CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.76-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: H.B. No. 2848
H.D. 2
S.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2848, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENERGY,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to reconvene the Hawaii Energy Policy Forum to implement the Forum's "Ten Point Plan" to meet Hawaii's energy goals.
The measure also requires the Forum to report to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2007.
Your Committee on Conference finds that, in May 2002, the Hawaii Energy Policy Forum was established and convened to develop an energy plan and to formulate energy-related strategies for Hawaii through 2030. Later, in December 2003, the Forum convened a policy summit to provide a community-based forum to review its work and to make recommendations. The Forum's final report, "Hawaii at the Crossroads: A Long Term Energy Strategy," sets forth recommended guiding principles and policy options to meet Hawaii's long term energy needs.
This measure provides the necessary funds to reconvene the Forum to develop a detailed action plan and timeline to implement the "Ten Point Plan" and to achieve other objectives of the Forum.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:
(1) Providing $200,000 for the purposes of this measure;
(2) Requiring the Forum to assess the feasibility of the State participating in the Chicago Climate Exchange;
(3) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2006; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2848, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2848, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair |
____________________________ HERMINA MORITA, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |
____________________________ CINDY EVANS, Co-Chair |
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