HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2010

 

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Rep. Hermina M. Morita, Chair

Rep. Denny Coffman, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Rida Cabanilla

Rep. Chris Lee

Rep. Jerry L. Chang

Rep. Sylvia Luke

Rep. Pono Chong

Rep. Roland D. Sagum, III

Rep. Sharon E. Har

Rep. Corinne W.L. Ching

Rep. Robert N. Herkes

Rep. Cynthia Thielen

Rep. Ken Ito

 

 

 

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

 

DATE:

Thursday, March 18, 2010

TIME:

11:15am

PLACE:

Conference Room 325

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

The following measure(s) were previously heard on Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 10:00am.

 

SB 2488, SD2

(SSCR2577)

Status

 

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Requires electric utilities to compensate net metering surplus customer-generators for excess electricity at the end of the twelve-month period; increases customer-generator capacity to two megawatts; permits existing net-metered customers to remain with the net metering program regardless of available alternatives; increases the total allowable generating capacity produced by customer-generators to 15% of that distribution feeder's penetration level or the penetration level that triggers additional technical study, as determined by the PUC, whichever is higher; increases the maximum number of kilowatts a customer-generator system may have before public utilities commission approval for safety and performance standards is required; directs the PUC to determine the net surplus compensation rate.  Effective 7/1/50.  (SD2)

 

EEP, CPC

 

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Rep. Hermina Morita

Chair