1. Distribution System Planning in Hawaii
David C. Parsons
Hawaii Public Utilities Commission
March 17, 2016
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2. Hawaii’s Electric Systems
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Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative
System Peak: 78 MW
52.6 MW PV / 7 MW Biomass / 9 MW Hydro
(+6.6 MW PV Under Review)
Installed PV: 67% of System Peak
Maui Electric
Maui System Peak: 202 MW
74 MW PV / 72 MW Wind
(+40 MW PV Approved or Under Review)
Installed PV & Wind: 72% of Sys. Peak
Lana’i System Peak: 5.1 MW
1.33 MW PV (27% of Sys. Peak)
Moloka’i System Peak: 5.6 MW
2 MW PV (36% of Sys. Peak)
Kauaʻi
Oʻahu
Hawaiian Electric
System Peak: 1,206 MW
329 MW PV / 99 MW Wind 69 MW WTE
( MW PV & Wind Approved to Install / MW PV Under Review)
Installed PV & Wind: 35% of System Peak
Molokaʻi
Maui
Hawaiʻi
Lanaʻi
Hawaiʻi Electric Light
System Peak: 192 MW
75 MW PV / 30 MW Wind /
38 MW Geothermal / 16 MW Hydro
(+31 MW PV Approved or Under Review)
Installed PV & Wind: 55% of System Peak
Credit: Hawaii Natural Energy Institute
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3. Major Policy Dockets Before the PUC
Long-term resource planning for a 100% Renewable Portfolio Standard by 2045
Designed to inform near term capital investment plans, integration of DER, competitive bidding for new generation, and retirement of aging power plants
Power Supply Improvement Plans (PSIP)
Identifying technical requirements for safely interconnecting DER, including energy storage, to each island grid
Stakeholders are developing new tariff options for customers to deliver energy and other services to the grid, alongside traditional methods like Time of Use rates
Distributed Energy Resources (DER)
Developing market-based procurement of demand-side resources, including aggregated loads, distributed generation, and storage
Will enable customer loads to provide ancillary services to meet system security requirements
Demand Response (DR)
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4. Hosting Capacity Analysis
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5. Please contact me with any questions at: david.c.parsons@hawaii.gov
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