Don’t Be Stumped by Landscaping this Spring! Get Started with a Free Tree from BGE
April 29 2016 - 1:12PM
Business Wire
This Arbor Day, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) is
helping customers with their landscaping by providing free trees to
customers through the Energy Saving Trees Program. Through a joint
effort with the Arbor Day Foundation, BGE is providing free trees
to customers to help them save energy and money.
When planted in the right place, trees can help reduce energy
use through summer shading and slowing cold winter winds. Once
trees are fully grown, they can lower energy costs by up to 20
percent, according to the Arbor Day Foundation. In addition, trees
can increase property value, reduce your carbon footprint, improve
air quality and more effectively catch storm water runoff.
Customers can reserve one tree on a first-come, first-served
basis through the Arbor Day Foundation’s interactive tool at
www.arborday.org/bge. This tool helps customers identify the best
tree for their property and also determine where to plant the tree
to save energy and money. Once customers confirm their reservation,
a 3-foot tall, lightly branched potted tree seedling will be
shipped to their home within two to four weeks.
To ensure that these trees do not impact the safety and
reliability of overhead and underground energy systems and the
customers they serve, BGE provides these “Right Tree, Right Place”
guidelines:
- Do not plant trees on electric
transmission or natural gas rights-of-way.
- Do not plant trees near natural gas
pipelines (marked by yellow markers), underground electric lines
(marked by white or red markers) or their rights-of-way.
- The Right Tree Right Place Guide lists
acceptable trees for planting near utility equipment not located on
rights-of-way or near pipelines and underground electric lines.
- If you wish to plant a tree not listed,
make sure it is also suitable for planting near utility
equipment.
- We do not recommend planting trees and
shrubs directly below power lines. However, if you choose to do so,
select trees and shrubs that will grow to a maximum height of 25
feet.
- Call Miss Utility at 811 at least three
days before digging to ensure that the area is safe for
planting.
- Please contact BGE with any
questions.
- For more information, visit
www.BGE.com/TreeCare/RightTree.
Through BGE’s involvement with the Arbor Day Foundation, close
to 25,000 free trees have been provided to customers since 2013.
According to the Arbor Day Foundation, these trees have helped:
- Avoid nearly 55,000 tons of carbon
dioxide
- Filter 611 million gallons of storm
water
- Save more than 41,000 megawatt hours of
electricity
- Save more than 1.8 million gas
therms.
For more information on BGE’s Energy Saving Trees Program, visit
www.arborday.org/BGE, or for more on the Right Tree, Right Place
program, click here.
BGE, founded in 1816 as the nation’s first gas utility, is
Maryland’s largest natural gas and electric utility. Headquartered
in Baltimore, BGE delivers power to more than 1.25 million electric
customers and more than 650,000 natural gas customers in central
Maryland. The company’s approximately 3,200 employees are committed
to the safe and reliable delivery of natural gas and electricity,
as well as enhanced energy management, conservation, environmental
stewardship and community assistance. BGE is a subsidiary of Exelon
Corporation (NYSE: EXC), the nation’s leading competitive energy
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Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE)Richard Yost,
richard.yost@bge.comBGE Media Hotline: 410.470.7433
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