STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2155
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2288
Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui
President of the Senate
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Energy and Environment and Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2288 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENERGY,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish a two-year pilot program exempting state agencies from the state procurement code solely for the execution of energy savings performance contracts using the negotiated partner approach.
Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from Honeywell and one individual.
Your Committees find that implementing the negotiated partner approach proposed in this measure is in the best interests of the people of Hawaii. The negotiated partner approach will enable state agencies to contract with vendors more quickly than they are able using the existing state procurement process. As a result, state agencies will begin to reduce their energy costs sooner than they otherwise would. Energy savings performance contracts improve energy efficiency, reduce state operating costs, create local "green collar" jobs, and provide opportunities for partnerships between unions, state agencies, and local businesses.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy and Environment and Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2288 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy and Environment and Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs,
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____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair |
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____________________________ MIKE GABBARD, Chair |
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