Bill Text: HI HCR177 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requesting The Public Utilities Commission To Explore, Through Its Docket Process, The Feasibility Of Relocating Above-ground Electric Transmission Lines And Distribution Lines Underground In High-risk Areas On The Island Of Maui.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-24 - The committee(s) on EEP recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. [HCR177 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-HCR177-Introduced.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
requesting The public utilities commission to explore, through its docket process, the feasibility of relocating above-ground electric transmission lines and distribution lines underground in high-risk areas on the island of Maui.
WHEREAS, above-ground electric transmission lines and distribution lines exist in high-risk areas on the island of Maui; and
WHEREAS, these high-risk areas are areas with reasonably foreseeable high winds, wildfires, or other natural adverse events that have historically occurred; and
WHEREAS, these risks could trigger road closures, especially roads that provide access to critical infrastructure, such as hospitals; and
WHEREAS, one possible solution would be to relocate above-ground electric transmission lines and distribution lines underground; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, the Senate concurring, that the Public Utilities Commission is requested to explore, through its docket process, the feasibility of relocating above-ground electric transmission lines and distribution lines underground in high-risk areas on the island of Maui; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Public Utilities Commission is requested to include in its assessment:
(1) The amortized costs of relocating above-ground electric transmission and distribution lines underground;
(2) The risk of damage to the above-ground lines from reasonably foreseeable high winds, wildfires, or other natural adverse events that have historically occurred;
(3) The risk of damage to the above-ground and underground lines from projected sea level rise in the area where lines are located; and
(4) The risk posed to the surrounding area from damage to the above-ground lines, including but not limited to:
(A) The potential for igniting wildfires; and
(B) Road closures, especially roads that provide access to critical infrastructure, such as hospitals; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Public Utilities Commission is requested to submit a report to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2023 regarding its assessment; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if relocating above-ground electric transmission lines and distribution lines underground in high-risk areas on the island of Maui is deemed feasible, the Public Utilities Commission is requested to include proposed plans and associated deadlines for this relocation in its report to the Legislature; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Public Utilities Commission.
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Public Utilities Commission; Above-ground Electric Transmission and Distribution Lines; High-risk Areas; Maui
