Howard County v. Potomac Electric Power Co.

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• local requirement that utilities obtain special exception status under local ordinances for siting of certain transmission lines
• statutory provision vesting the Public Service Commission with “final authority” over construction permits for power transmission lines preempted zoning ordi nances regulating the location and construction of such transmission lines
• “[W]e adhere to the rule that ‘[t]he primary indicia of a legislative purpose to preempt an entire field of law is the comprehensiveness with which the General Assembly has legislated in the field,’ ” quoting Board v. Harker, 316 Md. 683, 696-697, 561 A.2d 219, 226 (1989)

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