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HI SB1247
Bill
AI Summary
- Requires the Hawaii State Energy Office to enter into a public-private partnership to develop a waste-to-energy generating facility
- Amends Section 196-71, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to add waste-to-energy facility development as a new duty of the Hawaii State Energy Office
- Legislature findings note that nationally, 76 waste-to-energy facilities process up to 94,000 tons of solid waste daily and generate enough energy to power 2,300,000 homes
- Establishes waste-to-energy as a strategy to reduce the State's solid waste stream while diverting waste from landfills and extracting energy and recyclable materials
- Takes effect on July 1, 2050
Legislative Description
Relating To Waste-to-energy.
Waste-to-Energy
Last Action
Referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 17
3/9/2023
Committee Referrals
Energy & Environmental Protection3/9/2023
Ways and Means2/17/2023
Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism1/30/2023
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