HI SR84

Urges the Public Utilities Commission and Hawaiian Electric Light Company to expedite the conclusion of Request for Proposals Docket No. 2012-0092 for fifty megawatts of geothermal-derived electricity on Hawaii Island.

Notes that Hawaii imported $4.5 billion in oil in 2013 and that geothermal energy was identified by the Hawaii Geothermal Working Group as the cheapest and most reliable form of base load power for Hawaii County.

Cites Hawaiian Electric Light Company's delays in posting and progressing the renewable geothermal request for proposals and failure to address Public Utilities Commission planning concerns regarding system modeling, capacity analysis, and dispatchable renewable energy treatment.

Identifies the company's reluctance to retire fossil fuel plants and retire fossil fuel plants on Hawaii Island and accommodate geothermal electricity as an obstacle to development.

Directs certified copies of the resolution be transmitted to the Mayor of the County of Hawaii, the Chairperson of the Public Utilities Commission, and the President of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.