Bill Text: HI HB2048 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Solar Energy; Standard
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-20 - (H) Referred to EEP/CPC, FIN, referral sheet 2 [HB2048 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-HB2048-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO SOLAR ENERGY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 269, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part I to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§269- Solar energy systems; standards. (a) Not later than July 1, 2011, or as soon as reasonably practicable, the public utilities commission shall adopt or establish by rule, tariff, or order, standards for solar energy systems manufactured or sold in this State based on the best currently available information and shall consult with scientists, engineers, or persons in research centers who are engaged in the construction of, experimentation with, and research of solar energy systems to properly identify the most reliable designs and types of solar energy systems.
(b) The public utilities commission shall establish criteria for testing performance of solar energy systems and shall maintain the necessary capability for testing or evaluating performance of solar energy systems. The public utilities commission may accept results of tests on solar energy systems made by other organizations, companies, or persons when those tests are conducted according to the criteria established by the public utilities commission and when the testing entity has no vested interest in the manufacture, distribution, or sale of solar energy systems.
(c) The public utilities commission shall be entitled to receive a testing fee sufficient to cover the costs of the testing. All testing fees shall be deposited into the public utilities commission special fund.
(d) All solar energy systems manufactured or sold in the State must meet the standards established by the public utilities commission and shall display accepted results of approved performance tests in a manner prescribed by the public utilities commission.
(e) As used in this section, the term "solar energy systems" shall mean equipment that provides for the collection and use of incident solar energy for water heating, space heating or cooling, or other applications which normally require or would require a conventional source of energy such as petroleum products, natural gas, or electricity and which performs primarily with solar energy. In such other systems in which solar energy is used in a supplemental way, only those components which collect and transfer solar energy shall be included in this definition."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Solar Energy; Standard
Description:
Requires the public utilities commission to develop standards for the sale of solar energy systems manufactured and sold in the State.
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