THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	1346
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011		S.D. 2
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.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

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

Report Title:

Renewable Portfolio Standards

Description:

Amends definition of "renewable electrical energy" to include, beginning 1/1/15, customer-sited, grid-connected renewable energy generation.  (SD2)

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