Alliance members are working to achieve the Paris Agreement’s goal of keeping temperature increases below 1.5 degrees Celsius by reducing emissions, accelerating action, centering equity, and tracking progress. 

Explore Delaware's policies and actions across the Alliance's 10 key policy areas. Numbers presented below only reflect the number of policies in this database and thus may not reflect all climate policies pursued.

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2023 Implementation Report: Delaware's Climate Action Plan

This report provides a comprehensive review of key progress in implementing the state’s first ever Climate Action Plan, published in 2021. Publication of this document was also the first milestone in the state’s Climate Change Solutions Act of 2023.

CPRG Implementation Grant: Clean Corridor Coalition

The Delaware Department of Transportation, along with coalition member States New Jersey (lead applicant), Connecticut, and Maryland, collectively received over $248 million in EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) Program Implementation Funds for the Clean Corridor Coalition, a project to deploy electric vehicle charging infrastructure for commercial zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles on the Interstate-95 freight corridor and adjacent roadways. This project will collectively:

- Develop approximately 20 freight truck charging infrastructure sites, including an estimated 148 ports suitable for overnight use, 164 fast charging ports, and 138 ultra-fast charging ports to advance the electrification of a national priority freight corridor and create a high-impact early deployment area for zero-emission freight.
- Leverage the U.S. Department of Energy-funded analyses to strategically deploy funding and build on a demonstrated history of leadership on ZE-MHDV deployment and multi-state collaboration amongst the coalition states.
- Implement a workforce development program to train 400 workers in the construction, operation, and maintenance of heavy-duty vehicles infrastructure.
- Create opportunities for low-income and disadvantaged community members to receive specialized workforce training with a direct path towards high-quality employment.
- Drive transformative emissions reductions in a difficult-to-decarbonize sector and provide an example of success that can be replicated across the country.

HB 9: An Act to Amend Title 29 of the Delaware Code Relating to the Statewide Fleet

This Act requires that all passenger vehicles and light duty vehicles owned and operated by the State be zero emission vehicles by 2040 by requiring increasing volumes of zero emission vehicles every few years. The Office of Management and Budget shall be authorized to grant exemptions to these requirements. Law enforcement vehicles and vessels of State agency law-enforcement personnel; vehicles owned by the Department of Education, school districts, and charter schools; and designated take home vehicles shall be exempt from these requirements as well.

The Clean Vehicle Rebate Program provides incentives for Delawareans and Delaware businesses to buy or lease new battery electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles, and for residents to purchase used battery electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles. Rebate amounts include:

- New Battery Electric Vehicles with a base MSRP below $40,000: $2,500
- New Battery Electric Vehicles with a base MSRP between $40,000 and $50,000: $1,500
- New Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles with a base MSRP below $50,000: $1,000
- Used Battery Electric Vehicle with a fair market purchase price of $40,000 or less: $2,500
- Used Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles with a fair market purchase price $40,000 or less: $1,000

Delaware Clean Vehicle Rebate Program

All passenger vehicles and light duty vehicles owned and operated by the State must be zero emission vehicles by 2040 by requiring increasing volumes of zero emission vehicles every few years.

State ZEV Fleet Target

Title 29 Section 8030: Energy Efficiency Investment Fund

This law establishes the Energy Efficiency Investment Fund (EEIF) - managed by the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control - to incentivize investments in energy efficiency by non-residential consumers or users of gas or electricity. The EEIF supports implementation of projects that reduce the use of gas, electricity, or other sources through the issuance of competitive grants, low-interest loans, or other financing support. 

An annual report on the use of the EEIF and the value of resulting energy savings is due to the Governor's Energy Advisory Council and the General Assembly annually on August 30.