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type: "Bill"
title: "DIRECTING ALL ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN DELAWARE THAT OFFER NET METERING TO SOLAR CUSTOMERS TO PARTICIPATE IN A COST-BENEFIT STUDY AND ANALYSIS OF NET METERING, INCLUDING COST BURDENS AND COST SHIFTING, TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE DELAWARE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY UTILITY."
description: "This resolution directs all electric utilities in Delaware that offer net metering to solar customers to participate in a cost-benefit study and analysis of net metering in Delaware being undertaken by the Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility to address issues such as cost burdens and cost shifting to non-solar customers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SJR 3"
citation: "Delaware SJR 3 (152)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryant L. Richardson", "Charles S Postles Jr.", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Richard G. Collins", "Ronald E. Gray", "Russell Huxtable", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stephanie L. Hansen", "William Bush", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-11-16"
last_action: "2024-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3e3a59e-4b3f-494d-a953-737abd8bdc0a"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140801"
source_hash: "6effb323d2647928b86e8eb925c598a4fab6e822d389624a43492be7ced51935"
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 3 (152) — DIRECTING ALL ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN DELAWARE THAT OFFER NET METERING TO SOLAR CUSTOMERS TO PARTICIPATE IN A COST-BENEFIT STUDY AND ANALYSIS OF NET METERING, INCLUDING COST BURDENS AND COST SHIFTING, TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE DELAWARE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY UTILITY.
This resolution directs all electric utilities in Delaware that offer net metering to solar customers to participate in a cost-benefit study and analysis of net metering in Delaware being undertaken by the Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility to address issues such as cost burdens and cost shifting to non-solar customers.
## 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=140801&legislationTypeId=4&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SJR3)
## Votes
- SM — **370** (pass) · lower
- SM — **200** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Charles S Postles Jr. — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-11-16** Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 5 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-17** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-01-18** Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 4 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-25** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-02-28** 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/f3e3a59e-4b3f-494d-a953-737abd8bdc0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).