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SB 33 Delaware Senate · 151st General Assembly (2021-2022)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY PORTFOLIO STANDARDS.

Summary
This Act modifies the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards Act to do the following: (1) Continues increasing the required minimum percentage of electrical energy sales to Delaware end-use customers from renewable energy sources through 2035. (2) Makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. (3) Eliminates “cost-cap” mechanism for freezing the RPS and replaces it with a market-based mechanism. (4) Clarifies the rulemaking authority for this Act.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Jan 2021
Senate Passage
Jan 2021
House Passage
Jan 2021
Signed into Law
Feb 2021
Introduced Jan 12, 2021 Signed Feb 10, 2021
Floor votes · House Jan 28, 2021

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Amendments
3
Feb 10, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jan 28, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 29 YES 12 NO
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Amended
Amendment HA 3 to SB 33 - Defeated By House. Votes: 15 YES 26 NO
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Amended
Amendment HA 2 to SB 33 - Defeated By House. Votes: 15 YES 26 NO
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Amended
Amendment HA 1 to SB 33 - Defeated By House. Votes: 15 YES 26 NO
lower
Jan 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 6 Favorable, 2 Unfavorable
lower
Jan 22, 2021
Introduced
Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House
lower
Jan 21, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 8 NO
upper
Jan 19, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Environment & Energy) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
upper
Jan 12, 2021
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee in Senate
upper
5 primary · 20 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Bill Bush
Bill Bush
DDemocratic
DE
29
P
Photo of Debra Heffernan
Debra Heffernan
DDemocratic
DE
6
P
Photo of Ed Osienski
Ed Osienski
DDemocratic
DE
24
P
Photo of Rae Moore
Rae Moore
DDemocratic
DE
8
P
Photo of Stephanie Hansen
Stephanie Hansen
DDemocratic
DE
10
Co
Photo of Bryan Townsend
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
DE
11
Co
Photo of Darius Brown
Darius Brown
DDemocratic
DE
2
Co
Photo of Dave Sokola
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
DE
8
Co
DB
David Bentz
DDemocratic
DE
18
Co
Photo of Eric Morrison
Eric Morrison
DDemocratic
DE
27
Co
GL
Gerald L. Brady
DDemocratic
DE
4
Co
JA
John A. Kowalko
DDemocratic
DE
25
Co
JL
John L. Mitchell
DDemocratic
DE
13
Co
Photo of Krista Griffith
Krista Griffith
DDemocratic
DE
12
Co
Photo of Kyle Gay
Kyle Gay
DDemocratic
DE
5