SB 332

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Task Force to Study the Premature Retirement of Electricity Generation Facilities

Sponsor: Justin Ready (District 5)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: Utility RegulationStatus: Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the Task Force to Study the Premature Retirement of Electricity Generation Facilities; requiring the Task Force to make recommendations to address challenges and enhance decision making regarding the premature retirement of electricity generation facilities, and that include energy reliability solutions that address the imminent reliability gap and balance the need between economic considerations and cleaner energy goals; and requiring the Task Force to report on or before January 1, 2026.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 17FavorableFWA 3Favorable with amendmentsUNF 5UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Troxell, Timothylobbyist	FirstEnergy / Potomac Edison	Written (PDF)
FAV	Pavlak, Alex	Future of Energy Initiative	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Ready, Justin	Maryland State Senate	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Coleman, Ryan	President, Randallstown NAACP	Written (PDF)
FAV	Frederick, Joanne	Stop MPRP, Inc	Written (PDF)
FAV	McNair, Lee	Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice Ministry	Position only
FAV	Amy Thomson, Amy Thomson	Individual	Position only
FAV	Fisher, Julie	Individual	Position only
FAV	Freeman, Erin	Individual	Position only
FAV	Harwood, Pembroke	Individual	Position only
FAV	Iampieri, Daniel	Individual	Position only
FAV	Lang, Alan	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Miller, Whitney	Individual	Position only
FAV	Price, Brysn	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Ready, Senator Readylegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Smith Hughes, Alice	Individual	Position only
FAV	smith, michael	Individual	Position only
UNF	Feighner, Liz	HoCo Climate Action	Position only
UNF	Killdis-Bill, Anita	Killdis-Bill & Moore, LLC	Oral
UNF	Feighner, Liz	Liz Feighner, self	Position only
UNF	Deutschmann, Richard	Individual	Position only
UNF	Garofolo, John	Individual	Position only
FWA	Andes, Guy	BGE	Written (PDF)
FWA	Biddinger, Christine	Individual	Position only
FWA	Black-Woodson, Allysonlobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
INFO	Fahrig, Landon	Maryland Energy Administration	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

BGEFWA 1

FirstEnergy / Potomac EdisonFAV 1

Future of Energy InitiativeFAV 1

HoCo Climate ActionUNF 1

Killdis-Bill & Moore, LLCUNF 1

Liz Feighner, selfUNF 1

Maryland Energy AdministrationINFO 1

Maryland State SenateFAV 1

President, Randallstown NAACPFAV 1

Stop MPRP, IncFAV 1

Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice MinistryFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVTroxell, TimothyFirstEnergy / Potomac EdisonRegistered for: FirstEnergy, Corp.

FWABlack-Woodson, AllysonRegistered for: Pepco Holdings, LLC.; Pepco Holdings, Inc.