Hawaii lawmakers push renewable energy storage incentives

on May 3, 2016

WRAL

HONOLULU — Hawaii has the highest rate of residents using solar panels in the nation, and lawmakers want to extend the state’s leadership role by offering incentives or rebates to those who buy batteries to store their renewable energy.

It’s an issue that’s important to residents of the island state, which has the highest electricity costs in the nation. The state’s largest utility proposed charging different rates for customers at peak times, such as night, when electricity costs are highest.

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