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PUC opens stakeholder docket on intergovernmental electricity “wheeling”; Hawaiian Electric outlines technical and economic considerations
Summary
The Public Utilities Commission convened stakeholders to begin docket 2024-0200 on intergovernmental electricity wheeling, hearing a Hawaiian Electric presentation on safety, reliability, co‑benefits and costs, receiving 11 questionnaire responses, and scheduling monthly follow-ups to define terms and assess feasibility.
Anant Subtani, a Public Utilities Commission staff member, opened a hybrid stakeholder meeting on the commission’s investigatory docket 2024-0200, saying the PUC would examine whether intergovernmental electricity "wheeling" is in the public interest and would proceed through outreach, discovery and a decision phase.
Hawaiian Electric presenters, led by Peter Young, director of pricing in the company’s regulatory group, told attendees that wheeling could allow government customers to use remote government‑owned land to develop renewables and could offer customer choice and potential cost reductions. “Wheeling should increase renewable energy for the benefit of the entire community,” Young said, while cautioning that safety and reliable grid operation must not be compromised.
Stakeholders and commissioners pressed for more details on interconnection, cost allocation…
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