Hawaii SB 964: RELATING TO WASTE-TO-ENERGY.

Bill Text

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THE SENATE
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
STATE OF HAWAII
JAN 1 7 2025
A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO WASTE-TO-ENERGY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that using
waste-to-energy technology is a promising strategy for reducing
the State's solid waste stream. Waste-to-energy facilities
divert waste from landfills while extracting energy and valuable
materials for recycling. Nationally, there are seventy-six
waste-to-energy facilities that process up to ninety-four
thousand tons of solid waste per day. This produces enough
energy each day to power the equivalent of 2,300,000 homes. The
legislature believes that a waste-to-energy facility would help
the State meet its goal of reducing the solid waste stream while
developing sustainable energy sources.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to require the
Hawaii state energy office to establish a public-private
partnership to develop a waste-to-energy generating facility in
each county having a population below eight hundred thousand.
SECTION 2. Section 196-71, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
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"(b) The Hawaii state energy office shall:
(1) 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;
(2) 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;
(3) 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]
(4) Engage the private sector to help lead efforts to
achieve renewable energy and clean transportation
goals through the Hawaii clean energy initiative[—];
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1 (5) Establish a public-private partnership to develop a
2 waste-to-energy generating facility in each county
3 having a population below eight hundred thousand."
4 SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed
New statutory material is underscored.5 and stricken.
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S.B. NO.
Report Title:
Hawaii State Energy Office; Counties; Waste-to-Energy; Solid
Waste Diversion; Sustainable Energy
Description:
Requires the Hawaii State Energy Office to establish a
public-private partnership to develop a waste-to-energy
generating facility in each county having a population below
800,000.
The summary description of iegislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
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