Hawaii’s Energy Resources Code 196-7 Pathway: Electricity Decarbonization → Distributed Renewable Energy → Barring Homeowners Associations from Restricting Solar EnergyJurisdiction: States and State Governments → State Legislatures Hawaii’s Energy Resources Code 196-7 prohibits all covenants, conditions or restrictions from preventing a homeowner from installing solar energy, and moreover requires all homeowners associations provide rules for the placement of solar.