The Path Forward
What I have noticed about political elections, is that people often choose personalities, perhaps over platforms, to support. For anything good to happen in government, yes, we need good ordinary people to get involved. But instead of being embroiled with a favorite candidate, or even party, if we want to fix Delaware, we need to focus on what will, fix Delaware.
And the good news is, we know what that is! And I don't mean pie-in-the-sky ideals of solutions. We have very simple, laser-focused, easy to implement switches that we can flip on TODAY, that will turn the lights on, literally and figuratively, for a better Delaware for the foreseeable future.
If you are you ready to know, to understand, and to support what is good for Delaware — and HOW to make it happen — read on.
Here Is the Solution
1. Lower the cost of energy
2. Increase access to healthcare
3. Give our children better educational opportunities
That's it. Start with these, and the rest will follow. Ready for the best part? Our lawmakers can take concrete action RIGHT NOW on EACH one of these three issues, that will make the BIGGEST improvement TODAY, if they were to be enacted. Here's how:
#1 — START WITH ENERGY - Get Delaware out of RGGI and repeal Delaware's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS)
Want to put more money back in people's pockets? Then we have to start with energy, because the price of energy affects the price of practically everything we buy. It's obviously in your electric bill, but it's also built into the price of your groceries, the meal you order at a restaurant, the truck delivering building materials, and the cost to the local business trying to keep its doors open.
When energy costs more, everything costs more.
Delaware voluntarily participates in RGGI, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which puts a financial penalty on carbon emissions from electricity generation, a cost that is passed onto Delaware households. At the same time, Delaware also self imposes financial penalties for unattainable renewable-energy mandate goal posts through its Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS). Right now, the bar is set at 25.5% of electricity sold must come from renewable sources, and that mandate is scheduled to increase to 40% by 2035.
These are both self-imposed financial hits transferred to anyone who pays an electric bill in Delaware, all in pursuit of what is not a realistic nor beneficial goal of the "green energy" fanaticism. Let families be able to afford groceries first before demanding they foot the bill to subsidize the profits of "green energy" private companies!
RGGI: This is like your HOA fining you for not using a professional lawn-care service instead of mowing your yard yourself. It is still cheaper to mow your own yard, but now you have to pay a penalty for not also paying for a lawn-care service.
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RPS: This is like the government passing a law requiring that 40% of your dog's meals be steak, while you're struggling to afford bread and milk.
SOLUTION: GET DELAWARE OUT OF RGGI AND REPEAL RPS
This isn't theoretical. In 2025, Sen. Gerald Hocker introduced Senate Bill 65 (SB 65) to terminate Delaware's participation in RGGI, with Rep. Bryan Shupe as the House sponsor. Thank you, Senator Hocker and Representative Shupe! That's a switch Delaware lawmakers can flip to save us all on electric bills now.
And in 2025, Rep. Michael Smith introduced House Bill 80 (HB 80), with Sen. Eric Buckson as the Senate sponsor, to roll Delaware's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) back to 10% and hold it there for 10 years. The bill was tabled in committee.
WHO'S OPPOSED?
Senator Stephanie Hansen. By skimming off the top of what regular Delaware households pay for electricity, these self-imposed RGGI costs help fund a vast network of secondary energy-service industries that the established political machine would rather perpetuate than provide relief to working-class Delaware households.
Middle-income families are struggling to put gas in their cars, bring home groceries, and pay for medications. Energy policy needs to focus on we-the-people who are struggling to stay afloat paying the bills. And to those who aren't bothered by rising electricity bills, congratulations—but have a heart for those who are.
#2 — INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE - End Certificate of Need (CON) Laws
Healthcare may be an even simpler fix. If we want to increase access, improve outcomes, and lower costs, then we need to open up Delaware to allow, not just encourage, but ALLOW, new health care facilities to be able to be built in Delaware.
Delaware right now has an arcane law on the books called the "Certificate of Public Review" (CPR) system, Delaware's version of what is known as "Certificate of Need" (CON) laws. CON laws restrict certain new healthcare facilities, services, and large capital expenditures from expanding into Delaware by requiring these new potential healthcare facilities to go through a state review process, CPR, before they can proceed. For example, a new skilled nursing facility, rehab clinic, or imaging center, has to document and prove that a need exists for its services, and that current existing healthcare facilities would not be financially impacted by the presence of a new, maybe better, health facility. Most budding new healthcare services opt not to go through this arduous and expensive process, and instead build in neighboring Maryland or Pennsylvania.
Could you imagine if we had a law that required Wendy's to PROVE that people would buy its hamburgers and that McDonald's would not be harmed if Wendy's came to town?
But yet that is the kind of government permission structure we have in healthcare in Delaware.
SOLUTION: END CPR/CON
FULL repeal of Delaware's Certificate of Public Review laws.
Again, the legislation already exists. In 2026, Rep. Bryan Shupe introduced House Bill 318, with Sen. Eric Buckson as the Senate sponsor and Rep. Lyndon Yearick among the additional sponsors, to eliminate Delaware's CPR law. So what happened? HB 318 never made it out of committee.
WHO'S OPPOSED?
Probably those who have the most to gain by keeping out the competition, such as existing in-state hospital systems. You may not be able to get an MRI for 6 weeks, but at least the hospital CEO can still make a 7-figure salary!
If Delaware values people over bottom lines, then we need to end Delaware's CPR/CON laws. Death to CON, not people!
#3 — GIVE OUR CHILDREN BETTER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES - Opt In Federal Tax Credit Program
We know government-funded public schools in Delaware are failing our students. Parents in New Castle County have fled government-sponsored public schools, and nearly one in five K–12 students in New Castle County attends private school, one of the highest private-school enrollment rates nationwide. That is certainly one option: a mass exodus from the public school system, with families choosing to homeschool or send their children to private schools.
For the rest of Delawareans who cannot exercise those options, there is another solution, that would have great impact at zero cost to Delaware taxpayers.
SOLUTION: OPT IN
The new Federal Scholarship Tax Credit creates opportunities to support scholarships for students. Individual taxpayers will be able to receive a federal tax credit of up to $1,700 for qualifying contributions to Scholarship Granting Organizations. If only 15% of taxpayers decided to participate, the Caesar Rodney Institute estimates this could bring up to $40 million to Delaware, with those dollars going to private nonprofit organizations at the community and grassroots level that could provide learning support to Delaware students, at ZERO increased cost to taxpayers!
But there is one catch: Delaware's Governor, Matt Meyer, has to choose to participate. Other states have already opted in and are moving forward with the program. Delaware needs to opt in, too. As of September 14, 2026, 30 states have already made an advance election to participate for 2027. Even Democratic Colorado Governor Jared Polis called opting into the program a “no-brainer."
This is like farmers struggling through a drought with a reservoir full of water nearby. All someone has to do is say, “Yes, open the gate" and the water flows and the crops grow. Keep the reservoir gate closed, and the water flows somewhere else.
WHO'S OPPOSED?
The teachers unions. It is time that we-the-people, along with our wonderful teachers who know our children best, demand what is best for our students and their education—not what is best for a labor union.
THIS IS OUR PATH FORWARD
GET OUT OF RGGI. END CPR. OPT IN.
We don't have to agree on every issue, and Lord knows every candidate will disappoint you in one way or another. But we cannot afford, in every sense of the word, to continue to bicker amongst ourselves and fail to at least row in the same direction on the topics that must unite every good, decent person who lives in Delaware, if we are to avoid where we are currently headed: toward a failed socialist state with higher taxes, more government overspending with waste and abuse, high foreclosure rates, limited housing options, high energy bills, empty refrigerators, and failing students who have no choice but to embrace the bondage of state dependency. We need to focus on middle-income families who are struggling to put gas in their cars, bring home groceries, OR pay for medication, because right now, Delaware families cannot do all three. If YOU can, you are the minority. You, the good ordinary people who can still think freely, must understand what we need our lawmakers to do and then demand that they do it.
Going forward, ask every candidate where they stand on these THREE ISSUES, and ask every elected official WHAT they're DOING about these three impactful Delaware issues, and then hold them accountable for the answers.
ASK THEM. TRACK THEM. HOLD THEM TO IT.
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