BGE’s Profit vs. Power Failures | Baltimore News

Baltimore’s power grid is in crisis: while BGE pushes for a $156 million rate hike, Southeast neighborhoods endure brutal outages—totaling 14 hours and 52 minutes—disrupting businesses like James Beard semifinalist Marta, forcing closures and costing tens of thousands. Across Upper Fells Point, Butcher’s Hill, and Canton, residents face spoiled food, sweltering homes, and unreliable service, even during planned outages where crews vanish. With 22 failures since 2013 and record profits for BGE, the city’s historic legacy of innovation now faces a glaring failure in basic infrastructure. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/71e038c5c6478c26