2 Proposals for Residential Solar from the 50th State.

Kauai Island Utility Cooperative has 2 proposals for rooftop solar that it presented to the Hawaii Public Utility Commission:

  • Customer Self-Supply

    • Residents would agree not to export any amount of energy except for “inadvertent” volumes

    • No compensation for any amount of energy export

    • Sets a minimum electric bill

  •  Smart Export option

    • compensated only at times when “exported energy has value to the utility

    • compensates customers at a fixed rate between  $0.15/kWh to $0.28/kWh, which is lower than the retail rate, and set a cap for both. 

Background: IN 2015, Hawaii eliminated its net metering system with the goal of replacing the system

Utility Dive | Hawaii electric cooperative proposes new pair of rooftop solar compensation options