Posted on 03/01/26
| News Source: SUN/Fox45
Baltimore, MD - Mar. 1, 2026 - Maryland Republicans in both chambers have unveiled a coordinated slate of energy bills that they say would cut electric bills by roughly $40 per month, escalating their criticism of Gov. Wes Moore’s energy plan as offering only limited short-term relief while maintaining policies they argue drive up costs.
At separate Republican caucus press conferences this week, GOP leaders framed their package as a structural alternative to Moore’s Lower Bills and Local Power Act. The governor’s proposal would, among other things, provide households with about $40 in one-time rebates, funded through the state’s Strategic Energy Investment Fund, or SEIF, which Senate Minority Whip Justin Ready recently criticized as “issuing a refund after the damage is done.”
Ready told reporters Thursday that the GOP package would “save ratepayers as much as $40 a month.”
“We haven’t really seen a serious alternative that gets at those regular monthly fees that are literally added by state government policies, so we want to continue to sound the alarm on that,” Ready said.