Sen. Hershey calls for governor’s intervention on power line project across Maryland

Maryland Senate minority leader Steve Hershey says he'll meet with the governor next week about a controversial power line project across the northern part of our listening area.
He joined The C4 and Bryan Nehman Show on Thursday and discussed the matter.
The project would stretch along Baltimore, Carroll and Frederick counties, taking power from Pennsylvania to run data centers in Virginia.
"I think Gov. Moore could step in and with one phone call to the Public Service Commission and the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project just like that," Hershey said.
The power lines would cut through private and public lands all to help satisfy the state's energy needs and the electrical grid.
"Everybody affected by this recognizes that this is just an extension cord from power up in Pennsylvania to data centers in Northern Virginia," Hershey said. "Maryland is going to have a serious energy crisis on its hands. We've relied too heavily on renewables."