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Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Overhead Transmission Lines - Conservation Easements

Sponsor: Benjamin Brooks (District 10)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: Utility RegulationStatus: Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Public Service Commission to consider the impact of the development of overhead transmission lines on certain properties subject to an existing conservation easement in certain proceedings for a certificate of public convenience and necessity; and requiring the Commission to require an applicant for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the development of overhead transmission lines to consider alternative routes for transmission lines affecting conservation easements or alter proposed routes.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 56FavorableINFO 3Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVDemiray, SoniaClimate Communications CoalitionPosition only
FAVHudson, LeeDelaware-Maryland Synod, ELCAPosition only
FAVBartolomeo, KathleenGCAN, MCRTPosition only
FAVGaver, LisaGaver Farm, LLCPosition only
FAVButchko, DominicMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVHough, TylerlobbyistMaryland Farm BureauOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSchwarz, KurtMaryland Ornithological SocietyWritten (PDF)
FAVEarlbeck, JamesNonePosition only
FAVBauer, ElizabethSelfWritten (PDF)
FAVOtterbein, AngeloSparks-Glencoe Community Planning CouncilPosition only
FAVFrederick, JoanneStop MPRP, IncWritten (PDF)
FAVBlack, StephenSugarloaf AlliancePosition only
FAVMcNair, LeeUnitarian Universalist Environmental Justice MinistryPosition only
FAVHamidi, ReneeValleys Planning CouncilWritten (PDF)
FAVKaplowitz, Richard KAPYearWritten (PDF)
FAVAdams, LauraIndividualPosition only
FAVAmy Thomson, Amy ThomsonIndividualPosition only
FAVArnold, RogerIndividualPosition only
FAVBiddinger, ChristineIndividualPosition only
FAVBollinnger, DavidIndividualPosition only
FAVBrien, MargaretIndividualPosition only
FAVBrooks, BenjaminIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVBrowning, RobertIndividualPosition only
FAVCARRICK, SHARONIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVDavis, DonnaIndividualPosition only
FAVFisher, JulieIndividualPosition only
FAVFreeman, ErinIndividualPosition only
FAVFrost, SarahIndividualPosition only
FAVFrye, JulieIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVGalloway, JanetIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVHarwood, PembrokeIndividualPosition only
FAVHinder, KatharineIndividualPosition only
FAVIampieri, DanielIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVJones, AnnlobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVKennedy, ThereseIndividualPosition only
FAVKranz, RhondaIndividualPosition only
FAVLaw, ElizabethIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVMarkleydd, KerriIndividualPosition only
FAVMatthews, AnneIndividualPosition only
FAVMcCormick, MollieIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVMeyerovich, MarkIndividualPosition only
FAVMiller, JessicaIndividualPosition only
FAVMiller, WhitneyIndividualPosition only
FAVMoore, RachaelIndividualPosition only
FAVRyan, ShawnIndividualPosition only
FAVSchulze, GlenIndividualPosition only
FAVSeibel, DerekIndividualPosition only
FAVSeibel, LauraIndividualPosition only
FAVSenator Brooks, Senator BrookslegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSmith Hughes, AliceIndividualPosition only
FAVSoderstrom, DerekIndividualPosition only
FAVSonnenfeld, MichaelIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSparks, RebeccaIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVStratton, JanetIndividualPosition only
FAVTibbals, TrudyIndividualPosition only
FAVsmith, michaelIndividualPosition only
INFOJones, BrittanylobbyistBGEWritten (PDF)
INFOFahrig, LandonMaryland Energy AdministrationWritten (PDF)
INFOKlase, AnnelobbyistPepco/DPLWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVHough, TylerMaryland Farm BureauRegistered for: Maryland Farm Bureau
FAVJones, AnnRegistered for: Partners for Open Space; Forever Maryland, Inc.
INFOJones, BrittanyBGERegistered for: Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
INFOKlase, AnnePepco/DPLRegistered for: Pepco Holdings, LLC.; Pepco Holdings, Inc.