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Developers press HECO on interconnection, sizing, financing and community donations
Summary
Developers and commission staff used the technical conference Q&A to press Hawaiian Electric on interconnection bay capacity, whether projects can exceed RFP targets at specific substations, PV+storage sizing rules, community‑benefit donation math and fuel cost pass‑through for combustion/biofuel projects.
A technical session of the Public Utilities Commission docket provided detailed back‑and‑forth between developers, commission staff and Hawaiian Electric technical leads about practical implementation of the IGP RFP.
On interconnection, Hawaiian Electric explained that a transmission substation is partitioned into bays; once a project occupies a bay, the bay is effectively reserved even if installed equipment does not use the bay’s maximum rated capacity. Staff said the downstream transmission system is not automatically reserved at the bay’s maximum rate — actual limits depend on installed breakers and line sizing — and…
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