Regulated Energy Delivery

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE): Delivers energy to more than 1.1 million electric customers and 600,000 gas customers throughout Central Maryland.

Key Facts

• Electric Transmission and Distribution
  Operates in the PJM Interconnection and maintains nearly 21,500 circuit miles of distribution lines and almost 1,300 circuit miles of transmission lines in a 2,300-square-mile service territory
    
• Natural Gas Distribution
  Stores and delivers natural gas through two peak-shaving plants, 10 gate stations, and nearly 6,000 miles of gas main in an over 800-square-mile service territory; natural gas suppliers include Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation, Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corporation, and Dominion Transmission

2001 Highlights

• Reported its best year ever for average interruptions per customer, beating by 15% its previous all-time-best reliability record set in 2000
• Locked in wholesale power supply contracts with Constellation Power Source and Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC, ensuring it can meet its obligation as provider of last resort through the end of the transition to customer choice in 2006
• Embarked on a new initiative—Achieving Operational Excellence—to enhance financial and operational performance while increasing customer satisfaction, reliability and productivity, and reducing costs