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EEI Honors Allegheny Energy, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company for Hurricane Recovery Assistance SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The Edison Electric Institute today honored Allegheny Energy and the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of Baltimore-based Constellation Energy (NYSE:CEG), as winners of the association's "Emergency Assistance Award" for their outstanding efforts in helping restore electricity following the punishing hurricanes that struck the coasts of Alabama and Florida last year. EEI's "Emergency Response" and "Emergency Assistance" awards are presented annually to both U.S. and foreign-based member companies to recognize outstanding efforts in restoring electric service that has been disrupted by severe weather conditions or other natural events. Winners are selected by a panel of judges following a national and international nomination process. Awards were presented during EEI's winter CEO meetings here Wednesday. Both Mid-Atlantic electric companies sent hundreds of workers and equipment to Florida and Alabama to help power companies in those states restore electricity from what was perhaps the most punishing hurricane season on record. Complicating the assistance efforts of both Allegheny and BGE was the fact that both companies had to prepare for the likelihood that their respective service territories could be impacted by remnants of the storms. Even before the storms made landfall, both companies had developed contingency plans that enabled them to effectively deploy resources where they were needed most, and when the calls came out from the Southeast, both companies were able to respond swiftly. In some cases, contract employees working on routine maintenance activities in their home service territories were dispatched to Alabama and Florida to help with the arduous task of rebuilding badly damaged electric power systems virtually from the ground up. "I am pleased to honor the men and women of Baltimore Gas and Electric and Allegheny Energy with these awards," said EEI President Tom Kuhn. "These natural disasters prompted a massive call to action, and their unhesitating response was in keeping with our industry's unswerving tradition of public service." Edison Electric Institute (EEI) is the association of United States investor-owned electric utilities and industry affiliates and associates worldwide. Its domestic members generate approximately three-quarters of all the electricity generated by electric utilities in the country and serve about 70 percent of all ultimate customers in the nation. DATASOURCE: Edison Electric Institute CONTACT: Jason Cuevas of the Edison Electric Institute, +1-202-508-5074 Web site: http://www.eei.org/

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