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.e.nJM�V os k, !l <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAI'I IR�`''—'° .4'. STATE OF HAWAI I <br /> fir:. ��' <br /> !OfNP'-'.• <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 277 12 <br /> (DRAFT 2) <br /> A RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING THE STATE OF HAWAII PUBLIC UTILITIES <br /> COMMISSION TO RAISE HAWAII ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY'S RENEWABLE <br /> FEEDER PENETRATION THRESHOLD FROM 15 PERCENT OF PEAK LOAD TO <br /> 100 PERCENT OF MINIMUM LOAD. <br /> WHEREAS, in 2011 Hawai`i spent a record $4.5 billion on imported oil. Reducing that <br /> amount by 25 percent could significantly improve the State's economy. The Hawaii State <br /> Energy Office states that Hawaii's most important economic enterprise is developing a clean <br /> energy economy; and <br /> WHEREAS, Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative was enacted into law by the Hawaii State <br /> Legislature in 2009 and strives to supply 40 percent of electricity needs and 70 percent of overall <br /> energy needs using clean sources by 2030; and <br /> WHEREAS, according to its website, Hawai`i Electric Light Company (HELCO) <br /> pledges to increase the use of local, renewable energy; and <br /> WHEREAS, in order for HELCO to honor its pledge, HELCO should make every effort <br /> to encourage costumers to take advantage of cost-saving renewable/alternative energy to reduce <br /> home energy costs and increase the use of local renewable energy; and <br /> WHEREAS, net energy metering is a system whereby customers who generate <br /> electricity primarily for their own consumption using solar, wind turbine, biomass or <br /> hydroelectric facilities sell excess electricity to the electric utility company; and <br /> WHEREAS, net energy metering is one way to lessen the State's dependence on <br /> imported oil by encouraging greater use of renewable energy sources; and <br /> WHEREAS, according to HELCO, there is a limited amount of Net Energy Metering <br /> systems that can be interconnected to HELCO's grid on each individual distribution feeder <br /> before significant impacts may occur to the reliability of electrical service provided to customers; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, the State of Hawai`i Public Utilities Commission set a 15 percent threshold <br /> for the amount of excess electricity that may be delivered by Net Energy Metering systems to <br /> each individual distribution feeder; and <br /> WHEREAS, according to HELCO's Rule 14H, when the 15 percent threshold is <br /> exceeded in an individual distribution feeder, a Supplemental Review of the customer's <br /> application is required. The required supplemental review will most likely result in a <br /> Interconnection Requirements Study; and <br />