STAND. COM. REP. NO.  867

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 957

      H.D. 1

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. 957, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEAT ABATEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to expedite the cooling of public school classrooms by:

     (1)  Providing that moneys in the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Special Fund may be used for loans to subsidize the installation costs for air conditioning, energy-efficient lighting, and other energy efficiency measures related to heat abatement at public schools; and

     (2)  Making related appropriations.

IMUAlliance, Hawaii State Teachers Association, and Hawaii Solar Energy Association supported this measure.  The Public Utilities Commission and Energy Efficiency Working Group of the 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. 957, H.D. 1, 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