Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Energy and Environmental Protection and Water and Land Use, to which was referred H.B. No. 1460 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

Hawaii's Thousand Friends and numerous individuals submitted written testimony supporting the bill.

The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs supported the intent of this bill.

Verizon Hawaii submitted written testimony requesting to be a member of the advisory committee.

The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) and Hawaiian Electric Company and its subsidiaries, Hawaii Electric Light Company and Maui Electric Company, submitted testimony in opposition to the bill.

The gravity of the situation demands that citizens are afforded the opportunity to participate in the resolution of this much debated issue, and, therefore, your Committees have passed this measure out to the next committee for further input.

In considering the impact of the moratorium on PUC to perform its regulatory functions and the utility's obligation to provide electricity to its customers, and the effectiveness of the comprehensive statewide plan, your Committees have amended the measure by:

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy and Environmental Protection and Water and Land Use that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1460, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1460, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.