State agency questions safety of gas pipes after BGE inspector is caught loafing on his boat
Baltimore Banner, April 15, 2025
The utility company called safety “our highest priority” and pushed back on allegations from a group of ex-employees.
William Hamrick was supposed to be inspecting gas pipes for Baltimore Gas and Electric. Instead, he was on his boat.
As a BGE inspector, Hamrick’s job was to check the work of contractors installing gas infrastructure and ensuring they met safety standards. But a 2023 investigation by BGE found that he was falsifying inspection reports.
It’s unclear how many reports Hamrick falsified and for how long, but a group of ex-employees told regulators the scheme went on for years, during which time Hamrick allegedly claimed to have conducted thousands of inspections.