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BGE proposes 9-mile underground rebuild from Finksburg to Westminster; construction targeted 2027–2030
Summary
Baltimore Gas and Electric told Carroll County commissioners it plans to replace an aging transmission line with a roughly 9‑mile underground route running from the Finksburg area to the Westminster substation along Route 140, company staff said.
Baltimore Gas and Electric told Carroll County commissioners it plans to replace an aging transmission line with a roughly 9-mile underground route running from the Finksburg area to the Westminster substation along Route 140, company staff said. BGE said the project is intended to address reliability and access problems linked to a line built in 1990 and to reduce outages for customers served by the Westminster substation.
The proposal matters because Westminster’s substation is a radial feed — meaning it is not extensively networked into the broader transmission system — so BGE said the new line will increase resilience for homes and businesses served from that facility. The company said it will file a waiver of the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) with the Maryland Public Service Commission before seeking local and state permits, then begin construction in early 2027 with an expected finish around mid‑2030.
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