STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1697

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 22
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which
was referred H.C.R. No. 22, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES
     COMMISSION TO SUBMIT A STATUS REPORT ON DOCKET NO. 96-0493,
     INSTITUTING A PROCEEDING ON ELECTRIC COMPETITION, INCLUDING
     AN INVESTIGATION OF THE ELECTRIC UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE IN
     THE STATE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request that
the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) keep the legislature
apprised of the status of its proceeding on competition in the
provision of electricity by submitting a status report prior to
the 2000 Regular Session that is to include any timetable for
completion and determinations made.

     Your Committee received testimony supporting this concurrent
resolution from the PUC, Consumer Advocate of the Department of
Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Department of Business, Economic
Development, and Tourism, and Kauai Electric.

     Your Committee has made technical, nonsubstantive amendments
to this measure for the purpose of style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that is attached to
this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose

 
 
 
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of H.C.R. No. 22, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its
adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 22, H.D. 2.

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



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                                   RON MENOR, Chair