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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Energy. [SB-3194]
Authorizes independent generators of renewable energy to wheel the renewable electricity they produce to users of renewable energy under policies and procedures established by the Public Utilities Commission, should the Public Utilities Commission determine through an investigatory docket that retail wheeling is in the public interest. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Relating To Motor Carriers. [SB-3220]
Transfers the enforcement of the Motor Carrier Law from the Public Utilities Commission to the Department of Transportation. Makes conforming amendments. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Renewable Energy. [SB-3079]
Amends section 269-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to clarify that the Public Utilities Commission shall consider the effect of the State's reliance on fossil fuels on lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions and may require a lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions analysis for energy projects that do not involve the combustion of fuel. Makes conforming amendments. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Renewable Energy. [HB-2390]
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to explicitly consider the effect of the State's reliance on fossil fuels on lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions and gives the Public Utilities Commission the discretion to waive a lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions assessment for energy projects that do not involve combustion. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To The Interisland Transport Of Hydrogen. [SB-2965]
Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to establish a discounted rate by tariff for water carriers that engage in the interisland transport of hydrogen produced from renewable sources. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Public Utilities. [SB-2997]
Creates a process for electric utilities to develop and submit risk-based wildfire protection plans to the Public Utilities Commission for approval. Requires public utilities to report wildfires potentially caused by or occurring in connection with their operations. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Energy Resiliency. [SB-2986]
Requires retail crediting for energy exports enrolled in grid services programs, whereby energy exported to the electrical grid past a participating customer-generator's point of common coupling from photovoltaic solar systems paired with battery storage as part of a utility-controlled grid service program would be credited at the full retail rate of electricity for the relevant time period.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Public Utilities. [HB-2281]
Allows the Public Utilities Commission to convene community outreach workshops to aid electric utilities in the development and implementation of best practices regarding wildfires. Requires electric utilities to design and operate in compliance with a risk-based wildfire protection plan approved by the Public Utilities Commission. Shields electric utilities from civil liability for acts taken in accordance with a risk-based wildfire protection plan and failing to act in accordance with an item in the draft plan but removed by the Public Utilities
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Renewable Energy. [SB-2964]
Authorizes independent generators of renewable energy to wheel the renewable energy transmitted and used to produce hydrogen, subject to certain conditions determined by the Public Utilities Commission. Takes effect 1/1/2060. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To The Public Utilities Commission. [SB-2920]
Clarifies that the Public Utilities Commission shall consider the effect of the State's reliance on fossil fuels on generation-based greenhouse gas emissions and may require a greenhouse gas emissions analysis for certain energy projects.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Electric Utilities. [HB-2102]
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to convene workshops to aid electric utilities in the development and implementation of best practices regarding wildfires. Requires electric utilities to design and operate in compliance with a risk-based wildfire protection plan. Establishes a civil penalty for violations. Requires public utilities to report wildfires caused by or occurring in connection with their operations. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to investigate certain wildfires. Prohibits the reports as admissible evidence in any judicial,
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To High-voltage Electric Transmission Lines. [HB-2169]
Prohibits the construction of overhead high-voltage electric transmission lines. Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to submit to the Public Utilities Commission a report identifying the areas of the State having the highest risk of wildfires. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to direct certain public utilities to underground all existing overhead high-voltage electric transmission lines.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Energy. [SB-2822]
By 8/1/24, requires the Public Utilities Commission to open a docket and set a procedural schedule to determine whether and by which rules the Department of Accounting and General Services may engage in wheeling of electricity that is produced by renewable energy sources from their own facilities over existing transmission lines, subject to certain restrictions.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To The Public Utilities Commission. [SB-2511]
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to consider the short-term and long-term retention and creation of local jobs in its review of electric utility performance. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Energy. [HB-2098]
Authorizes independent generators of renewable energy to wheel the renewable electricity they produce to users of renewable energy under policies and procedures established by the Public Utilities Commission. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To The Public Utilities Commission. [SB-2505]
Establishes system resilience as a metric to be monitored and considered by the Public Utilities Commission. Authorizes the use of amounts collected through the Hawaii electricity reliability surcharge by the Commission to perform certain duties. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To The Interisland Transport Of Hydrogen. [HB-1997]
Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to establish a discounted rate by tariff for water carriers that engage in the interisland transport of renewable hydrogen. Takes effect 7/1/2040. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Energy-efficiency Portfolio Standards. [HB-1828]
Extends the State's deadline to achieve its energy-efficiency portfolio standards target from 2030 to 2045 and updates the standards. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish interim goals for electricity use reduction to be achieved by 2030, 2035, and 2040. Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to adjust the 2045 and interim standards. Takes effect 1/1/2060. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Motor Carriers. [HB-1681]
Repeals the regulation of motor carriers by the Public Utilities Commission. Makes conforming amendments.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Public Utilities. [HB-1680]
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to direct each electric and gas utility company in the State to file proposals for programs to provide certain benefits to residential property owners in fire-prone areas to reduce or eliminate the impacts of wildfires on residential properties or to purchase emergency equipment or supplies for use in deenergization events.