STAND. COM. REP. 470
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: H.B. No. 475
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Consumer Protection and Commerce and Energy and Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 475 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to require the State Auditor to conduct a management audit of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) that includes the following topics:
(1) Appropriateness and applicability of current utility legislation;
(2) Adequacy of coverage of current PUC policies, rules, and procedures;
(3) Management of PUC and the Division of Consumer Advocacy (Consumer Advocate) in terms of providing technical and analytical staff support in case management and enforcement of PUC rules; and
(4) The effectiveness of PUC and the Consumer Advocate in dealing with telecommunications, energy, and other utility issues.
Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Sierra Club. PUC and Hawaii Renewable Energy Alliance testified in support of the intent of this bill. The Consumer Advocate provided comments.
Your Committees find that an audit of the PUC will generate useful information that will provide the public with information on the role of PUC, and assist PUC to meet its statutory and legislative duties and improve its performance of those duties.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Consumer Protection and Commerce and Energy and Environmental Protection that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 475 and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Consumer Protection and Commerce and Energy and Environmental Protection,
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____________________________ HERMINA M. MORITA, Chair |
____________________________ KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair |
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