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Carroll County commissioners join filings opposing PSEG power-line schedule, cite property-rights and water-supply concerns in New Windsor

Carroll County Board of Commissioners · October 30, 2025

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Summary

Carroll County joined other parties in filing two motions with the Maryland Public Service Commission to oppose the procedural schedule and to seek dismissal of a proposed PSEG transmission-line project, the county said Oct. 30.

Carroll County commissioners announced Oct. 30 that the county joined other parties in filing two motions with the Maryland Public Service Commission challenging the procedural schedule and the merits of a proposed PSEG transmission-line project.

One motion asks PSC to reject PSEG's request for an abbreviated procedural timetable. The other motion asks the PSC to dismiss the project based on procedural and substantive concerns, the county said.

Commissioners described two recent PSEG actions they said risk local property uses and municipal services: (1) litigation strategy that, in the board's view, seeks to limit landowners' access to uses such as hunting on their own property, and (2) a route realignment that moves the proposed line between a quarry and the town of New Windsor, which commissioners said "is going to endanger New Windsor's access to their current chlorination plant" and could jeopardize the town's water supply. A commissioner urged residents to file letters with the PSC in support of the county's filings and said press-release links with filing instructions would be posted on the county website.

Board remarks emphasized local coordination: commissioners said they are working with New Windsor officials, state legislators and local advocacy groups (for example StopNPRP) to press the case, and urged residents to stay peaceful and level-headed during hunting season and while legal processes proceed.

Clarifying details

- County press release and links: commissioners said the county posted links to the motions and filing instructions on the county website and encouraged public comment to the PSC. - The announcements were verbal; no formal vote was required to file the motions, according to the meeting record.

What it means

The county's filings place Carroll County among active local intervenors opposing the PSEG proposal; the actions are procedural (seeking to block an expedited schedule) and substantive (seeking dismissal). The county urged residents to submit administrative comments to the PSC in support of the motions.