HI SB2171

Authorizes independent generators of renewable energy to engage in retail wheeling, allowing them to transmit electricity they produce over existing transmission and distribution lines of third-party electric utilities to users of renewable energy.

Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish policies, procedures, and rates for retail wheeling by December 31, 2023, through rule or order.

Directs the Public Utilities Commission to submit a report with findings, recommendations, and any proposed legislation on retail wheeling to the legislature no later than twenty days before the 2024 regular session.

Allows the Public Utilities Commission to disallow a wheeling project if it determines the project is detrimental to grid reliability, harmful to other customers, or not in the public interest.

Defines "retail wheeling" as transmission of electric power from independent renewable energy generators over utility infrastructure to renewable energy users, with compensation to the third-party utility for infrastructure use.