A Baltimore court denied Baltimore Gas and Electric's (BGE) motion to hold former whistleblowers and their attorneys in contempt of court.
The energy provider filed the motion after former employees alleged that another former employee falsified gas pipeline inspection records over a four-year span.
The allegations were detailed in a report by the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC).
In December 2024, a group of former BGE employees petitioned for PSC to intervene in the company's first multi-year rate proposal.
They claimed that a construction inspector regularly skipped field inspections, submitted false reports and was not held accountable by management.
PSC denied the petition, but launched an investigation into the whistleblower concerns.
In an April 11 report, PSC concluded that BGE failed to adequately investigate or remediate potentially compromised infrastructure, risking public safety and potentially charging ratepayers for work that was not properly done.
BGE disputed multiple claims in the report, saying that the employee's actions did not jeopardize the safety of the company's gas distribution system.
According to BGE, only one falsified report was submitted by the employee, and there was no pattern of falsified records.
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