---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND NET METERING."
description: "This Act removes the 8% cap on net energy metering for customer-generation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "SB 239"
citation: "Delaware SB 239 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "David P. Sokola", "Eric Morrison", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Mara Gorman", "Ray Seigfried", "Russell Huxtable", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stephanie L. Hansen", "Trey Paradee", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-19"
last_action: "2026-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e2faf6b-da85-4b47-af8b-79d8ea93ae25"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142864"
source_hash: "581661be7f85176e1dfc0c132020cc141f94da3d80b87563be186eb5ef0c4f86"
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 239 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND NET METERING.

This Act removes the 8% cap on net energy metering for customer-generation.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- SM — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-19** Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 8 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-22** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 2 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-12** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2026-06-10** 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/9e2faf6b-da85-4b47-af8b-79d8ea93ae25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).