Overview

• An administrative law judge said she expects to finish the hearing and will have up to 60 days to issue a decision before the Maryland Public Service Commission reviews the case.
• BGE seeks authorization for roughly 40 miles of new or upgraded lines to import electricity from Pennsylvania as a replacement for the retiring Brandon Shores power plant.
• The utility says it would use existing transmission corridors linking Anne Arundel, Baltimore, and Harford counties and that a current roughly $6 monthly charge tied to Brandon Shores would be replaced by about $4.
• Landowners cite a 1931 deed they say allowed only a single line and argue later circuit additions created a quadruple circuit that amounts to trespass.
• Residents organized under No More Power Lines raise concerns about property values, electromagnetic fields, and wildfire risk near Gunpowder Falls State Park, while the Harford County Council passed a resolution urging BGE to resolve land issues and consider compensation.