Media Advisory: BGE Employees Prepare Service Restoration Materials for Field Deployment in Advance of Hurricane Sandy

Media Advisory: BGE Employees Prepare Service Restoration Materials for Field Deployment in Advance of Hurricane Sandy

Please consider attending the media event below tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 26, 2012.  Thank you.
  

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Employees Prepare Service Restoration Materials for Field Deployment in Advance of Hurricane Sandy

Media invited to visit materials warehouse where poles, wires, storm kits and other restoration equipment is stored

WHO:                Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE)

WHAT:              As part of BGE’s proactive pre-mobilization actions in advance of Hurricane Sandy, employees are preparing and stocking their vehicles with service restoration materials, including poles, wires, storm kits, safety materials and other restoration equipment. 

WHEN:              Friday, Oct. 26, 2012
                          11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

WHERE:            BGE Materials Warehouse
                          Lord Baltimore Building (REAR)
                          7210 Windsor Blvd.
                          Baltimore, Md.

WHY:                 BGE personnel, company field and contract crews have been pre-mobilized in anticipation of potential extended power outages associated with Hurricane Sandy. As part of this effort, equipment required to restore electric service is being prepared for field deployment so that crews can respond to outage reports as safely and as quickly as possible. 

For more information about BGE storm preparation and how customers can protect their families and property, go to bge.com<http://www.bge.com/Pages/default.aspx> .  

BGE <http://www.bge.com/Pages/default.aspx> , headquartered in Baltimore, is Maryland’s largest gas and electric utility, delivering power to more than 1.2 million electric customers and more than 650,000 natural gas customers in central Maryland. The company’s approximately 3,400 employees are committed to the safe and reliable delivery of 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 provider with approximately $33 billion in annual revenues.  Like us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/myBGE>  and follow us on Twitter <http://twitter.com/mybge> , YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/baltimoregaselectric>   and Flickr <http://www.flickr.com/photos/mybge> .