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2026 2/24: Alert: Maryland PSC Deadline to file as an Intervenor in MARL Case is April 3, 2026
The Maryland PSC has issued a Notice for Pre-Hearing Conference for MARL Garrett and Allegheny property owners (see file #8 in Case No. 9857) and and has set the deadline to intervene as April 3, 2026.
"Petitions to intervene must be filed by 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"
Protect your property rights! You can do this! See the examples of pro se intervenor filings in recent cases at the Maryland PSC linked below.
Mid-Atlantic Resiliancy Link (MARL) / Gore-Doubs-Goose Creek - 500kV
The Mid -Atlantic Resiliency Link (MARL) and Gore-Doubs-Goose Creek projects are two segments of the same transmission line. The energy is being pulled from multiple West Virginia power plants from the 502 Junction in Pennsylvania to the delivery point - the Goose Creek Substation - in Loudoun County's Data Center Alley. There will be two cases at the Maryland Public Service Commission but it is the same transmission line!
NextERA is proposing to take a new 200' easement for their portion of the 500kV line through Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Garrett and Allegheny counties in Maryland.
- See NextERA's MARL Project Map
- MD PSC Case Number: 9857 Deadline to intervene is 4/3/2026
- Contact Engage Mountain Maryland for more local information
First Energy has proposed a rebuild within the existing easements through Frederick and Montgomery counties in Maryland. For some properties in Frederick and Montgomery, south of the Doubs substation, the project will result in there being 3 - 500kV and 2 - 230 lines in the ROW.
- See FirstEnergy's Gore-Doubs-GooseCreek Project Map
- See First Energy's Maryland Fact Sheet that says they will be "[r]emoving two sideby-side structures that support an existing 500-kV line and two existing 230-kV lines and installing three sideby-side structures that will support five lines (the existing lines plus two new 500-kV lines) for approximately eight miles."
- MD PSC Case Number: TBD
If your property is impacted by FirstEnergy's Gore-Doubs-GooseCreek line we suggest reviewing the landowner (Limited Intervenors) case filings from the recent BG&E Case 9748 . The BGE case is similarly proposed "within the existing easements" as Gore-Doubs-GooseCreek. Get a copy of the easement documents for your property and review them with a land lawyer. You may have a similar case to be made that First Energy does not have unrestricted access to add an additional TWO 500kV transmission lines across your property - even if it is within the easement. Read more about the BG&E Brandon shores project and the opposition group fighting it.
There is no federal backstop for siting this line. If any one of the states denies it the transmission line will not be built.
If you are intervening in either PSC case be sure to include a request for the PSC that even if the line is not denied by Maryland, that the approval be contingent on the transmission line components being approved in all other states (Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Virginia)
Valley Link North (Amos-Welton Springs-Rocky Point) - 765kV
Valley Link North will impact Frederick County, Maryland. The 765kV line is proposed to terminate at a new 765kV substation named Rocky Point that would be located @ 2 miles south of the Doubs substation.
Typically, 765kV substations take 80 - 120 acres . New 200' easements will be taken for the entire length of the 765kV line. These lines are proposed to be on v-structs with guyed-wire, these are the largest structures and highest voltage available. This infrastructure is massive and will be a significant industrialization of the area if it is approved.
See the Valley Link North Project Site for additional information.
Valley Link North has not scheduled open houses and has not filed an application any state. Maps have not been posted yet either.
There is no federal backstop for siting this line. If any one of the states denies it the transmission line will not be built.
BG&E Brandon Shores Retirement Mitigation Project - 500kV
The Baltimore Gas and Electric Company’s Brandon Shores Retirement Mitigation Project intends to upgrade an existing 230kV transmission line to a 500kV transmission line within the existing easement (which has multiple 230kV transmission lines already) . This line was proposed to mitigate the deficit of energy caused by the retirement of the Brandon Shores Generation Plant in Baltimore, MD.
Maryland PSC Case Number : 9748
Date Filed: 7/11/2024
This case is in progress, case documents can be accessed here
For more information about this line and the landowners opposing it see No More Powerlines.
News Articles:
- 'Never contemplated in either easement': Residents say proposed power line project is unlawful; Link: https://www.wbaltv.com/article/residents-baltimore-harford-power-line-project-unlawful/69032600
- 'Unrestricted rights': BGE says power line project is within its rights, refuting landowners' claims Link: https://www.wbaltv.com/article/bge-power-line-project-within-rights-refutes-landowners/69047991
If your property is impacted by FirstEnergy's Gore-Doubs-GooseCreek line we suggest reviewing the landowner (Limited Intervenors) case filings (documents numbered 72, 73, 78, 111, 112, 113, 118, 119, 120, 134, 137 and 142 especially the post hearing briefs as these have easement information as well as case law ). The BGE case is similarly proposed "within the existing easements" as the FirstEnergy Gore-Doubs-GooseCreek. Get a copy of the easement documents for your property and review them with a land lawyer. You may have a similar case to be made that First Energy does not have unrestricted access to add an additional 2 500kV transmission line across your property - even if it is within the easement.
You can intervene pro-se as some property owners have or get together with your neighbours and hire a lawyer as others have done. We encourage all property owners to file with their state utility commission to protect their property rights.
Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project (MPRP) - 500kV
This is a proposed 67 mile, 500kV overhead transmission line on 140' poles, in a new 150' ROW, originating in Harford County Maryland just south of the Peach Bottom Nuclear Generation Station, crossing 409 properties through Baltimore, Carroll and Frederick counties and terminating at the Doubs substation in Frederick, MD. From Doubs the energy will be drawn through Frederick and Montgomery counties then over the Potomac River into Loudoun County's Data Center Alley.
Maryland PSC Case Number : 9773
Date Filed : 12/31/2024
This case is in progress, case documents can be accessed here
PSEG has taken landowners to court to gain access to their properties for surveys.
For more information about this line and the landowners opposing it see stopmprp.com .
If your property is impacted by NextERA's MARL line we suggest reviewing the landowner and StopMPRP case filings as the NextERA case is similarly a green field line impacting rural landowners. You can intervene pro-se as some property owners have or get together with your neighbours and hire a lawyer as others have done. We encourage all property owners to file with their state utility commission to protect their property rights.