Delaware Senate Bill 124 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-10)
Status: Passed on July 7 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-07-07 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This Bill allows the energy output from fuel cells manufactured in Delaware that can run on renewable fuels to be an eligible resource to fulfill a portion of the requirements for a Commission-regulated utility under the Renewable Portfolio Standards Act. In addition, this Bill makes Delmarva Power & Light responsible for the RPS obligations of all its customers, and creates a process to assure that any supplier contracts in place are grandfathered through the transition. Finally, this Bill creates a regulatory framework by which the Delaware Public Service Commission will review a Tariff to be filed by Delmarva deploying Delaware-manufactured fuel cells as part of a 30MW project. In determining whether to approve or deny the Tariff, the Commission shall among other factors, consider the incremental cost of the fuel cell project to customers, taking into consideration whether the project utilizes innovative baseload technologies, offers environmental benefits to the state relative to conventional baseload generation, enhances economic development in the State, and promotes price stability over the project term.

An Act To Amend Title 26 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Delaware's Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards And Delaware-manufactured Fuel Cells.

Rep. Michael Barbieri [D]	Rep. Edward Bennett [D]	Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]
Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]	Rep. William Carson [D]	Sen. Catherine Cloutier [R]	Sen. Dorinda Connor [R]
Sen. Anthony DeLuca [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Rep. Robert Gilligan [D]	Sen. Bethany Hall-Long [D]
Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]	Rep. Earl Jaques [D]	Rep. James Johnson [D]
Rep. Quinton Johnson [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Sen. Gregory Lavelle [R]
Rep. Clifford Lee [R]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Rep. Joseph Miro [R]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]
Rep. Michael Mulrooney [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. William Outten [R]	Sen. Karen Peterson [D]
Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Rep. Teresa Schooley [D]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]	Rep. Darryl Scott [D]
Rep. Bryon Short [D]	Sen. Gary Simpson [R]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Liane Sorenson [R]
Sen. Robert Venables [D]	Rep. John Viola [D]	Rep. D.E. Williams [D]	Rep. D.P. Williams [D]

2011-06-23 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 35 N: 4 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-06-16 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 18 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-07-07		Signed by Governor
2011-06-23		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 35 YES 4 NO 2 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2011-06-22		Reported Out of Committee (ENERGY) in House with 5 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2011-06-14		Introduced in House and assigned to Energy Committee
2011-06-16		Assigned to Energy Committee in House
2011-06-16		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 18 YES 2 NO 1 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2011-06-16		Amendment SA 1 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 15 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 6 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2011-06-16		Amendment SA 1 - Introduced in Senate
2011-06-15		Reported Out of Committee (EXECUTIVE) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2011-06-14		Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/b8aec0e2053460a4852578af00590fa3?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+124/$file/legis.html?open
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/EngrossmentsforLookup/SB+124/$file/Engross.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/6b9f7a894c78823c852578b1006ccd81?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/cf5e09257fbe1492852578b80076d837?OpenDocument