Hawaii lawmakers agree on 100% renewables by 2045 mandate

Hawaii: Downtown Honolulu Aerial View / Photo credit: Cristo Vlahos, Wikimedia Commons

• A joint House-Senate committee in Hawaii agreed in a compromise on House Bill 623 to set 2045 as the target year for obtaining 100% of the state's electricity from renewables. The Senate had wanted 2050 and the House had wanted 2040.
• The bill will now return to the Senate and the House. If approved by both bodies, the bill will then be sent to the governor's office for his signature. 

A 100% renewables mandate would be the most ambitious by far in the U.S.

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