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DER parties warn HR1’s ‘OBBB’ will raise costs; propose quick-connect, tariff fixes and other short-term actions
Summary
Representatives of Hawaii’s solar and DER industry told the Public Utilities Commission that federal changes in HR1, called “OBBB” in the conference, are increasing costs and supply-chain uncertainty and proposed five immediate actions to mitigate impacts for Hawaii customers.
Representatives of Hawaii’s distributed energy resource (DER) parties told the Public Utilities Commission that federal changes in HR1 — described in the conference as the “1 Big Beautiful Bill” or OBBB — are already increasing uncertainty and costs for solar and battery installations and could slow projects statewide.
“HR 1 is gonna have a very big impact on the industry here in Hawaii and also nationally,” Rocky Mould, executive director of the Hawaii Solar Energy Association, said. He told the PUC the wind-down of investment and production tax credits, foreign-entity restrictions and domestic-content requirements will raise equipment and installation costs and create supply-chain uncertainty.
DER parties proposed five immediate actions they asked…
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