Bill Text: HI HB1679 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Public Utilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-29 - Re-referred to EEP/WAL, CPC, referral sheet 4 [HB1679 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-HB1679-Introduced.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to public utilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
"§269- Telecommunications providers to notify of
deenergization of electrical lines. (a) In
preparation for receiving notifications regarding the deenergization of
electrical lines, all facilities-based mobile telecommunications service providers
shall:
(1) Designate contact points or persons
within the company to receive notifications from an electric utility for
expected deenergization of electrical lines; and
(2) Develop uniform protocols prior to a
deenergization event to respond appropriately to an outage.
(b) Upon receipt of a notification regarding the
deenergization of electrical lines, a facilities-based mobile telecommunications
service provider shall communicate relevant information relating to the
deenergization of electrical lines to public safety or emergency response
offices for the affected areas.
§269- Electric utility companies; wildfire
mitigation plan. (a) Each electric utility company in the State shall
construct, maintain, and operate the company's electrical lines and equipment
in a manner that shall minimize the risk of catastrophic wildfire posed by the
electrical lines and equipment.
(b) Each electric utility company shall prepare
and submit an annual wildfire mitigation plan to the public utilities
commission for review and approval. The wildfire
mitigation plan shall include:
(1) Protocols for deenergizing electrical
lines that consider the associated impacts on public safety, including
protocols related to mitigating the public safety impacts on critical first
responders and health and communication infrastructures;
(2) Procedures for notifying a customer
who may be impacted by the deenergizing of electrical lines;
(3) Procedures for notifying public
safety offices, critical first responders, health care facilities, and
telecommunications service providers who are within the deenergizing areas about
the deenergizing of electrical lines; and
(4) Protocols for deenergizing electrical lines when the deenergization may impact customers or entities who are dependent on the infrastructure."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Wildfires; Deenergizing Electrical Lines; Notification; Telecommunications; Electric Utilities; Mitigation Plan
Description:
Requires all telecommunications service providers to communicate relevant information relating to the deenergization of electrical lines to public safety or emergency response offices for the affected areas. Requires all electric utility companies to operate electrical lines and equipment in a manner that shall minimize the risk of catastrophic wildfire posed by the electrical lines and equipment. Requires each electric utility company to prepare a wildfire mitigation plan and protocols for deenergizing electrical lines.
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