Hawaii’s Coal Ban (2020)

Senate Bill 2629 (2020) bans coal burning in Hawaii by 2022, which coincides with the date AES Hawaii is expected to shutter Hawaii’s last coal-burning plant. Hawaii’s only coal-burning power station is on O’ahu and accounted for 13% of the state’s electricity generation in 2018.

Along with barring utilities from adding new coal-fired electricity generation, S.B. 2629 bans them from extending existing purchase agreements with coal-burning facilities past 2022.