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HI HB1290

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/27/2021

Primary Sponsor

Jackson Sayama

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Origin

House of Representatives

2021 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Authorizes government agencies to wheel electricity produced by their own renewable energy facilities to other government agencies through existing utility transmission lines.

  • Defines "wheeling" as transmitting electric power from one governmental agency's generation point to other governmental agencies' facilities over a third-party electric utility's transmission lines.

  • Grants the Public Utilities Commission authority to disallow any wheeling project if determined to be detrimental to an electric company or not in the public interest.

  • Allows the Public Utilities Commission to implement the wheeling authorization through rulemaking or commission orders pursuant to Chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

  • Takes effect on July 1, 2050.

Legislative Description

Relating To Energy.

Public Utilities Commission

Last Action

Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with Representative(s) Har, Tokioka voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Okimoto voting no (1) and Representative(s) Ohno excused (1).

2/11/2021

Committee Referrals

Consumer Protection & Commerce2/11/2021
Energy & Environmental Protection2/1/2021

Full Bill Text

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