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HI SB133

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/4/2025

Primary Sponsor

Glenn Wakai

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Authorizes state facilities to engage in "wheeling" of electricity produced from renewable energy sources, allowing transmission from one state facility to other state agencies over existing third-party electric utility transmission lines

  • Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish policies and procedures for intragovernmental wheeling by December 31, 2026, if determined to be in the public interest

  • Empowers the PUC to disallow wheeling projects if they are detrimental to grid safety and reliability, harmful to other customers through required subsidies, or not in the public interest

  • Amends the definition of "public utility" to remove language that previously prohibited wheeling arrangements

  • Requires the PUC to submit a report with findings and recommendations on wheeling to the legislature by 20 days before the 2027 legislative session; effective July 1, 2050

Legislative Description

Relating To Energy.

State Facilities

Last Action

Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

12/8/2025

Committee Referrals

Energy & Environmental Protection3/6/2025
Commerce and Consumer Protection2/6/2025
Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs1/17/2025

Full Bill Text

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