CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP INC
S-8, 2000-09-29
ELECTRIC SERVICES
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                                                    Registration No. 333-

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                    Form S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT

                                      Under

                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                        Constellation Energy Group, Inc.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

                     Maryland                           52-1964611
            (State of Incorporation)       (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
                250 W. Pratt Street

                Baltimore, Maryland                        21201
       (Address of Principal Executive Offices)          (Zip Code)

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                        Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

                       Management Long-Term Incentive Plan

                            (Full Title of the Plan)

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                                 David A. Brune

                                 Vice President

                               250 W. Pratt Street

                            Baltimore, Maryland 21201

                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)
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                                  410-783-3601

          (Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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Title of                                          Proposed
securities      Amount           Proposed         maximum          Amount of
to be           to be         maximum offering    aggregate       registration
registered   registered       price per share   offering price       fee

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Common Stock   2,000,000        $45 1/8*         $90,250,000        $23,826
(without par     Shares
 value)
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*       Inserted  solely for the purpose of calculating  the  registration  fee;
        computed on the basis of the average of the reported  high and low sales
        prices  on  the  New  York  Stock  Exchange-Composite   Transactions  on
        September 25, 2000, as reported in THE WALL STREET  JOURNAL  pursuant to
        Rule 457(c).

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         In accordance  with Section E of the General  Instructions to Form S-8,
the  contents  of Form  S-8,  Registration  No.  333-45051  as  amended  by Post
Effective  Amendment No. 1 filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission on
April 29, 1999, are  incorporated by reference for the registration of 2,000,000
additional shares of common stock issuable pursuant to the Constellation  Energy
Group, Inc. Management Long-Term Incentive Plan.

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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant  to  the   requirements   of  the   Securities  Act  of  1933,
Constellation  Energy  Group,  Inc.,  the  Registrant,  certifies  that  it  has
reasonable  grounds to believe that it meets all of the  requirements for filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration  Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Baltimore,
State of Maryland on the 29th day of September, 2000.

                                               CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.
                                               (Registrant)
                                               By:   /s/ David A. Brune
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                                                 David A. Brune, Vice President

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has been signed below by the  following  persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

 Signature                     Title                  Date
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Principal executive officer and director:

* C. H. Poindexter         Chairman of the          September 29, 2000
                           Board and Director
Principal financial and accounting officer:

/s/ David A. Brune         Vice President           Septebmer 29, 2000
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  David A. Brune

Directors:
         * H. Furlong Baldwin
         * Douglas L. Becker
         * James T. Brady
         * Beverly B. Byron
         * J. Owen Cole
         * Dan A. Colussy
         * Edward A. Crooke
         * James R. Curtiss                         September 29, 2000
         * Roger W. Gale
         * Jerome W. Geckle
         * Nancy Lampton
         * Charles L. Larson
         * George L. Russell, Jr.
         * Mayo A. Shattuck, III
         * Michael D. Sullivan

* By:          /s/ David A. Brune
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            David A. Brune, Attorney-in-Fact

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number

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4       -   Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Management Long-Term Incentive
            Plan.

5       -   Opinion of Company  Counsel as to  legality  of the shares of Common
            Stock being registered.

23(a)   -   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P., Independent Accountants.

23(b)   -   Consent of Company Counsel (included in Exhibit 5).

24      -   Power of Attorney.

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