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Surcharges likely for gas pipeline replacement
When Maryland utilities replace their gas pipelines, customers have had to fork out extra money afterward — not during. But that's poised to change. Both chambers of Maryland's General Assembly, citing safety concerns, approved measures this...
Tags: Consumers, Washington Gas Light Company, U.S. Department of Transportation
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BGE customers to see rate increase
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. customers will be paying higher rates this year, with the average bills rising by several dollars a month, to cover the cost of upgrading the utility's infrastructure. Maryland's Public Service Commission, which regulates...
Tags: Civil and Public Service, Howard County, Consumers, Government, Credit Ratings
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Old-fashioned meat market, cutting-edge power
Fifty-eight years after it opened in Highland, Boarman's Old-Fashioned Meat Market is still, in many respects, living up to its name. Boarman family members still mix spices for the pork sausage made in house, the staff butcher still stuffs the sausage...Tags: Taxation, Howard County, Sausages, Foods and Beverages, Clarksville
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Raymond Griffith Sinclair Jr., BGE executive
Raymond Griffith Sinclair Jr., a retired Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. executive who was a decorated World War II Marine, died Monday of congestive heart failure at Stella Maris Hospice. He was 92.
Born and raised in Collingswood, N.J., Mr. Sinclair was...Tags: Woodlawn (Baltimore, Maryland), Armed Forces, World War II (1939-1945), Perry Hall, Baltimore County
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Gas leak in Glen Burnie causes temporary evacuation
A gas leak in Glen Burnie caused the temporary evacuation of about a dozen residents and left nine homes without gas Wednesday evening, Anne Arundel County fire officials said. A fire department spokesman said Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. would likely...Tags: Glen Burnie
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Md. panel ponders smart-meter alternative
Some Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. customers — Del. Glen Glass of Harford County included — are convinced that they don't want a smart meter wirelessly sending data about their energy usage day in and out.
Some, like Eric Rockel of...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Health Organizations, Apples, Environmental Politics, Harford County
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City ramps up battle against energy costs, overuse
Valorie Cooley was "in a really bad place" a year ago, with a broken furnace and past-due heating bills she couldn't pay. Now her Baltimore home has a new furnace and a raft of energy-efficient improvements — including insulation in the attic...
Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Belair-Edison, Business, Energy Saving, Constellation Energy Group
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Howard residents testify against BGE rate increase
Howard County residents Wednesday questioned why Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. should be allowed to increase rates on electric and gas customers after power reliability in the county has been a source of frustration. "It seems illogical to grant a rate...
Tags: Ellicott City, Howard County, Clarksville
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Enterprise Zones in Baltimore, Salisbury area expanded
Tax-break Enterprise Zones in Baltimore and the Eastern Shore will expand after getting an OK from Maryland's economic development agency, the state said Thursday. The city's zone was altered to include Harbor Point and nearby portions of South...
Tags: Harbor East, Economic Policy, John Paterakis Sr., Business, Exelon Corp.
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Public hearings to begin on BGE rate-increase case
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. customers with opinions about the utility's request for higher rates can air them at public hearings beginning Monday. BGE wants to increase its distribution charges about $6.62 a month for the typical residential electric...
Tags: William Donald Schaefer, Civil and Public Service, Government, St. Paul Street
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BGE wins industry award for power-outage efforts
The multiple-day outages might have enraged some customers, but Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.'s power restoration work after the derecho and Superstorm Sandy last year won it an industry award for "outstanding efforts." It's the third year in a row...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Developers eager to convert downtown office buildings to residences
Nearly 1,000 market-rate apartments would be added to downtown Baltimore in the next few years if three projects announced in recent days are completed.
"It seems like it all came to fruition this week, but we've been working for a year, year and a half,...Tags: United States Census Bureau, Pratt Street, Realty, Mount Vernon, Tax Credits
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