Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards

State law mandates that Delaware’s utilities derive 40 percent of their energy from renewable sources such as wind and solar by 2035. Delaware’s renewable energy portfolio standards (RPS) are established by the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards Act (26 Del.C. § 351 – § 364), first adopted in 2005, and most recently amended by Senate Bill

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Public Hearing: Surface Water Quality Standards Triennial Review

The Division of Watershed Stewardship will conduct a public hearing on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, to consider comments from the public on proposed revisions to Delaware’s Surface Water Quality Standards.

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Public Notice of Triennial Review of Water Quality Standards

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has begun a Triennial Review of Delaware’s Surface Water Quality Standards.

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Surface Water Quality Standards

The National Clean Water Act of 1972 set in place a program that is intended to restore the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation’s waters. To reach these goals, a series of steps were mandated by Congress for the Environmental Protection Agency and the individual States to take. The first step was for

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