Baltimore Gas and Electric

Baltimore Gas and Electric
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryElectric power and Natural gas
FoundedJune 17, 1816; 208 years ago (1816-06-17)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
FounderRembrandt Peale, (1778-1860)
Headquarters
Baltimore, Maryland
,
U.S.[citation needed]
Area served
Baltimore metropolitan area[1]
Key people
Calvin G. Butler, Jr.[2]
ServicesElectric power transmission
ParentExelon Corporation
Websitebge.com

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) is a subsidiary of the Exelon Corporation and Maryland’s largest gas and electric utility. BGE earlier had created the holding company Constellation Energy in 1999.[3] Constellation Energy was acquired by Exelon in 2012.[4]

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.[5] BGE employs 3,100 people in the state of Maryland, making the company one of the 15 largest private employers in the region.[6]

  1. ^ "Service Territory" (PDF). greaterbaltimore.org. Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  2. ^ Haber, Gary (February 12, 2014). "BGE promotes Calvin Butler to CEO". Baltimore Business Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  3. ^ Bloomberg News (1999-05-01). "COMPANY NEWS; BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC TO SELL 15 NURSING HOMES". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  4. ^ Wells, Carrie (15 May 2015). "Public service commission approves Exelon-Pepco merger on 3-2 vote". The Baltimore Sun. Under state law, the PSC was allowed to approve the merger only if it resulted in "no harm" to consumers and was in the public interest. Critics, including Frosh and the Maryland Energy Administration, said the merger met neither obligation and urged the PSC to reject it.
  5. ^ "About BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY". Vault. Vault.com Inc. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  6. ^ Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore (June 2014), Gas and Electric Company Economic Impact of Baltimore (PDF), BGE, archived from the original (PDF) on March 7, 2016, retrieved June 6, 2017