Exelon flies to Saint Paul the week CEO Calvin Butler testifies on grid reliability

Exelon flew from Eagle County, Colorado, to Saint Paul, Minnesota, on the evening of May 14, 2026, a 1-hour 44-minute hop in its Falcon 7X, N496AC. The aircraft landed at Saint Paul Downtown Holman Field just before 11 p.m. local time.

The trip lands the same week Minnesota lawmakers are weighing bills that would require large-load customers — including data centers — to obtain a certificate from the state Public Service Commission and establish separate tariffs, per Exelon’s own earnings presentation filed with the SEC on May 6. CEO Calvin Butler has been publicly pushing for utility-owned generation to address what he called “an all-of-the-above approach” to rising wholesale supply costs, which have increased over 70% year over year in the PJM market, as covered by Utility Dive on May 6. The Saint Paul arrival suggests Exelon is engaging directly with state regulators and legislators on the issue.

The flight follows a pattern of Exelon’s jet spending recent days in the Mountain West and Baja California — including stops at Cabo San Lucas and Portland — before returning to the Upper Midwest. The company’s revised $41.7 billion capital plan, announced May 6, shifts $1.5 billion into transmission projects while cutting $350 million in distribution costs, a move Butler described as “a different plan for a different moment,” per TD World.