NEWS
March 30, 2006
Lewis Addison Beck, a retired Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. lawyer who loved the sea and ships, died of heart failure March 23 at the Rodgers Forge home of a goddaughter. The former Roland Park resident was 96. Born in Baltimore, Mr. Beck lived in the same Victorian-era home on Oakdale Road from 1912 until 2002, when he moved to Roland Park Place. Since last year, he had lived with Elizabeth B.G. Renwick, a goddaughter. Mr. Beck went to sea at age 13 when he signed on a ship for a voyage from Baltimore to Cuba.
NEWS
By Laurie Willis and Laurie Willis,SUN STAFF | July 26, 2003
Baltimore Gas & Electric Co., accustomed to raking in checks each month as customers pay utility bills, may soon be handing out checks instead. And the payments probably can't come soon enough for the recipients - 25 homeowners in Northeast Baltimore whose electrical appliances were damaged or destroyed July 17 as workers installed a utility pole in the 5000 block of Crosswood Ave. "As we were working to replace the pole that needed to be replaced, another...
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By Frederick N. Rasmussen | March 27, 2008
Roy E. Braly, a retired Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. engineer and decorated World War II bomber pilot, died Sunday of complications from an infection at the Augsburg Lutheran Home and Village in Arbutus. He was 88. Mr. Braly, the son of an airport owner, was born and raised in Spring Lake, N.J. He was a graduate of Asbury Park High School in New Jersey. His interest in flying began when he was a youngster. "One time, he flew with Amelia Earhart from his father's airport to see the arrival of the Hindenburg at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station," said his wife of 12 years, the former Jeanne Macon.
BUSINESS
By Nancy Jones-Bonbrest and Nancy Jones-Bonbrest,Special to The Baltimore Sun | April 5, 2009
Salary: $24/hour Age: 44 Years on the job: 2 1/2 How she got started: : Kim Allen grew up traveling with her mother, who served in the Air Force. She said the experience of living in places like Japan, Germany and throughout the United States has helped with her career in customer service. Allen has worked as a call center representative for the past several years. She was laid off from her most recent job at the call center of a local fitness center and applied to various companies, ultimately accepting BGE's offer.
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By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun | July 12, 2012
The debate continues over whether Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. should start burying its power lines to avoid a repeat of the lengthy outages that swept the area after the derecho storm last month. Another city whose electrical infrastructure was wrecked by a natural disaster 124 years ago took that step. After the Great Blizzard of 1888 dumped 20.9 inches of snow on New York City, pulling down wires, plunging the city into darkness and snarling communications for days, city officials ordered that all overhead wires be buried.
BUSINESS
By Lorraine Mirabella, The Baltimore Sun | April 12, 2013
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. is warning customers about scams in which people pose as BGE employees in person or over the telephone to steal money, valuables or credit card information. A recent scam has targeted customers over the telephone, BGE said. Callers say service will be terminated and direct customers to pay by buying a "Green Dot" Visa credit card. Customers are given another phone number where information is obtained from a customer's credit card. But the funds are not used to pay BGE bills, BGE said.