STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1108

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 28

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 28, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE ON THE PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE RELIABILITY STANDARDS WORKING GROUP,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Public Utilities Commission to report to the Legislature on the progress in implementing the recommendations of the Reliability Standards Working Group.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Public Utilities Commission.

 

     Your Committee finds that significant resources have been invested by the Public Utilities Commission, the Consumer Advocate, the State's electric utility companies, and other interested stakeholders to produce recommendations via the Reliability Standards Working Group to increase the penetration of variable generation on the electric grid while maintaining reliability.

 

     Your Committee further finds that the Reliability Standards Working Group, through the Public Utilities Commission's docket process, has recently completed its work and has produced a number of work products, including recommendations on how to increase distributed generation integration and maintain system reliability.  The Public Utilities Commission plans to review and implement the appropriate portions of the Reliability Standards Working Group's work product and recommendations in various Commission proceedings.  This measure therefore requests the Public Utilities Commission to report to the Legislature on the progress in implementing these recommendations.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 28, S.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

 

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

 

 

 

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair