RELATING TO LONG DURATION CLEAN ENERGY STORAGE.

HB1019

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1019

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO LONG DURATION CLEAN ENERGY STORAGE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION 1.
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The
legislature finds that extreme weather exacerbated by climate change affects
the supply and availability of all forms of energy, including local renewable
resources and imported fuels.

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The legislature also finds that the ability
to store locally produced clean energy can mitigate the supply disruptions that
could result from extreme weather or other events that might disrupt the flow
of imported energy commodities or the availability of local renewable
resources.

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The legislature recognizes that the United
States Department of Energy has a goal of reducing the cost of long duration
storage by ninety per cent by 2031, and intends to make available significant
levels of funding to support its energy storage grand challenge roadmap.

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The legislature further finds that the vast
majority of utility-scale energy storage capacity in the United States is
pumped storage hydroelectric capacity, due to its relatively low water
consumption, capital cost, and land requirements.

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The purpose of this Act is to identify
likely pumped storage hydropower locations, or sites for other long duration
clean energy storage technologies, and promote their development.

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SECTION 2.
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Section 196-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended to read as follows:

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Hawaii renewable hydrogen
and long
duration clean energy storage
program
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There is established
, within the
department of business, economic development, and tourism, a Hawaii renewable
hydrogen
and long duration clean energy storage
program to manage the
State
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s transition to a renewable hydrogen economy.
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The program shall design, implement, and
administer activities that include:

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(1)
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Strategic
partnerships for the research, development, testing, and deployment of
renewable hydrogen
and long duration clean energy storage
technologies;

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(2)
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Engineering
and economic evaluations of Hawaii's potential for renewable hydrogen use and
long
duration clean energy storage, including
near-term project opportunities
for the State's renewable energy resources;

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(3)
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Electric
grid reliability and security projects that will enable the integration of a
substantial increase of electricity from renewable energy resources on the
island of Hawaii;

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(4)
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Hydrogen

and long duration clean energy storage
demonstration projects, including
infrastructure for the production, storage, and refueling of hydrogen vehicles;

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(5)
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A
statewide hydrogen
and long duration clean energy storage
economy public
education and outreach plan focusing on the island of Hawaii, to be developed
in coordination with Hawaii's public education institutions;

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Promotion
of Hawaii's renewable hydrogen
and long duration clean energy storage

resources to potential partners and investors;

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A
plan, for implementation during the years 2007 to 2010, to more fully deploy
hydrogen technologies and infrastructure capable of supporting the island of
Hawaii's energy needs, including:

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Expanded installation of hydrogen production facilities;

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(B)
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Development of integrated energy systems, including hydrogen
vehicles;

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(C)
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Construction of additional hydrogen refueling stations; and

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Promotion of building design and construction that fully
incorporates clean energy assets, including reliance on hydrogen-fueled energy
generation;

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A
plan, for implementation during the years 2010 to 2020, to transition the
island of Hawaii to a hydrogen-fueled economy and to extend the application of
the plan throughout the State; and

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Evaluation of policy recommendations to:

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(A)
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Encourage
the adoption of
long duration clean energy storage and potential customers
of that storage, including
hydrogen-fueled vehicles;

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(B)
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Continually
fund the hydrogen
and long duration clean energy storage
investment
capital special fund; and

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(C)
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Support
investment in hydrogen
and long duration clean energy storage
infrastructure[
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including production, storage, and dispensing facilities.
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; and

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Engineering
and economic evaluations of potential locations for long duration clean energy
storage, including pumped storage hydroelectric projects as a priority, and
hydrogen that:

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Maximize the positive ecological, social, and economic benefits
to nearby resources, including agricultural and recreational land use; and

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(B)
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Minimize or avoid negative impacts on cultural heritage,
productive agricultural land, and habitat.
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SECTION 3.
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Section 206M-63, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

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Hydrogen
and long duration clean
energy storage
investment
capital
special fund
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(a)
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There shall be established the hydrogen
and long duration clean energy
storage
investment
capital
special fund, into which shall be
deposited:

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(1)
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Appropriations
made by the legislature to the fund;

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(2)
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All
contributions from public or private partners;

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(3)
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All
interest earned on or accrued to moneys deposited in the special fund; and

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Any
other moneys made available to the special fund from other sources.

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(b)
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Moneys
in the fund shall be expended by the development corporation:

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To
provide seed capital for and venture capital investments in private sector and
federal projects for research, development, testing, and implementation of the
Hawaii renewable hydrogen
and long duration clean energy storage
program,
as set forth in section 196-10; and

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For
any other purpose deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of section 196-10."

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SECTION 4.
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There is appropriated out of the energy
security special fund established in section 201-12.8, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
the sum of $3,500,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year
2025-2026 for the activities described in section 196-10, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, including temporary staff that may be needed
to support actions related to the activities of this Act.

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The sum appropriated shall be expended by
the Hawaii state energy office for the purposes of this Act.

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SECTION 5.
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Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory material is underscored.

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SECTION 6.
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This Act, upon its approval, shall take effect on July 1, 2025.

INTRODUCED BY:

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BY REQUEST

Report Title:

Hawaii State Energy Office; Renewable Energy; Energy
Storage; Appropriation

Description:

Requires high quality resource characterization of
pumped storage hydropower locations, or other long duration clean energy
storage technologies, and promotes their development.

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