HCR 204 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS ON THE BEST PATHS TO MAXIMIZE COST REDUCTION AND MINIMIZE FINANCIAL RISK TO HAWAII RESIDENTS WHILE MEETING STATE GOALS.

This House Concurrent Resolution requests the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission to conduct an independent, comprehensive analysis of energy options that could reduce costs and financial risks for residents while meeting the state's renewable energy goals. The bill asks the commission to evaluate various strategies, including renewable energy and storage technologies, through 2055 and consider long-term impacts beyond the 2045 renewable energy deadline. The resolution directs the commission to engage external experts to ensure the analysis is objective and thoroughly examines different pathways for energy generation and storage. This measure focuses on informing future state and utility planning decisions rather than mandating specific actions or outcomes.

Issues: ✓ Energy ✓ Environment

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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HCR204 → HCR204_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was updated to reflect its first House Committee action (HD1) and revised the text to be more concise and grammatically consistent. The most significant substantive change is the removal of a specific argument about the Hawaii State Energy Office's previous study, which had criticized the study for failing to evaluate long-duration energy storage solutions. This deletion shifts the bill's focus away from criticizing past studies and toward a broader request for the Public Utilities Commission to conduct a new, independent analysis on cost reduction and risk minimization.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains a request for a comprehensive analysis by the Public Utilities Commission, but the specific context regarding the limitations of a previous state study has been removed.

TECHNICAL

Removed a specific 'Whereas' clause that criticized a previous state study for not evaluating long-duration energy storage, narrowing the bill's focus to a general request for a new independent analysis.

Updated metadata and formatting to reflect the bill's progression to the first House Committee stage (HD1) and adjusted the document revision numbers accordingly.

Reformatted the primary request text to use all capital letters and improved sentence flow for clarity.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to CPN.

upper

Apr 10, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 597).

upper

Apr 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Adopted as amended in HD 1 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. 1922-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending adoption.

lower

Apr 7, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. 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 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. 1615-26), recommending referral to CPC.

lower

Mar 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors