Hawaii · statute · Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 196 · 53 active provisions
The legislature finds that: (1) The global demand for petroleum and its derivatives has resulted in a significant and fundamental market escalation in oil prices, has caused severe economic hardships throughout the State, and threatens to impair the public health, safety, and welfare. The State of Hawaii, with its near…
All agencies shall provide priority handling and processing for all state permits required for renewable energy projects. For purposes of this section, "agencies" means any executive department, independent commission, board, bureau, office, or other establishment of the State, or any quasi-public institution that is s…
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: "Available" means that the vehicle is physically present and not rented for the requested rental period. "Commission" means the public utilities commission. "Conventional vehicle" means a vehicle powered solely by an internal combustion engine. "Distribute…
(a) No new residential type gas appliance that is equipped with a pilot light shall be sold or installed in the State after June 30, 1980. Gas appliances sold after June 30, 1980, shall be equipped with an intermittent ignition system or other ignition devices in lieu of gas pilot lights. (b) Beginning ninety days afte…
(a) No new storage hot water heater which is not certified as meeting the energy efficiency standards of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers, Inc., as set forth as the current ASHRAE 90 Standard, shall be sold or installed in the State after June 1, 1985; provided, however, tha…
(a) On or after January 1, 2010, no building permit shall be issued for a new single-family dwelling that does not include a solar water heater system that meets the standards established pursuant to section 269-44, unless the chief energy officer of the Hawaii state energy office approves a variance. A variance applic…
(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no person shall be prevented by any covenant, declaration, bylaws, restriction, deed, lease, term, provision, condition, codicil, contract, or similar binding agreement, however worded, from installing a solar energy device on any single-family residential dwelling or townho…
(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no person shall be prevented by any covenant, declaration, bylaw, restriction, deed, lease, term, provision, condition, codicil, contract, or similar agreement, however worded, from installing an electric vehicle charging system on or near the parking stall of any multi-fami…
(a) The department of transportation shall administer a rebate program that incentivizes the purchase of new electric bicycles and new electric mopeds and may contract with a third-party administrator pursuant to subsection (i) to operate and manage the rebate program. (b) Each eligible purchase of a new electric bicyc…
(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no person shall be prevented by any covenant, declaration, bylaws, restriction, deed, lease, term, provision, condition, codicil, contract, or similar binding agreement, however worded, from installing a clothesline on any single-family residential dwelling or townhouse that…
(a) Each agency is directed to implement, to the extent possible, the following goals during planning and budget preparation and program implementation. (b) With regard to buildings and facilities, each agency shall: (1) Design and construct buildings meeting the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design silver or…
There is established, within the department of business, economic development, and tourism, a Hawaii renewable hydrogen program to manage the State's transition to a renewable hydrogen economy. The program shall design, implement, and administer activities that include: (1) Strategic partnerships for the research, deve…
(a) There is established within the department of business, economic development, and tourism, a Hawaii clean energy initiative program to manage the State's transition to a clean energy economy. The clean energy program shall design, implement, and administer activities that include: (1) Strategic partnerships for the…
(a) Energy systems and technology training courses shall be established as needed to educate relevant officers and employees of the counties on the various standards and requirements for renewable energy systems and related distributed electricity technologies, including energy storage. The courses, including any mater…
As used in this part: "Acquisition" means acquiring by contract supplies or services, including construction, by and for the use of the State through purchase or lease, whether the supplies or services are already in existence or must be created, developed, demonstrated, or evaluated. Acquisition begins at the point wh…
Agencies shall use life-cycle cost analysis in making decisions about their investments in products, services, construction, and other projects to lower the State's costs and to reduce energy and water consumption. Where appropriate, agencies shall consider the life-cycle costs of combinations of projects, particularly…
(a) Agencies shall maximize their use of available alternative financing contracting mechanisms, including energy-savings contracts, when life-cycle cost-effective, to reduce energy use and cost in their facilities and operations. Energy-savings contracts shall include: (1) Energy performance contracts; (2) Municipal l…
State energy projects may be implemented under this chapter with the approval of the comptroller and the director of finance or their designees. In addition, this section shall be construed to provide the greatest possible flexibility to agencies in structuring agreements so that economic benefits and existing energy i…
(a) Agencies shall select, when life-cycle cost-effective, ENERGY STAR and other energy efficient products when acquiring energy-using products. For product groups where ENERGY STAR labels are not yet available, agencies may select products that are in the upper twenty-five per cent of energy efficiency as designated b…
(a) By December 31, 2010, each state department with responsibilities for the design and construction of public buildings and facilities shall benchmark every existing public building that is either larger than five thousand square feet or uses more than eight thousand kilowatt-hours of electricity or energy per year a…
(a) State facilities shall implement cost-effective energy efficiency measures as follows: (1) Beginning on January 1, 2024, for all state facilities that have not implemented section 36-41 since 2010; and (2) Beginning on January 1, 2026, for all other state facilities; provided that no entity shall claim tax credits…
The Hawaii state energy office shall collect all utility bill and energy usage data for state-owned facilities monthly and shall make this information available in a publicly accessible format.
(a) The department of land and natural resources and department of business, economic development, and tourism shall facilitate the private sector's development of renewable energy projects by supporting the private sector's attainment of the renewable portfolio standards in section 269-92. Both departments shall provi…
(a) The State shall facilitate the development of alternate fuels and support the attainment of a statewide alternate fuels standard of ten per cent of highway fuel demand to be provided by alternate fuels by 2010, fifteen per cent by 2015, twenty per cent by 2020, and thirty per cent by 2030. For purposes of the alter…
As used in this part: "Assessment" means a financing assessment imposed by the authority on a benefitted commercial property pursuant to section 196-64.5. "Authority" means the Hawaii green infrastructure authority as established under section 196-63. "Bond" means any bond, note, and other evidence of indebtedness that…