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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY RATES. | This Act requires the Delaware Public Service Commission to ensure that all regulated utilities do not use customer funds to subsidize unregulated activities for example, lobbying activities, political contributions, charitable contributions, and certain advertising and public relations activities. This Act places a cap on annual capital expenses in the amount of $125 million for electric distribution companies. This Act also contains a severability clause. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 153 | SB 60 | Delaware SB 60 (153) |
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Delaware SB 60 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY RATES.
This Act requires the Delaware Public Service Commission to ensure that all regulated utilities do not use customer funds to subsidize unregulated activities for example, lobbying activities, political contributions, charitable contributions, and certain advertising and public relations activities. This Act places a cap on annual capital expenses in the amount of $125 million for electric distribution companies. This Act also contains a severability clause.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- SM — 29–9 (pass) · lower
- SM — 19–0 (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — 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.
- 2025-02-21 Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2025-03-11 Amendment SA 1 to SB 60 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction - 2025-03-12 Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-19 Amendment SA 2 to SB 60 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction - 2025-03-20 Amendment SA 1 to SB 60 - Stricken in Senate
- 2025-03-20 Amendment SA 2 to SB 60 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
amendment-passage - 2025-03-20 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
passage - 2025-03-25 Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2025-06-18 Amendment HA 1 to SB 60 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction - 2025-06-24 Amendment HA 2 to SB 60 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction - 2025-06-24 Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 4 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2025-06-25 Amendment HA 1 to SB 60 - Stricken in House
- 2025-06-25 Amendment HA 2 to SB 60 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2025-06-25 Passed By House. Votes: 29 YES 9 NO 2 ABSENT 1 VACANT
passage - 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/2ab726f4-49e9-48a3-bbb7-f033894b8cad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).