STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1644-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1043

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1043, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRICITY PRODUCERS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish the Legislative Utility Review Task Force, consisting of various legislators to review electric utility franchises held by investor-owned public utilities and ensure their provision of adequate services.

 

     Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc.; Maui Electric Company; and Hawaii Electric Light Company testified in opposition to this measure.  The Public Utilities Commission provided comments.

 

     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. 1043, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair