How to Help – Protect Davidsonville

Step 1: File a Public Comment with the Maryland PSC

Go to psc.maryland.gov, click “File a Comment,” register or sign in, select case number 9878, upload your comment as a PDF, and submit. Save your confirmation email as your filing receipt.

Sample Public Comment — click the box, edit the brackets, then copy

To the Maryland Public Service Commission — re: Case No. 9878, SCCS 2, LLC.

I am a resident of Davidsonville, Maryland, and I respectfully oppose the application filed by SCCS 2, LLC to build a 4.125 MW industrial solar facility on approximately 24.4 acres of a 28.83-acre property at 1563 Governor’s Bridge Road.

[About me — how long you’ve lived here, where your home sits relative to the site, what the area means to you.]

[How this project affects me and my family — the view, the rural quiet, well water or nearby streams, property value, road safety during construction and over the life of the facility.]

Anne Arundel County’s own Office of Planning and Zoning confirmed, in a memorandum dated April 21, 2026, that this site sits within the County’s Priority Preservation Area, that roughly 72% of the disturbed area is classified prime farmland, and that Governor’s Bridge Road is a designated Scenic and Historic Road. The County also confirmed the site is adjacent to the Elizabeth’s Fancy / Champs Adventure property on the County’s Historic Resources Inventory, which includes a cemetery.

I respectfully ask the Commission to require, at minimum: an independently verified viewshed analysis for Governor’s Bridge Road and the adjacent historic cemetery property; a wildlife corridor plan; and a fully funded decommissioning plan with security posted at 125% of decommissioning costs before construction begins.

Respectfully,
[Your name]
[Street address, town, ZIP]
[Email]

Step 2: Email Your County and State Officials

Personal, individually written emails get read and answered. These are the four officials most directly relevant to this case:

Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman — spittman@aacounty.org, (410) 222-1821, Arundel Center, 44 Calvert St., Annapolis, MD 21401.
Governor Wes Moore — use the Governor’s contact form (select “Legislation” as the topic). See the sample letter in Step 3 below.
State Senator Dawn Gile (District 33) — dawn.gile@senate.maryland.gov, (410) 841-3568, 3 East Miller Senate Office Building, 11 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401. Official profile →
Delegate Stuart Schmidt Jr. (District 33B) — stuart.schmidt@house.maryland.gov, (410) 841-3110, 157 Lowe House Office Building, 6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401. Official profile →

Sample Email — click the box, edit the brackets, then copy

Subject: Constituent concern — SCCS 2 solar facility (PSC Case No. 9878)

Dear [Executive Pittman / Senator Gile / Delegate Schmidt],

I am writing as your constituent and a resident of Davidsonville to make sure you hear directly from me how strongly I oppose the SCCS 2, LLC application — Maryland PSC Case No. 9878 — which proposes converting approximately 24.4 acres of farmland at 1563 Governor’s Bridge Road into a 4.125 MW industrial solar facility.

[One paragraph in your own words on how this affects you and your community.]

Anne Arundel County’s own Office of Planning and Zoning confirmed that the site is in the County’s Priority Preservation Area, that 72% of the disturbed area is prime farmland, and that Governor’s Bridge Road is a designated Scenic and Historic Road adjacent to a historic cemetery property. That same memo confirms several of the County’s normal protections are preempted by the 2025 Renewable Energy Certainty Act. I’m asking you to:

– Speak publicly about this project and make sure the PSC hears that Davidsonville residents oppose it
– Advocate for stronger protection of Priority Preservation Areas and prime farmland given how much the Renewable Energy Certainty Act now limits local authority

Thank you for representing our community.

Respectfully,
[Your name]
[Street address, town, ZIP]
[Email] · [Phone]

Step 3: Write to Governor Moore (Optional Escalation)

Governor Moore signed the Renewable Energy Certainty Act of 2025, the law that limits county zoning authority over solar facilities like this one. Go to the Governor’s contact form, select “Legislation” as the topic, and use your real Anne Arundel County address.

Sample Letter — click the box, edit the brackets, then copy

To Governor Wes Moore,

I am a resident of Davidsonville in Anne Arundel County, writing about the SCCS 2, LLC solar application (Maryland PSC Case No. 9878) proposed for 1563 Governor’s Bridge Road — a County-designated Scenic and Historic Road.

Anne Arundel County’s Office of Planning and Zoning has confirmed that several of its standard protections for farmland and scenic roads — including prime farmland avoidance, site coverage limits, and spacing requirements between solar facilities — are preempted by the Renewable Energy Certainty Act of 2025 and cannot be enforced against this project.

[Add a sentence or two in your own words about what this project would mean for you, your family, or your community.]

I’m asking your office to look closely at whether the Act’s preemption provisions are working as intended for Priority Preservation Areas and prime farmland, and to support Davidsonville’s community in this case.

Respectfully,
[Your name]
[Street address, town, ZIP]
[Email]

Step 4: Ask Rep. Steny Hoyer to Weigh In (Federal)

Davidsonville (ZIP 21035) is represented by Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD5). This case is decided at the state level, but a federal representative’s public comment on farmland preservation can still draw attention to it. Contact via hoyer.house.gov/contact or phone (202) 225-4131.

Sample Letter — click the box, edit the brackets, then copy

Dear Congressman Hoyer,

I am your constituent, a resident of Davidsonville in Maryland’s 5th Congressional District. I’m writing about a proposed industrial solar facility (SCCS 2, LLC, Maryland PSC Case No. 9878) on 24.4 acres of farmland at 1563 Governor’s Bridge Road, a County-designated Scenic and Historic Road within a Priority Preservation Area.

While this case will be decided by the Maryland Public Service Commission, I’m asking you to speak up on behalf of farmland preservation in Anne Arundel County and help make sure Davidsonville’s concerns are heard.

[Add a sentence or two in your own words about what this project would mean for you, your family, or your community.]

Thank you for representing our community.

Respectfully,
[Your name]
[Street address, town, ZIP]
[Email] · [Phone]

Do not copy specific claims about other developers’ legal history from other Maryland solar-opposition sites — those refer to different companies and different cases, and do not apply to SCCS 2, LLC or SunCode Energy.