DELAWARE STATE SENATE

152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

SENATE BILL NO. 170

AMEND Senate Bill No. 170 by deleting the sentence beginning on line 50 with the words “ The Department shall ” and ending on line 52, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: 

“ The Department shall consult with the PSC, the DPA, and all electric utilities in Delaware prior to engaging with PJM Interconnection in this analysis and shall provide the results of any such analysis to the PSC, the DPA, and all electric utilities in Delaware. ”

FURTHER AMEND Senate Bill No. 170 by deleting the sentence that appears on line 55 beginning with the words “ The Department shall ” and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: 

“ The Department shall report to the PSC, the DPA, and all electric utilities in Delaware on this effort. ”

FURTHER AMEND Senate Bill No. 170 on line 57, by adding “ , including those ” after the word “ processes ”.

FURTHER AMEND Senate Bill No. 170 on line 70, by deleting the following: “ and capacity and energy markets ”.

SYNOPSIS

This amendment requires the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) to consult with all electric utilities in Delaware, in addition to consulting with the Public Service Commission (PSC) and the Division of the Public Advocate (DPA), in the analysis of the impacts of offshore wind transmission and procurement by Delaware of electricity from offshore wind projects. It also requires DNREC to report to all electric utilities in Delaware, in addition to the PSC and the DPA, about its efforts to consult with other state energy offices in states served by the PJM Interconnection to evaluate regional electric transmission cooperation. This amendment also deletes the provision in the Bill that mandates that DNREC study the impacts on capacity and energy markets in the course of the offshore wind procurement process.

Author: Senator Hansen