Bill > SB175

This bill amends Delaware's net energy metering regulations to require electric utilities, municipal electric companies, electric cooperatives, and electric distribution companies to carry over Excess kWh Credits (surplus electricity generated by a customer's on-site renewable energy system) from one billing period to the next, instead of allowing these credits to revert to the utility at the end of an annualized billing period. The bill specifically allows Excess kWh Credits to carry forward to subsequent billing periods, with a potential limit for nonresidential customers (except farm customers). The legislation permits utilities to recover implementation costs related to updating their billing systems to accommodate this change. For commission-regulated utilities, this means modifying their systems to track and transfer credits across billing periods, which they will have until December 1, 2026, to implement. The key change ensures that customers who generate more electricity than they consume through renewable energy systems like solar panels can benefit from their excess production by using those credits in future billing periods, rather than losing them to the utility at the end of each year.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure

https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142431