STAND. COM. REP. NO.  761

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 811

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Economic Development & Business and Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 811, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENERGY INFORMATION REPORTING,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Improve the ease and efficiency of the Energy Industry Information Reporting Act processes for reporting entities by combining all information and registration gathering functions with the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT); and

 

     (2)  Clarify the enforcement and investigatory powers of the Public Utilities Commission following the consolidation of information gathering and registration functions within DBEDT.

 

     DBEDT testified in support of this measure.  The Public Utilities Commission also testified in support of this measure and offered amendments.


     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to January 20, 2050, to            encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Economic Development & Business and Consumer Protection & Commerce that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 811, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 811, H.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Economic Development & Business and Consumer Protection & Commerce,

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair

 

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CLIFT TSUJI, Chair