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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NET ENERGY METERING."
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description: "This Act strikes the provisions in § 1014 (d) and (e) of Title 26, which allow Commission-regulated electric utilities, municipal electric companies, electric cooperatives, and electric distribution companies not to reimburse, credit, or otherwise remunerate net energy metering customers for any Excess kWh Credits at the end of the annualized billing period. Under the current provisions of § 1014 (d) and (e) of Title 26, Excess kWh Credits revert to the commission-regulated electric utilities, municipal electric companies, electric cooperatives, and electric distribution companies, which denies net metering customers the benefit of the Excess kWh Credits. This Act requires Commission-regulated electric utilities, municipal electric companies, electric cooperatives, and electric distribution companies to credit or carry over any Excess kWh Credits for net energy metering customers so that the customers receive the benefit of the Excess kWh Credits."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "153"
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identifier: "SB 175"
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citation: "Delaware SB 175 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Russell Huxtable", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stephanie L. Hansen", "Trey Paradee"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-06-05"
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last_action: "2025-07-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c306e455-d3ea-48ba-96ea-39d0536dc547"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142431"
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source_hash: "97b787c3d50fc3de9bedfa7ad627b36a5affe2e0f42889a220a976f9d8669205"
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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 175 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NET ENERGY METERING.
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This Act strikes the provisions in § 1014 (d) and (e) of Title 26, which allow Commission-regulated electric utilities, municipal electric companies, electric cooperatives, and electric distribution companies not to reimburse, credit, or otherwise remunerate net energy metering customers for any Excess kWh Credits at the end of the annualized billing period. Under the current provisions of § 1014 (d) and (e) of Title 26, Excess kWh Credits revert to the commission-regulated electric utilities, municipal electric companies, electric cooperatives, and electric distribution companies, which denies net metering customers the benefit of the Excess kWh Credits. This Act requires Commission-regulated electric utilities, municipal electric companies, electric cooperatives, and electric distribution companies to credit or carry over any Excess kWh Credits for net energy metering customers so that the customers receive the benefit of the Excess kWh Credits.
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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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## Votes
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- 3/4 — **18–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-06-05** Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-11** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 5 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-12** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-06-12** Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 1 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-30** Laid On Table in House
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- **2025-06-30** Lifted From Table in House
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- **2025-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT `passage`
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- **2025-07-16** 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/c306e455-d3ea-48ba-96ea-39d0536dc547`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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