STAND. COM. REP. NO.  241

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 811

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 811 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENERGY INFORMATION REPORTING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Improve the ease and efficiency of the Energy Industry Reporting Act processes for reporting entities by combining all information and registration gathering functions within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT); and

     (2)  Clarify the enforcement and investigatory powers of the Public Utilities Commission following the consolidation of information gathering and registration functions within DBEDT.

The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and Public Utilities Commission provided testimony in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     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 H.B. No. 811, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 811, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committees on Economic Development & Business and Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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CHRIS LEE, Chair