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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:GivenName w:st="on"><font size=3 color=blue
face=Georgia><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:blue'>Emily</span></font></st1:GivenName><font
color=blue face=Georgia><span style='font-family:Georgia;color:blue'>, why do our
letters say 30 hours?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Georgia><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Georgia><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:blue'>Christine <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Georgia><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
Chat-bounces@charlesvillage.info [mailto:Chat-bounces@charlesvillage.info] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b><st2:PersonName w:st="on"><st1:GivenName
w:st="on">Emily</st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn w:st="on">Chalmers</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, June 17, 2005 10:57
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st2:PersonName w:st="on"><st1:GivenName
w:st="on">The</st1:GivenName> <st1:middlename w:st="on">Charles</st1:middlename>
<st1:middlename w:st="on">Village</st1:middlename> <st1:middlename w:st="on">Chat</st1:middlename>
<st1:Sn w:st="on">List</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Chat] BGE outage--6,
not 30 hours</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>BGE states that the planned outage is 6
hours, not 30, and that new letters are being prepared telling affected
customers that.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>I was unable to learn whether BGE has a
temperature ceiling that would automatically cancel the outage, but I plan to
call the PUC and ask if there is one.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:GivenName w:st="on"><font size=2 face="MS Sans Serif"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>Sarah</span></font></st1:GivenName><font
size=2 face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>,
for the record, although I told BGE about the couple next door, the rep did not
inform me of any alternative plans for people like them. The letter I received
also offered no information about any alternatives. I therefore deduce that BGE
doesn't have any.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>And yes, in this case I would go to a motel
if the temperatures were high. I don't know where you live, but I have no
cross-breezes, and the upstairs rooms are quite simply stifling. I have
an elderly cat and another that gets ill in heat waves, and I am not young.
Rather than make us all ill, I would move out and am grateful that I have
that alternative.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>I am also fed up with these
"planned outages," which have become a regular event. For what I pay
BGE, I expect decent service.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:sarah@phloot.com" title="sarah@phloot.com">Sarah Andrew Wilson</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>To: </span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="mailto:echalmers@mindspring.com" title="echalmers@mindspring.com">echalmers@mindspring.com</a>;<a
href="mailto:Chat@charlesvillage.info" title="Chat@charlesvillage.info">The
Charles Village Chat List</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> 6/17/2005 10:31:39
AM <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> RE: [Chat] BGE
outage<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>This is
certainly a big inconvenience, but 30 hours is basically just a day. Most
people should be able to handle a day without electricity (barring the rare
medical condition that requires electrical equipment, but BGE has
solutions, such as back-up generators, for those needs). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><st1:GivenName w:st="on"><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Emily</span></font></st1:GivenName><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>, do you really need to go stay in a motel? Our
homes in CV are built for thorough cross ventilation, hence the transoms and
multiple windows on either end of the house. The front porches are
designed for breezes to cross through them. Air conditioning was
non-existent when the houses were built, and people seemed to survive
okay then.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>It would
definitely be a hassle to not have my daily conveniences such as air
conditioning, fans, and electric stove for 30 hours, but I think I'd manage
through it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>----- Original Message
-----<br>
From: "<st1:GivenName w:st="on">Emily</st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn w:st="on">Chalmers</st1:Sn>"
<br>
<ECHALMERS@MINDSPRING.COM>To: "<st2:PersonName w:st="on">The <st1:GivenName
w:st="on">Charles</st1:GivenName> <st1:middlename w:st="on">Village</st1:middlename>
<st1:middlename w:st="on">Chat</st1:middlename> <st1:Sn w:st="on">List</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName>"
<br>
<CHAT@CHARLESVILLAGE.INFO>Subject: <st2:PersonName w:st="on"><st1:GivenName
w:st="on">RE</st1:GivenName><st1:Sn w:st="on">:</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName>
[Chat] BGE outage<br>
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 10:05:26 -0400<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:GivenName w:st="on"><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Christine</span></font></st1:GivenName><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>, I personally am enraged. The outage affects several
streets--including <st2:City w:st="on"><st2:place w:st="on">St. Paul</st2:place></st2:City>--south
of 28th. I'm not sure if affects some areas of Harwood, as well. I wonder if
anyone at BGE realizes how hot these rowhouses get. Here are some of the
people who would be affected:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Next door to me are an elderly disabled couple. The man can barely get
down the stairs, and the wife has a heart condition. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Across the street is a woman with 4 small children. Down the street is
a group home that relies on an elevator to get residents in and out of the
dwelling.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>The inconvenience to me is nothing compared to the danger a 30-hour
outage poses to these folks. I have enough money to take my cats and go stay in
a pet-friendly motel. However, I feel like suing BGE, but you can't sure people
just for being jerks.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>If you are affected by the outage, please call both BGE and the Public
Service Commission, which is responsible for overseeing public utilities. I
talked with them about the last outage, which thankfully was cancelled because
of rain and rescheduled for a later date. But it was only a few hours, and the
weather was not hot then.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>NB, in my increasingly long life I have lived in many places around the
world. Nowhere other than <st1:Sn w:st="on"><st2:City w:st="on"><st2:place
w:st="on">Baltimore</st2:place></st2:City></st1:Sn> have a ever heard of a
"planned power outage," and never have I been asked to go for 30
hours without power except during an emergency when power was interrupted. What
do other people think?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:langwidge@erols.com" title="langwidge@erols.com">crg</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>To: </span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="mailto:Chat@charlesvillage.info" title="Chat@charlesvillage.info">The
Charles Village Chat List</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Cc: </span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="mailto:Discussion@charlesvillage.info"
title="Discussion@charlesvillage.info">Charles Village Discussion List</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> 6/16/2005 6:54:02
PM <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> RE: [Chat] BGE
outage<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:GivenName w:st="on"><font size=3 color=blue
face=Georgia><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:blue'>Dan</span></font></st1:GivenName><font
color=blue face=Georgia><span style='font-family:Georgia;color:blue'>, sorry,
its next sat, June 25.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Georgia><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
Chat-bounces@charlesvillage.info [mailto:Chat-bounces@charlesvillage.info] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b><st2:PersonName w:st="on"><st1:GivenName
u1_x003a_st="on" w:st="on">Don</st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn u1_x003a_st="on" w:st="on">Homberg</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, June 16, 2005 6:45
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st2:PersonName w:st="on"><st1:GivenName
u1_x003a_st="on" w:st="on">The</st1:GivenName> <st1:middlename u1_x003a_st="on"
w:st="on">Charles</st1:middlename> <st1:middlename u1_x003a_st="on" w:st="on">Village</st1:middlename>
<st1:middlename u1_x003a_st="on" w:st="on">Chat</st1:middlename> <st1:Sn
u1_x003a_st="on" w:st="on">List</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Chat] BGE outage</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></ ! P></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:GivenName u1_x003a_st="on" w:st="on"><font size=4
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Christine</span></font></st1:GivenName><font
size=4 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Is there a Planned Outage Job Number on the
card?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>I did not get one in the 3000 block of <st1:Sn
u1_x003a_st="on" w:st="on">Calvert</st1:Sn>.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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href="mailto:langwidge@erols.com" title="langwidge@erols.com">crg</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:Discussion@charlesvillage.info"
title="Discussion@charlesvillage.info">'Charles Village Discussion List'</a> ; <a
href="mailto:Chat@charlesvillage.info" title="Chat@charlesvillage.info">'The
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font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Thursday, June 16,
2005 6:32 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> [Chat] BGE outage<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Georgia><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Georgia'>I assume everyone else got a notice from BGE about the
30-hour outage this weekend. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Georgia'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Georgia><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Georgia'> Yes, that was 30 hours that we will not have power,
from 1:00 a.m. Saturday on.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Georgia><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Georgia'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Georgia><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Georgia'>Does this not seem like an unusually long time to go
without power?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Georgia'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Georgia><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Georgia'>That means no air-conditioning, laundry, refrigeration,
computers, television, etc. etc. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Georgia><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Georgia'>Im curious as to whether anyone else is ruffled by
this outage.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Georgia'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Georgia><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Georgia'>Christine</span></font></st1:GivenName><font
face=Georgia><span style='font-family:Georgia'> gray<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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