DE SJR 3

enacted

DIRECTING ALL ELECTRIC PUBLIC UTILITIES IN DELAWARE TO PARTICIPATE IN A STUDY TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE DELAWARE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY UTILITY TO ASSESS AND ANALYZE THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF THE ADOPTION OF ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS IN DELAWARE, AND DIRECTING THE DELAWARE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY UTILITY TO CONDUCT A PILOT PROGRAM WITH THE PARTICIPATION AND COOPERATION OF CERTAIN ELECTRIC UTILITIES TO DEVELOP AND DEPLOY PILOT PROJECTS INVOLVING BATTERY STORAGE SYSTEMS IN DELAWARE.

Delaware · 2025-2026 Regular Session (153rd General Assembly) · upper

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Did DE SJR 3 pass?

Yes. DE SJR 3 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-07-16): Signed by Governor

What is DE SJR 3 about?

Energy Storage Systems provide benefits to the electric grid, including grid stabilization, managing peak energy demand, and providing backup power during outages. Energy Storage Systems can provide substantial cost savings to residential, commercial, and industrial electricity customers. The construction of Energy Storage Systems will promote economic growth and job creation in Delaware. This resolution directs the Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility (DESEU) to initiate and undertake a study to assess and analyze the costs and benefits of the adoption of Energy Storage Systems, both in front of and behind the meter, by all electric public utilities in Delaware. The resolution also directs the DESEU to conduct a pilot program and provide guidance and a level of funding, to be determined by the DESEU, to support Delmarva Power & Light Company, the Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation, the Delaware Electric Cooperative, and one independent power producer to deploy at least one battery storage pilot project in Delaware to serve their Delaware service territory. The DESEU is to submit a comprehensive report detailing the findings from the battery storage pilot program and the cost-benefit study and analysis of Energy Storage Systems in Delaware on or before June 1, 2026.

Who sponsors DE SJR 3?

Marie Pinkney, Eric Morrison, Spiros Mantzavinos and 11 others are the primary sponsors of DE SJR 3, joined by 13 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: 2025-03-21
Latest action: 2025-07-16 — Signed by Governor
Bill type: joint resolution
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2025-07-16
Signed by Governor
executive-signature
2025-07-01
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 ABSENT 1 VACANT
passage
2025-04-16
Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 8 On Its Merits
committee-passage
2025-04-03
Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House
introduction,referral-committee
2025-03-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT
passage
2025-03-27
Amendment SA 2 to SJR 3 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT
amendment-passage
2025-03-27
Amendment SA 1 to SJR 3 - Stricken in Senate
2025-03-27
Amendment SA 2 to SJR 3 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction
2025-03-26
Amendment SA 1 to SJR 3 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction
2025-03-26
Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-21
Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate
introduction,referral-committee

Versions

SA 2 to SJR 3Compare
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Documents

Votes

SM
2025-03-27 · pass · 18-0
Member-level votes (21)
- Darius J. Brown: yes
- Eric Buckson: other
- Daniel Cruce: yes
- Stephanie L. Hansen: yes
- Gerald W. Hocker: other
- Kyra L. Hoffner: yes
- Russell Huxtable: yes
- Dave G. Lawson: other
- S. Elizabeth Lockman: yes
- Spiros Mantzavinos: yes
- Trey Paradee: yes
- Brian Pettyjohn: yes
- Marie Pinkney: yes
- Nicole Poore: yes
- Bryant L. Richardson: yes
- Ray Seigfried: yes
- David P. Sokola: yes
- Laura V. Sturgeon: yes
- Bryan Townsend: yes
- John "Jack" Walsh: yes
- David L. Wilson: yes
SM
2025-07-01 · pass · 39-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Stephanie T. Bolden: yes
- Frank Burns: yes
- William Bush: yes
- William J. Carson: yes
- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha: yes
- Richard G. Collins: yes
- Franklin D. Cooke: yes
- Daniel B. Short: yes
- Timothy D. Dukes: other
- Mara Gorman: yes
- Ronald E. Gray: yes
- Krista Griffith: yes
- Kerri Evelyn Harris: yes
- Debra Heffernan: yes
- Kevin S Hensley: yes
- Jeff Hilovsky: yes
- Valerie Jones Giltner: yes
- Kendra Johnson: yes
- Kimberly Williams: yes
- Kamela T Smith: yes
- Larry Lambert: yes
- Sean M. Lynn: yes
- Michael F. Smith: yes
- Melissa Minor-Brown: yes
- Shannon Morris: yes
- Eric Morrison: yes
- DeShanna U Neal: yes
- Josue O Ortega: yes
- Edward S. Osienski: yes
- Sophie Phillips: yes
- Charles S Postles Jr.: yes
- Cyndie Romer: yes
- Melanie Ross Levin: yes
- Sherae'a Moore: yes
- Bryan W. Shupe: yes
- Claire Snyder-Hall: yes
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman: yes
- Jesse R. Vanderwende: yes
- Madinah Wilson-Anton: yes
- Lyndon D. Yearick: yes

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https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141981

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