Hawaii-2015-HB1088-Introduced

SECTION 1. According to the State of Hawaii Facilities on Oahu Energy Benchmarking Study submitted to the department of business, economic development, and tourism on July 15, 2005, the State spent $71,372,318 for 557,654,688 kilowatt-hours in 2004 for electricity for state facilities on Oahu, which constitute approximately 80 per cent of all state facilities in Hawaii. By reducing or eliminating these energy costs, the State can save billions of dollars in coming decades. On average, capital investments in infrastructure have a lifespan of about twenty years.

The legislature finds that the goal of all state facilities' achieving net-zero-energy consumption is attainable if the State embarks on such a process as soon as possible and if the State invests in more energy-efficient infrastructure when buildings are renovated or replaced. The legislature acknowledges that energy technology can develop very quickly and the energy landscape can change so rapidly that planning too far ahead into the future may not be effective.

The purpose of this Act is to achieve net-zero-energy consumption for all public infrastructure owned by the State by 2040 by:

(1) Establishing a working group to develop a short-term, five-year plan for this purpose; and

(2) Requiring the department of business, economic development, and tourism to perform a benchmarking study on the energy use of all state facilities as of July 1, 2015.

SECTION 2. (a) The department of business, economic development, and tourism shall convene a working group to develop a short-term, five-year plan upon which the State can build to achieve its goal of net-zero-energy consumption for all public infrastructure owned by the State by 2040.

(b) The working group shall be chaired by the energy administrator of the state energy office and shall consist of the following members:

(1) A representative of the office of the governor;

(2) A representative of the office of the lieutenant governor;

(3) The director of human resources development, or the director's designee;

(4) The comptroller, or the comptroller's designee;

(5) The attorney general, or the attorney general's designee;

(6) The director of finance, or the director's designee;

(7) The director of commerce and consumer affairs, or the director's designee;

(8) The director of taxation, or the director's designee;

(9) The chairperson of the University of Hawaii board of regents, or the chairperson's designee;

(10) The chairperson of the board of education, or the chairperson's designee;

(11) The director of health, or the director's designee;

(12) The director of human services, or the director's designee;

(13) The director of public safety, or the director's designee;

(14) The chairperson of the board of land and natural resources, or the chairperson's designee;

(15) The chairperson of the board of agriculture, or the chairperson's designee;

(16) The chairperson of the Hawaiian homes commission, or the chairperson's designee;

(17) The director of business, economic development, and tourism, or the director's designee; provided that the designee shall not be the energy administrator of the state energy office;

(18) The director of transportation, or the director's designee;

(19) The director of labor and industrial relations, or the director's designee;

(20) The adjutant general, or the adjutant general's designee;

(21) Two members of the house of representatives, to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;

(22) Two members of the senate, to be appointed by the president of the senate; and

(23) Relevant stakeholders from the private sector, including nonprofit organizations, as determined by the energy administrator of the state energy office.

(c) No member of the working group shall be made subject to chapter 84, Hawaii Revised Statutes, solely because of that member's participation as a member of the working group.

(d) The working group shall submit its plan and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature by November 30, 2015. The plan and recommendations shall be prepared by the department of business, economic development, and tourism.

(e) The working group shall cease to exist on June 30, 2016.

SECTION 3. The department of business, economic development, and tourism shall:

(1) Perform a benchmarking study on the energy use of all state facilities as of July 1, 2015; and

(2) Submit the benchmarking study to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2016.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1088
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015
STATE OF HAWAII