Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2)
Registration File No 33-61297
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PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 5
Dated October 21, 1996 to
Prospectus dated September 8, 1995.
BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
$225,000,000
Medium-Term Notes, Series D
Due from 1 year to 30 years from Date of Issue
(Interest Payable May 1 and November 1)
Principal
Amount: $20,000,000
Interest
Rate: 6.90%
Original
Issue Date: 10/23/96
Stated
Maturity: 2/01/2005
Initial
Redemption
Date (if any): None
Price
to Public: $20,000,000
Agent's
Commission: $110,000
Net Proceeds
to Company: $19,890,000
This Pricing Supplement relates to the original issuance and
sale by Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (the "Company") of the
Medium-Term Notes, Series D, described herein through Lehman
Brothers or Goldman, Sachs & Co., as agents.
Medium-Term Notes, Series D, may be issued under
Registration Statement No. 33-61297 (which also serves as Post-
Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 33-57704)
by the Company in a principal amount of up to $225,000,000 in
gross proceeds and, to date, including this offering, an
aggregate of $98,000,000 has been issued.