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Advocacy

We advocate on behalf of the faith community for meaningful climate action in the state of Delaware. Delaware Interfaith Power & Light advances non-partisan solutions to the climate crisis that are guided by science, and supported in faith.

FAITH Principles of Interfaith Power & Light

  • FRONTLINE, vulnerable, and Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) communities must be supported first
  • ACCELERATE the transition to a clean energy economy and commit to net-zero climate pollution in electricity by 2035 and economy-wide by 2050
  • INVEST in climate resiliency and sustainable infrastructure
  • TRANSITION our workforce to clean energy jobs with support and job training for
  • workers
  • HONOR Creation by promoting protection and conservation of public lands and oceans

JOINING HANDS, RAISING VOICES, FUELING HOPES


We all have a role to play. Whether writing Op-Ed’s or letters to the editor; meeting with legislators or attending commission hearings; signing petitions or registering voters; talking to our children or engaging our colleagues; preaching creation care or gathering congregants for rallies and vigils and protests.

DeIPL Position Statements


DeIPL position statements are drafted in consultation with our staff and board, and we welcome our faith community to sign on to these opinions. We advocate at the county, state, and federal levels for environemntal justice, green energy options, and care for Creation. Read a history of our advocacy work in the First State, and our current priorities, below.

Green Milestone Achieved


As a result of our extensive efforts to support the bill increasing the Renewable Portfolio Standard (R.P.S.) and expanding community solar opportunities, making it more affordable and accessible, Senate Bill 33 passed both chambers and was signed into law by the governor on 2/10/2021. Delaware is currently on track to meet the existing R.P.S. goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025. S.B. 33 would extend the R.P.S. and gradually increase that goal each year until it reaches 40% by 2035.

However, DeIPL will relentlessly advocate till Delaware sets a more ambitious goal in tune with the climate change reality—as many other states in the nation have already done. Among them, some have 100% renewable energy targets like California (2045), Colorado (2050), Maine (2050), Nevada (2050), New Mexico (2045), Oregon (2040), Virginia (2045/2050), Washington (2045), Washington D.C. (2032), Guam (2045) and Puerto Rico (2050).

Passed and signed into law in 2021 was the Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Programs or C-PACE which facilitates and provides a new financing mechanism for commercial energy efficiency projects through a voluntary assessment on property tax bills. Administered by the Sustainable Energy Utility, C-PACE was designed to help qualifying commercial, industrial, agricultural, non-profit, and large multifamily property owners access long term financing for the installation of certain energy improvements. Such improvements may include any construction, renovation or retrofitting of energy efficient technology, clean energy systems, or qualifying waste heat recovery technologies that are permanently fixed to qualifying commercial property.

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