From Towers to Monopoles: An Important Transmission Upgrade
Over 100 years ago, starting in 1908, transmission towers were built to power communities. Over time, they began to show their age. With splice failures and broken conductors, they threatened...
Reducing Outages: BGE’s First In-House Hendrix Aerial Cable Project
On Old York Road in Baltimore County, BGE had crews stationed to install Hendrix Aerial Cables as part of a major reliability upgrade. This project...
Hidden Heroes: BGE Control Room Workers
It’s 7:00 pm, you walk in your front door after a long workday, flip the light switch on, open the fridge, and start thinking about dinner. It’s a bit chilly in...
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...
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....
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...
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...
Building Beneath Baltimore: A Stronger Grid Starts on Stockholm Street
On Stockholm Street in Baltimore City, something big is happening—though most people walking by might not even notice. Beneath the pavement, BGE crews are laying...
Rain or Shine, They Deliver: Honoring BGE’s Lineworkers and Field Employees
In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to overlook the people who keep our lives running smoothly. The things – and people – we rely on...
The Future Is Beneath Your Feet
The Downtown Pipeline Project is more than an upgrade—it’s about building a safer, more reliable, and sustainable energy future for Baltimore.
Why Your Power Flickered — And Why That’s a Good Thing
That brief outage could mean you just avoided a lengthy outage.
The Sky’s the Limit: How Drones Improve Reliability for our Customers
Drones help us inspect power lines safer and eight times faster.