Power Utilities (MD-VA-DC) · Electric/Gas Utility (MD) · Structural / no discrete incident
BGE (Baltimore Gas & Electric)
Headline
BGE is an Exelon company, sharing a corporate parent with Pepco and Delmarva Power, which means the smart-meter data-handling policies that matter to a Baltimore household are set at the same level as those for a DC or…
Not independently verified. Verification status: Unverified - heuristic first draft. Publish state: draft unverified.
BGE is an Exelon company, sharing a corporate parent with Pepco and Delmarva Power, which means the smart-meter data-handling policies that matter to a Baltimore household are set at the same level as those for a DC or Delaware one. The Seventh Circuit's Naperville ruling established that 15-minute interval consumption data is constitutionally protected enough to count as a search, because it exposes occupancy, sleep and meal routines and appliance-level detail. The practical question for a BGE customer is not whether the meter is collecting - it is - but what the retention period is and what BGE's written policy requires before releasing usage data to police. Neither is prominent in customer-facing materials.
- Severity
- Evidence tierUnassigned
- Claims confirmed
- Last verified2026-08-04
Primary source. None recorded — Unverified - heuristic first draft.
Terms
Arbitration
Not independently confirmed this pass.
Data sharing
Not independently confirmed this pass with a specific named privacy lawsuit.
Fees and billing
Related shutoff-protection episode (see Pepco row): the Maryland PSC imposed a moratorium on BGE service terminations in December 2025 and in February 2026 extended it through at least April 1, 2026, citing 'systemic failings' in BGE's call center, amid customer complaints about high bills (Fox45 Baltimore, Feb. 27, 2026). The number of customers facing termination was not independently confirmed. BGE serves approximately 1.4 million electric and 0.7 million natural gas customers in central Maryland across a 3,250-square-mile service territory (Exelon 2025 Form 10-K) and is a subsidiary of Exelon (same parent as Pepco and Delmarva Power).
Contacts
Privacy contact. Not recorded.
Legal notice. Not verified this pass. If publicly traded: SEC Form 10-K cover page gives the official corporate address; the Secretary of State business-entity search in the state of incorporation gives the registered agent, which must accept service. If private: the state registered agent is usually the only reliable route.
Mailing address. Not recorded.
Evidence
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No sources are on file for this row yet.
Source vault
Link status: Candidate - not yet fetched
| Document | Last fetch | |
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| Privacy policy bge.com/AboutUs/Pages/PrivacyPolicy.aspx (approximate; not independently confirmed this pass) | Not fetched yet | NOT CONFIRMED |
| Terms of service bge.com/AboutUs/Pages/TermsofUse.aspx (approximate; not independently confirmed this pass) | Not fetched yet | NOT CONFIRMED |
| Website No URL recorded | Not fetched yet | — |
| Primary source No URL recorded Verification: Unverified - heuristic first draft | Not fetched yet | — |
Enforcement
No enforcement actions are linked to this row.
State statute
No HQ state on file, so no state statute applies by headquarters.