§196-42 - State support for achieving alternate fuels standards. - Hawaii Statutes

     [§196-42]  State support for achieving alternate fuels standards.  The State shall facilitate the development of alternate fuels and support the attainment of a statewide alternate fuel standard of ten per cent of highway fuel demand to be provided by alternate fuels by 2010, fifteen per cent by 2015, and twenty per cent by 2020.  For purposes of the alternate fuels standard, ethanol produced from cellulosic materials shall be considered the equivalent of 2.5 gallons of noncellulosic ethanol.  "Alternate fuels" shall have the same meaning as contained in 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 490; provided that it shall also include liquid or gaseous fuels produced from renewable feedstocks such as organic wastes, or from water using electricity from renewable energy sources. [L 2006, c 240, §5]