BALTIMORE, MD—BGE crews are working around the clock to restore power to those affected by Monday night’s severe storms. As off 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, August 8, 2023, almost 43,000 residents in BGE’s coverage area are still without power. The hardest hit areas were Carroll County, Baltimore County, and Harford County, there is widespread damage throughout the BGE service area. […]
FALLSTON, MD—Crews are on the scene of a Monday afternoon accident in Fallston. The crash was reported at around 4:30 p.m. on July 31, 2023 on Belair Road near Wilgis Road. The Fallston Volunteer Fire & Ambulance Company reports that a single vehicle struck a utility pole. At this time, one patient is being evaluated and BGE crews are being […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Public Service Commission has scheduled two initial virtual public comment hearings on the multi-year rate plan filed in February by Baltimore Gas and Electric. Utility customers and other interested parties are invited to take part in the hearings on Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 7 p.m. and Wednesday, August 23 at 7 p.m. The Commission will schedule […]
CARNEY, MD—Crews are on the scene of a Thursday morning electrical fire in the Carney area. At just before 10:30 a.m. on July 13, 2023, units responded to the pumping station located in the 2000-block of Cromwell Bridge Road (21234). Arriving units found smoke showing from the station. BGE and hazmat crews are responding. Cromwell Bridge Road has been shut […]
CARNEY, MD—Baltimore County Councilman David Marks on Tuesday passed along information about an upcoming aerial project on the transmission lines in northern Perry Hall and Carney. Between April 15 and April 22, 2023, BGE will be replacing all existing porcelain insulators with new toughened glass insulators within the circuit pictured above. Residents will see helicopters along this route during this […]
UPDATE 2: Russell and Clendaniel have both been indicted. UPDATE: This story has been updated with a statement from BGE and Exelon. Original story below… —— BALTIMORE, MD—Two people have been arrested after authorities said they planned to carry out an attack on Baltimore’s power grid. Federal authorities on Monday announced that the FBI had captured two suspects before they […]
CARNEY, MD—Multiple transformer explosions knocked out power to some local residents overnight. At around 4 a.m. on Monday, transformer fires broke out at the BGE station along Northwind Road in Carney. Witnesses reported being awakened by three or four loud booms, then seeing several fire trucks and BGE vehicles arrive at the scene. Power was knocked out to several neighborhoods […]
BALTIMORE, MD—BGE this week awarded $2,460,000 to 123 small businesses located in central Maryland during the fifth round of BGE’s Energizing Small Business Grants program. This program is part of BGE’s $15 million pledge to assist small businesses with COVID-19 relief and recovery and is a multi-year commitment expected to run through at least 2023. At an event in Towson […]