STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1393-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.C.R. No. 241

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 241 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO END CONSIDERATION OF AN INTERISLAND HIGH-VOLTAGE UNDERSEA ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION CABLE SYSTEM AND INDUSTRIAL WIND FACILITIES ON THE ISLAND OF LANA‘I,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to urge the Public Utilities Commission to terminate consideration of an interisland high-voltage undersea electric transmission cable system and the construction of industrial-scale wind energy generation facilities on the island of Lanai.

The Council Member of the Maui County Council representing Lanai, Hawaii's Thousand Friends, and numerous individuals supported this measure.  The Public Utilities Commission, Life of the Land, the Prairie Voice, Friends of Lanai, and an individual commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Removing the provisions that urge the Public Utilities Commission to end consideration of an inter-island high-voltage undersea electric transmission cable system;

     (2)  Amending its title to read:  "URGING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO END CONSIDERATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL WIND FACILITIES ON THE ISLAND OF LANA‘I."; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 241, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 241, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,

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CHRIS LEE, Chair