STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1259-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 178
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Energy and Environmental Protection and
Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which was referred H.C.R.
No. 178 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUIRING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES
     COMMISSION TO RESOLVE AVOIDED COST ISSUES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to support the
use of renewable energy in the state by requesting the Public
Utilities Commission (PUC) to:

     (1)  Resolve avoided cost issues by completing:

          (a)  Docket No. 7310, short-run avoided energy costs
               for as-available resources; and

          (b)  Docket No. 94-0079, long-run avoided cost for firm
               capacity resources;

          and  

     (2)  Issue a decision and order.
 
     The Hawaii Renewable Energy Alliance, Life of the Land,
Malama o Manoa, and Waimana Enterprises testified in support of
this concurrent resolution.  PUC and the Division of Consumer
Advocacy supported the intent of this measure.  Hawaiian Electric

 
 
 
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Company and its subsidiary utilities, Maui Electric Company and
Hawaii Electric Light Company, offered comments.

     Your Committees have amended this concurrent resolution by:

     (1)  Deleting references to Docket No. 94-0079, which has
          been resolved and closed; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the
          purposes of clarity and to correct drafting errors.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Energy and Environmental Protection and Consumer
Protection and Commerce that are attached to this report, your
Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 178,
as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the
Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No.
178, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Energy and
                                   Environmental Protection and
                                   Consumer Protection and
                                   Commerce,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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RON MENOR, Chair                   HERMINA M. MORITA, Chair