Hawaii Senate Bill 701: Relating To Renewable Energy.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session

What it does

Requires government entities in the State that issue building permits to implement SolarAPP+ or a functionally equivalent online automated permitting platform that verifies code compliance and issues permits to licensed contractors for solar distributed energy resource systems in real-time by 1/1/2026. Requires government entities in the State that issue building permits in areas served by an investor-owned electric utility to adopt a self-certification process for solar distributed energy resource systems that are not SolarAPP+ compatible.

Latest action

Carried over to 2026 Regular Session. (2025-12-08)

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