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SA3TOHB445 • 2025

This Senate Amendment to House Bill No.

This Senate Amendment to House Bill No.

Energy
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Last action
2026-06-30
Official status
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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This Senate Amendment to House Bill No.

This Senate Amendment to House Bill No.

What This Bill Does

  • This Senate Amendment to House Bill No.
  • This Senate Amendment to House Bill No.
  • 445 strikes House Amendment No.
  • 1 to expand upon and clarify the changes to House Bill 445 contemplated by House Amendment No.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-30 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES

  2. 2026-06-29 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Placed With Bill

Official Summary Text

This Senate Amendment to House Bill No.
This Senate Amendment to House Bill No. 445 strikes House Amendment No. 1 to expand upon and clarify the changes to House Bill 445 contemplated by House Amendment No. 1. To that end, this Senate Amendment:

(a) updates the Act to incorporate a standardized definition of what constitutes a large energy use facility;

(b) allows the procurement of new power generation, in addition to building new power generation;

(c) expands the location of acceptable energy generation to include PJM transmission zones contiguous by land with the DPL zone with sufficient transmission resources, thereby allowing generation like expansions of the Salem nuclear generation facility or other nearby generation to comply;

(d) clarifies the definition of new generation to ensure new large energy use facilities are bringing truly new or expanded generation;

(e) clarifies the types of generation resources that are eligible as clean energy generation;

(f) excludes single-cycle or open-cycle genera