Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Employees Returning From The Gulf Coast Following Two Week Restoration Assignment
September 08 2005 - 1:21PM
PR Newswire (US)
Additional BGE Personnel Headed to Gulf Region, Continuing Mutual
Assistance Effort BALTIMORE, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Baltimore Gas
and Electric Company (BGE), a subsidiary of Constellation Energy
(NYSE:CEG), today announced that approximately 70 overhead linemen
and support staff deployed to South Florida and the Gulf Coast last
month are returning to Baltimore, having completed a two week
effort to help restore electric service to areas impacted by
Hurricane Katrina. Additionally, approximately 70 new BGE employees
are heading to Jackson, Miss. to continue the work begun by the
returning personnel. "The men and women of BGE who accepted this
assignment have worked tirelessly under extremely challenging
conditions and they have every reason to be proud of the work
they've accomplished," said Mark P. Huston, vice president of
electric transmission and distribution for BGE. "Helping people get
their lives back on track following a catastrophic event is no
small feat. And because there is so much more work to be done along
the devastated Gulf Coast, BGE will continue to support the
restoration effort by replacing the returning crews with a new
group of employees equally as eager to help the region recover."
The returning employees helped restore electric service to parts of
Jackson, Miss. and Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, assisting Entergy
Corporation and Florida Power and Light Company. Departing
personnel will begin their two week assignment in Jackson, but may
be redeployed to other areas if conditions warrant. Other utilities
that BGE has assisted following Hurricane Katrina include
Mississippi Power and Cleco Power. BGE is part of a mutual
assistance network of utilities which regularly discusses current
and approaching weather conditions, the potential impact on each
utility's service territory and available resources. In accordance
with preexisting agreements, the requesting utility assumes the
costs associated with mutual assistance. BGE is a member of
Constellation Energy (NYSE:CEG), a FORTUNE 200 company based in
Baltimore. Constellation Energy is the nation's largest competitive
supplier of electricity to large commercial and industrial
customers and the nation's largest wholesale power seller.
Constellation Energy also manages fuels and energy services on
behalf of energy intensive industries and utilities. It owns a
diversified fleet of more than 100 generating units located
throughout the United States, totaling approximately 12,000
megawatts of generating capacity. The company also delivers
electricity and natural gas through the Baltimore Gas and Electric
Company (BGE), its regulated utility in Central Maryland. In 2004,
the combined revenues of the integrated energy company totaled
$12.5 billion. DATASOURCE: Constellation Energy CONTACT: Robert L.
Gould or Linda J. Foy, both at +1-410-234-7433, both for Baltimore
Gas and Electric Company Web site: http://www.constellation.com/
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