STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2813
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 3186
S.D. 2
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3186, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENERGY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to reconvene the Hawaii energy policy forum.
In May 2002, the University of Hawaii gathered major energy and policy stakeholders in Hawaii to convene as the Hawaii energy policy forum to develop an energy vision for Hawaii through the year 2030 and formulate strategies to implement that vision. After conducting facilitated discussions and policy studies, the Hawaii energy policy forum convened a policy summit in December 2003. The summit's final report, "Hawaii at the Crossroads: A Long Term Energy Strategy", recommended guiding principles and policy options to meet Hawaii's long term energy needs.
Your Committee finds that this measure will enable the Hawaii energy policy forum to further engage major energy and policy stakeholders to:
(1) Continue their work on creating the State's preferred energy future;
(2) Implement the vision, concepts, and recommendations set forth by the forum and the summit's final report; and
(3) Develop community and public awareness and support regarding Hawaii's energy activities, needs, and goals.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount to facilitate further discussion; and
(2) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3186, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3186, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair |
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