STAND. COM. REP. NO. 175

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 750

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Energy and Environment, to which was referred S.B. No. 750 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST ANAERGIA INCORPORATED,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Anaergia Incorporated with the development of facilities for renewable nonfossil fuel energy production in Maui.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Ulupono Initiative; Anaergia Services, LLC; and eleven individuals.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from Zero Waste Kauai and one individual.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance and one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that Anaergia Incorporated, a global leader in renewable energy and waste-to-energy conversion, proposes to build, own, and operate a project located in central Maui that is designed to process up to seven hundred tons per day of municipal solid waste, green waste, and sewage sludge.  The development of renewable, efficient, and secure energy systems in the State, which is geographically isolated from sources of oil, continues to be in the public interest.  Implementation of this measure will create new jobs and reduce waste and transportation costs while furthering the State's renewable energy goals.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy and Environment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 750 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy and Environment,

 

 

 

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MIKE GABBARD, Chair