Residents in a South Baltimore community are pushing back against Baltimore Gas and Electric Company’s (BGE) proposed transmission line project tied to the Baltimore Peninsula, arguing it would disrupt historic neighborhoods.
Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson, a Democrat from Baltimore, introduced legislation that would increase oversight of major transmission projects, saying utilities should be required to provide further justification for the need, cost, and route selection.
Efforts to pause BGE transmission line plan
BGE plans to install a new underground high-voltage transmission line connecting its Greene Street substation to a new substation at Baltimore Peninsula as part of a broader modernization effort.
“Today we are here because residents made it clear and we believe that this cannot proceed as it is planned,” Ferguson said…