STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2871

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 1893
                                        H.D. 1
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor and Environment, to which was
referred H.B. No. 1893, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENERGY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to highlight the importance
of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the State by amending the
State's energy facility system planning objectives and State
policies to reflect this goal.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, the
Hawaii Renewable Energy Alliance, and the Sierra Club.  Comments
on this measure were received from the Environmental Center of
the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Hawaiian Electric Company.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Replacing "minimization" of greenhouse gas emissions
          with the "reduction, avoidance, or sequestration" of
          those gases; and

     (2)  Adding "avoid or sequester" in the new provisions added
          regarding support actions that reduce green house
          gases.


 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Labor and Environment that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 1893, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B.
No. 1893, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third
Reading.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Labor and
                                   Environment,



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                                   BOB NAKATA, Chair

 
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