New Renewable Energy Legislation Passes In DE
Dover, DE – On the first day after President Biden refocused the nation’s commitment to climate action, the first state passed a clean energy bill that will increase the amount of renewable energy from 25% to 40% to Delaware homes and businesses. The Renewable Portfolio Standard bill, known as S.B. 33 introduced by State Sen. Hansen and Rep. Osienski, passed both chambers of the Delaware General Assembly. While this is a step in the right direction, Delaware still lags behind other states in the region. The State’s current public utility, Delmarva, and the State’s Public Advocate agree that we can increase the RPS to 50% by 2035 and still save up to 80% when future costs are compared to what ratepayers are currently paying.
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Boston - 1/29/21 - Representative David Linsky (D-Natick) announced today that The Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate passed
An Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy (S.9). The passing of this legislation reaffirms the Legislature s commitment to addressing the climate crisis facing the Commonwealth following the Governor s veto of last session s climate bill. I was proud to vote for the Conference Committee report on
An Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy. This bill builds the policy infrastructure to get us to our aggressive climate goals while keeping environmental justice at the center. Backed by science and supported by strong climate justice activists, this bill lays out a path to achieve at least net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 said Representative Linsky. I want to thank Senate President Spilka and House Speaker Mariano for all their hard work in pushing the Legislatu
The Renewable Portfolio Standard bill, known as S.B. 33 introduced by State Senator Stephanie Hansen (District 10) passed both chambers of the Delaware General Assembly. The legislation will increase Delaware s utilization of renewable energy by expanding the state s Renewable Portfolio Standard from 25% to 40% renewable energy by 2035 for regulated utilities. While this is a step in the right direction, Delaware still lags behind other states in the region. The State s current public utility, Delmarva, and the State s Public Advocate agree that we can increase the RPS to 50% by 2035 and still save up to 80% when future costs are compared to what ratepayers are currently paying.
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Delaware News Journal
In his State of the State speech to Cabinet members and state lawmakers, Gov. John Carney promised a better year ahead as Delaware continues to reel from the pandemic.
The virtual speech was starkly different from the speech that Carney made a year ago in the crowded House chamber of Legislative Hall in Dover, just as the first case of COVID-19 had made its way into the U.S.
Carney s speech, the first of his second term, on Tuesday touched on promises that he made last year but were put on hold during the pandemic.
In the Senate chamber across the hall from last year s speech, this time near-empty, the Democratic governor spoke on camera to his state that has suffered through more than 10 months of the global pandemic that due to Carney s restrictions has shuttered businesses, led to more than 160,000 people filing for unemployment and taken 1,049 lives to date.