STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1009

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 193

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 193, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENERGY-EFFICIENCY PORTFOLIO STANDARDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Amend the State's energy-efficiency portfolio standards by:

(A) Raising the goal from four thousand three hundred gigawatt hours to six thousand gigawatt hours;

(B) Extending the final deadline from 2030 to 2045; and

(C) Basing the goals on cumulative persisting electricity savings rather than electricity use reductions; and

(2) Authorize the Public Utilities Commission to establish interim goals and adjust interim standards.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai‘i State Energy Office, Public Utilities Commission, Climate Protectors Hawaii, Ulupono Initiative, Hawai‘i Energy, Hawaii Solar Energy Association, and two individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; Office of Climate Change, Sustainability, and Resiliency of the City and County of Honolulu; and Blue Planet Foundation.

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. 193, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair