Report Title:

Energy

 

Description:

Amends definition of renewable electric energy.

 


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2634

TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT


 

 

relating to energy.

 

 

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:

     "[PART V.  RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARDS]

     §269-91  [Definitions.]  For the purposes of this [part]:

     "Biofuels" means liquid or gaseous fuels produced from organic sources such as biomass crops, agricultural residues and oil crops, such as palm oil, canola oil, soybean oil, waste cooking oil, grease, and food wastes, animal residues and wastes, and sewage and landfill wastes.

     "Cost-effective" means the ability to produce or purchase electric energy or firm capacity, or both, from renewable energy resources at or below avoided costs consistent with the methodology set by the public utilities commission in accordance with section 269-27.2.

     "Electric utility company" means a public utility as defined under section 269-1, for the production, conveyance, transmission, delivery, or furnishing of power.

     "Renewable electrical energy" means:

     (1)  Electrical energy generated using renewable energy as the source;

    [(2)  Electrical energy savings brought about by the use of renewable displacement or off-set technologies, including solar water heating, seawater air-conditioning district cooling systems, solar air-conditioning, and customer-sited, grid-connected renewable energy systems;] or

   [[(3)]] (2) Electrical energy savings brought about by 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.

     "Renewable energy" means energy generated or produced utilizing the following sources:

     (1)  Wind;

     (2)  The sun;

     (3)  Falling water;

     (4)  Biogas, including landfill and sewage-based digester gas;

     (5)  Geothermal;

     (6)  Ocean water, currents and waves;

     (7)  Biomass, including biomass crops, agricultural and animal residues and wastes, and municipal solid waste;

     (8)  Biofuels; and

     (9)  Hydrogen produced from renewable energy sources.     "Renewable portfolio standard" means the percentage of electrical energy sales that is represented by renewable electrical energy."

     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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