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Constellation Energy Sponsors Closed Captioning of Second Baltimore Newscast National Energy Company to Sponsor Golf and Tennis Events as Part of WJZ-TV Sponsorship BALTIMORE, June 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Constellation Energy (NYSE:CEG) today announced its sponsorship of the closed captioning of Eyewitness News on CBS station WJZ-TV in Baltimore. Closed captions are onscreen transcripts that make television programming accessible to the hearing impaired. Constellation Energy also will serve as an advertising sponsor of PGA TOUR golf events and the U.S. Open tennis tournament, both of which will be broadcast on WJZ-TV. "Constellation Energy is committed to supporting the services and events that are important to the communities in which we live and work," said Mayo A. Shattuck III, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Constellation Energy. Constellation Energy's year-long, co-sponsorship of closed captioning on WJZ-TV began on May 31. The company will serve as the exclusive local advertising sponsor of 13 PGA golf tournaments scheduled for this summer, and the U.S. Open tennis tournament, the highest annually attended sporting event, which begins Aug. 21 and lasts for two weeks. "Constellation Energy's generous support helps WJZ provide an important public service to Maryland's hearing impaired community through the closed captioning of Eyewitness News," said Jay Newman, vice president and general manager of WJZ-TV. Constellation Energy's support of closed captioning and sports programming on WJZ-TV follows several other recent Constellation Energy sponsorships, including $1 million for the renovation of the historic Hippodrome Theater and $500,000 as part of its title sponsorship of the Baltimore-Annapolis stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race. Constellation Energy also announced earlier in the year that it will continue to serve as title sponsor of the Constellation Energy Golf Classic, the Baltimore stop of the PGA TOUR's Champions Tour. As a result of last year's inaugural tournament, the Baltimore Classic Fund, the non-profit that oversaw the golfing event, was able to donate $100,000 to each of three Maryland-based charities - the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Kennedy Krieger Institute and the Living Classrooms Foundation. This year's event will be held Sept. 27-Oct. 3 at Hayfields Country Club, widely recognized as one of the most challenging golf courses in the United States. Constellation Energy (http://www.constellation.com/), a Fortune 500 company based in Baltimore, is the nation's leading competitive supplier of electricity to large commercial and industrial customers and one of the nation's largest wholesale power sellers. Constellation Energy also manages fuels and energy services on behalf of energy intensive industries and utilities. It owns and operates a diversified fleet of 35 power plants in 12 states. The company delivers electricity and natural gas through the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), its regulated utility in Central Maryland. In 2003, the combined revenues of the integrated energy company totaled $9.7 billion. DATASOURCE: Constellation Energy CONTACT: Robert L. Gould, Constellation Energy, +1-410-234-7433 Web site: http://www.constellation.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/084087.html

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