Delaware

50% by 2030 | Net-zero by 2050

Relative to 2005 levels

Delaware's Climate Action Plan and the 2023 Implementation Report on Delaware's Climate Action Plan

The 1990-2020 Greenhouse Gas Inventory was published in March 2024.

The Director of the Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy at DNREC is designated the "Chief Climate Change Officer" and each Secretary of Cabinet departments must designate a "Climate Change Officer" to coordinate updating climate plans.

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DNREC – Environmental Justice Office

Justice Forty Oversight Committee

Community Involvement Advisory Council

GEAC Environmental Justice and Energy Equity Workgroup

Energize Delaware

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) covers the electricity sector.

25% renewable energy by 2025 | 40% by 2035

2024-2028 Delaware State Energy Plan

Delaware received a D grade from Freeing the Grid.

The Delaware State Energy Office, in coordination with other state agencies, the Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility, and electric utilities, must complete a study and analysis of grid-enhancing technologies (GETs) and advanced transmission technologies (ATTs), including the projected benefits and or costs to ratepayers, technical feasibility, barriers to adoption, and reasonable ways to implement GETs. An initial report is due by December 31, 2025, and a final report is due July 31, 2026.

The Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility, in coordination with state agencies, electric utilities, and other stakeholders, must undertake a study to assess and analyze the costs and benefits of the adoption of Energy Storage Systems. The study must evaluate and report on the feasibility of constructing additional energy storage projects in Delaware and the projected amount of megawatts of energy storage that might be constructed by December 31, 2030. An initial report is due by December 31, 2025, and a final report is due by June 1, 2026.

The statewide energy code for residential construction is 2018 IECC.

The statewide energy code for commercial building construction is 2018 IECC and ASHRAE 90.1-2016.

Delaware will receive $10M to develop and adopt a building performance standard through the federal Inflation Reduction Act's Support for Building Energy Codes and Innovative Codes.

Electric and gas utilities are subject to voluntary energy savings targets, which are determined by the Delaware Energy Efficiency Advisory Council.

Delaware has enacted commercial PACE-enabling legislation and has one active program.

Delaware LEV Program

Model Year (MY) 2027: 43% of new passenger vehicle sales are ZEVs | MY 2030: 68% of new sales are ZEVs | MY 2032: 82% of new sales are ZEVs.

The Delaware Clean Vehicle Rebate Program offers rebates for new and used EVs: up to $2,500 for battery EVs and $1,000 for plug-in hybrid EVs.

15% of passenger and light-duty vehicles owned and operated by the state must be zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) by 2026 | 15% are ZEVs by 2029 | 50% are ZEVs by 2035 | 100% are ZEVs by 2040

5% of annual school bus purchases are electric in 2025 | 10% in 2026 | 15% in 2027 | 20% in 2028 | 25% in 2029 | 30% in 2030

Requires new single-family residential dwellings to install at least one EV capable parking space, and new multi-family dwellings to install at least 5% of total parking spaces as EV charging spaces and an additional 10% as EV-capable spaces.

The Clean Transportation Incentive Program offers rebates of up to $2,500 per port for the purchase and installation of Level 2 EV charging stations for public, workplace, fleet, and multi-family residential locations.

The state prohibits certain HFCs in specific stationary refrigeration and air-conditioning end-uses.