STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2843

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2910

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2910, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRIC GRID RESILIENCY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to create a Homeland Security and Resiliency Council to identify issues relating to electric grid and critical infrastructure resiliency throughout the State and to provide recommendations for enhancing that resiliency.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation; Hawaii Emergency Management Agency; Distributed Energy Resources Council of Hawaii; Hawaii Energy Policy Forum; Hawaii Solar Energy Association; Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc.; and Sierra Club of Hawaii

 

     Your Committee finds that as a state comprising isolated islands that are vulnerable to natural disasters, Hawaii must have infrastructure in place that can withstand natural disasters and emergencies.  Your Committee believes that this measure can enhance the resiliency of the electric grid and critical infrastructure, including hospitals, fire stations, police stations, and ports of entry.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

 

     (2)  Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2910, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2910, S.D. 2.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

 

________________________________

DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair