Hawaii State Legislature
2006 Legislative Session

SB1556 SD1

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Measure Title: RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.
Report Title: Renewable Energy Electric Generation Cooperatives
Description: Provides for the organization of renewable energy cooperatives to generate, transmit, and sell electricity to their membership; authorizes issuance of revenue bonds to finance costs related to constructing, upgrading, and acquiring transmission facilities; exempts cooperatives from the public utilities commission regulation, except for interconnection agreements. (SD1)
Package: None
Companion:
Introducer(s): ENGLISH, CHUN OAKLAND, HEMMINGS, HOOSER, Hanabusa, Ihara, Fukunaga, Kokubun, Baker, Nishihara, Taniguchi, Kanno, Inouye
Current Referral:EIA, CPH

Date Status Text
1/27/2005SIntroduced.
1/31/2005SPassed First Reading.
2/1/2005SReferred to EIA, CPH.
2/3/2005SThe committee on EIA has scheduled a public hearing on 02-08-05 at 1:20 pm in conference room 224.
2/8/2005SThe committee(s) on EIA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EIA were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) English, Kokubun, Hanabusa, Hooser, Hemmings; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2/15/2005SReported from EIA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 89) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPH.
2/15/2005SReport adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPH.
2/28/2005SThe committee on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 03-03-05 at 9:30 am in conference room 016.
3/3/2005SThe committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be HELD. The votes in CPH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Menor, Baker, Espero, Sakamoto, Hogue; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ige.
12/2/2005 10:35:18 AMDCarried over to 2006 Regular Session.

$ = Appropriation measure
ConAm = Constitutional Amendment