STAND. COM. REP. NO.1215-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.B. No. 2615

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2615, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENERGY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to implement the recommendations of the Energy Efficiency Policy Task Force regarding the most cost-effective means of supporting increased energy efficiency and sustainability in Hawaii.

Testimony in support of this bill was received from the Hawaii Solar Energy Association, Hawaii Renewable Energy Alliance, Hawaiian Electric Company, Hawaii Electric Light Company, Maui Electric Company, Building Industry Association of Hawaii, Inter-Island Solar Supply, R&R Solar Supply, and PowerLight Corporation. The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism supported the intent of the bill.

The Department of Taxation and Department of Budget and Finance opposed this measure. The Public Utilities Commission, Tax Foundation of Hawaii, The Gas Company, and Energy Efficiency Policy Task Force commented on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by replacing its contents with the substance of a similar measure, H.B. No. 2836 H.D. 2. Other technical, nonsubstantive amendments were made for purposes of style and clarity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2615, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2615, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair