2016 Delaware Code
Title 6 - Commerce and Trade
CHAPTER 34. CONTRACTS FOR PROVIDING SERVICE AND FUEL FOR RESIDENTIAL HEATING SYSTEMS
§ 3402. Mandatory provisions for energy service agreements.

(a) An energy service agreement must contain the following provisions:

(1) All charges associated with the commencement of the services provided by the energy service company, listed with specificity;

(2) All charges associated with the termination of the services provided by the energy service company, listed with specificity;

(3) That the energy service company will, after the energy service agreement has been in effect for at least 1 year and at the written request of the homeowner, sell the residential heating system equipment installed on the premises and owned by the energy service company to another energy service company designated in writing by the homeowner. The purchase price of the residential heating system equipment sold pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be no more than the actual cost of equipment at the time of sale, plus installation costs incurred at the time of installation; and

(4) Notice that sale of the residence, whether voluntary or involuntary, shall be deemed a termination of the energy service agreement by the homeowner, and notice of the homeowner's notice obligations under § 3403(a) of this title.

(b) An energy service company may not demand from the homeowner payment of any charges not specified in the energy agreement pursuant to the above provisions.

(c) Except as provided in this section, an energy service agreement may contain any provisions mutually agreeable to an energy service company and a homeowner. Nothing in this section shall require an energy service company to enter into an energy service agreement with any homeowner.

71 Del. Laws, c. 238, § 1.;