AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not specify an exact date when the changes will become effective, only that it becomes effective upon signature or a specified date.

Amending Definitions for Community-Owned Energy Generating Facilities

This act changes the definition of 'Community-owned energy generating facility' to require that their point of interconnection must be within a utility's service area regulated by the Public Service Commission.

What This Bill Does

• Changes the definition of 'Community-owned energy generating facility' in Delaware law.
• Requires these facilities to connect at points within the service areas of utilities regulated by the Public Service Commission.

Who It Names or Affects

• Utilities regulated by the Public Service Commission
• Owners and customers of community-owned energy generating facilities

Terms To Know

Community-owned energy generating facility

A renewable energy facility with multiple owners or customers who share its output, located either as a stand-alone unit or behind the meter of participating users.

Point of interconnection

The specific location where a community-owned energy generating facility connects to an electric utility's distribution system.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify when the changes will become effective.
• Does not provide details on how utilities or facilities must comply with the new requirement.

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES.
This bill amends the definition of “Community-owned energy generating facility” in Title 26 of the Delaware Code, § 1001(5) by adding the requirement that the point of interconnection be located in the service area of a utility under the regulation of the Public Service Commission.

Current Bill Text

Legislation Document

SPONSOR:

Sen. Hansen & Rep. Heffernan & Rep. Burns & Rep. Morrison & Rep. Minor-Brown

Sens. Huxtable, Lockman, Sokola; Reps. Griffith, Lambert

DELAWARE STATE SENATE

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SENATE BILL NO. 210

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend § 1001, Chapter 10, Title 26 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

§ 1001. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(5) “Community-owned energy generating facility” means a renewable energy generating facility,

where the point of interconnection is

located in the service area of a utility under the regulation of the Public Service Commission, that has multiple owners or customers who share the output of the generator, which may be located either as a stand-alone facility or behind the meter of a participating owner or customer. The facility shall be interconnected to the distribution system and operated in parallel with an electric distribution company’s transmission and distribution facilities.

SYNOPSIS

This bill amends the definition of “Community-owned energy generating facility” in Title 26 of the Delaware Code, § 1001(5) by adding the requirement that the point of interconnection be located in the service area of a utility under the regulation of the Public Service Commission.

Author: Senator Hansen