STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2892

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2196

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Commerce and Consumer Protection and Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2196, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require cooperative housing corporations, homeowners associations, planned community associations, and condominium associations to develop plans to incorporate zero-emission fueling stations, including electric vehicle charging stations, onto residential properties that are constructed after January 1, 2023.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai‘i State Energy Office, Hawai‘i Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation Commission, Hawaiian Electric Company, KauaiEV, Pearl City Neighborhood Board No. 21, and six individuals. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from NAIOP Hawai‘i, Practical Policy Institute of Hawai‘i, and one individual. Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Community Associations Institute, Associa, Hawai‘i Electric Vehicle Association, and one individual.

Your Committees find that air and ground transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the State. To achieve a decarbonized economy, it is necessary for the State's transportation system to become less reliant on fossil fuels. Developing plans to integrate zero-emission vehicle fueling stations, including electric vehicle charging stations onto residential properties, ensures that communities will be prepared for the State's clean energy transformation. Your Committees note that this measure applies to new construction and existing properties undergoing renovations that are capable of incorporating electric vehicle charging stations, as not all existing properties may have adequate boundaries, common areas, or appropriate infrastructure to accommodate zero-emission fueling stations.

Accordingly, your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the corporation or association shall have plans to incorporate the zero-emission vehicle fueling stations, provided that the corporation or association has sufficient and adequate common area boundaries and infrastructure;

(2) Clarifying that all plans for certain construction or renovations shall include charger ready stalls for parking stalls constructed, including details on sufficient wiring, electrical conduit, electrical panel service capacity, overcurrent protection devices, suitable termination points to connect to a charging station, and 120- to 240-volt outlets;

(3) Inserting an effective date of January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Commerce and Consumer Protection and Ways and Means that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2196, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2196, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Commerce and Consumer Protection and Ways and Means,

________________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair

________________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair