STAND. COM. REP. NO. 70

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 897

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 897 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENERGY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend the law relating to energy.

Prior to the hearing on this measure, your Committee posted and made available for public review a proposed S.D. 1, which amends this measure by deleting its contents and replacing it with language that amends state law to:

(1) Require, rather than allow, the Public Utilities Commission to contract for a Hawaii Electricity Reliability Administrator and require payment of the Hawaii electricity reliability surcharge;

(2) Establish the Wildfire Recovery Fund; and

(3) Expand the powers and duties of the Hawaii Electricity Reliability Administrator.

Your Committee has amended this measure by adopting the proposed S.D. 1.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 897, as amended herein, and recommends that it be recommitted to your Committees on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs and Commerce and Consumer Protection, in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 897, S.D. 1, for further consideration.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs,

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GLENN WAKAI, Chair