HCR 203 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN STATUS UPDATE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HAWAII ELECTRIC RELIABILITY ADMINISTRATOR.

This bill requests the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission to provide a written status update on the implementation of the Hawaii Electric Reliability Administrator, an independent oversight body established in 2012 to manage electric system reliability and interconnection processes. The resolution asks the Commission to detail which specific functions of the Administrator have been implemented, explain any delays in full implementation, and offer a forecast timeline for completion. The bill directs the Commission to submit this report to the Legislature within 20 days before the start of the 2027 Regular Session and copies to several state officials. This procedural measure aims to increase transparency regarding the progress of implementing reliability standards and interconnection procedures for Hawaii's electric grid.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

House Passage

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 16, 2026 Last action Apr 10, 2026

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HCR203 → HCR203_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill was updated to reflect its first reading in the House of Representatives and includes minor formatting and stylistic adjustments to the text. The core policy request remains unchanged: it asks the Public Utilities Commission to report on the implementation of the Hawaii Electric Reliability Administrator. A specific deadline for the report was clarified to be twenty days before the 2027 Regular Session.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the request for a status update remains the same.

TIMELINE

The deadline for the Commission's report was specified as twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2027.

TECHNICAL

The bill title was updated to indicate it is the first reading in the House (HD1), and internal metadata regarding author and file version was changed.

Minor formatting changes were applied to the text, including adjusting line breaks and adding commas to a financial figure.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to CPN.

upper

Apr 10, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 596).

upper

Apr 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).

lower

Apr 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1872-26), recommending adoption.

lower

Apr 7, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ilagan, Ichiyama.

lower

Apr 1, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on CPC as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

lower

Apr 1, 2026

Committee

Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1613-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to CPC.

lower

Mar 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Chun, Kusch, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Quinlan.

lower

Mar 18, 2026

Committee

Referred to EEP, CPC, referral sheet 19

lower

Mar 16, 2026

Introduced

Offered

lower

3 primary · 0 co-sponsors