Public Service Commission - Transmission Line Siting - Limitations
Sponsor: Karen Lewis Young (District 3)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: Utility RegulationStatus: Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from authorizing, and a person from undertaking, the construction of an overhead transmission line outside of an existing transmission line right-of-way unless the applicant adequately demonstrates to the Commission that existing transmission line rights-of-way are not sufficient for the proposed overhead transmission line.
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Testimony (0)
MGA witness listFAV 59FavorableFWA 5Favorable with amendmentsUNF 2UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Orens, Lisa | Bluebird Hall Farm | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Myers, Brenda | Brenda Myers | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hudson, Lee | Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCA | Position only |
| FAV | Venable, Victorialobbyist | Frederick County Government - Office of the County Executive | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Gaver, Lisa | Gaver Farm, LLC | Position only |
| FAV | Butchko, Dominic | Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Plante, Cecilia | Maryland Legislative Coalition | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | parker, jean | Merriweather Post Pavilion | Position only |
| FAV | Bauer, Elizabeth | Self | Position only |
| FAV | Hester, Beth | Stop MPRP, Inc | Position only |
| FAV | Malatt, Jessica | Stop MPRP, Inc. | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Shaw, Jaane | Stop MPRP,Inc | Position only |
| FAV | Black, Stephen | Sugarloaf Alliance | Position only |
| FAV | McNair, Lee | Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice Ministry | Position only |
| FAV | Kaplowitz, Richard KAP | Year | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Bancells, Carol | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Baylor, Frank | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Belt, James | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Bond, Charles | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Braun, Kathryn | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Cline, William | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Danmyer, Karen | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Danmyer, Karen | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Dzimiela Castillo, Carolyn | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | EBAUGH, CHERYL | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Freeman, Erin | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Galloway, Janet | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Harwood, Pembroke | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Holly, Julie | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Isaac, Victoria | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Krumrine, Amanda | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Lang, Alan | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Leidner, Brooke | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | McFarland, Elizabeth (Betsy) | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | McFarland, Mike | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Miller, Whitney | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Moore, Rachael | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Moran, Matthew | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Moran, Suzannah | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | O'Malley, Lauriann | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Parker, Charles | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Patton, Mary | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Pearman, Donna | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Price, Brysn | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Reese, Donna | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Ringger-Weil, Michele | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Rosa, Richard | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Rosenblum, Alyssa | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Ryan, Shawn | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Seibel, Derek | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Seibel, Laura | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Senator Lewis Young, Senator Lewis Younglegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Shaw, Chalyse | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Smith, Nancy | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Soderstrom, Derek | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Stratton, Janet | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | mackey, Melissa | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | parker, douglas | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | teeter, jennifer | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Andes, Guy | BGE | Written (PDF) |
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Organizations on record
BGEUNF 1
Bluebird Hall FarmFAV 1
Brenda MyersFAV 1
Gaver Farm, LLCFAV 1
Pepco/DPLUNF 1
SelfFAV 1
Stop MPRP, IncFAV 1FWA 1
Stop MPRP, Inc.FAV 1
Stop MPRP,IncFAV 1
Sugarloaf AllianceFAV 1
YearFAV 1
Registered lobbyists who testified
FAVVenable, VictoriaFrederick County Government - Office of the County ExecutiveRegistered for: Chesapeake Climate Action Network Action Fund