STAND. COM. REP. NO.  331-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2047

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 2047, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve the electrical infrastructure at Kalaeloa by requiring the Hawaii Community Development Authority to undertake and complete the Kalaeloa Energy Corridor Project.

The Interim Executive Director of the Hawaii Community Development Authority provided comments on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Inserting language that provides flexibility regarding project specifications for the Hawaii Community Development Authority in order to comply with the electrical standards set forth by the Hawaiian Electric Company; and

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

     Should your Committee on Finance deliberate this measure further, your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce respectfully requests that it consider inserting an appropriation section and appropriating $6,000,000 to fund the Kalaeloa Energy Corridor Project.

     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 H.B. No. 2047, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2047, 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