Mid-Atlantic Port > Delaware

Resources Market Infrastructure Policy

Resources: A measure of total energy production and consumption per capita

Market: The cost of consumption, measured in electricity prices and gasoline taxes

Infrastructure: Capacity to generate and refine energy sources; miles of pipelines

47th Resources
36th Market
39th Infrastructure

Delaware's total energy consumption is among the lowest in the nation because of its small population. But Delaware's per capita energy usage is higher than expected—above more than 20 other states—in part because of its energy-intensive chemical manufacturing and petroleum-refining industries.

Natural gas-fired power plants provide about three-fourths of Delaware's net electricity generation.

state-delaware

Production trillion btu

0
Oil
0
Gas
0
Coal
0
Wind
0.78
Solar
0
Hydro
0
Biofuel
0
Nuclear

net energy Production trillion btu

-226
+1 Produced
227 Consumed

Consumption trillion btu

99
Oil
104
Gas
17
Coal
7
Renewable
0
Nuclear

Gasoline Tax total state + federal, 2014

DE
$0.41
USA
$0.46

Key Policies

  • Requires retail electricity suppliers to obtain 25% of the electricity sold in-state from renewable energy resources by 2025.

  • Requires the use of reformulated motor gasoline blended with ethanol throughout the state.

  • Requires permits and surety bonds for oil and gas well drilling. Permit fees are $200. Bonding or insurance requirements are determined by the Delaware Water and Air Resources Commission.

Electricity net production, trillion btu

-46
9.54¢
DE
8.81¢
USA