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Baltimore Gas and Electric

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Website
  
www.bge.com

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Industry
  
Electric power and Natural gas

Area served
  
Baltimore metropolitan area

Headquarters
  
Balti, Maryland, United States

Parent organization
  
Constellation Energy Group

Subsidiaries
  
BGE Home Products & Services, Inc

Profiles

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) is a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation and Maryland’s largest gas and electric utility. BGE created the holding company Constellation Energy in 1999. Constellation Energy was acquired by Exelon in 2012.

Contents

Headquartered in Baltimore, BGE provides service to more than 1.2 million electric customers and more than 650,000 natural gas customers in central Maryland.

Origin

Rembrandt Peale incorporated the Gas Light Company of Baltimore on 1816 June 17, after having exhibited gas lighting at his Holliday Street museum; this was the first gas company in the Americas.

Operations

BGE’s electric service territory includes Baltimore City and all or part of Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, and Prince George’s counties.

Exelon-Pepco merger

The Maryland Public Service Commission approved the merger of Exelon and Pepco Holdings in May 2015; their approval was required due to BGE's subsidiary status relative to Exelon. The merger, which would set Exelon as the controlling interest for 80% of Maryland's consumer electricity market, has been met with significant opposition within Maryland due to concerns over the potential for major electricity cost increases.

References

Baltimore Gas and Electric Wikipedia