CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 54

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2009

RE:    S.B. No. 1065

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam and Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 1065, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY OF HAWAII AUTHORITY,"

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 exempt, under certain conditions, sales of electricity generated by the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA) from renewable energy sources from regulation by the Public Utilities Commission when those sales are made to users located on adjacent property that is leased from the State.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will make NELHA more efficient and cost-effective and enable it to better serve its tenants and adjoining small businesses located on land leased from the State. 

     Your Committee upon further consideration has amended this measure by changing the effective date from "January 1, 2112" to "upon approval".

     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 S.B. No. 1065, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1065, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ HERMINA MORITA, Co-Chair	____________________________ MIKE GABBARD, Chair
____________________________ ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Co-Chair	____________________________ CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair
____________________________ ROBERT N. HERKES, Co-Chair	____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair