BGE Awards More Than $300,000 in Green Grants to 63 Maryland Nonprofits

BALTIMORE (October 18, 2017) – Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) has announced 63 nonprofit recipients of its annual environmental stewardship Green Grants. The grants support environmental initiatives across BGE's central Maryland service area and bring the company's five-year total of Green Grants support to more than $1.6 million.

Select grant recipients were highlighted in a video presented during the awards announcement. Their stories are available here.

"The organizations supported by BGE Green Grants are making significant and meaningful environmental improvements in the communities where our customers live and work," said Alex Núñez, senior vice president of regulatory and external affairs for BGE. "We're grateful to our nonprofit partners for the real difference they are making to the environmental health of central Maryland and we're proud to support their efforts."

The BGE Green Grants program provides awards ranging from $1,000 to $10,000 for projects in conservation, education, energy efficiency and pollution prevention. The application process is open to 501c3 nonprofit organizations located in BGE's central Maryland service area that are committed to making a positive environmental impact.

BGE's pursuit of increasing environmental sustainability aligns with the goals of its parent company, Exelon Corporation, which has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index for 11 consecutive years. Together, Exelon and its Maryland subsidiaries committed as part of a 2012 merger to maintaining an average of $7 million in annual charitable giving in the state over ten years. The annual BGE Green Grants program is a significant part of that commitment.

Applications for BGE's Green Grants are reviewed by an external committee of community stakeholders. For more information on the BGE Green Grants program, visit bge.com.

2017 Green Grants Recipients:

Organization	Project	City	County
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay	Project Clean Stream	Annapolis	Anne Arundel
Alpert Family Aleph Bet Jewish Day School	Rain Garden Restoration	Annapolis	Anne Arundel
Annapolis Green	Portable Bottle Filling Stations	Annapolis	Anne Arundel
Annapolis Maritime Museum	Maritime Museum Event	Annapolis	Anne Arundel
National Wildlife Federation	Urban Wildlife Week	Annapolis	Anne Arundel
Severn River Association	"The Things We Can Do" Educational Series	Annapolis	Anne Arundel
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center	SERC 2018 Conference	Edgewater	Anne Arundel
National Electronics Museum	AAC Elementary School Sea Perch Challenge	Linthicum	Anne Arundel
Anne Arundel County Watershed Stewards Academy	Collective Action for Communities	Millersville	Anne Arundel
Easter Seals	Communal Garden at Adult Day Center in Baltimore	Baltimore	Baltimore
Catonsville Presbyterian Church	Woodlands Restoration	Catonsville	Baltimore
Friends of Great Kids Farm	Solar Power project	Catonsville	Baltimore
Irvine Nature Center	Interpretive & Nature Signage	Owings Mills	Baltimore
Junior Achievement	Environmental Ed Program	Owings Mills	Baltimore
Soldiers Delight Conservation	Invasive Species Control	Owings Mills	Baltimore
Pearlstone Conference and Retreat Center	Solar Education Campaign	Reisterstown	Baltimore
Stevenson University	Native Plant Habitat Garden	Stevenson	Baltimore
Career Tech Education Advisory Council	BCPS Clean Green: 15 Litter Challenge	Timonium	Baltimore
Gunpowder Valley Conservancy	Clear Creeks Project	Towson	Baltimore
Towson University Foundation Inc.	Glen Arboretum Restoration	Towson	Baltimore
Valleys Planning Council	Art for Land's Sake	Towson	Baltimore
Amazing Grace Lutheran Church	Growing Good Things	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Baltimore Green Space	Green Spaces and Forests	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Bikemore	Mobile Bike Shop	Baltimore	Baltimore City
BUILD	Community Green Space	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Calvert School	No Waste Lunch Program	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Community of Curtis Bay	Filbert Street Community Garden	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Concerted Care Foundation	Community Park reconstruction	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Druid Heights Community Development Corporation	Vacant Lot Restoration	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Federal Hill Thinking Green	Trees for Schools	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Friends of Patterson Park	Connect to Stewardship	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Fuel Fund of MD	Watt Watchers Ed Program	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Fund for Johns Hopkins	Sustainability Storyboard	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Fusion Partnerships	Whitelock Community Farms Workshare Program	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Liberty Grace Church	Urban Community Garden	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Living Classroom	SLURRP	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Loyola University	Low-Flow Shower Heads	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Memorial Episcopal Church	Tree Well Enlargement	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Patterson Park Audubon Center	Baltimore Birding Weekend	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Patterson Park Audubon Center	Diverse Habitats	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Network for Developing Conscious Communities	Mosher Neighborhood Electricity Efficiency Project	Baltimore	Baltimore City
New Greenmount West Community Association	McAllister Park Revitalization	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Parks & People Foundation	Branches - Environmental Internship Program	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Peale Center	Birdland and Anthropocene	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Pigtown Main Street	Bloom the Boulevard	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Rebuilding Together Baltimore	Building a Healthy Neighborhood	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Sixth Branch	Oliver Community Farm	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Skate Park of Baltimore	Skatepark Landscaping Plan	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Southwest Partnership	Clean Up Southwest	Baltimore	Baltimore City
St. Francis Neighborhood Center	Green Machine	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Strong City Baltimore	Boone St. Farm Youth Leadership Apprentice Program	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Strong City Baltimore	Baltimore Trash Talk	Baltimore	Baltimore City
Young Audiences	Growing Up Green	Baltimore	Baltimore City
American Chestnut Land Trust	Watershed Monitoring	Prince Frederick	Calvert
Manchester Parks Foundation	Building Upgrade / Sustainability overhaul	Manchester	Carroll
CHANGE, Inc.	Horticultural Program	Westminster	Carroll
Harford Land Trust	Harford Moon Fundraiser	Churchville	Harford
Howard Eco Works	Ellicott City Soak it Up	Columbia	Howard
PTA Maryland Congress of Parents & Teachers	Wilde Lake Middle School Zero Environmental Stewardship Program	Columbia	Howard
Friends of Patapsco Valley	Stream Watch Program	Ellicott City	Howard
Power52	Energy Professional Training	Ellicott City	Howard
Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education	Energy Conservation Lessons	Jessup	Howard
Howard County Conservancy	Connectivity Upgrades to Environmental Ed Center	Woodstock	Howard
Wildlife Habitat Council	Baltimore 2nd Harbor Project	Silver Spring	Montgomery
University of MD College Park	Solar Decathlon	College Park	Prince George's

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BGE, founded in 1816 as the nation's first gas utility and headquartered in Baltimore, is Maryland's largest natural gas and electric utility. The company's approximately 3,200 employees are committed to safe and reliable energy delivery to more than 1.3 million electric customers and more than 680,000 natural gas customers in central Maryland. In the J.D. Power 2017, 2018, and 2019 Electric Utility Business Customer Satisfaction Studies SM BGE was ranked Highest in Customer Satisfaction with Business Electric Service in the East among Large Utilities. In the J.D. Power 2018 and 2019 Gas Utility Business Customer Satisfaction Studies SM BGE was ranked Highest in Customer Satisfaction with Business Natural Gas Service among utilities in the East Region. BGE is a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (Nasdaq: EXC), the nation's leading competitive energy provider. Connect with BGE on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube, and engage with the latest BGE stories on bgenow.com.

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (or "BGE") received the highest score in the East Region of the 2019 Gas Utility Business Customer Satisfaction Study and the East Large Segment of the 2019 Electric Utility Business Customer Satisfaction Study of gas and electric utility customer satisfaction among business customers. Visit jdpower.com/awards.