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“The state releases its first five-year energy plan since 2009, updating its playbook to meet ultimate emission and clean energy goals.
After two years of work and dozens of meetings, the Governor’s Energy Advisory Council reviewed and approved 82 recommendations to inform the new 2024-2028 State Energy Plan.
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) Secretary Shawn Garvin says the 76-page playbook should be referred to as a ‘living document’ and a tool utilized on a daily basis to inform state energy decisions.
Garvin compared the plan to Gov. John Carney’s State Climate Action Plan released in November 2021, which at the time was referred to as a GPS to navigate the deployment of greenhouse gas reduction and climate resilience measures.
‘In much of the same way, the 2024-2028 Delaware State Energy Plan maps out strategies we can deploy to meet the state’s energy and emission reduction goals while maintaining a reliable and resilient grid and increasing energy justice in disadvantaged communities,’ Garvin said.”
Launched on June 1, 2017 by the governors of Washington, New York, and California to help fill the void left by President Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, the Alliance has grown to include 24 governors from across the U.S. representing approximately 60% of the U.S. economy and 55% of the U.S. population. Governors in the Alliance have pledged to collectively reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 26-28% by 2025, 50-52% by 2030, and 61-66% by 2035, all below 2005 levels, and collectively achieve overall net-zero greenhouse gas emissions as soon as practicable, and no later than 2050.
The Alliance’s states and territories continue to demonstrate that climate action goes hand-in-hand with economic growth, job creation, and better public health. The Alliance reduced its collective net greenhouse gas emissions by 19% between 2005 and 2022, while increasing collective GDP by 30%, and is on track to meet its near-term climate goal by reducing collective GHG emissions 26% below 2005 levels by 2025. The coalition’s states and territories are employing more workers in the clean energy sector, achieving lower levels of dangerous air pollutants, and preparing more effectively for climate impacts and executing more pre-disaster planning than the rest of the country.
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