Make a Public Comment

Proceedings before the Commission often require input from the community in the form of written public comments or public comment hearings. The public can offer comments on open, docketed cases in various ways:

• Submit Written Comments Electronically

If you are unable to attend a hearing, you may comment in writing. You may upload your written comments into our Public Comments electronic filing system, found here. After completing a quick, one-time registration, comments and photos may be submitted (by case number) in PDF format ONLY.

OR

• Submit Written Comments by Mail

Address your comments to:
Jamie Bergin, Chief Clerk
Maryland Public Service Commission
6 Saint Paul Street, 16th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202-6806

Please be sure to include the related case number with all comments. A copy of the written comments are recorded and maintained in the case correspondence file. Public comments that were submitted after May 16, 2019–whether filed electronically, mailed in or handed in at a hearing–are archived in the Public Comments electronic filing system and can be searched by clicking here.

• Speak at a Public Comment Hearing

Public comment hearings are typically held in the various geographical areas served by the utility or applicant involved in a proceeding (some are still being held virtually). Hearings most often are for utility rate cases or applications to construct generating facilities or transmission lines (known as a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, or CPCN, proceeding).

Individuals who wish to comment at a virtual public hearing may sign up to speak by sending an email to the email address listed in the hearing notice and, in most cases, will have about three to five minutes, at the discretion of the presiding officer, to make their comments. Because these hearings involve an ongoing legal proceeding, the Commission cannot discuss the merits of or possible decisions in a particular case. Hearings will conclude after the last speaker is heard.

Please note that members of the media may be present during these hearings, and as such, comments made by speakers may be broadcast or printed by news outlets. Virtual hearings are also livestreamed on the Commission’s YouTube channel. (In-person public comment hearings held outside of the Commission’s offices are typically not streamed on the Commission’s website or YouTube channel.)

Upcoming Public Comment Hearings:

Public Conference 61 (PC 61)–Senate Bill 1 Co-Location Study
Technical Conference: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.
To participate in the conference, send an email to Senior Commission Advisor Benjamin Baker at benjamin.baker@maryland.gov by August 1, 2024

Case No. 9736–Spring Valley Solar I, LLC’s CPCN application for a 2.25 MW solar facility in Carroll County
Virtual public hearing: Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
To sign up to speak at the hearing and get the link to join, please send an email to psc.pulj@gmail.com by noon on September 24, 2024

Case No. 9740–Pocomoke City Energy Initiative, LLC’s CPCN application for a 5.0 MW solar facility in Worcester County
Virtual public comment hearing: Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 7 p.m.
To sign up to speak at the hearing and get the link to join, please send an email to psc.pulj@gmail.com by noon on October 1, 2024

Case No. 9742–TPE MD KE51, LLC’s CPCN application for a 5.0 MW solar facility in Kent County
Virtual public hearing: Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 7 p.m.
To sign up to speak at the hearing and get the link to join, please send an email to psc.pulj@gmail.com by noon on October 2, 2024

Case No. 9717–Chaberton Solar Wild Tukey LLC’s CPCN application for a 5.0 MW facility in Frederick County
Public comment hearing: Monday, October 7, 2024 at 6:30 p.m.
Location: Guardian Hose Company (meeting Room), 21 North Church Street in Thurmont
Deadline to send in written comments: October 18, 2024

Case No. 9744–Hagerstown Municipal Light Department’s rate increase application
Public comment hearing: Monday, October 7, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
Location: City Hall, Council Chamber (2nd Floor), 1 East Franklin Street in Hagerstown
Deadline to send in written comments: October 11, 2023

Case No. 9726–Chaberton Solar Sugarloaf I, LLC’s CPCN application for a 4 MW solar facility in Montgomery County
Public hearing: Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 6:30 p.m.
Location: Upper Montgomery County Volunteer Fire Department, 19801 Beallsville Road in Beallsville
Deadline to send in written comments: October 9, 2024

Case No. 9725–Chaberton Solar Pine Rock LLC’s CPCN application for a 3 MW solar facility in Carroll County
Public comment hearing: Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 5:30 p.m.
Location: Exploration Commons, Carroll County Public Library, 50 E. Main Street in Westminster
Deadline to send in written comments: October 21, 2024

Case Nos. 9628 and 9666 — Revised Round 2 Offshore Wind Applications
Virtual public comment hearing: Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at 6:30 p.m.
To sign up to speak, send an email to kimberly.schock@maryland.gov by 12 noon on Friday, October 11
Deadline for written comments: November 1, 2024

Case No. 9743–Croom Road Solar, LLC’s CPCN application for a 5 MW solar facility in Prince George’s County
Virtual public comment hearing: Thursday, October 24, 2024 at 7 p.m.
To sign up to speak, send an email to psc.pulj@gmail.com by 12 noon on October 23

Case No. 9723–Crockett Solar, LLC’s CPCN application for a 61.2 MW solar facility in Talbot County
Public comment hearing: Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
Location: Cordova Fire Department, 11864 Kittys Corner Road in Cordova
Deadline to send in written comments: November 8, 2024

RM 84 — Green Product Offerings
Rulemaking session: Friday, November 8, 2024 at 10 a.m.
Location: Frank O. Heintz Hearing Room, 16th Floor, William Donald Schaefer Tower, 6 St. Paul Street in Baltimore
Deadline to send in written comments: October 15, 2024

Case No. 9735–Chaberton Solar Sunshine’s, LLC’s CPCN application for a 3.0 MW solar facility in Carroll County
Virtual public hearing: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
To sign up to speak at the hearing and get the link to join, please send an email to psc.pulj@gmail.com by noon on November 12, 2024

Some public comment hearings are still being held virtually. Participation details and instructions will be found in the hearing notice.

Cases/proceedings open for WRITTEN comments:

Case No. 9685–Community Power Group, LLC’s CPCN application for a 5 MW solar facility in Anne Arundel County
Deadline to send in written comments: September 23, 2024

Case No. 9739–Chaberton Solar Orchard Hill’s CPCN application for a 3.24 MW solar facility in Queen Anne’s County
Deadline to send in written comments: January 31, 2025

Case lists:
Energy Generation and Siting (CPCN) Cases
Utility Rate Cases