[3] Coal is delivered to the Morgantown generating station by CSX Transportation train using the Pope's Creek Subdivision rail line.

An article in the Baltimore Sun dated December 21, 2020 stated: "A 50-year-old power plant in Charles County is the latest in Maryland to announce its plans to stop burning coal in the years to come.

[1] In August 2018, the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) required three generating stations across the state, including Morgantown, to meet current federal wastewater standards (effluent guidelines) by November 2020.

The coal-fired units at these plants discharge arsenic and mercury to their respective receiving waters, as allowed by 1980s-era pollution standards under now-expired permits.

Upgrading the plants' treatment systems to Maryland's current standards "could reduce discharges of toxic metals by 97 percent.