THE SENATE	S.R. NO.	128
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE RESOLUTION

 

 

encouraging the agribusiness development corporation to develop a plan to acquire the dam and spillway of lake wilson for pumped-storage HYDROELECTRICITY.

 

 

     WHEREAS, the Wahiawa Dam and Reservoir, now known as Lake Wilson, was built by the Waialua Agricultural Company in 1903; and

 

     WHEREAS, the dam has created a seven-mile-long reservoir that takes advantage of the natural stream beds and canyons located in the Kaukonahua Gulch; and

 

     WHEREAS, Lake Wilson has a current capacity of 2.5 billion gallons; and

 

     WHEREAS, pumped-storage hydroelectricity is a type of hydroelectric energy storage used by electric power systems for load balancing; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Agribusiness Development Corporation is a state agency established in 1994 and controls and manages various large tracts of agricultural land and water projects in the State of Hawaii; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Agribusiness Development Corporation is currently working with Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative to complete a pumped hydroenergy storage project in Kekaha; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Lake Wilson dam also has the potential to mass produce hydroelectric energy; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-eighth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2015, that the Agribusiness Development Corporation is encouraged to develop a plan to acquire the dam and spillway of Lake Wilson and to develop a plan to install pumped-storage hydroelectricity; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the Executive Director of the Agribusiness Development Corporation.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

ADC; Lake Wilson Dam