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The Baltimore Gas & Electric Company delivers electricity to more than 1 million customers in a 2,300-sqaure-mile area that includes Baltimore City and all or part of 10 counties in central Maryland. The company also serves more than 600,000 natural gas customers. BGE was founded in 1816 as the first gas utility in the United States, and it brought light in the form of burning gas to Baltimore's streets. It later expanded to included electric power early in the 20th century, and nuclear power with the opening of the Calvert Cliffs nuclear reactor in southern Maryland in 1975. BGE is a division of Constellation Energy Group, one of the largest sellers of wholesale power in the nation. BGE's r...
The Baltimore Gas & Electric Company delivers electricity to more than 1 million customers in a 2,300-sqaure-mile area that includes Baltimore City and all or part of 10 counties in central Maryland. The company also serves more than 600,000 natural gas customers. BGE was founded in 1816 as the first gas utility in the United States, and it brought light in the form of burning gas to Baltimore's streets. It later expanded to included electric power early in the 20th century, and nuclear power with the opening of the Calvert Cliffs nuclear reactor in southern Maryland in 1975. BGE is a division of Constellation Energy Group, one of the largest sellers of wholesale power in the nation. BGE's rates -- specifically, a projected rate increase of 72% -- were a contentious issue during the 2006 Maryland gubernatorial race between incumbent Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. and challenger Martin O'Malley.
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Md. lawmakers to resume debate on offshore wind energy bill
Capital News ServiceMaryland lawmakers are preparing to resume debate on one of Gov. Martin O'Malley's major green initiatives, an offshore wind energy bill that stalled during the last legislative session amid concerns about the cost to utility companies and their...Tags: Executive Branch, Energy Saving, Politics, Renewable Energy, U.S. Senate
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Tamela Baker: If we're in this together, what's in it for us?
Gov. O’Malley, it’s been a long, long time since you and I last spoke. In fact, I think it was when you were out here campaigning against Bob Ehrlich — the first time. And I suspect I probably remember more about those conversations than...Tags: Business, Unemployment, Unemployment, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Career and Workplace
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Williamsport electricity rate changes expected to bring net decrease
andrews@herald-mail.comElectricity bills are on the verge of dropping in Williamsport, Mayor James G. McCleaf II said Monday night. The cost of purchasing electricity from FirstEnergy, formerly Allegheny Energy Supply, will drop about 12 percent, a savings passed to town...Tags: Maryland, Electricity Production and Distribution, FirstEnergy Corp., Allegheny Energy Inc.
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Allegheny's storm story better than Pepco's
andrews@herald-mail.comAfter state lawmakers picked apart Pepco on Tuesday for its poor performance during a Jan. 26 snowstorm, other electricity providers — including Allegheny Power — got a friendlier reception. The House Economic Matters Committee grilled...Tags: Maryland, Economy, Business and Finance, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Politics, Career and Workplace
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Smart meter opponents make their case to regulators
Smart meter opponents asked state regulators at a hearing Tuesday to allow ratepayers to say "no" to new digital, wireless devices because of safety, privacy and security concerns.
The Maryland Public Service Commission is considering whether...Tags: Government, Peter Shumlin, Electronics, Science and Technology, Politics
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Alvin T. Church, BGE surveyor
Alvin Turner "Al" Church, a retired Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. surveyor, died Monday of complications from skin cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson.
The longtime Cockeysville resident was 64.
The son of Glenn L. Martin Co. workers, Mr. Church...Tags: Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Skin Cancer, Roman Catholicism, General Electric Company, Catonsville
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Exelon, Constellation donate $1.8M to Md. Science Center
Exelon Corp. and Constellation have donated $1.8 million for a new energy exhibit at the Maryland Science Center, the first public display of their charitable commitment to the city and state since the merger between the energy giants closed in March, the...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Charity, Human Interest, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Science
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Baltimore County police form metal theft task force
Baltimore County police are announcing today a new task force to combat the growing problem of metals theft that his hitting homeowners and businesses throughout the region. The Metal Thefts Team is being called the area’s first law enforcement...
Tags: Annapolis, Arts and Culture, Sculpture, Pikesville, Theft
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BGE to test PeakRewards program twice this month
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. said Tuesday that it planned to test its PeakRewards program on two separate occasions this month. The tests, done ahead of the summer peak demand season, are designed to gauge the program's technical enhancements, as... -
Rare wildflower saved to bloom another day
Spring is a little showier around here these days, thanks to the efforts of plant specialists at the University of Maryland, College Park. The staff at UM's Arboretum and Botanical Garden have tracked down and rescued or preserved dozens of patches of an...
Tags: Odenton, Wildflowers, Natural Resources, Environmental Issues, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland)
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Hot weather could offset winter energy savings
The mild winter meant a dearth of heating degree days. Early in the cooling degree days season, the warm trend is having the opposite result. Degree days are a measure of how much energy is needed to warm homes to 65 degrees in winter. One degree day...
Tags: Weather, Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, Weather Statistics
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Elizabeth K. 'Bitze' Glaser, deacon
Elizabeth K. "Bitze" Glaser, an ordained Presbyterian deacon who was active in the affairs of Govans Presbyterian Church, died Wednesday at Roland Park Place from complications of dementia. She was 95.
The daughter of a Baltimore Gas and Electric Co....Tags: Towson, Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia), Roland Park, Govans, Henry Adams
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