BGE

Baltimore Gas Electric is a natural gas and electric utility in Maryland. BGE has leveraged ENERGY STAR® across its portfolio of commercial, industrial, residential, and products programs, provided customers with over $80 million in incentives, and achieved over 390,000 MWh in savings. Key 2023 accomplishments include:

• Training 461 attendees on measuring and benchmarking a building’s energy in ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager® through BGE’s Building Operator Certification course.
• Providing an online tool for customers to download building energy use data for single or multiple building accounts to support benchmarking in ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager.
• Improving its ENERGY STAR certified heat pump water heater program through increased incentives and a new fixed-rate installation offering from participating contractors.
• Using the ENERGY STAR Retail Products Platform program model to offer instant markdowns on more than 46,000 ENERGY STAR certified measures.
• Incentivizing the construction of nearly 3,000 ENERGY STAR certified homes, an increase of 36% compared with 2022, for a total of more than 33,700 homes since joining the program.
• Supporting 15 ENERGY STAR multifamily new construction projects, with more than 700 affordable units, and offering additional incentives for ENERGY STAR heat pump water heaters and smart thermostats.