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"BGE is pleased to partner with Silver Spring Networks in delivering the significant transformational benefits of smart grid to each of our 1.2 million customers. Those benefits include at least $2.5 billion worth of savings for BGE customers over the life of the project, as well as major new enhancements in customer service and reliability. We look forward to benefiting from Silver Spring’s proven technology – technology that is the backbone of smart grid implementation by leading utilities throughout the U.S. and abroad."
Kenneth W. DeFontes, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of BGE
BGE, headquartered in Baltimore, is Maryland’s largest gas and electric utility, delivering power to more than 1.2 million electric customers and more than 640,000 natural gas customers in Central Maryland. The company’s approximately 3,000 employees are committed to the safe and reliable delivery of gas and electricity, as well as enhanced energy management, conservation, environmental stewardship and community assistance.
Silver Spring’s Smart Energy Platform will create a secure, end-to-end IPv6 platform for BGE to deliver on operational benefits today while also ensuring tomorrow’s energy challenges can be met with a scalable and open platform. In addition, it will help the state of Maryland meet its aggressive energy efficiency and conservation goals, enhance the services it provides its customers as well as add jobs, both direct and indirect, as a result of the implementation of its smart grid.
