# Baltimore Gas and Electric

> Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE), an Exelon subsidiary, delivers electricity to more than 1.3 million customers and natural gas to more than 700,000 customers in central Maryland. Its business combines regulated energy infrastructure, maintenance and emergency response with customer energy-management programs.

- **Founded:** 1816
- **Headquarters:** Baltimore, United States
- **Founders:** Rembrandt Peale (Co-founder of predecessor Gas Light Company of Baltimore)
- **Products:** Electricity delivery, Natural gas delivery, Smart Energy Savers Program, Smart Energy Rewards, PeakRewards
- **Notable:** Predecessor founded in 1816 as the Gas Light Company of Baltimore, the first US gas utility., Exelon reported BGE’s best-on-record reliability performance in 2024., BGE’s interphase-spacer team received a Public Utilities Fortnightly Top Innovator award in 2025.

## Products & services

- **Electricity delivery** — Regulated transmission and distribution, metering, maintenance and outage restoration for central Maryland.
- **Natural gas delivery** — Gas distribution, pipeline maintenance and emergency response.
- **Smart Energy Savers Program** — Residential and business energy-efficiency programs and incentives under EmPOWER Maryland.
- **Smart Energy Rewards** — Bill credits for eligible customers reducing electricity use during designated high-demand events; launched in 2013.
- **PeakRewards** — Demand-response program allowing cycling of eligible equipment in exchange for bill credits.

## Achievements

- Predecessor founded in 1816 as the Gas Light Company of Baltimore, the first US gas utility.
- Exelon reported BGE’s best-on-record reliability performance in 2024.
- BGE’s interphase-spacer team received a Public Utilities Fortnightly Top Innovator award in 2025.
- Exelon reported zero outages for 12 months after the spacer installation and projected $50,000 savings over five years; these are project-specific company claims.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — BGE announced state authorization for transmission upgrades intended to address reliability as major power plants retire; the company described use of existing transmission corridors.
- **2026-07** — BGE filed for $156.1 million in additional annual electric base-rate revenue. The PSC described an approximately $8 monthly average bill impact if approved and expected a January 2027 decision.
- **2026-05** — Reporting on BGE’s 2025 results described its third-lowest historical number of customer interruptions, with outage frequency down 44% and duration down 58% since 2011.
- **2025-05** — Tamla Olivier became president and CEO on May 1, 2025.

## Links

- Website: https://www.bge.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/baltimore-gas-and-electric/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/mybge
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC23lhnGxCIbwzz3KrJAdiqg
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mybge/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/myBGE

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Last updated: 2026-10-22