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Site Standards

Overview
At BGE and Constellation Energy we maintain an open standard for web site development and have made a concerted effort to meet the standards set by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). For more information on these standards, see below.

In addition to meeting these standards, our goal is to make the information and services you need easy to find. If you have difficulty locating the information you need, please Contact Us.

Recommended Computer/Browsers Settings
Our site tested successfully on the following platforms and browsers:

PC (Windows XP):

  • Internet Explorer 6
  • Firefox 1.0
  • Mozilla 1.7.5
  • Opera 7.54u1
  • Netscape 7.2

Mac (OS X):

  • Safari 1.2
  • Firefox 1.0
  • Mozilla 1.7.5
  • Opera 7.54u1
  • Internet Explorer 5

The following system specifications will optimize your visit:

  • JavaScript enabled.

  • A monitor resolution of 800 x 600 pixels or greater and a color depth of 16-bit or more.
  • 56.6 KBs connection or higher.
  • Macromedia Flash Player plug-in, version 5 or above (free download).

Privacy
At BGE, your privacy is important to us. For more information on our privacy policy, click here.

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential.

For more information about the W3C visit their Website.

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 W3C-WAI Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0Web Accessibility Initiative - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 WAI - A (WCAG 1.0)
This site conforms to level A of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 set by the Web Accessibility Initiative. Conformance to these Guidelines will help make the Web more accessible to users with disabilities and will benefit all users.

Learn more about Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0

Extensible HyperText Markup LanguageExtensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML 1.0)
XHTML is the standard markup language for web documents and the successor to HTML 4. Every Page of www.bge.com conforms to the XHTML 1.0 standard as defined by the W3C.

Learn more about XHTML or HTML

Cascading Style SheetsCascading Style Sheets
CSS is a simple mechanism for adding style (e.g. fonts, colors, spacing) to Web documents. This site uses valid CSS as defined by the WC3 in their specifications for CSS1 and CSS2.

Learn more about CSS