Memorandum of Understanding with the Maryland Public Service Committee
On February 6, 2009, BGE and nine other Maryland utilities signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Maryland Public Service Commission stating their intention to strive for a 25% diversity spend. It states that the utilities will "voluntarily develop, implement and consistently report on their activities and accomplishments in promoting strategy designed to create viable and prosperous women, minority and service-disables-veteran-owned enterprises by providing them with the maximum opportunity to participate in and compete for contracts and subcontracts in the [utilities'] supply chain for goods and services and to encourage and assist, when reasonable, [their] Prime Contractors to develop plans to increase the utilization of diverse suppliers as subcontractors."