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Chesapeake Natural Gas Outage in Dover

Date Posted: Thursday, March 21st, 2024

Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 8:53pm Chesapeake Utilities is currently experiencing a widespread natural gas outage along and east of Route 13 in Dover.  At this time, the Company is implementing a restoration plan.  Customers should plan to be without natural gas service tonight. We anticipate natural gas service will be restored sometime on Thursday, […]

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Orbit Energy & Power Bankruptcy

Date Posted: Monday, July 10th, 2023

Orbit Energy & Power (“Orbit”), a residential solar rooftop installer in Delaware, has declared bankruptcy and is no longer serving customers in Delaware. Orbit customers may be part of different programs and in different stages of registration. We offer the following tips to customers. 1. If you have applied for the Green Grant Delaware, contact […]

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Customer Feedback: How You Can Get Involved

Date Posted: Thursday, February 16th, 2023

The Public Service Commission values utility customer feedback and participation in our proceedings, and we try to be as transparent as possible.  Here are ways you can be heard by the Public Service Commission: Attend public comment sessions for specific docketsYou can find notices for these sessions on our Public Notice Page. Make public comment […]

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PSC Approves Delmarva Power Arrearage Management Program

Date Posted: Thursday, December 8th, 2022

Delmarva Power, with support and approval of the Delaware Public Service Commission (PSC) and the Delaware Public Advocate, is providing more than $1.9 million to help limited-income residential customers in Delaware significantly reduce existing account balances through funding available from the company’s Arrearage Management Program (AMP). The PSC recently approved the proposal to help approximately […]

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CEF Preliminary Certificate to Operate application now available

Date Posted: Wednesday, April 6th, 2022

CEF Preliminary Certificate to Operate application is now available and can be found at the bottom of this page: https://depsc.delaware.gov/community-energy-facilities/

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Delaware Public Service Commission Releases Final Report on Delmarva Power’s Electric Supply Auction

Date Posted: Wednesday, February 16th, 2022

Today, the Delaware Public Service Commission (PSC) released The Final Report assessing the conduct and results of Delmarva Power’s electric Standard Offer Service (SOS) reverse auction process for the 2021-2022 procurement year; the PSC was assisted by its technical consultant, Siemens PTI. Delmarva Power successfully secured all of the outstanding needs for full-requirement service for […]

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Community Energy Facilities Webpage

Date Posted: Tuesday, February 1st, 2022

On March 16th the Commission issued Order No. 9976 which amended Order No. 9965, removed subsection 16.10.4 from the final regulations and ordered them to be published in the April 2022 Register of Regulations with an effective date of April 11th, 2022.  On January 26th the Commission approved Order No. 9965 which adopts the proposed Community […]

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Meeting Update for Janaury 5, 2022

Date Posted: Tuesday, January 4th, 2022

Based on Governor John Carney’s State of Emergency Declaration, effective January 3, 2022, this meeting will be conducted via teleconference starting at 12:55pm. All persons who have items on the agenda and wish to be heard by the Commission should call in toll free 1-866-299-7945, access code 5979551#. One-way (outbound broadcast only) live streaming may […]

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Empowerment Grant Presentation from Delaware Public Advocate

Date Posted: Wednesday, December 1st, 2021

Due to technical difficulties we are unable to display this presentation on today’s livestream. Please click the link below to view the presentation.  Empowerment Grant Presentation 

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Winter Heating Tips

Date Posted: Wednesday, October 20th, 2021

Despite the recent 80 degree days we’ve had this October, the winter heating season will soon be upon us. And unfortunately, natural gas prices are rising due to increased U.S. demand and the ongoing energy crisis in Europe. In order to help you conserve energy and keep winter heating costs down, we’ve compiled a list […]

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