[6] Artist / sculptor /museum operator Rembrandt Peale, (1778-1860), incorporated the "Gas Light Company of Baltimore" on June 17, 1816, after having exhibited gas lighting at his Holliday Street museum, designed by famed local architect Robert Cary Long, Jr. and built and opened in 1814 (between East Saratoga and East Lexington Streets - after a variety of uses including as Baltimore's City Hall, 1830–1875, in 1931 it became the Municipal Museum of the City of Baltimore, popularly known once again as the Peale Museum into 1997).

The Public Service Commission released a report stating: "Based on the response and evidence submitted by BGE, Staff concludes that BGE failed to provide for safe operation and maintenance of the facilities"[12] following a 2019 gas explosion in Columbia, Maryland which destroyed a 57,000 square-foot commercial building.

[13] On August 10, 2020 at approximately 9:54 AM (EDT) a major natural gas explosion leveled 3 homes in Reisterstown Station on the 4200 block of Labyrinth Road, trapping multiple people, killing two and injuring seven.

[12] BGE's electric service territory includes Baltimore City and all part of the Central Maryland counties including: Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Harford, and Howard counties BGE is a member of two shared-crew networks in the southeast and mid-Atlantic regions, and frequently sends crews to help restore power to customers across those regions after severe weather events.

[15] The utility has dealt with major outages following meteorological events in the mid-Atlantic region, including the June 2012 derecho and Hurricane Sandy in October of the same year.

[21] Past recipients include:[22] In 2015, BGE launched a program that allows customers to report osprey nests on or near electrical lines.

[24] BGE also partnered with the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation in 2016 to construct Eddie Murray Field in west Baltimore.