Mike Woolsey — covering grid reliability, SMR feasibility, and energy pricing, with sharp disagreements among members over legislative urgency, land use comparisons, and whether Delaware should pursue in-state nuclear development.
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Martin Willis [UNCLEAR SPELLING] argued that if Delaware does not enact legislation before June 30, 2026 it will be 'two years behind the other states.' Senator Hansen (chair) stated 'I can't imagine that we're going to be in a position to have final recommendations from this task force ready in time to then have legislation drafted to then make it through the House and then make it through the Senate,' and said the task force must proceed at the rate members feel ready. Tony Deprima stated 'things done in haste are often done wrong.'
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“I've had some people that have come to me and said they feel a little bit like they, there are a lot of very strident pro nuclear supporters on our task force and there are others that are maybe not as strident and still have some questions. And so they may not feel comfortable. Not everyone is going to feel comfortable putting this is my name and here's where I am on these things just yet.”
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Sign in to subscribeToday, March 9, 2026. Thank goodness we are able to meet. We missed two meetings because of Mother Nature and the snowstorm. So I'm going to try to keep us on schedule. You know, I did build in a little bit of time in the schedule that we had, but so we're going to try to stay on schedule. So at this point, let's go straight to the roll call. Anna. Stephanie Nelson. Present. Frank Burns. Present. Brian Christensen. Present. Present. Tom Moyes. Present. Online. Wayne Vogel. Present. Dave Edgewell. I know. Present. Oh, okay. And then AJ Shaw. Abstract. Matt Hartigan. Present. Jamison Tweed. Present. Joseph Poppity. Present. Nick Smith. All right, Absent. John Quick. Absent. Representative Lambert. See him online. So he appears to be absent. Mario Giovannini. Absent. Rob Book. I know is not here, but he has someone online just sitting in for him. Kevin Yingling is here. Yes. Kevin Yingling. Kimberly Schlesing. Here. Jennifer Clemens. Here. Robert Denight. Absent. Peggy Schultz. Here. Heath Guzan. I know he'll be late. Martin Willis. Tony Deprima. Here. Andrew Catone. I know he also could not be here. No, he's here. Oh, he is here. Okay. Maybe that was…
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