SB 2345 SD 2 HD 1

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES

By Senator(s) FUKUNAGA / IHARA / CHUMBLEY / KANNO; Taniguchi

Keywords: ALTERNATE ENERGY, CIVIL REMEDIES AND PROCEEDINGS, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND FINANCE, ENERGY CONSERVATION, PUBLIC UTILITIES

Report Title: Renewables Portfolio Standards

Description: Requires qualified electric utility companies to implement renewables portfolio standards, which requires these utilities to possess a minimum percentage of renewable energy resources within their overall resource portfolio. Provides for the issuance of renewable energy credits to renewable energy generators. (SB2345 HD1)

 1-21-00        S Introduced and passed First Reading                      
 1-24-00        S Referred to 1. CPN 2. WAM                                
 2- 8-00        S Bill scheduled to be heard by CPN on 02-11-00 at
                  9:15 a.m. in conference room 016.
 2-11-00        S The committee on CPN recommends that the measure be         
                  PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
 2-11-00        S The votes in CPN were as follows: 6 Ayes: Senator(s)        
                  Kanno, Taniguchi, Ihara, Matsuura; Ayes with
                  reservations: Senator(s) Bunda, Slom; none Noes:
                  Senator(s) ; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Hanabusa,
                  Inouye
 2-17-00        S Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2197) with
                  recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as
                  amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM
 2-17-00        S Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended
                  (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
 2-26-00        S Bill scheduled for decision making by WAM on
                  02-28-00 at 6:00 p.m. in conference room 211.
 2-28-00        S The measure is deferred until 03-01-00 at 6:00 p.m.         
                  in conference room 211.
 3- 2-00        S The committee on WAM recommends that the measure be         
                  PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
 3- 2-00        S The votes in WAM were as follows: 6 Ayes: Senator(s)        
                  Fukunaga, Levin, Chun Oakland, Nakata, Taniguchi;
                  Ayes with reservations: Senator(s) D. Ige; 5 Noes:
                  Senator(s) Buen, M. Ige, Iwase, Kawamoto, Tam; and 2        
                  Excused: Senator(s) Chun, Anderson
 3- 3-00        S Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2723) with
                  recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as
                  amended (SD 2)
 3- 3-00        S 48 hours notice 03-07-00                                 
 3- 7-00        S Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD        
                  2). Ayes, 16.  Noes, 9 (Anderson, Buen, Bunda, M.
                  Ige, Iwase, Sakamoto, Slom, Tam, Tanaka).  Excused,         
                  none ().
 3- 7-00        S Transmitted to House                                     
 3- 7-00        H Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 137)                 
 3- 9-00        H Introduced and passed First Reading                      
 3- 9-00        H Referred to the committees on 1. EEP 2. CPC 3. FIN ,        
                  referral sheet 29
 3-14-00        H Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday,
                  03-16-00 at 8:00 A.M. in House conference room 325.
 3-15-00        H Bill re-scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday,
                  03/16/00 at 8:30 A.M. in House conference room
                  312.
 3-16-00        H The committee on EEP recommends that the measure be         
                  PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
 3-16-00        H The votes in EEP were as follows:5 Ayes: Rep.(s)
                  Morita, Garcia, Schatz, Takumi, Thielen; Ayes with
                  reservations: Rep.(s) ; 1 Noes: Rep.(s) Meyer; and 2        
                  Excused: Rep.(s) Cachola, Kanoho
 3-20-00        H Reported from the committee on EEP (Stand. Com. Rep.        
                  No. 907-00) as amended in (HD 1), recommending
                  passage on Second Reading and referral to the
                  committee on CPC
 3-20-00        H Passed Second Reading as amended in (HD 1) and
                  referred to the committee on CPC
 3-20-00        H The vote was as follows:  43 aye(s) to 1 no(es),
                  with Representative(s) Kanoho voting no and
                  Representative(s) Ahu Isa, Herkes, Okamura, Oshiro,         
                  M., Saiki, Takamine, Yoshinaga excused