and PECO Energy Company of Philadelphia. Exelon Generation currently owns and operates approximately 37,000 megawatts of diversified electrical generation, including 17 nuclear reactors that generate 16,970 megawatts of electricity. Exelon is the largest nuclear generation operator in the country with approximately 20% of the nation’s nuclear generation capacity, and the third largest private nuclear operator in the world. We also own 50% of AmerGen Energy, which is a partnership with British Energy of Edinburgh, Scotland. AmerGen owns three of the 17 units in the Exelon fleet, with plants in Illinois, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
 
Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss legislative proposals addressing several important security issues at commercial nuclear power plants.
 
I would also thank several members of the committee for their efforts to investigate the issue of nuclear plant security first-hand. Senators Graham, Clinton, Corzine, Smith, Voinovich and Specter have all toured nuclear power plants to receive briefings on plant security since September 11, as have several of the committee’s staff members. In fact, Senator Specter has toured three of the five nuclear power plants in Pennsylvania, including two Exelon facilities.