STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3161

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 172
                                        




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development, to which was
referred S.C.R. No. 172 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR OF THE
     STATE OF HAWAII TO ISSUE AN ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE IN
     ACCORDANCE TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATE'S EXECUTIVE
     ORDER 13123, GREENING THE GOVERNMENT THROUGH EFFICIENT
     ENERGY MANAGEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Governor of
the State of Hawaii to issue an administrative directive in
accordance to the President of the United State's Executive Order
13123, Greening the Government Through Efficient Energy
Management.

     Testimony in favor of this measure was submitted by Hawaiian
Electric Company.

     Your Committee finds that energy providers in Hawaii have
been successfully working with federal agencies to help them meet
the energy efficiency objectives of this Executive Order.  Your
Committee supports this cooperative effort as a means of
providing a positive mechanism to set objectives and track
progress of energy conservation measures.

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

 
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S.C.R. No. 172, and recommends that it be referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Economic
                                   Development,



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                                   LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

 
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