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Senate approves study and pilot program for energy storage; amendment bars cost recovery from ratepayers
Summary
The Delaware Senate passed Senate Joint Resolution No. 3 directing the Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility to study energy storage costs and benefits and to run pilot projects with electric utilities. An amendment removed language that would have allowed Delmarva Power to recover pilot costs from ratepayers; the measure passed on a roll call.
The Delaware Senate on March 27 approved Senate Joint Resolution No. 3, directing the Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU) to study the costs and benefits of energy storage systems and to run pilot projects with the state—s electric utilities.
Senator Hansen, speaking as sponsor on the floor, said the resolution will require the SEU to analyze storage "in front of and behind the meter" and to produce a preliminary status report by Dec. 31, 2025, and a comprehensive report by June 1, 2026. "An energy storage system is a technological device or a group of…
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