Recent Activities:

• NEW! Fiscal Agent selected - The firm of Belfint, Lyons, & Shuman, CPA of Wilmington, Del.,has been selected to start contract negotiations to be the Fiscal Agent for the Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility.
• The SEU sought public comment on a request for qualifications document for an upcoming Sustainable Communities Request for Proposals. Click here for the RFQ. The SEU sought public comment on a request for ideas document for an upcoming Sustainable Communities Request for Proposals.  Request for ideas for upcoming Sustainable Communities RFP 
• The State Energy Office reissued a request for proposal for the SEU Fiscal Agent. (RFP) reissued for Fiscal Agent (FA)
• Delaware Selects Applied Energy Group as SEU Contract Adminstrator. Click here to review the SEU Scope of Work.
• Delaware SEU cited as national energy model click here for details 

Background:

A legislative task force was created July 1, 2006 to examine the feasibility of developing a Sustainable Energy Utility for the State of Delaware. The SEU is envisioned to develop end-user markets for energy efficiency, along with customer-sited renewable energy, and affordable energy services for low-income families.

When the SEU was proposed earlier that year by State Sen. Harris B. McDowell III, he cited the immediate goals of a Sustainable Energy Policy to be:

• Provide residential energy users with the means to reduce their electricity bills by at least 10 percent in two years and 20 percent within five years.
• Offer sustainable energy services in a manner that would encourage at least 50 percent of Delawareans to acquire them.
• Organize a solar electricity market that takes advantage of our State's exceptional assets regarding photovoltaic technology so that, within 10 years, 1-2 percent of needed electric power capacity derives from this local resource.
• Spur the entry of high-efficiency vehicles in Delaware so that residents are not forced to be "price takers" when it comes to transport energy.
• Ensure energy affordability for all Delawareans by creating a 100 kWh lifeline at 5 cents per kWh for households served by the State's Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, and complement this with an extensive, cost-effective weatherization program.
• Establish State government as a leader in the transition to sustainable energy use.
• Meet all goals while improving Delaware's environmental quality and livability.

To accomplish these goals, Sen. McDowell proposed:

• The creation of a Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility whose management is competitively bid and whose operations are market-based.
• Through the Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility, the aggressive development of Energy Efficiency and Conservation, Solar Energy and High-Efficiency Vehicle Markets.
• Investment of State collected fees and taxes in these markets and in a Public Sector Sustainable Energy Leadership Program with the expectation that benefits accruing to the State will exceed all program costs.