Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 10, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

Testimony supporting the intent of this measure was submitted by the Division of Consumer Advocacy of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT), PUC, Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., and Covanta Energy Group.

Your Committee finds that there is a need to increase consumer awareness about the fuel sources of the electricity that Hawaii's utilities provide. This bill requires each retail electricity utility to annually disclose fuel mix information to its customers, beginning January 1, 2004. This bill also provides that the disclosure shall not result in increased costs to ratepayers.

Your Committee finds that electricity fuel mix information is already disclosed to DBEDT on a voluntary basis. Furthermore, your Committee believes that the intent of this bill may be accomplished without the PUC work group.

Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by deleting:

(1) All references to the PUC work group;

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 10, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 10, H.D. 2.