Westminster, MD, Thursday, April 9, 2026 – The Board of Carroll County Commissioners (BoCC) formally opposed the Public Service Enterprise Group’s (PSEG) request for a preliminary injunction to enter land encumbered by county easements by filing a memorandum to the US District Court. This is the BoCC’s latest action in opposing the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project (MPRP).

The memorandum states: “this is the first case in which PSEG has come before this Court requesting mandatory injunctive relief granting it unrestricted access to public property rights along the proposed route of the Project. Significantly, the legal authority relied upon by PSEG applies only to “private lands” and “private property.” The surveyor statute, Real Property §12-111(a), applies only to “private lands.” And Maryland’s eminent domain law applies only to condemning “private property” for public use. Neither statute applies to easement rights held by the County government here.”

The BoCC has opposed MPRP since the beginning and continues to stand with its citizens, landowners, and neighbors against this overreach and therefore, as stated in the document, “Carroll County respectfully requests that this Court deny PSEG’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction.” The memorandum may be viewed in its entirety here.