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Delaware officials point to solar, storage and interconnection reforms as tools to bolster reliability
Summary
State energy officials said Delaware will pursue distributed solar, community solar expansion, energy storage and grid modernization while coordinating with PJM to reduce interconnection and permitting delays; lawmakers pressed on costs and the role of Indian River RMR charges.
Delaware state energy officials and the Sustainable Energy Utility told a joint legislative hearing that the state’s response to regional resource adequacy pressures will emphasize solar at multiple scales, energy storage, community solar and distribution‑level grid modernization — while coordinating with PJM on interconnection and permitting bottlenecks.
Tom Noyes, acting energy administrator at the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) State Energy Office, said the state’s 2024 Delaware State Energy Plan guides those efforts and listed five strategy areas: energy justice, renewable and clean technologies, energy efficiency and beneficial electrification, grid modernization, and workforce development. “Most of these strategies bear directly on the…
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