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HI Rev Stat § 269-96 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|269. Public Utilities Commission|269-96 Energy-efficiency portfolio standards.

 §269-96 Energy-efficiency portfolio standards. (a) The public utilities commission shall establish energy-efficiency portfolio standards that will maximize cost-effective energy-efficiency programs and technologies.  (b) The energy-efficiency portfolio standards shall be designed to achieve four thousand three hundred gigawatt hours of electricity use reductions statewide by 2030; provided that the commission shall establish interim goals for electricity use reduction to be achieved by 2015, 2020, and 2025 and may also adjust the 2030 standard by rule or order to maximize cost-effective energy-efficiency programs and technologies.  (c) The commission may establish incentives and penalties based on performance in achieving the energy-efficiency portfolio standards by rule or order.  (d) The public utilities commission shall evaluate the energy-efficiency portfolio standard every five years, beginning in 2013, and may revise the standard, based on the best information available at the time, to determine if the energy-efficiency portfolio standard established by this section remains effective and achievable. The commission shall report its findings and revisions to the energy-efficiency portfolio standard, based on its own studies and other information, to the legislature no later than twenty days before the convening of the regular session of 2014, and every five years thereafter.  (e) Beginning in 2015, electric energy savings brought about by the use of renewable displacement or off-set technologies, including solar water heating and sea-water air-conditioning district cooling systems, shall count toward this standard. [L 2009, c 155, pt of §11]
HI Rev Stat § 269-101 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|269. Public Utilities Commission|269-101 Definitions.

Law Journals and Reviews A Tale of Two Solar Installations: How Electricity Regulations Impact Distributed Generation. 38 UH L. Rev. 135 (2016).  §269-101 Definitions. As used in this part:  "Eligible customer-generator" means a metered residential or commercial customer, including a government entity, of an electric utility who owns and operates a solar, wind turbine, biomass, or hydroelectric energy generating facility, or a hybrid system consisting of two or more of these facilities, that is:  (1) Located on the customer's premises;  (2) Operated in parallel with the utility's transmission and distribution facilities;  (3) In conformance with the utility's interconnection requirements; and  (4) Intended primarily to offset part or all of the customer's own electrical requirements.  "Net energy metering" means measuring the difference between the electricity supplied through the electric grid and the electricity generated by an eligible customer-generator and fed back to the electric grid over a monthly billing period; provided that:  (1) Net energy metering shall be accomplished using a single meter capable of registering the flow of electricity in two directions;  (2) An additional meter or meters to monitor the flow of electricity in each direction may be installed with the consent of the customer-generator, at the expense of the electric utility, and the additional metering shall be used only to provide the information necessary to accurately bill or credit the customer-generator, or to collect solar, wind turbine, biomass, or hydroelectric energy generating system performance information for research purposes;  (3) If the existing electrical meter of an eligible customer-generator is not capable of measuring the flow of electricity in two directions, the electric utility shall be responsible for all expenses involved in purchasing and installing a meter that is able to measure electricity flow in two directions;  (4) If an additional meter or meters are installed, the net energy metering calculation shall yield a result identical to that of a single meter; and  (5) An eligible customer-generator who already owns an existing solar, wind turbine, biomass, or hydroelectric energy generating facility, or a hybrid system consisting of two or more of these facilities, is eligible to receive net energy metering service in accordance with this part. [L 2001, c 272, pt of §6; am L 2004, c 99, §1; am L 2005, c 104, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 269-101.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|269. Public Utilities Commission|269-101.5 Maximum capacity of eligible customer-generator.

  §269-101.5 Maximum capacity of eligible customer-generator. The eligible customer-generator shall have a capacity of not more than fifty kilowatts; provided that the public utilities commission may increase the maximum allowable capacity that eligible customer-generators may have to an amount greater than fifty kilowatts by rule or order. [L 2005, c 104, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 269-102 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|269. Public Utilities Commission|269-102 Standard contract or tariff; rate structure.

  §269-102 Standard contract or tariff; rate structure. (a) Every electric utility shall develop a standard contract or tariff providing for net energy metering and shall make this contract available to eligible customer-generators, upon request, on a first-come-first-served basis until the time that the total rated generating capacity produced by eligible customer-generators equals .5 per cent of the electric utility's system peak demand; provided that the public utilities commission may modify, by rule or order, the total rated generating capacity produced by eligible customer-generators; provided further that the public utilities commission shall ensure that a percentage of the total rated generating capacity produced by eligible customer-generators shall be reserved for electricity produced by eligible residential or small commercial customer-generators. The public utilities commission may define, by rule or order, the maximum capacity for eligible residential or small commercial customer-generators. Notwithstanding the generating capacity requirements of this subsection, the public utilities commission may evaluate, on an island-by-island basis, the applicability of the generating capacity requirements of this subsection and, in its discretion, may exempt an island or a utility grid system from the generating capacity requirements.  (b) Each net energy metering contract or tariff shall be identical, with respect to rate structure, to the contract or tariff to which the same customer would be assigned if the customer was not an eligible customer-generator. The charges for all retail rate components for eligible customer-generators shall be based exclusively on the eligible customer-generator's net kilowatt-hour consumption over a monthly billing period. Any new or additional demand charge, standby charge, customer charge, minimum monthly charge, interconnection charge, or other charge that would increase an eligible customer-generator's costs beyond those of other customers in the rate class to which the eligible customer-generator would otherwise be assigned are contrary to the intent of this section, and shall not form a part of net energy metering contracts or tariffs.  (c) The public utilities commission may amend the rate structure or standard contract or tariff by rule or order. [L 2001, c 272, pt of §6; am L 2005, c 104, §3; am L 2008, c 150, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 269-103 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|269. Public Utilities Commission|269-103 Generating capacity.

 §269-103 Generating capacity. On an annual basis, beginning in 2003, every electric utility shall make available to the public utilities commission information on the total rated generating capacity produced by eligible customer-generators that are customers of that utility in the utility's service area. The public utilities commission shall develop a process for making the information required by this section available to electric utilities, and for using that information to determine when, pursuant to section 269-104, an electric utility is not obligated to provide net energy metering to additional customer-generators in its service area. [L 2001, c 272, pt of §6]
HI Rev Stat § 269-104 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|269. Public Utilities Commission|269-104 Additional customer-generators.

  §269-104 Additional customer-generators. Notwithstanding section 269-102, an electric utility is not obligated to provide net energy metering to additional customer-generators in its service area when the combined total peak generating capacity of all eligible customer-generators served by all the electric utilities in that service area furnishing net energy metering to eligible customer-generators equals .5 per cent of the system peak demand of those electric utilities; provided that the public utilities commission may increase, by rule or order, the allowable percentage of the electric utility's system peak demand produced from eligible customer-generators in the electric utility's service area, whereupon the electric utility will be obligated to provide net energy metering to additional eligible customer-generators in that service area up to the increased percentage amount. [L 2001, c 272, pt of §6; am L 2005, c 104, §4]
HI Rev Stat § 269-105 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|269. Public Utilities Commission|269-105 Calculation.

  §269-105 Calculation. The net energy metering calculation shall be made by measuring the difference between the electricity supplied to the eligible customer-generator and:  (1) The electricity generated by the eligible customer-generator and fed back to the electric grid over a monthly billing period; and  (2) Any unused credits for excess electricity from the eligible customer-generator carried over from previous months since the last twelve-month reconciliation period. [L 2001, c 272, pt of §6; am L 2005, c 104, §5]
HI Rev Stat § 269-106 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|269. Public Utilities Commission|269-106 Billing periods; twelve-month reconciliation.

  §269-106 Billing periods; twelve-month reconciliation. (a) Billing of net energy metering customers shall be on a monthly basis; provided that the last monthly bill for each twelve-month period shall reconcile for that twelve-month period the net electricity provided by the electric utility with:  (1) The electricity generated by the eligible customer-generator and fed back to the electric grid over the monthly billing period; and  (2) Any unused credits for excess electricity from the eligible customer-generator carried over from prior months since the last twelve-month reconciliation period.  (b) Credits for excess electricity from the eligible customer-generator that remain unused after each twelve-month reconciliation period may not be carried over to the next twelve-month period. [L 2001, c 272, pt of §6; am L 2005, c 104, §6]
HI Rev Stat § 269-107 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|269. Public Utilities Commission|269-107 Net electricity consumers.

  §269-107 Net electricity consumers. At the end of each monthly billing period, where the electricity supplied during the period by the electric utility exceeds:  (1) The electricity generated by the eligible customer-generator during that same period; and  (2) Any unused credits for excess electricity from the eligible customer-generator carried over from prior months since the last twelve-month reconciliation period, the eligible customer-generator is a net electricity consumer and the electric utility shall be owed compensation for the eligible customer-generator's net kilowatt-hour consumption over that same period. The compensation owed for the eligible customer-generator's net monthly kilowatt-hour consumption shall be calculated at the retail rate of the rate class the customer is normally assigned to. [L 2001, c 272, pt of §6; am L 2005, c 104, §7]
HI Rev Stat § 269-108 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|269. Public Utilities Commission|269-108 Net electricity producers; excess electricity credits and credit carry over.

  §269-108 Net electricity producers; excess electricity credits and credit carry over. At the end of each monthly billing period, where the electricity generated by the eligible customer-generator during the month exceeds the electricity supplied by the electric utility during that same period, the eligible customer-generator is a net electricity producer and the electric utility shall retain any excess kilowatt-hours generated during the prior monthly billing period; provided that the excess electricity generated by the customer-generator, if any, in each monthly billing period shall be carried over to the next month as a monetary value to the credit of the eligible customer-generator, which credit may accumulate and be used to offset the compensation owed the electric utility for the eligible customer-generator's net kilowatt-hour consumption for succeeding months within each twelve-month period; provided further that the electric utility shall reconcile the eligible customer-generator's electricity production and consumption for each twelve-month period as set forth in section 269-106. The eligible customer-generator shall not be owed any compensation for excess kilowatt-hours unless the electric utility enters into a purchase agreement with the eligible customer-generator for those excess kilowatt-hours. [L 2001, c 272, pt of §6; am L 2005, c 104, §8]
HI Rev Stat § 269-109 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|269. Public Utilities Commission|269-109 Net electricity consumption or production information.

  §269-109 Net electricity consumption or production information. The electric utility shall provide every eligible customer-generator with net electricity consumption or production information with each regular monthly bill, which shall include:  (1) The current monetary balance owed the electric utility for net electricity consumed;  (2) The net electricity produced since the end of the last monthly billing period; and   (3) An accounting of the credits for excess electricity produced by the eligible customer-generator since the last twelve-month reconciliation period that shows credits applied to the monthly billing period and the balance of unused credits, if any. [L 2001, c 272, pt of §6; am L 2005, c 104, §9]
HI Rev Stat § 269-110 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|269. Public Utilities Commission|269-110 Termination by eligible customer-generators.

  §269-110 Termination by eligible customer-generators. If an eligible customer-generator terminates the customer relationship with the electric utility, the electric utility shall reconcile the eligible customer-generator's consumption and production of electricity, including any unused credits for excess electricity from the eligible customer-generator carried over from prior months, for the period following the last twelve-month reconciliation period to the date of termination of the relationship, according to the requirements set forth in this part. [L 2001, c 272, pt of §6; am L 2005, c 104, §10]
HI Rev Stat § 269-111 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|269. Public Utilities Commission|269-111 Safety and performance standards.

 §269-111 Safety and performance standards. (a) A solar, wind turbine, biomass, or hydroelectric energy generating system, or a hybrid system consisting of two or more of these facilities, used by an eligible customer-generator shall meet all applicable safety and performance standards established by the National Electrical Code, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and accredited testing laboratories such as the Underwriters Laboratories and, where applicable, rules of the public utilities commission regarding safety and reliability.  (b) For systems of ten kilowatts or less, an eligible customer-generator whose solar, wind turbine, biomass, or hydroelectric energy generating system, or whose hybrid system consisting of two or more of these facilities, meets the standards and rules under subsection (a) shall not be required to install additional controls, perform or pay for additional tests, or purchase additional liability insurance.  (c) For eligible customer-generator systems of greater than ten kilowatts, the commission, either through decision and order, by tariff adoption, or by rule, shall:  (1) Set forth safety, performance, and reliability standards and requirements; and  (2) Establish the qualifications for exemption from a requirement to install additional controls, perform or pay for additional tests, or purchase additional liability insurance. [L 2001, c 272, pt of §6; am L 2004, c 99, §2; am L 2005, c 69, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 269-121 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|269. Public Utilities Commission|269-121 Public benefits fee authorization.

Note Part heading amended by L 2008, c 118, pt of §2.  §269-121 Public benefits fee authorization. (a) The public utilities commission, by order or rule, may require that all or a portion of the moneys collected by Hawaii's electric utilities from its ratepayers through a demand-side management surcharge be transferred to a third-party administrator contracted by the public utilities commission. The moneys transferred shall be known as the public benefits fee.  (b) The public benefits fee shall be used to support clean energy technology, demand response technology, and energy use reduction, and demand-side management infrastructure, programs, and services, subject to the review and approval of the public utilities commission. These moneys shall not be available to meet any current or past general obligations of the State; provided that the State may participate in any clean energy technology, demand response technology, or energy use reduction, and demand-side management infrastructure, programs, and services on the same basis as any other electric consumer.  For the purpose of this subsection, "clean energy technology" means any commercially available technology that enables the State to meet the renewable portfolio standards, established pursuant to section 269-92, or the energy-efficiency portfolio standards, established pursuant to section 269-96, and approved by the public utilities commission by rule or order.  (c) Nothing in this section shall create or be construed to cause the public benefits fee to be considered state or public moneys subject to appropriation by the legislature or be required to be deposited into the state treasury. [L 2006, c 162, pt of §1; am L 2008, c 118, pt of §2; am L 2013, c 211, §5 and c 260, §3]
HI Rev Stat § 269-122 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|269. Public Utilities Commission|269-122 Public benefits fee administrator; establishment.

 §269-122 Public benefits fee administrator; establishment. (a) The public utilities commission may contract with a third-party administrator, to operate and manage any programs established under section 269-121. The administrator shall not be deemed to be a "governmental body" as defined in section 103D-104; provided that all moneys transferred to the third-party administrator shall be comprised solely of public [benefits] fees collected pursuant to section 269-121 or from funds provided by the federal government or by private funding sources. The administrator shall not expend more than ten per cent of the collected public benefits fees in any fiscal year, or other reasonable percentage determined by the public utilities commission, for administration of the programs established under section 269-121.  (b) The public benefits fee administrator shall be subject to regulation by the public utilities commission under any provision applicable to a public utility in sections 269-7, 269-8, 269-8.2, 269-8.5, 269-9, 269-10, 269-13, 269-15, 269-19.5, and 269-28, and shall report to the public utilities commission on a regular basis. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the public benefits fee administrator shall not be an electric public utility or an electric public utility affiliate. [L 2006, c 162, pt of §1; am L 2008, c 118, pt of §2; am L 2009, c 155, §16]
HI Rev Stat § 269-123 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 15. Transportation and Utilities|269. Public Utilities Commission|269-123 Requirements for the public benefits fee administrator.

  §269-123  Requirements for the public benefits fee administrator. (a) Any public benefits fee administrator contracted pursuant to section 269-122 shall satisfy the qualification requirements established by the public utilities commission by rule or order. These requirements may include experience and expertise in:  (1) Energy-efficient and renewable energy technologies and methods; and  (2) Identifying, developing, administering, and implementing demand-side management and energy-efficiency programs.  (b) The public benefits fee administrator's duties and responsibilities shall be established by the public utilities commission by rule or order, and may include:  (1) Identifying, developing, administering, promoting, implementing, and evaluating programs, methods, and technologies that support energy-efficiency and demand-side management programs;  (2) Encouraging the continuance or improvement of efficiencies made in the production, delivery, and use of energy-efficiency and demand-side management programs and services;  (3) Using the energy-efficiency expertise and capabilities that have developed or may develop in the State and consulting with state agency experts;  (4) Promoting program initiatives, incentives, and market strategies that address the needs of persons facing the most significant barriers to participation;  (5) Promoting coordinated program delivery, including coordination with electric public utilities regarding the delivery of low-income home energy assistance, other demand-side management or energy-efficiency programs, and any utility programs;  (6) Consideration of innovative approaches to delivering demand-side management and energy-efficiency services, including strategies to encourage third-party financing and customer contributions to the cost of demand-side management and energy-efficiency services;  (7) Submitting, to the public utilities commission for review and approval, a multi-year budget and planning cycle that promotes program improvement, program stability, and maturation of programs and delivery resources; and  (8) Educating and training appliance manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of appliances covered under part VI of chapter 196 about the appliance efficiency standards established under that part to improve compliance. [L 2006, c 162, pt of §1; am L 2008, c 118, pt of §2; am L 2019, c 141, §3]