Energy Updates


Yes, Build Small Modular Reactors in Delaware

By David T. Stevenson, Director Center for Energy & Environmental Policy September 30, 2025     To determine whether it is wise to build nuclear small modular reactors (SMRs) in Delaware, the state's Nuclear Ener ...
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Delaware’s New Hybrid Vehicle Fee Doesn’t Add Up

Hybrid owners already pay fuel taxes and higher purchase costs - yet now face a $60 annual fee that delivers little revenue and questionable results.   By David T. Stevenson, Director Center for Energy & Environmental Policy ...
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PJM Challenges the Narrative: What’s Really Driving Higher Electric Bills

Rethinking Delaware's energy mandates and their impact   By David T. Stevenson, Director Center for Energy & Environmental Policy September 9, 2025   PJM Interconnection, the organization that manages the el ...
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The Nuclear Energy Revolution

By David T. Stevenson, Director Center for Energy & Environmental Policy August. 15, 2025     A quiet energy revolution is underway. Closed nuclear power plants are reopening, and new small modular reactors (SMRs)-us ...
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How a New Data Center Could Impact Your Electric Bill

By David T. Stevenson, Director Center for Energy & Environmental Policy July 31, 2025     The proposed New Castle County data center project—known as Project Washington and backed by developer ...
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Flawed Report Claims You Should Pay for Excess Solar Power

Why a recent state-backed study misses the mark on fairness, savings and real solar adoption     By David T. Stevenson, Director Center for Energy & Environmental Policy June 5, 2025     The Caesar ...
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What the new federal energy report means for you

By David T. Stevenson, Director Center for Energy & Environmental Policy April 17, 2025       The U.S. Department of Energy has released its 2025 Annual Energy Outlook. The report is based entir ...
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Delaware continues to meet federal air quality standards

By David T. Stevenson, Director Center for Energy & Environmental Policy March 20, 2025     Contrary to oft-stated comments, Delaware meets all federal air quality standards. The US Environmental Protection Agency (E ...
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Delaware carbon taxes have not reduced carbon dioxide emissions

By David T. Stevenson, Director Center for Energy & Environmental Policy March 17, 2025     Delaware joined other East Coast states to create the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), basically a tax on carbon d ...
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Think Your Electric Bill Was High? Here’s What’s Coming

By David T. Stevenson Center for Energy & Environmental Policy Feb. 14, 2025                           &n ...
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