---
type: "Bill"
title: "URGING THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION TO ACCEPT EITHER OF PJM INTERCONNECTION, L.L.C.’S ALTERNATIVE METHODOLOGIES FOR ALLOCATING THE COST OF THE ARTIFICIAL ISLAND PROJECT AS RECOMMENDED BY GOVERNOR CARNEY AND GOVERNOR HOGAN."
description: "This Joint Resolution urges the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to accept either alternative cost allocation methodology of the Artificial Island Project as presented by PJM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SJR 2"
citation: "Delaware SJR 2 (149)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Catherine Cloutier", "Harris B. McDowell", "Kevin S Hensley", "Trey Charles Paradee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-22"
last_action: "2017-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9da8666-4329-4cb7-b84c-e60c477e5fbb"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26057"
source_hash: "6edc7d60a9ffba3687568bbb7eefd99108aba6c6db9f569a66ac47ebe2fa5265"
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 SJR 2 (149) — URGING THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION TO ACCEPT EITHER OF PJM INTERCONNECTION, L.L.C.’S ALTERNATIVE METHODOLOGIES FOR ALLOCATING THE COST OF THE ARTIFICIAL ISLAND PROJECT AS RECOMMENDED BY GOVERNOR CARNEY AND GOVERNOR HOGAN.

This Joint Resolution urges the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to accept either alternative cost allocation methodology of the Artificial Island Project as presented by PJM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26057&legislationTypeId=4&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SJR2)

## Votes

- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Catherine Cloutier — primary (person)
- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
- Kevin S Hensley — primary (person)
- Trey Charles Paradee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-22** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-06-22** Rules Supension in Senate
- **2017-06-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-06-23** Assigned to Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Energy) in House with 5 Favorable, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2017-06-28** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-06-29** 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/a9da8666-4329-4cb7-b84c-e60c477e5fbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).