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<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>BGE states that the planned outage is 6 hours, not 30, and that new letters are being prepared telling affected customers that.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Sarah, 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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>I am also fed up with these "planned outages," which have become a regular event. For what I pay BGE, I expect decent service.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 6/17/2005 10:31:39 AM </DIV>
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<P>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). </P>
<P>Emily, 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.</P>
<P>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.<BR></P>
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<DIV>Christine, I personally am enraged. The outage affects several streets--including St. Paul--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:</DIV>
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<DIV>Next door to me are an elderly disabled couple. The man can barely get down the stairs, and the wife has a heart condition. </DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>NB, in my increasingly long life I have lived in many places around the world. Nowhere other than Baltimore 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?</DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=langwidge@erols.com href="mailto:langwidge@erols.com">crg</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=Chat@charlesvillage.info href="mailto:Chat@charlesvillage.info">The Charles Village Chat List</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 6/16/2005 6:54:02 PM </DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">Dan, sorry, it’s next sat, June 25.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Chat-bounces@charlesvillage.info [mailto:Chat-bounces@charlesvillage.info] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><st2:GivenName w:st="on">Don</st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn w:st="on">Homberg</st2:Sn></st1: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> <st1:PersonName w:st="on"><st2:GivenName w:st="on">The</st2:GivenName> <st2:middlename w:st="on">Charles</st2:middlename> <st2:middlename w:st="on">Village</st2:middlename> <st2:middlename w:st="on">Chat</st2:middlename> <st2:Sn w:st="on">List</st2:Sn></st1:PersonName><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Chat] BGE outage</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></ P></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4><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></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">I did not get one in the 3000 block of <st2:Sn w:st="on">Calvert</st2:Sn>.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4"><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <A title=langwidge@erols.com href="mailto:langwidge@erols.com">crg</A> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sent:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Thursday, June 16, 2005 6:32 PM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Subject:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> [Chat] BGE outage<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; 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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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; 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>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; 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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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; 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 face=Georgia size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">I’m curious as to whether anyone else is ruffled by this outage.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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