{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://case.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4679", "Case Proposes Measure To Advance Energy Resiliency For Remote Island, Native Hawaiian and Tribal Communities", "2025-06-19", "2025", "2025-06", "Democrat", "House", "HI", "Ed Case", "C001055", "case.house.gov", "case", "https://case.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27&Page=5", "scraper", "(Washington, DC) \u2013 U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today announced an effort to codify into law a federal program to expand energy resilience and reliability for some of the nation\u2019s most vulnerable regions \u2013 isolated island, Native Hawaiian and Tribal communities \u2013 which often face common and unique energy obstacles including limited energy infrastructure, high costs of imported energy and vulnerability to natural disasters.\n\n\u201cIn Hawai\u2018i, which ranks as the state with the most expensive power in the nation, residential electricity rates average 34 cents per kilowatt, far exceeding the national average by threefold,\u201d said Case. \u201cMy bill will ensure continued federal support for Hawaii\u2019s effort to transition to clean, affordable energy sources in ways that address our unique challenges.\u201d\n\nThese unique energy resilience challenges in Hawai\u2018i, along with remote and Tribal areas, are the focus of the U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s Energy Transitions Initiative Project program. Since its inception, this program has partnered with over 25 Tribal, coastal, remote and island communities across the nation to help them secure reliable and affordable energy. Congressman Case has long supported this program through his assignment on the House Appropriations Committee.\n\n\u201cAlthough the Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project program has helped Hawai\u2018i and many other communities many across our great nation, it has never been formally codified,\u201d said Case. \u201cMy bill, the Energy Transitions Initiative Authorization Act, will ensure this program can continue the technical assistance offered to remote, island and Tribal communities that is unique and accommodating to their expertise and deep knowledge of local challenges and solutions.\u201d\n\nThe Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project program provides customized technical and financial assistance to community projects aimed at accessing reliable and affordable power and increasing energy resilience. Specific community projects include solar power interconnection, analyzing wind energy potential, conducting wildfire preparedness, advancing weatherization retrofits and implementing microgrids and battery storage projects.\n\nIn Hawai\u2018i, the Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project program has provided technical assistance to the City and County of Honolulu to conduct microgrid location analyses for regional hybrid microgrids and map designs.\n\nBecause Hawai\u2018i is prone to severe weather conditions that have previously caused long-duration power outages, Hawai\u2018i has identified hybrid microgrids as one method to improve resilience. Microgrids are best suited to areas prone to prolonged outages during weather events, with clusters of customers and potential availability of renewable energy sources.\n\nThe product of this partnership was a map identifying potential locations given a set of criteria that stakeholders prioritized in the areas of criticality, vulnerability and societal impact.\n\n###\n\nAttachments:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T01:08:28Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://case.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4679"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9701349772512913, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}