STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1455

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1065

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 1065, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY OF HAWAII AUTHORITY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to exempt the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA) from regulation by the Public Utilities Commission for the sale or provision of renewable energy to users located on adjacent property leased from the State, except where connection to the electrical grid is necessary to transmit electricity to the user.

 

     The Consumer Advocate supported the intent of this bill.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure will facilitate and promote the use of renewable energy while ensuring that NELHA remains subject to safety and performance standards that apply to transmissions of energy through the electrical grid.

 

     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 S.B. No. 1065, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair