THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2013
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Senator Mike Gabbard, Chair |
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Senator Russell E. Ruderman, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013 |
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2:45 p.m. |
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Conference Room 225 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Defines solar energy property and wind energy property and classifies utility scale solar energy facility, competitively-big utility scale solar energy facility, and ordinary utility scale solar energy facility. Establishes a method for calculating tax credits for solar or wind energy property. Requires department of business, economic development, and tourism to monitor and report tax credits claimed under section 235-12.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Establishes tax credits for solar energy property, wind energy property, competitive bid solar energy property, and competitive bid wind energy property. Requires the department of taxation and department of business, economic development, and tourism to report tax credits claimed under section 235-12.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INCOME TAX CREDIT. Clarifies the renewable energy technologies income tax credit.
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Exempts landlords and lessors who install renewable energy systems to their property from the definition of "public utility".
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RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Requires the public utilities commission to publish contracts, including price information, for the purchase of renewable energy by energy utilities on a publicly-accessible portion of the commission's website, with certain exceptions.
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RELATING TO CURTAILMENT. Amends sections 269-27.1 and 269-27.2, HRS, to require agreements to purchase geothermal and nonfossil fuel generated electricity to contain provisions that provide independent power producers with compensation for excessive curtailment.
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Prohibits utilities from charging consumers a fee for interconnection studies. Requires approval of interconnection for photovoltaic systems with rated output of ten or fewer kilowatts, after necessary reviews or studies, if the total existing or planned cumulative photovolatic kilowatt output is at or below seventy-five per cent of the circuit's daily minimum load.
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RELATING TO ENERGY CONSERVATION. Eliminates required increases to an agency's budget for the agency's implementation of energy efficiency retrofitting through performance contracting.
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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_____________________________________ Senator Mike Gabbard Chair |
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