THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2511
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to the public utilities commission.

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

SECTION 1. Section 269-16.1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(b) In developing performance incentive and penalty mechanisms, the public utilities commission's review of electric utility performance shall consider, but not be limited to, the following:

(1) The economic incentives and cost-recovery mechanisms described in section 269-6(e);

(2) Volatility and affordability of electric rates and customer electric bills;

(3) Electric service reliability;

(4) Customer engagement and satisfaction, including customer options for managing electricity costs;

(5) Access to utility system information, including but not limited to public access to electric system planning data and aggregated customer energy use data and individual access to granular information about an individual customer's own energy use data;

(6) Rapid integration of renewable energy sources, including quality interconnection of customer-sited resources; [and]

(7) Timely execution of competitive procurement, third‑party interconnection, and other business processes[.]; and

(8) The immediate and long-term creation of jobs."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

PUC; Performance Reviews; Job Creation

Description:

Requires the Public Utilities Commission to consider the immediate and long-term creation of jobs in its review of electric utility performance.

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