STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1004-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2787

      S.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 2787, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRICITY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to ensure stability and reliability of the State's power grid.

 

     Specifically, this measure:

 

     (1)  Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to perform necessary electricity system reliability and grid access oversight functions;

 

     (2)  Allows the Public Utilities Commission to contract for the services of a Hawaii Electricity Reliability Administrator to support the Commission in carrying out some of those reliability and grid access oversight functions; and

 

     (3)  Authorizes the establishment of a surcharge affecting users, owners, and operators of Hawaii's electricity system to be collected to maintain system reliability.

 

     The Governor; the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; the Public Utilities Commission; Hawaiian Electric Company and its subsidiary utilities, Maui Electric Company and Hawaii Electric Light Company; the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142; the Hawaii Renewable Energy Alliance; the Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter; and an individual supported this measure.  Life of the Land commented on this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2787, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,

 

 

 

 

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DENNY COFFMAN, Chair