STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1005-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 2255

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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2255 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require agencies to:

(1) Use public benefits fee administrator rebates where available for buildings and facilities; and

(2) Prioritize building and facility appliances that meet the required standards to qualify for public benefits fee administrator rebates.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai‘i State Energy Office, Climate Protectors Hawai‘i, and Hawai‘i Energy.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2255, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2255, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair