STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1133

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   S.B. No. 101

 

 

 

 

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 S.B. No. 101 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENERGY CONSERVATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to eliminate the requirement that agencies performing energy efficiency retrofitting receive an increase to their pre-retrofitting energy budget proportionate to any increase in their overall budget for the duration of the performance contract or project payment term.

 

     The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Department of Budget and Finance, Department of Accounting and General Services, and an individual provided testimony in support of this measure.

 

     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 S.B. No. 101 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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CHRIS LEE, Chair