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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill DIRECTING ALL ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN DELAWARE TO PARTICIPATE IN AN ANALYSIS OF THE POTENTIAL FOR ADOPTION OF GRID-ENHANCING TECHNOLOGIES, INCLUDING BENEFITS, COST BURDENS AND COST SHIFTING, FEASIBILITY AND BARRIERS TO ADOPTION UNDERTAKEN BY THE DNREC STATE ENERGY OFFICE AND THE DELAWARE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY UTILITY. Grid-enhancing technologies (GETs) offer efficient tools to increase power grid capacity without the need for new transmission lines. Studies demonstrate that these innovations can double renewable energy integration, create hundreds of thousands of jobs, and significantly expand interzonal transmission capacity. By 2035, GETs and reconductoring could help the U.S. achieve 90% emissions-free electricity. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 153 HJR 3 Delaware HJR 3 (153)
joint resolution
enacted
David L. Wilson
David P. Sokola
Edward S. Osienski
Eric Morrison
Frank Burns
Laura V. Sturgeon
Melanie Ross Levin
Russell Huxtable
Spiros Mantzavinos
1 9 2 2025-06-05 2025-07-16 openstates ocd-bill/ca9ab838-969d-481b-97fb-d3f9115aca5a https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142422 eed39a6393a15c1531af7a1a2b205882b1d50a8dd887963a253b13c8ca4b7689 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Delaware HJR 3 (153) — DIRECTING ALL ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN DELAWARE TO PARTICIPATE IN AN ANALYSIS OF THE POTENTIAL FOR ADOPTION OF GRID-ENHANCING TECHNOLOGIES, INCLUDING BENEFITS, COST BURDENS AND COST SHIFTING, FEASIBILITY AND BARRIERS TO ADOPTION UNDERTAKEN BY THE DNREC STATE ENERGY OFFICE AND THE DELAWARE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY UTILITY.

Grid-enhancing technologies (GETs) offer efficient tools to increase power grid capacity without the need for new transmission lines. Studies demonstrate that these innovations can double renewable energy integration, create hundreds of thousands of jobs, and significantly expand interzonal transmission capacity. By 2035, GETs and reconductoring could help the U.S. achieve 90% emissions-free electricity.

Version chain

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

  1. HA 1 to HJR 3 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 390 (pass) · lower
  • SM — 210 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • David L. Wilson — primary (person)
  • David P. Sokola — primary (person)
  • Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
  • Eric Morrison — primary (person)
  • Frank Burns — primary (person)
  • Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
  • Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
  • Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
  • Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-06-05 Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2025-06-11 Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 1 Favorable, 11 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-06-17 Amendment HA 1 to HJR 3 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
  • 2025-06-17 Amendment HA 1 to HJR 3 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
  • 2025-06-17 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
  • 2025-06-17 Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2025-06-18 Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-06-26 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
  • 2025-07-16 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca9ab838-969d-481b-97fb-d3f9115aca5a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).