Baltimore County votes to condemn proposed Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project

The Baltimore County Council voted Monday to condemn a proposed 70-mile transmission line that has attracted condemnations from County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr., council members and residents worried about having their homes seized to make way for the $424 million project. PSEG won a contract last December to construct the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project (MPRP), a 500,000-watt power line that would cross northern Baltimore County and Carroll County and terminate in Frederick County.