Smarter Grid Maintenance: How BGE Uses Drones for Inspections
Across BGE’s service area, teams are using drones to inspect transmission lines in a smarter, safer way. These drones fly along critical transmission circuits, capturing...
From Baltimore Roots to Community Impact: Shawnna’s Journey
I’m Shawnna Johnson—a Baltimore native now living in Harford County with my husband (Andre), our kids, and grandkids. I’ve spent my life in service to others, whether through counseling,...
The Diamond Collective: Leveling the Playing Field for Baltimore’s Underserved Youth
Business partners Ashref Elshazli and Ckori Jones have been friends since they played baseball together at Bowie State University. Today, they are managing partners of...
Good Energy Is How We Live — A Journey of Resilience, Connection, and Community
Baltimore didn’t just become my home—it became my heart. I arrived here in 1978 as a college student at Goucher, and over the decades, this...
A Bike, A Smile, A Moment That Matters
In Howard County, Maryland, one BGE employee is proving that a bicycle can be a powerful vehicle for change. Dave Susseles, Principal Business Analyst at BGE, has...
Call Before You Dig: BGE Reinforces Safe Digging Practices
With the change of the seasons comes beautiful gardens, landscaping and utility projects. All which require digging. Doing so safely means making a call to...
Meeting People Where They Are
I’ve always believed that energy is more than what flows through wires—it’s what flows between people. As BGE’s Energy Assistance Program Manager, I’ve spent the...
No More Hide and Seek: How BGE Finds Faults Faster
Imagine trying to find a single broken bulb in a string of holiday lights. You’d have to check each one, hoping to spot the problem....
Harnessing Drone-Based LiDAR to Protect Critical Infrastructure
Throughout BGE’s service area our vegetation management team is leveraging cutting-edge LiDAR technology mounted on uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), commonly known as drones, to monitor...
Remote Control Reliability: Powering Up Proactively in Remington
In the Remington neighborhood of Baltimore City, something quietly powerful is happening —literally. While the morning hum of city life carries on, BGE underground crews...
Powering Possibility: BGE Celebrates 10 Years of Workforce Development
BGE launched its first workforce development program in 2016 with a high school internship in Baltimore City that served 14 students. Only ten years later,...
Ahead of the Curve: Reliability Starts with Proactive Care
It’s early morning in Columbia, Maryland and the crew is already hard at work. Today’s mission? Replacing a single-phase pad-mounted transformer that’s been powering 22...