DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY TO THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (formerly known as Chemical Bank), Trustee. NINETY-FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Dated as of January 1, 2000 (but executed on the dates shown on the execution page)

Exhibit 4.24 (k)

This Instrument Prepared By:

/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx

Xxxx X. Xxxxx

Delmarva Power & Light Company

000 Xxxx Xxxxxx

Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000

DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

TO

THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK

(formerly known as Chemical Bank),

Trustee.

NINETY-FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL

INDENTURE

Dated as of January 1, 2000

(but executed on the dates shown on the execution page)

This NINETY-FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of the first day of January, 2000 (but executed on the dates hereinafter shown), made and entered into by and between DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, a corporation of the State of Delaware and the Commonwealth of Virginia, hereinafter called the Company and THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (formerly known as Chemical Bank), a corporation of the State of New York, hereinafter called the Trustee;

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Company heretofore executed and delivered its Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust (hereinafter in this Ninety-Fifth Supplemental Indenture called the “Original Indenture”), dated as of October 1, 1943, to The New York Trust Company, a corporation of the State of New York, as Trustee, to which The Chase Manhattan Bank is successor Trustee, to secure the First Mortgage Bonds of the Company, unlimited in aggregate principal amount and issuable in series, from time to time, in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in the Original Indenture granted and conveyed unto the Trustee, upon the trusts, uses and purposes specifically therein set forth, certain real estate, franchises and other property therein described, including property acquired after the date thereof, except as therein otherwise provided; and

WHEREAS, by ninety four indentures supplemental to said Original Indenture dated as of October 1, 1943, of which ninety four supplemental indentures the Ninety Fourth Supplemental Indenture is dated as of January 1, 1999, the Original Indenture has been modified and supplemented (hereinafter, as so supplemented and amended, called the “Indenture”); and

WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Ninety-Fifth Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company by Unanimous Written Consent and passed according to law, and all conditions and requirements necessary to make this Ninety-Fifth Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal instrument in accordance with its terms, for the purposes herein expressed, and the execution and delivery hereof, have been in all respects duly authorized; and

WHEREAS, Article IX, Section 9.03(a) permits the release of property pledged hereunder by substituting cash and Article IX, Section 9.06 permits the release of cash collateral on the basis of certain bondable property additions or on the basis of bonds which have been retired;

WHEREAS, Article IX, Section 9.07 permits the release of purchase money obligations pledged hereunder by payment in cash of the unpaid portion of such obligations and Article IX, Section 9.06 permits the release of cash collateral on the basis of certain bondable property additions or on the basis of bonds which have been retired;

WHEREAS, for the simplification of administration of the trusts created under the Indenture the Company desires to amend the Indenture to permit the accomplishment in one step of what now requires two successive steps;

WHEREAS, it is provided in and by the Original Indenture under Article XVII, Section 17.01 that the Company when authorized by a resolution of its Board of Directors, and the Trustee may at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental thereto (which shall

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not contain any provisions which are in conflict with the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as then in effect) without the consent of the holders of any outstanding bonds, for the purpose of curing any ambiguity or correcting or supplementing any provision contained therein or in any supplemental indenture which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained therein or in any supplemental indenture, or to make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under the Original Indenture as long as such indenture or indentures are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Original Indenture and do not adversely affect the interests of the holders of the bonds; and

WHEREAS, the Company, by appropriate corporate action pursuant to Article XVII, Section 17.01(e) and in conformity with the terms of the Original Indenture, has duly determined to amend Article IX, Section 9.03 and Article IX, Section 9.07; and

WHEREAS, the amendments contained herein are permitted under the provisions of Article XVII, Section 17.01;

WHEREAS, it is provided in and by the Original Indenture, inter alia, as follows:

“IT IS HEREBY AGREED by the Company that all the property, rights and franchises acquired by the Company after the date hereof (except any hereinbefore or hereinafter expressly excepted) shall (subject to the provisions of Section 9.01 hereof and to the extent permitted by law) be as fully embraced within the lien hereof as if such property, rights and franchises were now owned by the Company and/or specifically described herein and conveyed hereby;”

and

WHEREAS, the Company has acquired certain other property, real, personal and mixed, which heretofore has not been specifically conveyed to the Trustee;

NOW THEREFORE, this NINETY-FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESETH that for and in consideration of the premises and in pursuance of the provisions of the Indenture:

A. The Company and the Trustee hereby agree that the Original Indenture is hereby amended pursuant to the provisions of Section 17.01(e) thereof as follows:

No. 1 — Article IX, Section 9.03 is amended by inserting the following subsections directly after subsection (d):

“(e) the amount of bondable value of property additions which the Company elects to make the basis of a release under this Section; and

(f) the principal amount of bonds authenticated and delivered hereunder which might then be made the basis for the authentication and delivery of bonds under the provisions of Section 4.05 hereof and which the Company elects to make the basis of a release under this Section in lieu of the right of the Company to the authentication and delivery of bonds on such basis;”

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No. 2 — Article IX, Section 9.03, the clause labeled “(9)” is amended by deleting the word “and” that appears at its end.

No. 3 — Article IX, Section 9.03, subparagraph (iv) of the clause labeled “(10)” is amended by deleting the period at the end thereof and inserting in its place the following: “, and”

No. 4 — Article IX, Section 9.03 is amended by inserting the following directly after subparagraph (iv) of the clause labeled “(10)”:

“(11) if the release is applied for in whole or in part upon the basis of bonds authenticated and delivered hereunder which might then be made the basis for the authentication and delivery of bonds under the provisions of Section 4.05 hereof, in accordance with Section 9.03(f) hereof, the Company shall comply with the provisions of Section 4.05 hereof (except the provisions therein relating to Section 4.07 thereof).”

No. 5 — Article IX, Section 9.07 is amended by deleting the first sentence in the second paragraph thereof and inserting in its place the following language:

“Any purchase money obligations, obligations of a governmental body or agency and any other evidences of indebtedness (other than indebtedness of a Subsidiary and prior xxxx xxxxx), held by the Trustee, may be released by the Trustee from the lien of this Indenture either (i) upon payment to the Trustee of cash in the amount of the unpaid portion of such obligations or evidences of indebtedness to be released, or (ii) by the Company’s election to use bondable value of property additions in an amount equal to the unpaid portion of such obligations or evidences of indebtedness to be released or (iii) by the Company’s election to use, as the basis for release hereunder, the principal amount of bonds authenticated and delivered hereunder which might then be made the basis for the authentication and delivery of bonds under the provisions of Section 4.05 hereof in lieu of the right of the Company to the authentication and delivery of bonds on such basis; provided that, in case the release is applied for in whole or in part upon the basis of bonds authenticated and delivered hereunder which might then be made the basis for the authentication and delivery of bonds under the provisions of Section 4.05, the Company shall comply with the provisions of Section 4.05, except the provisions therein relating to Section 4.07 hereof “

B. The Company by these presents does hereby grant, bargain, sell, release, convey, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, set over and confirm unto the Trustee and to its successors in the trust in the Indenture created, to its and their assigns forever, all the following described properties of the Company, and does confirm that the Company will not cause or consent to a partition, either voluntary or through legal proceedings, of property, whether herein described or heretofore or hereafter acquire, in which its ownership shall be as tenant in common, except as permitted by, and in conformity with, the provisions of the Indenture and particularly of Article IX thereof:

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All the coal of the Upper Freeport of “E” seam or vein of coal in and underlying that certain tract situate in South Bend Township, Xxxxxxxxx County, Pennsylvania bounded and described as follows:

BEGINNING at a red oak corner said corner being the southeast corner of the original tract of coal known as the Xxxxxxxxx Heirs Tract thence along coal lands now or formerly owned by the Strong Coal Company North 77° 30’ West a distance of 113.267 feet to a point; thence through lands of which this was a part North 13° 02’ 59” East a distance of 243.426 feet to a point on line of the Xxxxxxxxx Heirs Tract and coal now or formerly owned by the Strong Coal Company; thence through the Xxxxxxxxx Heirs Tract of which this was a part North 40° 34’ 30” West a distance of 984.966 feet to a point on line; thence along said line between Xxxxxxxxx Heirs and Strong Coal Company South 77° 30’ East a distance of 687.366 feet to a point; thence along same the following two courses and distances: South 15° 00’ West a distance of 340.00 feet to a point; South 12° 00’ East a distance of 544.50 feet to a red oak corner, the place of beginning.

CONTAINING 4.49 acres,

And being a portion of the coal under Tax Map Number 204.00-06-25.

BEING part of the same coal tract described in Deed to Grantor from T.J.S. Mining, Inc. In deed dated February 23, 1999, and recorded in Xxxxxxxxx County Deed Book Volume 1941, Page 160.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, the same with all and singular appurtenances, unto the said Grantee, its successors and assigns, to and for the only proper use and behoof of the said Grantee, its successors and assigns, forever.

Together with all other property, real, personal and mixed, tangible and intangible (except such property as in said Indenture expressly excepted from the lien and operation thereof), acquired by the Company on or prior to December 31, 1999, and not heretofore specifically subjected to the lien of the Indenture.

Also without limitation of the generality of the foregoing, the easements and rights-of-way and other rights in or not used in connection with the Company’s operations, which are conveyed to the Company and recorded in the following Real Property Deed Record to which reference is made for a more particular description, to wit:

State and County

DELAWARE

New Castle

Received for Record		Deed Records				Received for Record		Deed Records
		Book		Page				Book		Page
11/16/98		2598		281		11/17/98		2598		279
11/20/98		2543		0200		12/02/98		2548		0334
12/02/98		2548		0332		10/29/98		2598		277
12/04/98		2598		275		12/28/98		2590		232

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Received for Record		Deed Records				Received for Record		Deed Records
		Book		Page				Book		Page
12/14/98		2603		233		12/14/98		2603		235
12/14/98		2603		237		12/14/98		2603		239
12/15/98		2603		224		01/25/99		2604		287
12/30/98		2590		230		01/20/99		2590		234
01/22/99		2590		236		12/14/98		2603		231
02/01/99		2604		256		02/05/99		2604		267
02/03/99		2635		0321		03/15/99		2635		0331
02/09/99		2604		269		02/15/99		2604		254
03/02/99		2615		326		03/07/99		2615		328
03/12/99		2615		330		03/10/99		2652		0109
03/15/99		2652		0118		04/02/99		2652		0114
03/22/99		2635		0319		03/25/99		2635		0329
03/30/99		2635		0327		03/31/99		2640		0321
04/12/99		2635		0325		04/13/99		2635		0323
04/21/99		2652		0122		04/26/99		2652		0120
04/26/99		2652		0103		04/27/99		2652		0126
05/03/99		2652		0106		09/14/98		2680		0223
05/17/99		2671		0075		06/11/99		2671		0077
06/02/99		2671		0073		07/31/99		2698		0299
06/16/99		2680		0226		10/05/99		2736		0347
08/24/99		2737		0001		11/19/99		2754		0132
10/26/99		2751		0326		04/19/99		2635		0333
12/01/99		2756		0246

State and County

DELAWARE

Kent

Received for Record		Deed Records				Received for Record		Deed Records
		Book		Page				Book		Page
01/22/99		302		211

State and County

DELAWARE

Sussex

Received for Record		Deed Records				Received for Record		Deed Records
		Book		Page				Book		Page
09/04/98		2360		39		09/04/98		2360		41
09/14/98		2360		43		10/02/98		2360		35
09/16/98		2339		229		10/19/98		2339		231
10/05/98		2346		147		10/30/98		2346		149
10/19/98		2339		233		10/19/98		2339		235
10/19/98		2339		237		10/19/98		2339		239

6

Received for Record		Deed Records				Received for Record		Deed Records
		Book		Page				Book		Page
10/22/98		2339		227		10/23/98		2339		225
11/09/98		2360		37		11/16/98		2360		31
11/25/98		2360		33		11/25/98		2360		27
11/29/98		2360		29		01/15/99		2360		156
01/22/99		2371		205		02/01/99		2371		215
02/01/99		2371		213		02/05/99		2371		202
02/05/99		2371		211		02/10/99		2374		083
02/10/99		2374		083		03/15/99		2374		079
03/15/99		2374		079		04/12/99		2374		081
03/31/99		2416		041		09/07/99		02436		120
04/12/99		2374		081		03/19/99		2416		043

State and County

MARYLAND

Xxxxxxxx

Received for Record		Deed Records				Received for Record		Deed Records
		Book		Page				Book		Page
08/18/98		349		772		10/02/98		354		920
11/16/98		354		916		01/13/99		354		888
11/18/98		354		912		11/18/98		354		914
04/23/99		366		827		04/23/99		366		829
07/04/99		369		199		11/01/99		376		256
11/18/99		377		226		11/23/99		377		223

State and County

MARYLAND

Xxxxx

Received for Record		Deed Records				Received for Record		Deed Records
		Book		Page				Book		Page
06/19/95		0859		117		10/29/99		0859		115
05/06/98		785		504		11/23/98		778		613
11/30/98		778		610		11/30/98		778		599
11/30/98		778		597		12/15/98		778		617
12/03/98		0808		747		03/29/99		0808		750
12/16/98		778		615		12/28/98		778		623
12/29/98		778		619		12/30/98		778		621
12/30/98		778		592		01/21/99		778		589
02/01/99		785		492		02/05/99		785		498
02/08/99		785		502		02/22/99		785		500
02/12/99		0800		670		03/15/99		0800		672
02/23/99		785		506		02/22/99		791		428

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Received for Record		Deed Records				Received for Record		Deed Records
		Book		Page				Book		Page
03/18/99		791		430		03/19/99		791		425
04/04/99		0809		001		04/21/99		0809		003
04/05/99		0800		674		06/01/99		0820		279
04/22/99		0809		005		04/23/99		0809		007
04/23/99		0809		009		04/27/99		0809		011
04/28/99		0809		014		04/28/99		0809		016
05/04/99		0809		020		05/05/99		0809		022
05/05/99		0809		022		05/12/99		0809		027
05/17/99		0809		029		05/18/99		0809		031
05/18/99		0809		033		05/18/99		0809		035
06/02/99		0820		281		06/04/99		0820		283
06/09/99		0832		566		06/10/99		0832		568
06/10/99		0823		128		06/16/99		0825		079
06/16/99		0823		132		06/18/99		0823		130
06/21/99		0823		134		06/23/99		0825		077
06/30/99		0823		136		07/02/99		0825		081
07/12/99		0830		154		07/19/99		0830		156
07/17/99		0836		259		07/17/99		0836		257
07/17/99		0836		261		08/06/99		0841		123
07/21/99		0830		158		07/22/99		0832		570
07/23/99		0832		572		07/24/99		0832		574
07/26/99		0832		576		07/26/99		0832		578
07/27/99		0832		580		07/30/99		0832		582
07/30/99		0832		584		08/06/99		0832		588
08/09/99		0832		586		07/13/99		0836		255
08/09/99		0836		263		08/16/99		0836		272
08/23/99		0838		590		08/25/99		0838		592
08/25/99		0838		594		09/02/99		0841		119
11/02/99		0860		663		11/17/99		0860		665
11/19/99		0862		339		12/01/99		0866		339
11/23/99		0860		667		06/19/95		3184		0282
12/01/99		0862		336		12/10/99		0866		337
12/29/99		0769		062		12/29/99		0769		064
12/29/99		0769		067		12/29/99		0769		069
12/29/99		0769		071		12/29/99		0769		073

State and County

MARYLAND

Dorchester

Received for Record		Deed Records				Received for Record		Deed Records
		Book		Page				Book		Page
04/28/99		0403		0535		04/28/99		0403		0536
04/28/99		0403		0537		04/28/99		0403		0538

8

Received for Record		Deed Records				Received for Record		Deed Records
		Book		Page				Book		Page
04/28/99		0403		0539		04/28/99		0403		0540
11/23/99		417		0825

State and County

MARYLAND

Harford

Received for Record		Deed Records				Received for Record		Deed Records
		Book		Page				Book		Page
07/29/98		2999		0071		09/11/98		2999		0039
09/26/98		2999		0041		10/13/98		2999		0043
10/23/98		2999		0069		09/04/98		2999		0063
11/05/98		2999		0036		11/17/98		2999		0061
11/27/98		2999		0059		12/21/98		2999		0047
12/21/98		2999		0049		12/21/98		2999		0057
01/05/99		2999		0065		02/09/99		2999		0045
03/02/99		2999		0053		03/17/99		2999		0051
03/04/99		3028		0436		03/25/99		3033		0707
03/18/99		2999		0055		03/23/99		2999		0082
03/24/99		2999		0084		03/29/99		2999		0080
04/01/99		3028		0442		04/12/99		3033		0709
05/14/99		3064		0142		06/01/99		3064		0136
05/18/99		3033		0711		05/26/99		3077		0513
06/01/99		3070		0715		06/09/99		3070		0717
06/08/99		3064		0134		12/21/98		3033		0705
06/21/99		3077		0511		06/22/99		3070		0719
07/01/99		3105		0070		07/26/99		3105		0074
07/07/99		3077		0509		06/28/99		3095		0130
08/13/99		3105		0076		08/16/99		3105		0072
09/02/99		3118		0250		06/19/95		3184		0282
11/22/99		3174		0330		12/06/99		3184		0288

State and County

MARYLAND

Kent

Received for Record		Deed Records				Received for Record		Deed Records
		Book		Page				Book		Page
08/26/98		165		379		01/19/99		168		33
12/03/98		170		016		02/11/99		172		358
01/22/99		0302		0211		04/08/99		2386		343
04/14/99		2386		341		07/18/99		0180		362
06/28/99		0181		397		07/24/99		0181		395

9

Received for Record		Deed Records				Received for Record		Deed Records
		Book		Page				Book		Page
07/28/99		0180		360		05/26/99		0182		058
08/03/99		0181		393		10/01/99		0187		115
10/01/99		0187		143		11/03/99		0187		147
11/02/99		0189		144		11/26/99		0189		146

State and County

MARYLAND

Queen Anne’s

Received for Record		Deed Records				Received for Record		Deed Records
		Book		Page				Book		Page
07/14/98		658		567		09/04/98		658		569
11/10/98		660		589		12/08/98		660		583
11/16/98		663		416		01/11/99		663		414
12/21/98		660		585		01/27/99		660		587
01/20/99		663		418		01/18/99		667		349
01/26/99		667		345		02/24/99		667		347
03/19/99		667		341		03/19/99		667		343
03/19/99		0687		754		04/22/99		0679		181
03/26/99		672		693		05/01/99		0685		690
04/26/99		0679		183		06/14/99		0687		758
06/05/99		0685		692		02/15/99		0687		756
06/21/99		0687		760		06/29/99		0689		077
07/26/99		0698		062		07/29/99		0696		649
07/31/99		0696		651		08/06/99		0696		653
08/10/99		0696		655		09/02/99		712		268
10/18/99		710		053		11/09/99		711		165
11/05/99		0714		580

State and County

MARYLAND

Somerset

Received for Record		Deed Records				Received for Record		Deed Records
		Book		Page				Book		Page
06/29/99		0481		879		07/15/99		0481		881
07/22/99		0481		883		08/19/99		0482		856

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State and County

MARYLAND

Talbot

Received for Record		Deed Records				Received for Record		Deed Records
		Book		Page				Book		Page
09/30/98		919		169		10/02/98		919		175
10/02/98		919		177		10/23/98		919		171
10/22/98		0932		490		04/22/99		0940		479
12/17/98		919		173		01/11/99		919		167
02/02/99		922		483		02/02/99		922		481
02/12/99		922		479		03/01/99		929		951
03/04/99		929		953		03/10/99		929		955
03/29/99		0936		417		04/22/99		0936		421
04/22/99		0940		477		04/26/99		0932		486
04/22/99		0936		419		06/02/99		0936		423
04/29/99		0932		488		05/01/99		0937		238
05/01/99		0937		236		05/18/99		0932		484
06/11/99		0938		095		11/26/99		0953		427
12/02/99		0953		429

State and County

MARYLAND

Wicomico

Received for Record		Deed Records				Received for Record		Deed Records
		Book		Page				Book		Page
04/17/98		1635		491		07/18/98		1630		085
10/19/98		1722		670		03/15/99		1722		666
11/07/98		1661		831		11/10/98		1661		834
11/10/98		1661		836		11/13/98		1661		838
11/23/98		1642		240		11/23/98		1642		242
11/23/98		1642		244		11/23/98		1642		246
11/23/98		1661		842		01/07/99		1666		405
12/17/98		1658		691		10/22/98		1661		828
01/07/99		1666		403		01/03/99		1666		401
02/05/99		1670		875		05/03/99		1698		205
03/29/99		1702		728		04/20/99		1702		730
03/30/99		1722		662		04/14/99		1722		664
04/26/99		1722		647		04/26/99		1722		649
05/03/99		1702		732		05/10/99		1702		734
05/14/99		1722		658		05/20/99		1722		636
05/19/99		1702		736		05/20/99		1702		738
06/04/99		1722		651		06/22/99		1722		638

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Received for Record		Deed Records				Received for Record		Deed Records
		Book		Page				Book		Page
06/24/99		1702		761		07/01/99		1700		056
07/01/99		1700		054		08/23/99		1705		135
07/02/99		1722		660		07/02/99		1722		634
07/02/99		1722		642		07/06/99		1722		654
07/12/99		1698		207		07/22/99		0481		885
08/11/99		1722		640		08/28/99		1722		645
09/29/99		1722		066		10/04/99		1718		246
10/09/99		1722		656		11/19/99		1722		672
10/26/99		1718		248		10/19/98		1722		668
12/03/99		1728		301		05/21/99		1702		726

State and County

MARYLAND

Worcester

Received for Record		Deed Records				Received for Record		Deed Records
		Book		Page				Book		Page
11/16/98		2649		116		12/09/98		2649		114
12/01/98		2649		118		05/05/99		2703		116
05/26/99		2736		245		05/18/99		2736		247
06/16/99		2736		249		07/28/99		2740		202
08/20/99		2750		002

State and County

VIRGINIA

Accomack

Received for Record		Deed Records				Received for Record		Deed Records
		Book		Page				Book		Page
11/10/98		789		291		11/13/98		789		297
11/19/98		789		294		02/22/99		792		233
02/23/99		792		230		03/06/99		797		576
03/31/99		797		579		10/13/98		0804		0116
04/05/99		0801		0045		12/01/99		819		084
07/21/99		0821		510

State and County

VIRGINIA

Northampton

Received for Record		Deed Records				Received for Record		Deed Records
		Book		Page				Book		Page
09/28/98		305		289		03/11/99		309		053
10/07/99		314		169

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The following is a schedule of bonds issued under the Eighty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture and Credit Line Deed of Trust, effective as of October 1, 1994, that can be designated as First Mortgage Bonds, Series I, which may also be designated as Secured Medium Term Notes, Series I; and First Mortgage Bonds, Pledged Series I.

First Mortgage Bonds, Series I/Secured Medium Term Notes, Series I

Issuance Date		Tranche		Maturity		Principal
06/19/95		7.71% Bonds		06/01/25		$	100,000,000
06/19/95		6.95% Amortizing Bonds		06/01/08		$	25,800,000

First Mortgage Bonds, Pledged Series I

Issuance Date		Tranche		Maturity		Principal
10/12/94		1994		10/01/29		$	33,750.000
Total Bonds Issued:						$	159,550,000

As supplemented and amended by this Ninety-Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the Original Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto are in all respects ratified and confirmed and the Original Indenture and the aforesaid supplemental indentures and this Ninety-Fifth Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

This Ninety-Fifth Supplemental Indenture shall be simultaneously executed in several counterparts, and all such counterparts executed and delivered, each as an original, shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

The recitals of fact contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same.

The debtor and its mailing address are Delmarva Power & Light Company, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, X.X. Xxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000. The secured party and its address, from which information concerning the security interest hereunder may be obtained, are The Chase Manhattan Bank, 000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attn.: Corporate Trust Department.

The Company acknowledges that it received a true and correct copy of this Ninety-Fifth Supplemental Indenture.

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This Ninety-Fifth Supplemental Indenture is executed and delivered pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.11 and paragraphs (a) and (e) of Section 17.01 of the Indenture for the purpose of conveying, transferring and assigning to the Trustee and of subjecting to the lien of the Indenture with the same force and effect as though included in the granting clause thereof the above described property so acquired by the Company on or prior to the date of execution, and not heretofore specifically subject to the lien of the Indenture and for the purpose of making certain amendments to the Indenture; but nothing contained in this Ninety-Fifth Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed in any manner to affect (except for such purposes and except as otherwise specifically provided herein) or to impair the provisions, terms and conditions of the Original Indenture, or of any indenture supplemental thereto and the provisions, terms and conditions thereof as hereby amended are hereby expressly confirmed.

The recitals hereinabove set forth are made solely by the Company and the Trustee shall have no responsibility therefor.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be signed in its name and behalf by its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and attested by its Secretary and the Trustee has caused this instrument to be signed in its name and behalf by an Assistant Vice President and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and attested by a Trust Officer, effective as of the 1st day of January, 2000.

(INTENTIONALLY BLANK)

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				DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
Date of Execution				By		/s/ Xxxx X. xxx Xxxxx, Xx.
						XXXX X. XXX XXXXX, XX., SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
March 8, 2000
[seal]
				Attest:
						/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx
						XXXX X. XXXXX, ASSISTANT SECRETARY
						THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
						(formerly known as Chemical Bank)
Date of Execution				By		/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
						XXXXX XXXXXX, ASST. VICE PRESIDENT
March 14, 2000
[seal]
				Attest:
						/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
						XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX, TRUST OFFICER

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STATE OF DELAWARE		)
		)		SS.
NEW CASTLE COUNTY		)

BE IT REMEMBERED that on this 8 day of March, 2000, personally came before me, a notary public for the State of Delaware, XXXX X. XXX XXXXX, XX., Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, a corporation of the State of Delaware and the Commonwealth of Virginia (the “Company”), party to the foregoing instrument, known to me personally to be such, and acknowledged the instrument to be his own act and deed and the act and deed of the Company; that his signature is in his own proper handwriting; that the seal affixed is the common or corporate seal of the Company; and that his act of signing, sealing, executing and delivering such instrument was duly authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company.

GIVEN under my hand and official seal the day and year aforesaid.

/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx

Notary Public, State of Delaware

My commission expires 9/14/00

[seal]

Certification

This document was prepared under the supervision of an attorney admitted to practice before the Court of Appeals of Maryland, or by or on behalf of one of the parties named in the within instrument.

/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx

Xxxx X. Xxxxx

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STATE OF NEW YORK		)
		)		SS.
COUNTY OF NEW YORK		)

BE IT REMEMBERED that on this 14 day of March, 2000, personally came before me, a Notary Public for the State of New York, XXXXX XXXXXX, an Assistant Vice President of THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, a corporation of the State of New York (the “Trustee”), party to the foregoing instrument, known to me personally to be such, and acknowledged the instrument to be her own act and deed and the act and deed of the Trustee; that her signature is her own proper handwriting; that the seal affixed is the common or corporate seal of the Trustee; and that her act of signing, sealing, executing and delivering said instrument was duly authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Trustee.

GIVEN under my hand and official seal the day and year aforesaid.

/s/ Xxxxx Favan

Notary Public, State of New York

[Seal]

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CERTIFICATE OF RESIDENCE

THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, successor Trustee to the Trustee within named, by merger, hereby certifies that its precise residence is 000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, in the Borough of Manhattan, in The City of New York, in the State of New York.

THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK

By		/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
		XXXXX XXXXXX, ASST. VICE PRESIDENT

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RECORDATION DATA

Executed Counterparts of the Ninety-Fifth Supplemental Indenture were recorded in Real Property Mortgage Records as follows:

		Received for Record		Mortgage Records
State and County				Book		Page
DELAWARE:
Kent		4/27/00		857		1
New Castle		4/4/00		6635		0085
Sussex		4/3/00		3338		058
MARYLAND:
Xxxxxxxx		4/4/00		383		138
Xxxxx		4/28/00		891		456
Dorchester		4/5/00		423		164
Harford		4/28/00		3249		551
Kent		4/27/00		196		73
Queen Anne’s		4/4/00		727		039
Somerset		4/3/00		490		932
Talbot		4/14/00		961		621
Wicomico		3/31/00		1739		400
Worcester		3/31/00		2832		196
VIRGINIA:
Accomack		4/4/00		827		000
Xxxxxxxxxxx		4/4/00		318		605
PENNSYLVANIA:
Xxxxx		4/26/00		2037		17
Xxxxxxxxx		4/24/00		2074		27
Bedford		4/25/00		803		471
Xxxxx		4/25/00		1464		283
Cambria		4/21/00		1662		277
Cumberland		4/27/00		1608		470
Delaware		4/26/00		2006		23
Franklin		4/25/00		1502		404
Huntingdon		4/21/00		532		744
Indiana		4/24/00		628		245
Lancaster		4/27/00		6613		593
Xxxxxxxxxx		4/24/00		8673		223
Xxxxxxxxxxxx		4/24/00		4864		253
York		4/24/00		1396		4493
NEW JERSEY:
Burlington		4/19/00		7743		536
Camden		4/28/00		5289		885
Gloucester		4/17/00		4282		283
Xxxxxx		4/19/00		5289		176
Middlesex		4/25/00		4768		615
Salem		4/17/00		1156		21
Somerset		4/17/00		3270		691
Xxxxxx		4/20/00		2193		213

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