Utility work is complex. Project management on this type of work is difficult. They certainly are not "blundering about". What do you need to hear to make you feel better? That BGE and their contractors are incompetent and disorganized? Because that is the furthest thing from the truth. BGE and Exelon know exactly what they are doing. That's why you get energy reliably for relatively little cost.

They came up with that answer because if one person is offended, or their child gets their feelings hurt they have to deal with it. It is easier to not deal with it than to deal with it. So no parade. And bonus, they don't lose instructional time either.