STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1441-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2483

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 2483, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENERGY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Hawai‘i Natural Energy Institute to evaluate the benefits and costs of dispatching renewable energy resources considering the context of ongoing state energy planning efforts.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Clean Power Alliance and thirteen individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Hawaiian Electric Company. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Hawaii State Energy Office and Hawai‘i Natural Energy Institute of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Your Committee finds that the successful deployment of renewable energy projects is integral to the State achieving the renewable portfolio standard of one hundred percent renewable energy by 2045. Your Committee further finds that the development and dispatch of multiple renewable energy sources should be evaluated and aligned with ongoing state energy planning efforts.

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 S.B. No. 2483, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair