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Filed Under Rule 424(b)(2)
Registration File No. 333-19263
PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 8
Dated December 19, 1997 to
Prospectus dated January 6, 1997.
BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
Medium-Term Notes, Series E
This Pricing Supplement describes our sale of Notes through
Lehman Brothers, as agent.
Principal
Amount: $22,000,000
Interest
Rate: 6.66%
Original
Issue Date: 12/22/97
Stated
Maturity: 12/22/2011
Price
to Public: $22,000,000
Agent's
Commission: $132,000
Net Proceeds
to Company: $21,868,000
CUSIP 05916M AH 6
We registered a total of $200,000,000 worth of Notes. So
far, we have issued $183,500,000, including these $22,000,000.
We still have $16,500,000 worth of Notes available to issue.
