Bill Text: HI SB2556 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Renewable Portfolio Standards.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-25 - (S) Referred to ENE, CPN. [SB2556 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB2556-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2556
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARDS.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 269-91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "renewable electrical energy" to read as follows:

     ""Renewable electrical energy" means:

     (1)  Electrical energy generated using renewable energy as the source, and beginning January 1, 2015, includes customer-sited, grid-connected renewable energy generation; and

     (2)  Electrical energy savings brought about by:

         (A)  The use of renewable displacement or off-set technologies, including solar water heating, sea-water air-conditioning district cooling systems, solar air-conditioning, and customer-sited, grid-connected renewable energy systems; provided that, beginning January 1, 2015, electrical energy savings shall not include customer-sited, grid-connected renewable-energy systems; or

         (B)  The use of energy efficiency technologies, including heat pump water heating, ice storage, ratepayer-funded energy efficiency programs, and use of rejected heat from co-generation and combined heat and power systems, excluding fossil-fueled qualifying facilities that sell electricity to electric utility companies and central station power projects."

     SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Renewable Portfolio Standards.

 

Description:

Amends definition of "renewable electrical energy" to include, beginning January 1, 2015, customer-sited, grid-connected renewable energy generation.

 

 

 

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