BGE Receives U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2015 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award
April 13 2015 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
BGE’s Smart Energy Savers
Program® recognized for the fifth year in a row for
its commitment to helping customers save energy and money
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) has been selected as a
2015 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year. BGE, along with sister Exelon
utilities ComEd, based in Chicago, and PECO, based in Philadelphia,
will be honored for their long-term commitment to energy efficiency
at the EPA awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. on April 20,
2015.
Since the inception of the BGE Smart Energy Savers Program in
2009, a suite of programs intended to help customers reduce energy
usage, the company has received nine awards in total and now
receives its fifth Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence Award
for its continued leadership in protecting the environment through
energy efficiency efforts. The company was commended for its
continuous contributions to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by
delivering information, services and products to BGE customers to
increase energy efficiency.
“BGE is proud to be recognized by the U.S. EPA for the fifth
year in a row and to accept this award on behalf of our customers,
who have truly made the BGE Smart Energy Savers Program a success,”
said Calvin G. Butler Jr., chief executive officer for BGE.
“Working together with BGE, our customers have achieved significant
milestones by strongly supporting BGE’s Smart Energy Savers Program
with energy efficient actions and by taking advantage of rebates
and other incentives intended to help them control and decrease
their energy usage. Receiving the EPA award is a true testament to
the diversity and strength of our energy efficiency program
portfolio. We are pleased to accept this award and share it with
the BGE employees who work tirelessly to design, implement and
improve our programs and our customers.”
BGE’s Smart Energy Savers Program features a comprehensive
portfolio of energy efficiency programs, intended to help customers
reduce energy usage and demand in support of EmPOWER Maryland. BGE
customers have achieved annual energy savings of more than 1.9
billion kilowatt hours (kWh); equivalent to the electricity use of
more than 197,000 homes for one year, as a result of their
participation in the BGE Smart Energy Savers Program® since its
launch.
In addition to the EPA award, the success of BGE’s Smart Energy
Savers Program has been recognized by energy industry leaders and
other organizations. Some of the honors and awards include:
- Chartwell Best Practices Silver
Marketing Award
- American Marketing Association
Baltimore Chapter - Best Event Marketing Award
- S.E.E. 2014 Industry Excellence
Award: Rates & Regulation
- The Association of Energy Services
Professionals Energy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Pricing
& Demand Response
- Platts Global Energy Efficiency Program
of the Year - Energy Supplier
- Smart Grid Customer Education Award for
BGE Smart Energy Rewards.
“BGE is helping transform the market for energy efficiency by
leading in implementing ENERGY STAR programs,” said EPA
Administrator Gina McCarthy. “Using ENERGY STAR resources, BGE is
broadening access to energy-saving approaches that grow the economy
and protect the climate.”
Since its inception in 1992, ENERGY STAR and its partners have
helped prevent a total of more than two billion metric tons of
greenhouse gas emissions. In 2013 alone, ENERGY STAR and its
partners provided more than $11 billion in societal benefits due to
reducing damages from climate change.
About the BGE Smart Energy Savers
Program
The BGE Smart Energy Savers Program offers financial incentives
and technical assistance to BGE customers in an effort to promote
energy efficiency throughout Maryland. The program offers
energy-saving solutions for renters, homeowners, large and small
business customers, non-profits and institutional customers.
Customers participating in the program are able to save money,
reduce energy usage and improve power quality. Collectively, BGE
Smart Energy Savers Program offerings help contain the cost of
energy, improve power reliability, reduce peak demand and slow the
growth in energy consumption to lessen the need for more power
plants.
About BGE:
BGE, headquartered in Baltimore, is Maryland’s largest natural
gas and electric utility, delivering 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 provider, with 2014 revenues of
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About ENERGY STAR:
ENERGY STAR was introduced by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency in 1992 as a voluntary market-based partnership to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions through increased energy efficiency.
Today, ENERGY STAR offers businesses and consumers energy-efficient
solutions to save energy, money, and help protect the environment
for future generations. 16,000 organizations are ENERGY STAR
partners committed to improving the energy efficiency of products,
homes, and buildings. For more information about ENERGY STAR, visit
www.energystar.gov or call toll-free 1-888-STAR-YES
(1-888-782-7937).
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE)Aaron Koos,
aaron.koos@bge.comBGE Media Hotline: 410-470-7433
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