STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2578

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2427

       S.D. 2

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2427, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Public Utilities Commission to adopt best practices in all commission activities for purposes of increasing transparency and efficiency.

     Written comments in support of this measure was submitted by the Public Utilities Commission and the Department of Budget and Finance.

     Your Committee finds that requiring the Public Utilities Commission to adopt utility and regulatory best practices will help ensure that Hawaii utilities are regulated by policies that are up-to-date, streamlined, subject to current information technology standards, and transparent.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount for purposes of further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2427, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2427, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair