HR 193 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 House Resolution asks Hawaii's Public Utilities Commission to provide a written update on how it is implementing the Hawaii Electric Reliability Administrator, a role established by state law to oversee electric system reliability and interconnection processes. The resolution requests specific information on which functions have been implemented, reasons for any delays, and a timeline for full implementation, with the report due before the 2027 legislative session. It directs the Commission to submit this information to the Legislature and relevant state officials, focusing on ensuring the reliability administrator fulfills its statutory duties regarding renewable energy interconnection and grid standards.

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 9, 2026

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HR193 → HR193_HD1 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from HR 193 to House Bill 1 (HD 1) and updated with new metadata reflecting a change in author and filing dates. The core policy text remains largely the same, though minor formatting adjustments were made to the WHEREAS clauses and the specific resolution requesting a status report.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; it continues to request a status update on the Hawaii Electric Reliability Administrator from the Public Utilities Commission.

TECHNICAL

The bill number was changed from HR 193 to HD 1, and associated metadata such as the author name and filing dates were updated.

Minor formatting adjustments were made to the text, including adding line breaks in the WHEREAS clauses and changing the deadline for the Commission's report to the Regular Session of 2027.

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 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Resolution adopted in final form.

lower

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. 1871-26), 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. 1612-26) 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