Hawaii Takes Historic First Step Toward Creating 'Utility of the Future' Now

Renewable Energy World: In what could be the beginning of the new way forward to utilities, on Tuesday, Hawaiian Gov. David Ige signed the Ratepayer Protection Act, a new law that directs utilities in Hawaii to change their business models and fully decouple revenue and capital expenditures.

“This is the first jurisdiction that is doing this. It's a concept that's been discussed at some length among scholars and experts in the field but no one has actually implemented this so this was definitely a moonshot bill,” said State Sen. Stanley Chang in an interview.

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