Documents & Guides

These customer information booklets are a briefing for BGE communities about installing natural gas or electric with guidelines and timelines important to general contractors, builders, architects, engineers, and licensed electricians and plumbers.

These booklets will assist you with understanding the process, fulfilling requirements, and avoiding costly delays in your construction schedule:

Natural Gas and Electric Service Guide for Commercial, Industrial and Residential Customers
For your convenience, we have combined and updated both the Commercial & Industrial and Residential booklets. This booklet provides a briefing for the commercial, industrial and residential building community about obtaining natural gas and electric service.
Conduit Construction Guide
This booklet provides general guidelines for the installation of conduit, manholes and splice boxes as it relates to BGE gas and electric service.
Installation of Gas and Electric Service to Flexible Warehouse/Office and Retail Buildings
An addendum to the Commercial and Industrial section of the Natural Gas and Electric Service Guide. Provides guidelines for the installation of gas and electric to warehouses and retail buildings with spaces for multiple tenants.

Metering Manual

The BGE Metering Manual provides builders, developers, architects, plumbing/HVAC Contractors, and BGE personnel with reference for gas and electric service metering requirements.

Gas & Electric Metering Manual (Full Version)

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