David T. Stevenson

Yes, Build Small Modular Reactors in Delaware By David T. Stevenson , Director Center for Energy & Environmental Policy September 30, 2025. (updated 9/30/2025) To determine whether it is wise to build nuclear small modular reactors (SMRs) in Delaware, the state's Nuclear Energy Task Force must answer a list of questions. Many of those answers are already clear: we can and should build SMRs in Delaware. Technical and Logistical Feasibility In 2023, Dr. Kathryn Huff, then the U.S....

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 September 15, 2025 (updated Sept. 24, 2025) Delaware's new $60 annual vehicle registration fee on gasoline hybrids should be cut in half. The math shows a fair charge would be closer to $30 a year. This summer, the...

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 electric grid for 13 states including Delaware, has confirmed what the Caesar Rodney Institute (CRI) has long argued: state mandates are raising bills and straining reliability. Delaware policymakers now face a choice-continue policies that risk higher costs and outages, or adopt measures...