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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6, 26, AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMMUNITY OWNED ENERGY GENERATING FACILITIES AND RENEWABLE ENERGY."
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description: "In order to lower the cost of energy and accelerate the adoption of community-based solar photovoltaic systems in the State, this bill eliminates current barriers to such systems and sets up a regulatory process to be implemented by the Public Service Commission with consumer protection provided by the Department of Justice. More specifically, this bill:"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "SB 2"
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citation: "Delaware SB 2 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Debra Heffernan", "Larry Lambert", "Stephanie L. Hansen", "William Bush"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-06-03"
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last_action: "2021-09-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2d67ce3-3dbe-4d38-8a99-e79b59024a9b"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78777"
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source_hash: "6137da187185c8339018918f1ebf4208988dcd5c836aab678a0282c549c82d8a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware SB 2 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6, 26, AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMMUNITY OWNED ENERGY GENERATING FACILITIES AND RENEWABLE ENERGY.
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In order to lower the cost of energy and accelerate the adoption of community-based solar photovoltaic systems in the State, this bill eliminates current barriers to such systems and sets up a regulatory process to be implemented by the Public Service Commission with consumer protection provided by the Department of Justice. More specifically, this bill:
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=78777&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB2)
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## Votes
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- 3/5 — **38–1** (pass) · lower
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- 3/5 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Larry Lambert — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherae'a Moore — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-06-03** Introduced and Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-09** Reported Out of Committee (Environment & Energy) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-10** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-06-11** Assigned to Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Energy) in House with 4 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 1 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-09-17** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2d67ce3-3dbe-4d38-8a99-e79b59024a9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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