STAND. COM. REP. NO. 542-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2110

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 2110, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RESILIENCY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to direct the Public Utilities Commission to establish a microgrid services tariff to encourage and facilitate the development and use of energy resilient microgrids.

Blue Planet Foundation, Hawaii Solar Energy Association, Sierra Club of Hawai‘i, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Ulupono Initiative, Life of the Land, Sierra Student Coalition at the University of Hawai‘i, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure. The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., Maui Electric Company, Ltd., and Hawaii Electric Light Company, Inc. provided comments on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050.

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. 2110, 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. 2110, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair