BALTIMORE, March 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Proterra, the leading innovator in heavy-duty electric transportation, announced that Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE), a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), the nation's leading competitive energy provider, will deploy two new 40' Proterra Catalyst® E2 vehicles to shuttle employees between BGE's headquarters in downtown Baltimore and its Spring Gardens campus in south Baltimore. The deployment reflects BGE's leadership in fleet electrification as part of a broader grid modernization strategy and comes on the heels of the State of Maryland's commitment to uphold the Paris Climate Accord. Already, Maryland is on track to meet its goal of reducing its emissions by 25 percent by 2020, and these two new electric shuttles will displace more than 11,000 gallons of diesel and eliminate more than 480,000 pounds of greenhouse gas (CO2e) emissions annually. As Maryland's largest utility, BGE's deployment sets the utility apart as a pioneer, Maryland