THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2010

 

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

Senator Mike Gabbard, Chair

Senator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Thursday, January 28, 2010

TIME:

3:00 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 225

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 2332

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Directs the public utilities commission to enact an on-bill financing program whereby residential electric utility customers may finance purchases of energy efficient or renewable energy devices and systems through their regular electric utility bills.

 

ENE, CPN

SB 2357

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Establishes renewable portfolio standards for natural gas utility companies with oversight by Public Utilities Commission.  Defines "natural gas" and "natural gas utility company".  Requires DLNR to work with natural gas utility companies on planning and permitting processes to expedite renewable energy resource development.

 

ENE, CPN

SB 2331

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Requires that by 2015 a minimum of two per cent of each utility's renewable portfolio standard be from biofuel or from agricultural producers.

 

ENE, CPN

SB 2232

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO RENEWABLE FUELS.

Expands the existing ethanol facility tax credit to include other liquid biofuels.

 

ENE, WAM

SB 2294

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Amends section 235-12.5, HRS, to expand the credit for renewable energy projects installed on commercial properties, reduces the credit reduction for taxpayers seeking a refundable credit, allows the tax credit to be transferred between taxpayers, and amends chapter 431, HRS, to expressly allow insurance companies to be eligible to claim a renewable energy technologies income tax credit.

 

ENE, WAM

SB 2234

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS.

Exempts renewable energy systems from the general excise tax from January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2015.

 

ENE, WAM

SB 2233

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO ENERGY.

Ensures that agencies that enter into energy performance contracts shall continue to receive budget appropriations for energy expenditures in an amount that shall not fall below the pre-performance contract budget.

 

ENE, WAM

SB 2147

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO THE USE OF AIR CONDITIONERS.

Prohibits in a commercial building or structure keeping any exterior door from being open while an air conditioner or central cooling system is in use.

 

ENE, CPN

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

FOR AMENDED HEARING NOTICES:  If the notice is an amended notice, measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If there is a measure that is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

Persons wishing to testify should submit testimony in one of the following ways by 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing:

 

·         By Email:  Testimony may be emailed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Committee at [email protected] .  Please indicate the measure, date and time of the hearing. Email sent to individual offices or any other Senate office will not be accepted.

 

·         By Web: Testimony may be submitted online if less than 4MB in size, at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/emailtestimony.

 

·         In person:  1 copy of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 201, State Capitol.

 

·         By fax:  Testimony may be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.  When faxing, please indicate to which committee the testimony is being submitted and the date and time of the hearing.

 

Please note:  If you submit your written testimony after 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing, please sign-in at the staff table to testify orally.  A copy of your testimony may not be available during the hearing but will be posted online for the public after the hearing. 

 

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

 

Please note:  All testimony received by the Hawaii Senate will be posted on the Hawaii Legislature's Website.  Documents made available through the Testimony hyperlink(s) above may not be posted until the start of the hearing.

 

Public Folder.  A folder labeled “Public Folder” containing the testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6830.

 

 

 

 

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Senator Mike Gabbard

Chair