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Baltimore Gas and Electric Restores Nearly 90 Percent of Natural Gas Customers in Overlea-Fullerton Area Full Restoration Remains on Track for Late Friday BALTIMORE, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), a subsidiary of Constellation Energy (NYSE:CEG), today said that it has made significant progress in restoring natural gas service to residents in the Overlea-Fullerton neighborhood of Baltimore County and expects to meet its targeted deadline of Friday for full restoration. The utility also announced that it has begun conducting follow-up surveys of its gas mains to ensure there is no leakage of natural gas in the affected area. "We continue to thank our customers for their patience throughout this ordeal, particularly now as we come down the home stretch of this massive restoration effort," said E. Frank Bender, vice president of gas operations for BGE. "While we've made tremendous progress, we still have a number of households where we have been unable to gain access to inspect both meters and appliances thereby preventing us from relighting pilot lights. In those cases, we're prepared to work with our customers on a one-on-one basis but we need for them to contact us to arrange for a time to enter their homes. Only then, will we be in a position to fully restore natural gas service to those customers." As of Thursday morning, service had been restored nearly 1,650 customers, or nearly 90 percent of the roughly 1,900 customers whose service was interrupted last weekend when water entered two gas mains at Belair Road and Cardwell Avenue. Of that number, nearly 350 customers have been found to have some sort of water damage requiring either repair or replacement of internal customer piping natural gas-fed appliances. BGE reminds its customers that if water is detected, the customer will need to have a certified contractor inspect the customer's internal gas piping and gas appliances and make any necessary repairs before natural gas service is fully restored. BGE has left flyers for about 100 customers, appealing to them to make provisions to allow crews inside their property to inspect meters and natural gas-fed appliances for water damage. The company will follow up today with phone calls to those customers as it attempts to schedule inspection times. Assisting BGE in relighting appliance pilots are personnel from several neighboring utilities, including Washington Gas Light, Columbia Gas, Conectiv Power Delivery, Philadelphia Gas Works and Pennsylvania Power and Light Company (PPL). BGE is a member of Constellation Energy (NYSE:CEG), a Fortune 500 integrated energy company based in Baltimore. Constellation Energy is the nation's leading competitive supplier of electricity to large commercial and industrial customers. It owns and operates a diversified fleet of 35 power plants in 11 states. Additionally, Constellation Energy markets energy nationally and manages the associated risks, providing value-added services for its customers. The company also delivers electricity and natural gas through the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), its regulated utility in Central Maryland. In 2003, the combined revenues of the integrated energy company totaled $9.7 billion. DATASOURCE: Baltimore Gas and Electric Company CONTACT: Robert L. Gould or Linda Foy of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, +1-410-234-7433 Web site: http://www.constellation.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/084087.html

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