S.C.R. No. 35 Summary

• Urges the Public Utilities Commission to establish reduced electricity tariffs for persons engaged in aquaculture, aquaponics, and agriculture to purchase nonfossil fuel-generated power that utilities would otherwise curtail during off-peak hours.

• Addresses Hawaii's reliance on imported food (approximately 90 percent) and the need to reduce electricity costs that increase agricultural production expenses.

• Identifies excess renewable energy generation during off-peak hours that utilities currently curtail, proposing this energy be sold at reduced rates to agricultural producers instead.

• Requests the Public Utilities Commission submit a report on establishing reduced tariffs to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the 2014 Regular Session convenes.

• Lists multiple state agencies and utility companies to receive certified copies of the resolution, including the Public Utilities Commission, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Board of Agriculture, and all major electric utilities in Hawaii.