STAND. COM. REP. NO.  555-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2249

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 2249, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRIC GRID RESILIENCY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to create a $30,000,000 revolving line of credit sub-fund under the umbrella of the Green Energy Market Securitization Loan Fund for any state agency or department to finance energy efficiency measures.  This measure establishes the Grid Resiliency Rebate Program and a Grid Resiliency Task Force to prepare the State's electrical grid for natural disasters and other emergencies.

 

     The Alliance for Solar Choice, Hawaii Solar Energy Association, Inc., Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Sierra Club of Hawaii, Sierra Student Coalition at the University of Hawaii, Ulupono Initiative, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., Maui Electric Company, Ltd., Hawaiian Electric Light Company, Inc., and an individual testified in opposition to this measure.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, Public Utilities Commission, Distributed Energy Resources Council of Hawaii, Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority, Life of the Land, and Tesla, Inc. provided comments on this measure.

 

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2249, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2249, H.D. 2.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

 

 

 

 

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair