<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001109357-18-000071.txt : 20180702
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001109357-18-000071
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180630
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180702
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180702

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LAWLESS ROBERT J
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001164638

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-16169
		FILM NUMBER:		18932329

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP
		STREET 2:		1047 NORTH PARK ROAD
		CITY:			WYOMISSING
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19610

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EXELON CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001109357
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931]
		IRS NUMBER:				232990190
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			PA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 805398
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60680-5398
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3123947399

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 805398
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60680-5398
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    <periodOfReport>2018-06-30</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001109357</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>EXELON CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>EXC</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001164638</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>LAWLESS ROBERT J</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>10 SOUTH DEARBORN STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>54TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHICAGO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60603</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock (Deferred Stock Units)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2018-06-30</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>906</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>40.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>23466</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Exelon Directors' Deferred Stock Unit Plan</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>3273</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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            <expirationDate>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>43528</value>
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                    <value>43528</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Constellation Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-employee Directors</value>
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            </ownershipNature>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Deferred Compensation - Phantom Share Equivalents</value>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>851</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>42.60</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Balance includes 193 shares acquired on June 8, 2018 through automatic dividend reinvestment.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Phantom stock units (which are in the form of deferred stock units) converted from the legacy Constellation Energy Group Inc. (CEG) Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-employee Directors to phantom units of Exelon common stock at the rate of 0.93 Exelon units for each unit of CEG. Units will be settled in cash on a 1 for 1 basis upon the termination of the reporting person's service on the Exelon board of directors. Balance updated to reflect additional stock units credited to the account through the dividend reinvestment feature of the plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Balance includes 372 shares acquired on June 8, 2018 through automatic dividend reinvestment.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Phantom share equivalents acquired through regular periodic contributions of deferred board compensation and the reinvestment of dividend equivalents in reporting person's Exelon stock fund account under multi-fund, non-qualified deferred compensation plan.  The unitized fund consists of Exelon common stock and short term investments and will be settled in cash upon the reporting person's separation from the board for any reason.  The balance of such phantom share equivalents may fluctuate from time to time due to fluctuations in the fund composition.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Balance includes 181 shares equivalents accrued on May 14, 2018 through automatic dividend reinvestment.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Elizabeth M. Hensen, Esq., Attorney in Fact for Robert J. Lawless</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-07-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poalawle.txt
<TEXT>
EXELON CORPORATION
SECTION 16 REPORTING POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
each of Carter C. Culver, Katherine A. Smith, Brian Buck, Elizabeth M. Hensen
and Tom Boin, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact
to:

(1) 	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and or director of Exelon Corporation ("Exelon"), all
reports to be filed by the undersigned pursuant to Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules promulgated thereunder (including
EDGAR Form ID, Forms 3, 4, and 5 and any successor forms) (the "Section 16
Reports");

(2) 	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Section 16
Report, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely
file such report with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3) 	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is Exelon assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Section 16 Reports with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by Exelon,
unlessearlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 1st day of May 2018.



Signature: /s/ Robert J. Lawless

Print Name:  Robert J. Lawless
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