§ 354 — Renewable energy portfolio standards, eligible energy resources and industrial exemption

Delaware § 354

• Jurisdiction: Delaware
• Title: 26
• Ch. 1: PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

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(a) The total retail sales of each Retail Electricity Product delivered to Delaware end-use customers by a commission-regulated utility or municipal electric company during any given compliance year shall include a minimum percentage of electrical energy sales with eligible energy resources and solar photovoltaics as follows:

(b) Cumulative minimum percentage requirements of eligible energy resources and solar photovoltaics shall be established by Commission rules for compliance year 2036 and each subsequent year. The minimum percentages established by Commission rules may not be lower than those required for compliance year 2035 in Schedule I, subsection (a) of this section. Each of the rules setting such minimum percentage must be adopted at least 2 years before the minimum percentage being required.

(c), (d) [Repealed.]

(e) Beginning with compliance year 2012, commission-regulated electric companies shall be responsible for procuring RECs, SRECs and any other attributes needed to comply with subsection (a) of this section with respect to all energy delivered to such companies’ end use customers.

(f) For each commission-regulated electric company, retail electricity supplier with existing contractual electric supply obligation or municipal electric company, no more than 1% of each year’s total retail sales may be met from eligible energy resources that are not new renewable generation resources. In compliance year 2026, and for each compliance year thereafter, all eligible energy resources used to meet cumulative minimum percentage requirements set by the Commission rules shall be new renewable generation resources.

(g) A retail electricity supplier or municipal electric company shall not use energy used to satisfy another state’s renewable energy portfolio requirements for compliance with Schedule I of subsection (a) of this section.

(h) An applicant’s compliance with Schedule I of subsection (a) of this section shall be based on historical data, collected in a manner consistent with industry standard and, with respect to retail electricity suppliers, Commission regulations. A retail electricity supplier or municipal electric company shall meet the renewable energy portfolio standards by accumulating the equivalent amount of renewable energy credits and solar renewable energy credits that equal the percentage required under this section.

(i), (j) [Repealed.]

Legislative History

75 Del. Laws, c. 205, § 1 ; 76 Del. Laws, c. 165, § 4(a), (b), 5 ; 77 Del. Laws, c. 451, §§ 1, 2, 4-11 ; 78 Del. Laws, c. 99, §§ 3-6 ; 83 Del. Laws, c. 3, § 1