Bill Text: HI HR167 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Public Utilities Commission; Net Energy Metering

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-02 - Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on CPC as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Carroll excused (1). [HR167 Detail]

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.R. NO.

167

TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

requesting the public utilities commission to submit a report to the legislature that examines the potential for adopting a clean energy standard based upon lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions.

 

 

 


     WHEREAS, the definition of "renewable electrical energy" in part V of Chapter 269, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is ambiguous and allows for unanticipated loopholes to be exploited; and

 

     WHEREAS, attaining independence from detrimental reliance on fossil fuels has been a long-standing objective for the State; and

 

     WHEREAS, reducing the State's fossil fuel dependence and the consequent price volatility and attaining energy security and independence are critical; and

 

     WHEREAS, to achieve energy independence, the Legislature finds that a clean energy standard that prioritizes electricity technologies based on lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions is estimated to be up to 90 percent more cost effective in achieving clean energy goals than the current renewable portfolio standard because a lifecycle green house gas emissions-weighted clean energy standard provides guidance over the whole suite of possible energy technologies and fuels and encourages generation efficiencies; and

 

     WHEREAS, a clean energy standard also allows for partial credit for nonrenewable energies, scaled to the worst greenhouse gas emitter; and

 

     WHEREAS, energy infrastructure planning and energy independence require long-term planning; and
     WHEREAS, such planning is especially important because the year 2030 is now less than 20 years away; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-seventh Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2013, that the Public Utilities Commission is requested to submit a report to the Legislature no later than 20 days prior to the convening of the 2014 Regular Session that examines the potential for:

 

     (1)  Providing renewable energy preferences to certain renewable energy resources that reduce or eliminate the amount of fossil fuel used in the generation of the renewable energy and result in reduced energy transmission volatility;

 

     (2)  Developing a clean energy standard that provides an energy scale that provides for renewable energy credits to energy producers based upon lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions; and

 

     (3)  Implementing a clean energy standard that replaces the current renewable portfolio standard; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Public Utilities Commission.

 

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title: 

Public Utilities Commission; Net Energy Metering

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