OutageRiskCheck

Baltimore Gas & Electric Co, MD

How often Baltimore Gas & Electric Co goes out

Maryland's grid here runs a bit rougher than most: 0.9 outages from Baltimore Gas & Electric Co in the most recent year, 2.9 hours total. That is 5% less outage time than the Maryland state average of 3.1 hours a year.

Outage length, and what it means for a generator

3.4 hours is this grid's average outage length - long enough that a standby generator, not a portable or battery unit, is the more realistic fit. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.

Do Baltimore Gas & Electric Co customers need a generator

Serving 1,345,150 customers here, Baltimore Gas & Electric Co customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.

How Baltimore Gas & Electric Co's record was measured

Baltimore Gas & Electric Co filed these numbers itself, as an investor-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Maryland territory, serving 1,345,150 customers here, not a single street or outage. See Maryland as a whole, across every utility that filed: Maryland's outage record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.