HB 1580 Summary

• Establishes a clean ground transportation benchmark framework with a target to reduce per capita retail sales of ground transportation fossil fuel by 5% between 2017 and 2025, supporting Hawaii's goal to eliminate imported fuels for ground transportation by 2045.

• Requires the Department of Transportation to collaborate with the State Energy Office to convene a clean ground transportation forum with stakeholders including fuel providers and develop recommendations to achieve clean transportation goals.

• Directs the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to submit reports to the legislature starting in 2023 and every five years thereafter detailing progress on fossil fuel reduction targets and establishing new benchmarks, with exemptions allowed for economic, technological, or other substantial barriers.

• Amends Hawaii's transportation and energy planning objectives to include the goal of reducing and ultimately eliminating imported fossil fuels for ground transportation and electrical generation by 2045.

• Expands the definition of "electric vehicle" to include fuel cell electric vehicles powered by hydrogen gas conversion to electricity.