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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A DELAWARE VOLUNTARY CLEAN ENERGY FINANCING PROGRAM THROUGH LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSESSMENTS. | This bill authorizes the creation of a Delaware Voluntary Property Assessed Clean Energy (D-PACE) program to establish a clean energy financing program for the installation of energy efficiency technologies and clean energy systems for qualifying commercial real properties statewide. PACE programs are authorized in more than 30 states nationwide. The financing will be secured by and payable from a voluntary assessment imposed on the property benefited by the qualifying energy improvement. The bill calls upon the Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU) to administer the program and establish a statewide financing program to aid counties in expanding clean energy projects in their jurisdictions. Projects under D-PACE can be financed through the SEU or other participating financial institutions. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 149 | SB 113 | Delaware SB 113 (149) |
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Delaware SB 113 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A DELAWARE VOLUNTARY CLEAN ENERGY FINANCING PROGRAM THROUGH LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSESSMENTS.
This bill authorizes the creation of a Delaware Voluntary Property Assessed Clean Energy (D-PACE) program to establish a clean energy financing program for the installation of energy efficiency technologies and clean energy systems for qualifying commercial real properties statewide. PACE programs are authorized in more than 30 states nationwide. The financing will be secured by and payable from a voluntary assessment imposed on the property benefited by the qualifying energy improvement. The bill calls upon the Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU) to administer the program and establish a statewide financing program to aid counties in expanding clean energy projects in their jurisdictions. Projects under D-PACE can be financed through the SEU or other participating financial institutions.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 31–9 (pass) · lower
- SM — 15–6 (pass) · upper
- SM — 8–6 (fail) · upper
Sponsors
- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
- Trey Charles Paradee — primary (person)
- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-06-08 Introduced and Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2017-06-09 ReAssigned to Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2017-06-14 Reported Out of Committee (Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2017-06-15 Defeated By Senate. Votes: 8 YES 6 NO 3 NOT VOTING 4 ABSENT
failure - 2017-06-27 Amendment SA 1 to SB 113 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction - 2017-06-27 Reconsidered in Senate
- 2017-06-27 Roll Call Rescinded in Senate
- 2017-06-27 Laid On Table in Senate
- 2018-01-23 Lifted From Table in Senate
- 2018-01-23 Amendment SA 1 to SB 113 - Laid On Table in Senate
amendment-deferral - 2018-01-23 Laid On Table in Senate
- 2018-01-24 Amendment SA 2 to SB 113 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction - 2018-01-24 Amendment SA 3 to SB 113 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction - 2018-01-25 Lifted From Table in Senate
- 2018-01-25 Amendment SA 1 to SB 113 - Lifted From Table in Senate
- 2018-01-25 Amendment SA 1 to SB 113 - Laid On Table in Senate
amendment-deferral - 2018-01-25 Laid On Table in Senate
- 2018-04-26 Lifted From Table in Senate
- 2018-04-26 Amendment SA 1 to SB 113 - Lifted From Table in Senate
- 2018-04-26 Laid On Table in Senate
- 2018-04-26 Amendment SA 1 to SB 113 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 11 YES 10 NO
amendment-passage - 2018-06-05 Lifted From Table in Senate
- 2018-06-05 Amendment SA 2 to SB 113 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
amendment-passage - 2018-06-05 Amendment SA 3 to SB 113 - Stricken in Senate
- 2018-06-05 Amendment SA 4 to SB 113 - Laid On Table in Senate
amendment-deferral - 2018-06-05 Amendment SA 5 to SB 113 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 5 NO 1 ABSENT
amendment-passage - 2018-06-05 Amendment SA 4 to SB 113 - Lifted From Table in Senate
- 2018-06-05 Amendment SA 4 to SB 113 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
amendment-passage - 2018-06-05 Amendment SA 7 to SB 113 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 10 YES 11 NO
amendment-failure - 2018-06-05 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO
passage - 2018-06-06 Assigned to Energy Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2018-06-13 Reported Out of Committee (Energy) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable - 2018-06-28 Passed By House. Votes: 31 YES 9 NO
passage - 2018-08-29 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9b910d9b-3f35-42a9-8b74-cf0ae94e58b7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).