STAND. COM. REP. NO.  953-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2076

      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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2076, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WHEELING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase competition within Hawaii's electrical markets, expand customer choice, provide incentives for the production of renewable energy, and diversify Hawaii's energy base by requiring the Public Utilities Commission to establish policies and rules implementing retail wheeling to enable independent power producers to sell electricity directly to end users.

Blue Planet Foundation provided testimony in support of the measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2076, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair