Opinion ID: 4416826
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: standard of review

Text: This case involves a purely legal issue—whether PU § 7-207, which grants the PSC general regulatory powers over generating stations, including SEGS, preempts local zoning authority with respect to the location and construction of SEGS. As this determination involves a question of law, our standard of review is de novo. See Koste v. Town of Oxford, 431 Md. 14, 25 (2013) (“When an issue involves an interpretation and application of a Maryland constitutional, statutory or case law, an appellate court must determine whether the trial court’s conclusions are legally correct under a de novo standard of review.”) (internal citations omitted); see also Schisler v. State, 394 Md. 519, 535 (2006).