STAND. COM. REP. NO.  819-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3080

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 3080, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY OF PUBLIC UTILITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure a public utility's ability to come to the aid of a customer in a sudden and time-sensitive manner to restore the customer to normal, or near normal, operating status when unusual, demanding circumstances occur by authorizing public utilities to transfer, assign, or otherwise dispose of property under exigent circumstances to aid a customer whose operations have been disrupted due to these unforeseen events.

     The Consumer Advocate, Public Utilities Commission, Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., Maui Electric Company, Ltd., and Hawaii Electric Light Company supported this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3080, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair