STAND. COM. REP. NO.  240

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 810

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 810 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRIC SYSTEMS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to direct the Public Utilities Commission to consider in its deliberations the value of employing advanced grid modernization technology to improve and enhance the State's electrical systems and infrastructure.  This measure, among other things, defines "advanced grid modernization technology" to encompass a host of current and developing technologies and methods to ensure Hawaii's grids continue to respond to evolving needs.

 

     The Public Utilities Commission; Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Division of Consumer Advocacy; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Hawaiian Electric Company; Hawaii Electric Light Company; Maui Electric Company; Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter; Hawaii Solar Energy Association; and Blue Planet Foundation provided testimony in support of this measure.  Life of the Land opposed this measure.  A concerned individual provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 810, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 810, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,

 

 

 

 

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CHRIS LEE, Chair