(4) (i) The Commission shall ensure presentation and
recommendations from each interested State unit, and shall allow representatives of
each State unit to sit during hearing of all parties.

(ii) The Commission shall allow each State unit 15 days after the
conclusion of the hearing to modify the State unit's initial recommendations.

(e) The Commission shall take final action on an application for a certificate of
public convenience and necessity only after due consideration of:

(1) the recommendation of the governing body of each county or
municipal corporation in which any portion of the construction of the generating
station or overhead transmission line is proposed to be located; AND

(2) [the need to meet existing and future demand for electric service; and

(3)] the effect of the generating station or overhead transmission line on:

(i) the stability and reliability of the electric system;
(ii) economics;
(iii) esthetics;

(iv) historic sites;

(v) aviation safety as determined by the Maryland Aviation
Administration and the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration;

(vi) when applicable, air and water pollution; and

(vii) the availability of means for the required timely disposal of
wastes produced by any generating station.

(f) FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN OVERHEAD TRANSMISSION LINE, IN
ADDITION TO THE CONSIDERATIONS LISTED IN SUBSECTION (E) OF THIS SECTION,
THE COMMISSION SHALL TAKE FINAL ACTION ON AN APPLICATION FOR A
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY ONLY AFTER DUE
CONSIDERATION OF THE NEED TO MEET EXISTING AND FUTURE DEMAND FOR
ELECTRIC SERVICE.

(G) (1) The Commission may not authorize, and an electric company may not
undertake, the construction of an overhead transmission line that is aligned with and
within 1 mile of either end of a public airport runway, unless;

(i) the Federal Aviation Administration determines that the
construction of an overhead transmission line will not constitute a hazard to air
navigation; and

(ii) the Maryland Aviation Administration concurs in that

determination.