Lege Trend. Aloha to Hawaii Energy Storage Bill.
Hawaii’s HB 1593 will:
- reduce oversight in order to speed the loan process for energy storage
- sets up a 2 year rebate program to incentivize energy storage that is installed concurrently with solar panels
- potentially increases internal rates of return between 110 basis points and 140 basis points
- could incentivize between 75 MWh and 300 MWh of storage in Hawaii
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