CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 60-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2012

RE:    H.B. No. 2644

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2644, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION,"

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 bill is to:

     (1)  Require the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to:

          (A)  Integrate and implement utility and regulatory best practices; and

          (B)  Establish a system to gather, assess, and update utility and regulatory best practices, and implement appropriate best practices; and

     (2)  Allow the PUC to authorize preferential water carrier service rates by tariff for ratepayers that engage in agricultural activities.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by removing the provisions requiring the PUC to:

     (1)  Integrate and implement utility and regulatory best practices; and

     (2)  Establish a system to gather, assess, and update utility and regulatory best practices, and implement appropriate best practices.

     Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     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 H.B. No. 2644, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2644, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair	____________________________ ROBERT N. HERKES, Co-Chair
____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Co-Chair	____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Co-Chair