A BGE truck in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. Photo by Jessica Gallagher / The Baltimore Banner.
A BGE truck in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. Photo by Jessica Gallagher / The Baltimore Banner.

Itโ€™s the โ€œotherโ€ power line controversy in Baltimore County and itโ€™s fueled by plans to take a coal-fired power plant in Anne Arundel County offline.

According to BGE, the Brandon Shores power plant in Pasadena is scheduled to go offline in December of 2028.

To make up for that lost power, BGE wants to import more electricity from out of state, and says it needs upgraded power lines to do that.

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