STAND. COM. REP. NO.369

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 1554

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 1554 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HYDROGEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to support and promote the use of hydrogen fuels by:

(1) Establishing a hydrogen fuel private/public partnership to implement the recommendations of Hawaii Natural Energy Institute's 2001 study;

(2) Having a stakeholder workshop sponsored by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT), with the assistance of the partnership; and

(3) Appropriating an unspecified amount for hydrogen research and development to be matched by federal and private funds.

 

DBEDT, Department of Research and Development of the County of Hawaii, Hawaiian Electric Company and its subsidiaries, Maui Electric Company and Hawaii Electric Light Company, The Hydrogen Renewable Energy Enterprises, LLC, Hawaii Renewable Energy Alliance, Ka Makani O Kohala Ohana, Inc., PowerLight Corporation, and several individuals testified in support of the bill.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Reallocating among the islands the comprehensive evaluation, market study, and engineering assessment to be conducted by DBEDT to maximize the results thereof; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, style, and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1554, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1554, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection,

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HERMINA M. MORITA, Chair