Bill Text: HI HB1543 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: PUC; Net Energy Metering
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-14 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with Representative(s) Hanohano, Har, Oshiro voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cachola, Carroll, Takumi excused (3). [HB1543 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-HB1543-Amended.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO NET ENERGY METERING.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. (a) The public utilities commission shall conduct a study on existing net energy metering contracts with customer-generators that examines:
(1) The value of the electricity generated by residential eligible customer-generators that enters the grid;
(2) The costs associated with the upgrades required to the grid to enable residential eligible customer-generators to connect to the grid;
(3) The feasibility of providing residential eligible customer-generators with the option of receiving compensation for any unused credits for excess electricity from the eligible customer-generator that is fed back to the grid and the potential rate of compensation for the excess electricity; and
(4) The feasibility of allowing unused credits for excess electricity produced by residential eligible customer-generators and fed back to the grid to carry over to subsequent years.
(b) No later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2015, the public utilities commission shall submit to the legislature a written report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, with regard to its examination of net energy metering as described in subsection (a).
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
PUC; Net Energy Metering
Description:
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to conduct a study on residential net energy metering contracts with residential eligible customer-generators and submit a report to the Legislature. (HB1543 HD1)
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