Hawaii

HCR 206 (2026): working group to study large data center impacts

Reporting or resource-use requirement

Informational—not binding This record is informational and is not itself a binding requirement.

Scope

House Concurrent Resolution 206, HD1 (2026), adopted in final form by the Hawaii Legislature, requests the Hawaii State Energy Office to convene a working group to study the potential impacts of large data centers requiring five megawatts or more of instantaneous demand on Hawaii's electric utilities, ratepayers, natural resources and climate goals, requests it to examine safeguards and policy options (including cost responsibility of data center developers, ratepayer protection, transparency and reporting on electricity, water and emissions, renewable supply, cooling-water impacts and grid reliability), and requests a report to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the 2027 regular session. The working group ceases to exist on 30 June 2027. The resolution imposes no requirement on any data center.

Geographic scope
Hawaii
Jurisdiction
State
Authority type
Legislature
Issuing authority
Hawaii Legislature

Dates

Adopted
27 April 2026
Effective
Not a binding measure
Scheduled expiration
See completion condition
Ended
Not recorded as ended
Completion condition
The resolution states that the working group shall cease to exist on 30 June 2027; this is the working group's end, not an expiration of a binding rule.
Source document
The source page states no document date
Last checked
23 September 2026 (earlier than tracker date 5 October 2026; not an automatic status change)

Summary

On 27 April 2026 the Hawaii Legislature adopted House Concurrent Resolution 206, HD1, in final form. It requests the Hawaii State Energy Office to convene a working group to study the impacts of large data centers (five megawatts or more of instantaneous demand) on utilities, ratepayers, natural resources and climate goals, to consider safeguards such as developer cost responsibility and reporting, and to report before the 2027 regular session. It is a study request, not a binding rule on data centers.

What this does not establish

  • A concurrent resolution requesting a study; it does not enact a statute, tax measure, permit condition or tariff.
  • Whether the Hawaii State Energy Office has convened the working group or issued a report was not established.
  • Companion single-chamber resolutions SR 90 (Senate, adopted 9 April 2026) and HR 196 (House, adopted 9 April 2026) are separate records linked to this one; SCR 95 remained in House committee.

Unresolved questions

  • Whether the working group has been convened was not established.

Relationships

Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.

Sources

Primary source

https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HCR206_HD1_.HTM

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