STAND. COM. REP. NO.  865

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 848

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 848, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENERGY MODERNIZATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEM,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to encourage the development and use of microgrids at University of Hawaii (UH) campuses and facilities by:

 

     (1)  Authorizing the UH to establish, implement, and operate one or more microgrid projects on any property owned, leased, or controlled by UH; and

 

     (2)  Exempting microgrids from regulation as a public utility.

 

     The UH and an individual supported this measure.  Hawaiian Electric Company and its subsidiary utilities Maui Electric Company and Hawaii Electric Light Company and an individual opposed this measure.  The Public Utilities Commission and Hawaii Energy Policy Forum provided comments.

 

     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. 848, 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