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SB1014 • 2026

RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE ENERGY OFFICE.

RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE ENERGY OFFICE.

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Sponsor
LEE, C., CHANG, HASHIMOTO, MCKELVEY, RHOADS, RICHARDS
Last action
2025-12-08
Official status
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Effective date
Not listed

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RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE ENERGY OFFICE.

RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE ENERGY OFFICE.

What This Bill Does

  • RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE ENERGY OFFICE.
  • HSEO; Rules; Energy Efficiency; Renewable Energy; Clean Transportation Authorizes the Hawaii State Energy Office to adopt certain federal regulations as they existed on 1/1/2025, that it deems to be in the public interest.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-12-08 D

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  2. 2025-01-23 S

    Referred to EIG, JDC.

  3. 2025-01-21 S

    Passed First Reading.

  4. 2025-01-17 S

    Introduced.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE ENERGY OFFICE.
HSEO; Rules; Energy Efficiency; Renewable Energy; Clean Transportation
Authorizes the Hawaii State Energy Office to adopt certain federal regulations as they existed on 1/1/2025, that it deems to be in the public interest.

Current Bill Text

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SB1014

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1014

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to the hawaii state energy office
.

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

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SECTION
1
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Section 196-71, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

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"(b)
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The Hawaii state energy office shall:

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(1)
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Provide analysis and planning to
actively develop and inform policies to achieve energy efficiency, renewable
energy, energy resiliency, and clean transportation goals with the legislature,
public utilities commission, state agencies, and other relevant stakeholders;

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(2)
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Lead efforts to incorporate energy
efficiency, renewable energy, energy resiliency, and clean transportation to
reduce costs and achieve clean energy goals across all public facilities;

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(3)
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Provide renewable energy, energy
efficiency, energy resiliency, and clean transportation project deployment
facilitation to assist private sector project completion when aligned with
state energy goals; [
and
]

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(4)
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Engage the private sector to help lead
efforts to achieve renewable energy and clean transportation goals through the
Hawaii clean energy initiative[
.
]
; and

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(5)
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Be
authorized to adopt, through rule, any federal regulation as it existed on
January 1, 2025, pertaining to energy efficiency, renewable energy, or clean
transportation, that the Hawaii state energy office deems to be in the public
interest.
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SECTION 2.
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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 3.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

HSEO; Rules;
Energy Efficiency; Renewable Energy; Clean Transportation

Description:

Authorizes the Hawaii State Energy Office to adopt certain
federal regulations as they existed on 1/1/2025, that it deems to be in the
public interest.

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