Like many companies, BGE is continually looking for innovative ways to deliver better service to customers. Founded over 200 years ago as The Gas Light Company of Baltimore, BGE was the nation’s first gas provider, tasked with lighting the streets of the historic city—a feat they completed in 1890. Ever since then, BGE has stayed on the forefront of technology, always searching for new ways to deliver energy reliably and safely.

For energy companies around the world, it's critical to keep employees and customers safe, and offer reliable service when people need it most.

Investor-owned utility company Evergy is no different. Serving over 1.7 million customers across Kansas and Missouri through its operating subsidiaries KCP&L and Westar, the 139-year-old company knows the importance of innovation in reaching those goals. In keeping with their relentless pursuit of worker safety and service uptime, Evergy decided to start their own in-house drone program in 2015—and they’ve never looked back since.