Energy Updates


Sussex Co. Council Stops Offshore Wind Cables

DNREC's $2 Million Deal and Environmental Concerns Spark Public Outcry   By David T. Stevenson Center for Energy & Environmental Policy December 18, 2024 (updated 12/19/2024) (Pictured: Screenshot of the livestream from ...
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Big News on Offshore Wind

A Recent Delay in Pre-construction Decommissioning Bond Raises Concerns   By David T. Stevenson Center for Energy & Environmental Policy August 13, 2024     US Wind will likely petition the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to ...
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Turbine Blade Collapses and May Take Industry Down

A closer look into the Vineyard Wind incident and its complications for future projects   By David T. Stevenson Center for Energy & Environmental Policy July 29, 2024     Construction of the nation's first major offshore wind project, Vineyard ...
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Offshore Wind is Killing Whales

New Evidence Reveals How Construction Noise and Seismic Testing Are Leading to Whale Deaths    By David T. Stevenson Center for Energy & Environmental Policy July 25, 2024     We have patiently wai ...
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Delaware's Offshore Wind Legislation Will Raise Energy Bills and Fail to Deliver

Ignoring cost caps and competitive bidding, this law burdens homeowners with higher costs while neglecting affordable alternatives   By David T. Stevenson Center for Energy & Environmental Policy July 11, 2024   &n ...
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Customer Cost Cap Protection is being Threatened

Delaware SB 265 is disastrous for ratepayers & should not pass   By David T. Stevenson Center for Energy & Environmental Policy May 14, 2024     In 2008, the Delaware legislature passed a requirement that 2 ...
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Unraveling Deception: Delaware’s ‘Energy Solutions’ Act

Our legislature's approach to promoting offshore wind power raises serious concerns about deception and manipulation.   By David T. Stevenson Center for Energy & Environmental Policy April 5, 2024     Del ...
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Advancing Nuclear Power: US Congress Passes Bill with CRI Amendment

by David T. Stevenson, Director March 22, 2024     A chance encounter with US Senator Tom Carper at the Wilmington train station in Delaware has led to a significant funding award for the first company to secure a license f ...
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Stevenson: Offshore Wind is a Costly and Unreliable Electricity Source

CRI favors less costly and reliable renewable/natural gas energy mixes to reduce CO2 emissions   by David T. Stevenson, Director March 7, 2024     An opinion piece published on February 29th, authored by an offshore w ...
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Support Senate Joint Resolution to Protect Beach Communities

by David T. Stevenson Center for Energy & Environmental Policy (Picture source: Recycling Today) February 13, 2024. (*Updated 7/28/2024)       Delaware's Department of Natural Resources and Environme ...
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