STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2116

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3195

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism, to which was referred S.B. No. 3195 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate monies to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for the investigation, exploration, and identification of geothermal resources on Hawaiian home lands.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Energy Office, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and six individuals. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual. Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committees find that geothermal resources may be used for the generation, transmission, or production of electricity and renewable energy resources, including hydrogen. Therefore, this measure appropriates funds to begin investigation, exploration, and identification of geothermal resources.

Your Committees have amended this measure by changing the appropriation amount from $500,000 to an unspecified amount.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3195, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3195, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism,

________________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair

________________________________ MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Chair