Virtual Public Hearing Set for Solar/Battery Storage Facility Proposed for Dorchester County

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February 4, 2026

(BALTIMORE, MD) – Local residents and other interested members of the public are invited to comment on a proposal by Maryland Blue Crab Solar & Storage, LLC to construct a 100 MW solar generating facility, a 25 MW battery energy storage system, project and utility substations, an operations and maintenance facility, and related overhead and underground transmission lines in Dorchester County. The virtual hearing will take place on Wednesday, February 18, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. before Public Utility Law Judge Christine L. Burke.

In February 2025, the developer applied to the Maryland Public Service Commission for what is known as a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN), which grants an applicant the authority to construct an energy generating station in Maryland. According to the application, the developer proposes to build the project in Linkwood, approximately seven miles east of Cambridge.

In addition to taking comments from the public, the hearing will include a presentation by the applicant, brief statements by the parties, including the Power Plant Research Program of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, and the Commission’s Technical Staff, as to their respective roles in the case.

Those who would like to speak at the hearing must sign up (by February 13, 2026) through the Calendly app on the Commission’s website, www.psc.state.md.us:

  • From the home page, scroll down to ‘Comment on a Case’ on the left;
  • Click the link for ‘Learn More’;
  • Scroll down to the Calendly app and click on ‘9782-Maryland Blue Crab Solar and Storage LLC’;Click the hearing date (February 18);
  • Click the time (6:00 p.m.);
  • Click ‘Next’, enter name and email
  • Click ‘Schedule Event’

Once the sign up process is complete, registrants will receive a Zoom link. Barring any technical difficulties, the hearing can also be watched on the PULJ Division’s (MD PSC PULJs) YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/@mdpscpuljs327

In addition to the hearing, written comments can be sent electronically through the Commission’s online portal at: https://www.psc.state.md.us/online-services/file-a-public-comment/, or by mail. Comments sent by mail should be addressed to: Jamie Bergin, Chief Clerk, Maryland Public Service Commission, William Donald Schaefer Tower, 6 St. Paul Street, 16th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202. So that they are noted in the proper case file, all comments should reference Case No. 9782.

In addition to the online docket, the application is available for review at the Dorchester County Planning and Zoning Department, 501 Court Lane (Room 111) in Cambridge.
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Media Contact: Tori Leonard | tori.leonard@maryland.gov

About the Public Service Commission:
The Maryland Public Service Commission regulates electric and gas utilities and suppliers, telephone companies (land lines), private water and sewer companies, passenger motor vehicle carriers for hire, taxicab companies in some jurisdictions and bay pilot rates. The Commission implements the energy policy of the State and also regulates the siting of energy generating facilities and high-voltage transmission lines.

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