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HI SB2764
Bill
Status
1/23/2014
Primary Sponsor
Gil Keith-agaran
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AI Summary
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Expands eligible business activities in state enterprise zones to include development, production, or energy storage of renewable energy by sustainable business corporations as defined in Hawaii Revised Statutes section 420D-2.
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Adds nine new categories of renewable energy to enterprise zone eligibility: wind, solar, hydroelectric (falling water), biogas (landfill and sewage digester), geothermal, ocean (thermal, currents, waves), biomass (crops, residues, waste), biofuels, and hydrogen from renewable sources.
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Maintains existing eligible activities including wind energy production for sale to public utilities, while complementing them with broader renewable energy options.
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Effective date: July 1, 2050.
Legislative Description
State Enterprise Zones; Renewable Energy; Sustainable Business Corporations
Last Action
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2/14/2014