HB 1182 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Summary

Grants the Public Utilities Commission the ability to authorize preferential rates for the purchase of renewable energy from facilities that meet certain prevailing wage requirements. Requires public utilities to forward certain requests for preferential rates to the PUC for approval. Appropriates funds. Effective 07/01/3000. (HD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 22, 2025 Last action Feb 4, 2025

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HB1182 → HB1182_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a standard legislative format to a Microsoft Word document template structure, with some substantive changes including a placeholder date in Section 5 (changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000) and minor formatting adjustments to statutory language. The core policy provisions regarding renewable energy preferential rates and prevailing wage requirements remain substantively unchanged.

TIMELINE

Section 5 effective date changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000, which appears to be a placeholder error rather than an intentional policy change

TECHNICAL

Document formatting changed from standard legislative markup to Microsoft Word template structure with metadata headers

Minor formatting adjustments to statutory language including quotation mark styles and spacing around section numbers

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Committee

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 133) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kapela; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Kong, Reyes Oda; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to LAB, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 4

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 22, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

4 primary · 1 co-sponsor