Bill > SB579

This bill modifies Hawaii's existing laws regarding distributed energy resources (DER) by requiring utilities to provide monetary compensation to customers when their bill credits for energy exports remain unused after one year. Specifically, the bill mandates that if a customer participating in a distributed energy resources program generates bill credits by exporting energy to the grid and does not use those credits within twelve months of generation, the utility must pay out the value of those unused credits to the customer. The bill also specifies that bill credits will be used in the order they were generated, which means older credits will be applied first. The new provision will apply to bill credits for energy exports that accrue after the bill's effective date, and it aims to ensure that customers are fairly compensated for the renewable energy they contribute to the electrical grid, preventing the potential loss of value for their exported energy.

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https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=579&year=2026