SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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                                    FORM 8-A
                  REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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                               BGE Capital Trust I
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                  Delaware                            Applied for
(State of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


                       Baltimore Gas and Electric Company


                  Maryland                              52-028021
         (State of incorporation)          (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

                39 W. Lexington Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
              (Address of registrants' principal executive offices)



         Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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          Title of each class                 Name of each exchange on which
          to be so registered                 each class is to be registered
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BGE Capital Trust I 7.16% Trust             
Originated Preferred Securities (and            New York Stock Exchange
the Guarantee with respect thereto)
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         If this  form  relates  to the  registration  of a class of  securities
pursuant  to Section 12(b) of the  Exchange  Act and is  effective  pursuant to
General Instruction A.(c), check the following box. [ ]

         If this  form  relates  to the  registration  of a class of  securities
pursuant  to Section 12(g) of the  Exchange  Act and is  effective  pursuant to
General Instruction A.(d), check the following box. [ ]

         Securities  Act  registration  statement file number to which this form
relates:

                      333-53767                               333-53767-01
         Baltimore Gas and Electric Company               BGE Capital Trust I

         Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:  None






                 INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 1.  Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.

         The class of  securities  to be  registered  hereby is the 7.16% Trust
Originated  Preferred  Securities  (the  "Preferred  Securities") of BGE Capital
Trust I, a  statutory  business  trust  created  under  the laws of the State of
Delaware (the "Trust").  The Preferred  Securities represent preferred undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust, and are guaranteed by Baltimore
Gas and Electric Company,  a Maryland  corporation  ("BGE") and the Depositor of
the Trust, to the extent set forth in the Registration  Statement on Form S-3 of
the  Trust  and  BGE  (Registration   Nos.   333-53767-01  and  333-53767)  (the
"Registration Statement"),  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
May 28, 1998, and the form of Prospectus  included therein,  and the Preliminary
Prospectus  Supplement  for the  Preferred  Securities  which  descriptions  are
incorporated  herein by reference.  Definitive  copies of the Prospectus and the
Prospectus Supplement describing the Preferred Securities will be filed pursuant
to Rule  424(b)  under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as  amended,  and shall be
incorporated by reference into this registration  statement on Form 8-A. ("Trust
Originated Preferred Securities" is a service mark of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.)

Item 2.  Exhibits

2.1      Certificate  of Trust,  dated May 22, 1998,  of BGE Capital Trust I  
         (incorporated  herein by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to the Registration
         Statement).

2.2      Form of Amended and Restated  Declaration  of Trust of BGE Capital 
         Trust I  (incorporated  herein by reference to Exhibit 4(c) to the
         Registration Statement).

2.3      Form of Preferred Security (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
         4(g)to the Registration Statement).

2.4      Form of Guarantee  Agreement  with respect to the Preferred  Securities
         (incorporated  herein by reference to Exhibit 4(f) to the Registration
         Statement).

2.5      Form of  Subordinated  Indenture  between  Baltimore  Gas and  Electric
         Company and the Bank of New York,  as Trustee  (incorporated  herein by
         reference to Exhibit 4(d) to the Registration Statement).

2.6      Form of  Supplemental  Indenture to Indenture to be used in  connection
         with the  issuance  of a series  of  Deferrable  Interest  Subordinated
         Debentures  (incorporated  herein by  reference  to Exhibit 4(e) to the
         Registration Statement).

                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the  requirements of Section 12 of the Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant  has duly caused this  registration  statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereto duly authorized, this 8th day
of June 1998.

BGE Capital Trust I

By   /s/ David A. Brune
     David A. Brune, Trustee

         Pursuant to the  requirements of Section 12 of the Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant  has duly caused this  registration  statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereto duly authorized,  this 8th day
of June 1998.

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company

By   /s/ David A. Brune
     David A. Brune, Vice President