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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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Thousands more could get help with energy bills, BGE says
More than 130,000 households in the Baltimore area are eligible for assistance with energy bills but are not currently receiving help, a Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. representative told members of a City Hall committee Monday. Customers who are...Tags: Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Energy Saving
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Md. needs more George McGowans
The week that Black and Decker announced its plans to merge with The Stanley Works and move its headquarters -- one of only three Fortune 500 company headquarters still left in Baltimore metropolitan area -- is the same week that one of Baltimore's most...Tags: Stanley Works, Benjamin L. Cardin, Black & Decker, Brooks Robinson
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BGE head led building of Calvert Cliffs
George Vincent McGowan, the retired chief executive officer of Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. whose civic roles included the chairmanship of the University of Maryland Board of Regents, died of heart failure Thursday at the Hospice of Queen Anne's County....Tags: Engineering, Nuclear Power, Queen Anne's County, Museum Dioramas, Queen Anne (Talbot, Maryland)
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CEG closes nuclear deal
Constellation Energy Group closed a deal Friday to sell half its nuclear power business to a French utility, one week after Maryland regulators approved the $4.5 billion transaction with conditions. The deal's closure ends a difficult chapter for...Tags: Restructuring and Recapitalization, Nuclear Power, Warren Buffett, Constellation Energy Group, Joint Ventures
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Ehrlich criticizes Constellation-EDF review
The Associated PressFormer Gov. Robert Ehrlich says the battle between the O'Malley administration and Constellation Energy over a proposed deal with France's EDF hurt Maryland's business reputation. Maryland regulators conditionally approved the deal for nearly half of...Tags: Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., France, Nuclear Power
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PSC's restrictions not so onerous for Constellation and EDF
If EDF Group and Constellation Energy wanted to use Maryland regulators as an excuse to scrap their $4.5 billion deal, the regulators let them down. The Public Service Commission's requirements for approving the deal are relatively minor. They amount...Tags: Electricity Production and Distribution, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Civil and Public Service, Potomac Electric Power Company, Martin O'Malley
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State OKs Constellation deal
Maryland regulators approved Constellation Energy Group's nuclear joint venture with a French utility Friday, adding conditions - including a one-time $100 credit for each Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. customer - that fell short of concessions Gov....Tags: Nuclear Power, Constellation Energy Group, Martin O'Malley, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Civil and Public Service
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A smarter grid
Members of the Maryland congressional delegation and the U.S. secretary of housing and urban development joined Friday to congratulate Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. for receiving $200 million in federal stimulus grants to support efforts to modernize the...Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, Benjamin L. Cardin, National Government, John P. Sarbanes, Elijah E. Cummings
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Louise K. Cockey, meal volunteer
Louise K. Cockey, a longtime volunteer and homemaker, died of heart failure Sunday at Roland Park Place. She was 95.
Louise Dilworth Keyser, the daughter of a physician and a homemaker, was born in Baltimore and raised on 40th Street near the old...Tags: Towson, Roland Park, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Johns Hopkins Hospital, Death and Dying
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CEG to act quickly on EDF deal
Constellation Energy Group and its nuclear joint venture partner, Electricite de France, announced Monday that they will move quickly to close their $4.5 billion nuclear joint venture, though the deal leaves some unanswered questions. Among them: when...Tags: William Donald Schaefer, U.S. Department of Energy, Ratings, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Charity
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Powerful regulators
After months of political posturing, legal maneuvering, strong-arm tactics and heated rhetoric, Constellation Energy Group and Electricité de France on Monday moved toward accepting the conditions imposed by Maryland's Public Service Commission on the...Tags: Executive Branch, Economic Policy, France, Civil and Public Service, Martin O'Malley
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O'Malley tried, failed to stop jump in BGE rates
The video, lovingly promoted by Maryland Republicans, has gotten nearly 4,000 hits on YouTube. It's a 2006 ad for the successful gubernatorial campaign of Martin O'Malley. "How did this happen?" says the somber voice-over guy, as images of electricity...Tags: Regional Authority, Electricity Production and Distribution, Executive Branch, YouTube, Martin O'Malley
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