Specifications include, but are not limited to: The initial deliverable is a PCAP, a narrative report due on March 1, 2024, that includes a focused list of near-term, high-priority, implementation-ready measures to reduce GHG pollution and an analysis of GHG emissions reductions that would be achieved through implementation. This plan will comprehensively address all sources of GHG emissions and sinks in the state, including county sources and sinks. In conjunction with the PCAP the Hawaiʻi State Energy Office is developing a Statewide Decarbonization Strategy in Accordance with Act 238 Session Laws of Hawai‘i 2022 due in December 2023. The strategy examines all sectors to develop a set of economy-wide recommendations which, if implemented collectively, will allow for Hawai‘i to reach its clean economy target pursuant of HRS 225P-5. In addition, the State PCAP will be inclusive of actions and activities in the Counties of Maui, Kauaʻi, and Hawaiʻi. The City and County of Honolulu is developing a City PCAP under its own EPA award also due March 1, 2024.
