STAND. COM. REP. NO. 961
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2015
RE: S.B. No. 488
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2015
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 488, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENERGY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to encourage energy conservation and efficiency by:
(1) Requiring separate electricity utility metering of both residential and nonresidential units in all mixed-use condominium projects; and
(2) Authorizing the board of directors of condominium projects to install separate meters to determine the use by each unit of other utilities, including water, gas, fuel, oil, sewerage, and drainage.
Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2015.
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 S.B. No. 488, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 488, S.D. 2, 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,
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____________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair |
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