Last Updated June 25, 2020
Program Overview
Category:
Financial Incentive
State:
Hawaii
Incentive Type:
Property Tax Incentive
Administrator:
City and County of Honolulu, Real Property Tax Assessment Division
Start Date:
10/01/2009
Expiration Date:
N/A
Applicable Sectors:
N/A
Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies:
N/A
Summary
In September 2009, the Honolulu City Council unanimously passed Bill 58 to create a real property tax exemption for alternative energy improvements. This bill became effective October 1, 2009. The alternative energy property installed on a building, property, or land is exempt from property taxes for 25 years. For the purposes of this property tax exemption, alternative energy sources include solar, wind, hydropower, tidal, wave, solid waste and increased efficiency in fossil-fuel burning facilities. Energy sources based on fossil fuels, nuclear fuels or geothermal energy are not eligible for this exemption.