Alert: VA - MARL Filed 3/11/26 Deadline to Intervene TBD

NextERA filed its application for MARL in Virginia the case number is PUR-2026-00018

This is the Frederick County, Virginia segment from the West Virginia line to the Gore substation plus the Woodside Substation in Clear Brook!! 

NextERA is proposing a new 200' easement for the entire length of this segment.

Contact us if you are a Virginia property owner interested in joining other property owners to engage joint legal counsel 

If you intend to intervene "Pro Se", review the examples of filings on the Virginia page and request a Virginia SCC efiling account,if you have not already done so! This is a manual process and the form has to be mailed! Once the VA SCC sends you an account email you will  only have 72 hours to click the link and create the password ! Verify you can login after you've set your password. 

If you have a conservation easement on your property notify the organization that holds the conservation easements  - they are obligated to defend the easement . 

Get copies of all easements deeds and covenants associated with your property - including the transmission ROW. 

See the Virginia page for additional information and links to the VA SCC, example petitions to intervene, and state information unique to Virginia

See Transmission Line Easement Impacts for information on what to consider when transmission ROWs are proposed for your property.

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The Maryland PSC has issued a Notice for Pre-Hearing Conference , see file #8 in Case No. 9857, and and has set the deadline to intervene as April 3, 2026. 

This segment impacts Garrett and Allegheny counties in Maryland. NextERA is proposing a new 200' easement for the entire length of this segment.

Petitions to intervene in Case No. 9857 must be filed by Friday, April 3, 2026, and may be filed electronically through the Commission’s website at pscmaryland.com or sent by first-class mail to the Commission’s Executive Secretary, Andrew S. Johnston, 6 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202-6806, referencing Case No. 9857

See the Maryland page for additional information and links to the MD PSC, example petitions to intervene, and state information unique to Maryland.

See Transmission Line Easement Impacts for information on what to consider when transmission ROWs are proposed for your property.

Protect your property rights! You can do this! 

The Maryland PSC has issued a Notice for Pre-Hearing Conference for, see file #3 in Case No. 9870 and and has set the deadline to intervene as April 20, 2026. 

This segment impacts Frederick and Montgomery counties  in Maryland 

Petitions to intervene in the Gore-Doubs-Goose Creek Case No. 9870 must be filed by Monday, April 20, 2026, and may be filed  electronically through the Commission’s website at pscmaryland.com or sent by first-class mail to the Commission’s Executive Secretary, Andrew S. Johnston, 6 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202-6806, referencing Case No. 9870

Gore-Doubs-Goose Creek  requires a special use exemption from the Frederick County Board Of Supervisors. Read how this line was re-routed into Maryland by Loudoun County. Contact your elected officials to oppose the line.

From the Gore Doubs Goose Creek application:

"Potomac Edison plans to utilize self-supporting steel poles as the support structures for the transmission line conductors. Based on preliminary engineering, Potomac Edison anticipates using structure heights ranging anywhere from approximately 85 feet to approximately 260 feet in height above ground level."

For some properties in Frederick and Montgomery, south of the Doubs substation, the project will result in  3 - 500kV and 2 - 230 lines in the ROW. 

See the Maryland page for additional information and links to the MD PSC, example petitions to intervene, and state information unique to Maryland.

Read: The Gore-Doubs-Goose Creek Application and notes

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NextERA filed its  Pennsylvania MARL application, March 3, 2026.  Petitions to Intervene must be filed by May 1, 2026.  

This segment impacts Greene and Fayette Counties in Pennsylvania. NextERA is proposing a new 200' easement for the entire length of this segment.

PA PUC Case #: A-2026-3060856

The application can also be viewed on the website of the PA Office of Consumer Advocate 

here MARL Transmission Line Application Files

PA OCA:  MARL Virtual Meeting Presentation 

PA OCA : Sample Po-Se Petition to intervene

PA PUC:  eFiling Information and Registration Form and Instructions

See additional PA PUC Information links & examples 

See Transmission Line Easement Impacts for information on what to consider when transmission ROWs are proposed for your property.

You don't need to have a lawyer to intervene at the West VA PSC -  you can intervene pro - se!  

Contact  Pennsylvanians Against Transmission Injustice for templates.

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NextERA filed its WVA  application for the Mid-Atlantic Resiliency Link (MARL) segment. Petitions to Intervene must be filed by June 1, 2026  

This segment impacts Preston , Monongahela, Mineral  and Hampshire counties.  NextERA is proposing a new 200' easement for the entire length of this segment.

West VA PSC Case # :   26-0075-E-CN 

See the West Virginia page for additional information and links to the WVA PSC and state information unique to West VA.

See Transmission Line Easement Impacts for information on what to consider when transmission ROWs are proposed for your property.

Contact West Virginians Against Transmission    Injustice (WATI)  for intervention templates.

You don't need to have a lawyer to intervene at the West VA PSC -  you can intervene pro - se!  

To view examples of already filed pro-se petitions to intervene in the case 26-0075-E-CN  - simply click the "View Pdf" button and view any document titled   "Petition To Intervene" that doesn't say "filed by Counsel"   Your  petition to intervene can be as short as one page.  

Protect your property rights! You can do this!

Submit comments for MARL 26-0075-E-CN: here

Submit your  comments to both West VA cases its the same transmission project!

Potomac Edison  submitted an  NOIE on 3/6/2026 this gives them 90 days to file their application  for the Gore-Doubs-Goose Creek segment. (This NOIE expires 6/4/2026)

This segment impacts  Jefferson County, West Virginia. It is proposed to be withing the existing row but new 200' easements are needed in some areas.

West VA PSC:  NOIE Potomac Edison 25D

See the West Virginia page for additional information and links to the WVA PSC  and state information unique to West Virginia.

Contact Jefferson County - VOLT

Protect your property rights! You can do this!

Submit Comments for  Gore-Doubs-Goose Creek:  here NOIE Potomac Edison 25D

Submit your  comments to both West VA cases its the same transmission project!