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MPRP Powerlines in the News
Maryland Matters "Proposed northern Maryland route unveiled for controversial Piedmont power line"
"The proposed Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project would bring power from the Peach Bottom nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania through an existing Baltimore Gas & Electric transmission line right-of-way in northern Baltimore County, then through Carroll County and into an existing power station in southern Frederick County. Electricity from that substation is then expected to go under the Potomac River to Northern Virginia, where several large data centers need extra power for their operations."
Maryland People's Counsel Letter
"Forecasts of data center and other large new loads are increasing rapidly at this time; however, where and when large new loads will appear is, and will remain, highly uncertain. Even an existing data center may need to substantially reduce demand due to business, market or other circumstances, as Amazon Data Services, one of the largest developers of data centers, has recently stated."
Fox45 News "Gov. Moore caught in storm over Maryland power line project"
Marylanders said they would not only refuse to support the 70-mile power line project, but were also particularly alarmed by the governor's lack of response about the potential for the government to seize private property through eminent domain to advance its development.
Fox45 News "Marylanders tell power company: Stay off our land or face the consequences"
"Maryland residents protested Wednesday for a second consecutive night, vowing to use any means necessary to prevent a New Jersey-based power company from acquiring their land to advance a controversial overhead power line project."
WMAR2 "70 Miles of Proposed Power Lines Raise Tough Questions"
"People in Frederick County packed this auditorium with signs and shirts, all with the same message: stop the power lines. 'My question is, do we need it?' was one of the hundreds of questions people asked at the public meeting. 'It's property values being destroyed,' said Joanne Frederick, co-founder of Stop MPRP Inc."
WUSA9 "Power line protest targets tech executives in Maryland"
"Protestors confronted industry executives as they arrived at a sold-out luncheon hosted by the Maryland Tech Council, regarding a controversial power line project.
Washington Post "As Data Centers for AI Strain the Power Grid, Bills Rise for Everyday Customers"
"The huge demand for electricity from data centers driving the AI boom has fallout for everyday rate payers. Regulators are concerned.
Frederick News Post "There are many unresolved questions about data answers"
(letter to the editor)
Peter Blood writes, "The proposed MPRP transmission line through Frederick County threatens to take properties by eminent domain. Its primary purpose, according to PSEG’s own documents, is to carry electricity from Pennsylvania to Virginia to meet the electrical demand of data centers there. Such demand will substantially increase if the Quantum Loophole data center complex is built in Adamstown."