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Senate requires Delmarva, public advocate to report PJM votes to increase transparency
Summary
Senate Bill 61, passed March 20, directs Delmarva Power and the Delaware public advocate to annually report their votes at PJM stakeholder levels to the Public Service Commission and General Assembly; a floor amendment narrowed the entities required to report.
The Delaware State Senate on March 20 passed Senate Bill 61, which requires annual public reporting of votes taken by specified Delaware entities at the PJM Interconnection stakeholder and subcommittee levels.
Sponsor Senator Elizabeth Hansen said the bill is intended to increase transparency in PJM decision-making that affects generation, transmission and wholesale pricing. “This bill is about bringing transparency into PJM decision making,” she said on the floor.
What the bill does
- Reporting requirement: As amended on the floor, the bill requires Delmarva Power and the Office of the Public Advocate to include annual reports of their votes at PJM stakeholder meetings in filings to the Public Service Commission. The amendment narrowed the bill’s original list of reporting entities after committee discussions found the electric cooperative does not vote at PJM meetings.
- Efficiency: The sponsor noted the reporting requirement will be folded into an existing year-end renewable portfolio or similar report required of Delmarva to avoid duplicative filings.
Why it matters: PJM decisions on resource and transmission planning, and the development of rules at subcommittee levels, shape what generation is built and the wholesale price of electricity. The amendment aligns Delaware’s approach with steps taken by other states seeking greater transparency at the PJM governance level.
Floor action
- Senate Amendment 1 to SB61 (which narrowed reporting entities to Delmarva Power and the public advocate) was adopted by roll call (19 yes, 2 absent).
- Senate Bill 61 as amended was declared passed by the Senate on a roll call recorded as 19 yes, 2 absent.
Speakers and participants
Senator Hansen led the floor explanation and called for the roll calls. The transcript notes stakeholders and prior committee conversations influenced the final language recorded on the floor, but the reporting requirement was narrowed to Delmarva Power and the public advocate before final passage.
Next steps
SB61 will proceed to enrollment and transmission steps after the Senate passage recorded on March 20.
