Bill Text: HI HB2498 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Energy Resources.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-06-24 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [HB2498 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-HB2498-Introduced.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to energy resources.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 36-41, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) All agencies shall
evaluate and identify for implementation energy efficiency retrofitting through
performance contracting. Agencies that
perform energy efficiency retrofitting may continue to receive budget
appropriations for energy expenditures at an amount that [shall not fall
below the pre-retrofitting energy budget but shall rise in proportion to any
increase in the agency's overall budget for the duration of the performance
contract or project payment term.] is deemed appropriate by the legislature."
SECTION 2. Section 196-21, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) Agencies that perform energy efficiency and
renewable energy system retrofitting may continue to receive budget
appropriations for energy expenditures at an amount that [will not fall
below the pre-retrofitting energy budget but will rise in proportion to any
increase in the agency's overall budget for the duration of the performance
contract or project payment term. A
portion of the moneys saved through efficiency and renewable energy system
retrofitting shall be set aside to pay for any costs directly associated with
administering energy efficiency and renewable energy system retrofitting
programs incurred by the agency.] is deemed appropriate by the legislature."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Energy Retrofitting; Cost Savings; Appropriations
Description:
Repeals authorization for agencies that perform energy efficiency retrofitting to receive budget appropriations for energy expenditures at an amount that does not fall below the pre-retrofitting energy budget or to set aside a portion of the moneys saved through efficiency and renewable energy system retrofitting to pay for any costs directly associated with administering energy efficiency and renewable energy system retrofitting programs.
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