CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 150

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

RE:    H.B. No. 1509

       H.D. 3

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1509, H.D. 3, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENERGY,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to reduce energy costs for public facilities in Hawaii by, among other things:

     (1)  Requiring the University of Hawaii to establish a collective goal of becoming net-zero with respect to energy use by January 1, 2035;

     (2)  Requiring the University of Hawaii to submit to the Legislature an annual report on the debt service for capital improvement projects funded through a subaccount of the Green Infrastructure Special Fund, the current value of energy saved, the status of pending projects, recommendations for future projects, and overall progress toward the net-zero energy goal; and

     (3)  Appropriating funds for capital improvement and energy efficiency projects in furtherance of the net-zero energy goal.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended the measure by:

     (1)  No longer specifying the manner by which capital improvement projects that advance the University of Hawaii's net-zero energy goal must be funded;

     (2)  Decreasing the amount of required information that the University of Hawaii's annual report to the Legislature must contain;

     (3)  Requiring the University of Hawaii to make improvements that advance its net-zero energy goal a priority;

     (4)  Deleting the appropriations, including for the retrofit of Klum Gym at the University of Hawaii at Manoa;

     (5)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2015; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1509, H.D. 3, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1509, H.D. 3, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair	____________________________ CHRIS LEE, Co-Chair
____________________________ MIKE GABBARD, Co-Chair	____________________________ ISAAC W. CHOY, Co-Chair
____________________________ JILL N. TOKUDA, Co-Chair	____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Co-Chair