---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES."
description: "This bill amends the definition of “Community-owned energy generating facility” in Title 26 of the Delaware Code, § 1001(5) by adding the requirement that the point of interconnection be located in the service area of a utility under the regulation of the Public Service Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "SB 210"
citation: "Delaware SB 210 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryant L. Richardson", "David P. Sokola", "Eric Morrison", "Josue O Ortega", "Nicole Poore", "Russell Huxtable", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stephanie L. Hansen", "Trey Paradee"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-18"
last_action: "2026-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0354ecba-e473-4ff9-bae6-bcfc53d69276"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142724"
source_hash: "fa8ab7a23e91c5998fdb87f4379a645405cf74b9aa63ac3f4b2bf35531213fc7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---

# Delaware SB 210 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES.

This bill amends the definition of “Community-owned energy generating facility” in Title 26 of the Delaware Code, § 1001(5) by adding the requirement that the point of interconnection be located in the service area of a utility under the regulation of the Public Service Commission.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- SM — **36–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-12-18** Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2026-01-20** Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 4 Favorable, 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-12** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0354ecba-e473-4ff9-bae6-bcfc53d69276`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).