STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1549
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2013
RE: S.B. No. 1045
S.D. 1
H.D. 2
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2013
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 1045, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Directing the Public Utilities Commission and the Division of Consumer Advocacy to specifically consider the ownership structure and interests of an electric cooperative in determining the scope and need for the application of any regulatory measure; and
(2) Authorizing the Public Utilities Commission to waive or exempt an electric cooperative operating in the State from certain regulatory provisions by the Public Utilities Commission upon a finding that the provisions are inappropriate, unjust, unreasonable, or not in the public interest.
Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting the language that specified that the granting of a waiver or exemption to an electric cooperative by the Public Utilities Commission does not affect the right of electric cooperative members or ratepayers to file a complaint with the Public Utilities Commission against an exempted electric cooperative, inasmuch as the right to file a complaint is provided in the rules of the Public Utilities Commission.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1045, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1045, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,
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____________________________ ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair |
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