Report Title:
Solar Water Heating; Pay As You Save®
Description:
Clarifies that Act 240, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006, refers to the Pay As You Save® program.
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TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to solar water heating.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to clarify that Act 240, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006, refers to the trademarked Pay As You Save® program.
SECTION 2. Act 240, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006, is amended by amending part IV to read as follows:
"PART IV
SOLAR WATER
HEATING [PAY AS YOU SAVE] PAY AS YOU SAVE®
SECTION 13. Solar water heating [pay
as you save] Pay As You Save® program; purpose; establishment;
tariff filing. (a) Solar water heating systems are a renewable energy
technology that uses solar collectors placed on roofs to heat water. These
systems decrease reliance on imported oil used to generate electricity to heat
water because they use less energy than the electric hot water heating systems
replaced.
The legislature finds that the up-front cost of installation is a barrier preventing many Hawaii residents from installing solar water heating systems. The legislature further finds that the renewable energy technologies income tax credit and electric utility rebates have not been enough of an incentive to overcome these up-front costs, especially for rental housing and homes in need of retrofit for these important energy-saving devices.
The purpose of this section is to authorize the
public utilities commission to implement a pilot project to be called the
"solar water heating [pay as you save] Pay As You Save® program".
(b) The public utilities commission shall
implement a pilot project to be called the "solar water heating [pay as
you save] Pay As You Save®
program", which shall:
(1) Allow a residential electric utility customer to purchase a solar water heating system:
(A) With no upfront payments; and
(B) By paying the cost of the system over time on the customer's electricity bill;
provided that the estimated life cycle electricity savings from the solar water heating system exceeds the cost of the system;
(2) Provide for billing and payment of the solar water heating system on the utility bill;
(3) Provide for disconnection of utility service for
non-payment of solar water heating system [pay as you save] Pay As
You Save® payments;
and
(4) Allow for assignment of system repayment costs attached to the meter location.
(c) The public utilities commission shall determine the time frame of the pilot program and shall gather and analyze information to evaluate the pilot program.
(d) No later than June 30, 2007, each electric
utility shall implement by tariff a [pay as you save] Pay As You Save® model system program for
residential consumers that is consistent with this section. Each utility shall
provide at least six months prior notice of its proposed tariff to the public
utilities commission as prescribed in section 269-12(b), Hawaii Revised
Statutes. Within the prescribed notice period, the public utilities commission
shall review the proposed tariff and after a hearing may require modifications
to the proposed tariff as necessary to comply with or effectuate the purposes
of this section.
(e) The commission shall ensure that all
reasonable costs incurred by electric utilities to start up and implement the [pay
as you save] Pay As You Save®
model system are recovered as part of the utility's revenue requirement,
including necessary billing system adjustments and any costs for [pay as you
save] Pay As You Save®
model system efficiency measures that are not recovered via participating
residential consumers' [pay as you save] Pay As You Save® model system bill payments or
otherwise."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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