Delaware community solar subscription coordinator bonds.
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What the subscription coordinator bond actually guarantees

Delaware’s community energy program lets households and businesses subscribe to a share of an off-site solar facility and take a credit on their Delmarva bill. In PSC Order No. 10927 (January 7, 2026), the Delaware Public Service Commission added Section 8.0 to Regulation 3013, "Rules for and Regulation of Community Energy Facilities", under its authority in 26 Del. C. §§ 209(a)(1) and 1014(f)(1). It took effect February 11, 2026. From that date a subscription coordinator must apply to the Commission and be approved before performing any coordinator function, and a coordinator already operating had 90 days to apply — the PSC set that deadline at May 12, 2026.

The rule defines a subscription coordinator as a person with a contractual arrangement with a community energy facility — whether or not the facility has its final certificate to operate — to market projects or provide community energy services under its own brand name, to enroll customers or allocate subscriptions, or to manage interactions between the facility and the electric distribution company about subscribers. Vendors that handle only back-office work such as electronic data interchange are carved out. The same definition now appears in the consolidated-billing statute, 26 Del. C. § 1022, which also bars coordinators from imposing subscription fees, early termination penalties, or charges unrelated to commodity service.

Under 3013-8.4 the application must include a surety bond from a company authorized by the Delaware Department of Insurance, in an amount of not less than $50,000. The Commission can direct the proceeds to satisfy your financial obligations to it or to any other Delaware government entity, and a Delaware court can direct them to a person who holds a judgment against you and has already tried every other collection means. It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The rule sets no term or renewal cycle of its own; the bond is written on the form the PSC’s application provides.

Do not confuse this bond with the separate community energy facility bond under 3013-5.10, which a facility files with its Final Certificate to Operate application and which is sized at $10,000 plus $25,000 per megawatt over the first megawatt. A community energy facility that does its own subscription coordination under the same legal entity name is exempt from Section 8.0 and does not need this bond.

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