Business
Natural Gas Filling Stations Planned: Utilities in Northern California and Baltimore plan natural gas filling stations as they and other companies switch from gasoline- to natural gas-powered vans and trucks.
Oct. 10, 1991
Baltimore-based Constellation Energy Group will break ground today on a 750-megawatt power plant in Victorville, the first major electricity plant to be built in Southern California in more than a decade.
April 5, 2001
Autos: The Bay Area branches will have ‘green’ vehicles from Honda, Toyota and Ford.
Sept. 8, 2001
World & Nation
Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. and Potomac Electric Power Co. said Monday that they will merge in a $3.1-billion stock deal, creating the nation’s ninth-largest utility company in the biggest industry merger to date.
Sept. 26, 1995
Reliant Resources Inc. is near an agreement to buy Orion Power Holdings Inc. for $2.9 billion in cash plus the assumption of debt, people familiar with the companies said.
Sept. 27, 2001
Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. said it is withdrawing the “scratch and sniff” cards it sent to 300,000 customers to alert them to natural gas odors after the effort triggered false fire alarms.
Sept. 5, 1987
Politics
The consumer advocates who got Proposition 80 on the November special election ballot have a simple message for voters: Don’t get fooled again.
Oct. 17, 2005
A natural gas explosion has leveled three row houses in Baltimore, killing one person and critically injuring several others.
Aug. 10, 2020
The $11-billion stock deal would create one of the nation’s largest power companies.
Dec. 20, 2005
California
Energy: The long-term pacts require the purchase of too much electricity at too high a price for too long, a study finds. Immediate renegotiation is urged.
Sept. 30, 2001