BGE Continues to Accelerate Modernization of Natural Gas Infrastructure through its STRIDE Program
27 May 2016 - 7:11AM
Business Wire
More than 63 neighborhood and single street gas
upgrade projects throughout region in 2016
BGE continues to modernize the natural gas system serving
customers in central Maryland, replacing more than 52 miles of gas
mains in the first two full years under the company’s Strategic
Infrastructure Development and Enhancement (STRIDE) plan. Another
45 miles of gas mains are projected to be replaced by BGE this
year. BGE accelerated the pace of replacement of gas equipment
following passage of Maryland’s STRIDE law in 2013 and the Maryland
Public Service Commission’s approval of BGE’s accelerated plan in
March 2014.
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A new gas main is installed as part of
Baltimore Gas and Electric's STRIDE natural gas infrastructure
modernization program. (Photo: Business Wire)
“Our commitment to serving customers with a safe and reliable
natural gas system includes a major modernization initiative to
install durable new natural gas pipes in communities throughout
central Maryland,” said Stephen J. Woerner, president and chief
operating officer of BGE. “Our STRIDE plan enables us to begin work
on more streets and neighborhoods and increase the number of gas
mains we systematically and proactively replace.”
STRIDE allows gas utilities to recover some costs of pipeline
modernization work as the work is being done, making it possible to
replace more aging equipment sooner. BGE invested more than $145
million (about $55 million in 2014 and $90 million in 2015) and is
projecting the 2016 investment to be approximately $113
million.
BGE’s 2016 STRIDE plan includes 63 separate projects ranging
from BGE Operation Pipeline projects that proactively upgrade whole
neighborhood gas systems, to projects replacing gas mains along
single streets. The plan also includes area-wide programs to
replace thousands of service and riser pipes that connect
customers’ gas meters to the gas mains. Nearly 12,000 service pipes
and risers were addressed in the first two years of the program,
with nearly 8,000 additional services included in the program in
2016.
STRIDE projects are located throughout central Maryland,
including Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County,
Harford County, Prince George’s County, Carroll County and Howard
County. Maps of Operation Pipeline neighborhood-wide gas system
upgrade projects are available at bge.com/OperationPipeline.
Natural gas infrastructure modernization has a positive economic
development impact for the regional economy and workforce. More
than 700 gas infrastructure modernization jobs have been created
across Maryland since implementation of STRIDE.
Modernizing the natural gas system in central Maryland and
investing in infrastructure are some of the many ways BGE is
working to move smart energy forward. Safe and reliable energy is
smart energy. For more information on BGE’s STRIDE program, visit
bge.com/gasprojectupdate.
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)Aaron Koos,
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