STAND. COM. REP. 781

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 473

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 473, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to make the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) more accessible to the public by requiring PUC to maintain a web site that includes:

(1) All decisions and orders issued by PUC;

(2) A list of all open dockets; and

(3) A list of all upcoming PUC meetings.

In addition, this bill requires persons with applications before the PUC to submit the application:

(1) Via electronic mail;

(2) On a compact disc with a copy of the application in portable document format (PDF); or

(3) In any other electronic format prescribed by the PUC.

The County of Kauai, Hawaii Renewable Energy Alliance, Na leo Pohai, Verizon Hawaii, Life of the Land, and a concerned citizen supported this measure. A concerned citizen supported the intent of this bill. PUC, Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., Hawaii Electric Light Company, Inc., and Maui Electric Company, Ltd., offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by excluding supporting documents from the requirement to submit the application via electronic mail, on a compact disc with a copy of the application in portable document format (PDF), or in any other electronic format prescribed by the PUC.

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 H.B. No. 473, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 473, H.D. 2.

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

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair