Maryland Land Owner Resources

Mid-Atlantic Resiliancy Link (MARL)

The Mid -Atlantic Resiliency Link (MARL) and  Gore-Doubs-Goose Creek applications 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  Garrett and Allegheny counties in Maryland.  This impacts rural property owners  as well as the wildlands. Specifically, Big Savage Mountain Wildland, Bear Pen Wildland and Dan's Mountain Wildland  This would be a brand new 200' easement through all three(3) wildlands,  Bear Pen Wildland does not have any transmission line easements at all at this time.

See NextERA's MARL Project Map

MD PSC Case Number: 9857  

Procedural Dates :

• April 3, 2026 Intervenor Deadline
• July 1, 2027 Direct Testimony Deadline
• September 30, 2026 MD PPRP status update
• Week Of July 19, 2027, Public comment hearings, date, location , time tbd
• August 9, 2027 PPRP Status : If contested issues remain between any of the Parties as of August 9, 2027, a further procedural schedule will be developed for supplemental, rebuttal and surrebuttal testimony, as well as for a contested evidentiary hearing, after consultation with the Parties. This further procedural schedule will address a shortened time frame for responses to any additional data requests. If there are no contested issues as of August 9, 2027, an evidentiary hearing will be held on August 23, 2027.

Gore-Doubs-Goose Creek Improvements  

The Mid -Atlantic Resiliency Link (MARL) and  Gore-Doubs-Goose Creek applications 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! 

The Gore-Doubs-GooseCreek Improvements Project  impacts private property owners in Frederick and Montgomery counties  in Maryland and the C&O Canal National Historical Park, Dickerson Conservation Area, Banner Park,  Monocacy NRMA, Sugarloaf Mountain, and Owens Park 

The Gore-Woodside-GooseCreek segment  of this application is part of the Mid-Atlantic Resiliancy Link Project. It 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.

The Doubs-Aspen segment is part of the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project (MPRP)

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."

The proposal is 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 3 - 500kV and 2 - 230 lines in the existing two easements. 

In addition to the Special Exemption required by Frederick County to cross these Resource Conservation and Agriculture zones,  this application raises  serious property rights issues concerning the existing easements. 

Easements are deeded for a specific purpose, there are two existing easements one for each existing transmission line, the plats would show a center line and possibly the positions of the structures.  Easement rights are not unrestricted. Adding two additional 500kV lines on 3 parallel structures would be in conflict with the existing easement deeds and would contradict Maryland easement laws.  This is known as "overburdening the servient estate".  Similar conflicts with easement laws are being raised by the property owners at No More Powerlines  who have been fighting MD PUC Case 9748. If you have a power  line easement  on your property, check your deed, read the laws cited by No More Powerlines and contact an attorney if you have questions.  

See FirstEnergy's Gore-Doubs-GooseCreek Project Map

See First Energy's Maryland Fact Sheet 

MD PSC Case Number:  Case No. 9870 

Procedural Dates:

• April 20, 2026 Intervenor Deadline
• May 5, 2026 PPRP Recommended the Application be deemed Incomplete, the remaining schedule is TBD

Read : More Information on the Maryland Public Service Commission 

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

Valley Link North  

This 765kV line is proposed take new  200' easements for its entire length, from the John Amos power station in Putnam County, West Virginia, thru Garrett County, Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia counties. It would terminate at a new 765kV substation, named Rocky Point, that would be located @ 2 miles south of the Doubs substation in Frederick County, Maryland. These lines are proposed to be on v-structs with guyed-wire,  these are the largest structures and highest voltage available. Typically, 765kV  substations take 80 - 120 acres .  This infrastructure is massive and will be a significant industrialization of the area if it is approved. 

Open Houses:  All  are 4:00pm - 7:30pm if you are not able to attend one in your county attend one in a neighboring county!

• Garrett County, MD - July 15,  Southern Garrett High School, 345 Oakland Dr, Oakland, MD
• Preston County, WV - July 21, Craig Civic Center, 311 Tunnelton Street, Kingwood, WV 
• Grant, WV - July 23,  Landes Arts Center, 20 Mountain View Street, Petersburg, WV