STAND. COM. REP. NO.  65-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2525

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 2525 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRICITY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Public Utilities Commission to:

 

     (1)  Develop, adopt, and enforce reliability standards for Hawaii's electric system;

 

     (2)  Oversee electric grid access; and

 

     (3)  Contract for the performance of related duties with a party to be designated as the Hawaii Electricity Reliability Administrator.

 

     The Governor; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Public Utilities Commission; the Hawaii Renewable Energy Alliance; Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter; and Blue Planet Foundation provided testimony in support of this measure.  Hawaiian Electric Company and its subsidiary utilities, Maui Electric Company and Hawaii Electric Light Company testified in support of the intent of this measure.  Life of the Land provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2525, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2525, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,

 

 

		____________________________ DENNY COFFMAN, Chair