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Let’s talk data center ordinances! Well, just the one. There’s a big ordinance vote on Tuesday, November 18 at 6:30pm. New Castle County Council is set to make a decision that will affect everyone in the entire state, as it will directly affect energy prices throughout Delaware. This episode covers a bit about the ordinance, and digs into the opposition to it as well as several proposed amendments that would weaken its protections in the future.
Links
List of NCCC meetings and locations (scroll for "County Council Meeting" on Tuesday Nov 18 at 6:30pm)
County Council Meeting link for 11/18/2025
Toole's amendment striking Abandonment's clause
Kilpatrick's amendment adding additional retroactivity protections
Kilpatrick's amendment removing community protections
November 5th Spotlight article: NCCC may relent on regulating Project Washington data center
November 16th Spotlight article: NCCo Council set to vote Tuesday on amended data center rules
Elon Musk's diesel generators poisoning communities in Memphis: "How Come I Can't Breathe?" - Politico; 'We Are The Last Of The Forgotten' - Time
Highlands Bunker podcast episodes on reassessment: Reassessment Reassessed, The Dark Triad, A Better World Is Possible?
Questions?
Email: ask[at]thisisthedelawareway.com
Let’s talk data center ordinances! Well, just the one. There’s a big ordinance vote on Tuesday, November 18 at 6:30pm. New Castle County Council is set to make a decision that will affect everyone in the entire state, as it will directly affect energy prices throughout Delaware. This episode covers a bit about the ordinance, and digs into the opposition to it as well as several proposed amendments that would weaken its protections in the future.
Links
List of NCCC meetings and locations (scroll for "County Council Meeting" on Tuesday Nov 18 at 6:30pm)
County Council Meeting link for 11/18/2025
Toole's amendment striking Abandonment's clause
Kilpatrick's amendment adding additional retroactivity protections
Kilpatrick's amendment removing community protections
November 5th Spotlight article: NCCC may relent on regulating Project Washington data center
November 16th Spotlight article: NCCo Council set to vote Tuesday on amended data center rules
Elon Musk's diesel generators poisoning communities in Memphis: "How Come I Can't Breathe?" - Politico; 'We Are The Last Of The Forgotten' - Time
Highlands Bunker podcast episodes on reassessment: Reassessment Reassessed, The Dark Triad, A Better World Is Possible?
Questions?
Email: ask[at]thisisthedelawareway.com
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