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Contact Information:
Hawaii State Department of Health
1250 Punchbowl Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
(808) 586-4200
Or view the Department's
Website
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HAWAII
The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has opened two formal proceedings to examine the potential
benefits and effects of distributed generation on Hawaii's electric distribution system and the
development of a competitive bidding process to acquire or build new electric generating capacity in
Hawaii.
The objective of the distributed generation proceeding
(Docket 03-0371) is to examine the distributed
generation concept, and develop policies and a regulatory framework for distributed generation projects
in Hawaii.
"Competitive bidding for new generating capacity"
(Docket 03-0372) is a process used by other states in
which parties interested in satisfying a need to build and/or operate new electric generating plants are
allowed to bid for the proposed project. Competitive bidding may serve as a viable, wholesale market
competition alternative for future generating capacity in Hawaii. Potential benefits of competitive
bidding include increasing wholesale competition for electric power resources and offering more choices to
consumers of electricity, thereby potentially lowering electricity prices.
(D.T.E. 02-38) into Distributed Generation. The investigation
will not be completed until sometime in the fall of 2003.
DE MINIMIS EXEMPTIONS:
Units with a potential to emit less than 1 ton per year of all criteria pollutants and 0.1 ton per year of all
HAPs are exempt from permitting. No state notification is required.
MINOR SOURCE PERMITTING:
Sources that are not exempted must obtain a minor source permit. This permit will restrict units to opacity less
than 20% and fuel sulfur less than 2%. Sources that are greater than 25 MW or 250 MMBtu/hr will have a fuel sulfur
limit of 0.5%. No other state limits or controls will be required.
The entire permitting process could take from a couple of weeks to a couple of months for minor sources.
MAJOR NSR/PSD PERMITTING:
A potential to emit 250 tons per year of a criteria pollutant triggers PSD. In the nonattainment area a potential
to emit 50 tons per year of NOx or VOCs triggers NSR.
TREATMENT OF EMERGENCY ENGINES:
The unit's potential to emit is calculated based on 500 hours of operation per year. Most emergency engines
are exempted based on the potential to emit. There is no hourly operating limit, but units can only be used during
blackouts and for maintenance.
There is no state-mandated building code for any building or occupancy classification in the state of Hawaii. It
is up to local jurisdictions to adopt and enforce building codes.
International Code Council State Adoption Information Page
Provides an easy to use US map to locate state and local adoption of the International Code Council's model codes.
US DOE's Office of Building Technology, State and Community Programs, Building Codes Database
The US DOE's database provides a comprehensive look at a state's building code implementation and enforcement
process.
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