Energy policy and implementation · Hawaiʻi
Our purposePacific Manufacturing Federation
Hawaiʻi’s energy transition will be decided at both the power plant and the customer meter. The Federation advances practical policy for efficient cooling, hot water, refrigeration, solar, storage, and flexible controls—systems that can reduce bills and support local renewable energy when they are safely integrated, fairly financed, and measured honestly.
Hawaiʻi’s energy transition in context
100%
Hawaiʻi renewable electricity standard by 2045
36.8%
Hawaiian Electric 2025 RPS by generation
2030
statutory goal year for new customer-sited DER installations
50,000
DER installations targeted by Executive Order 25-01
Where we build
Comfort, hot water, food preservation, and a manageable bill are the first energy services. Programs should be simple enough for renters and owners to use, and conservative enough to protect them.
Cooling, refrigeration, water heating, and controls are operating infrastructure for local commerce. Efficient thermal equipment and storage can reduce costs when projects are commissioned and maintained.
Customer batteries and flexible loads can provide measured capacity and fast response. They should compete fairly for defined services, alongside utility-scale clean energy and targeted grid investment.
Policy proposals
Each brief identifies whether it concerns active statutory implementation, an official proceeding, or a PMF model proposal. Sources, assumptions, and limits are published with the record.
Our standard
State plainly what is law, what is an active proceeding, what is modeled, and what is a recommendation.
Make efficiency, comfort, and customer protections prerequisites for grid participation—not trade-offs.
Test centralized and distributed resources against the same reliability, total-cost, and public-interest standard.
