THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2015

 

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair

Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

 

DATE:

Wednesday, March 04, 2015

TIME:

10:00am

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

The following measure(s) were previously heard by their respective subject matter committees:

 

SB 715, SD1

      (SSCR36)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO RENEWABLE STANDARDS.

Defines "large self-generator".  Increases renewable portfolio standards to seventy per cent by 12/31/2035 and one hundred per cent by 12/31/2040, unless the acquisition of renewable energy is not beneficial to Hawaii's economy.  Establishes renewable standards for new large self-generators.  Subjects new large self-generators to applicable renewable standards.  Clarifies and establishes events or circumstances that are outside of an electric company's or new large self-generator's reasonable control.  Establishes new large self-generator reporting requirements to the public utilities commission.  Requires the public utilities commission to report on cost-effectiveness of renewable portfolio standards to address the impact on renewable energy developer energy prices.  (SD1)

 

ENE, CPN

 

Decision making meeting only, no oral testimony will be accepted.

 

Persons wishing to submit written testimony may do so up to 24 hours prior to the hearing.

 

Click here to submit written testimony to the Senate Committee on Ways and Means.

 

FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808)586-6070.

 

 

 

 

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Senator Rosalyn H. Baker

Chair