Establishes a working group to study the impacts of large data centers on Hawaii's electric utilities, ratepayers, natural resources, and climate.
The bill requests the Hawaii State Energy Office to convene a working group to study the potential impacts of large data centers on Hawaii's electric utilities, ratepayers, natural resources, and climate goals. The working group will examine mechanisms to ensure data center developers bear the full cost of new infrastructure, measures to protect ratepayers from increased electricity costs, transparency and reporting requirements, renewable energy use, water usage, greenhouse gas emissions, and grid reliability.
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