STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2188

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.C.R. No. 77

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 77 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE ENERGY OFFICE TO CONDUCT A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH OWNERS OF MULTIPLE PROPERTIES THAT ARE PLACES OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION WITHIN THE STATE AGGREGATE THEIR REQUIRED PARKING SPACES AND CHOOSE TO DESIGNATE AND ELECTRIFY PARKING SPACES IN A COUNTY THAT IS NOT THE SAME COUNTY WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE PARKING SPACES ARE LOCATED,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Hawaii State Energy Office to conduct a study to determine the extent to which owners of multiple properties that are places of public accommodation within the State aggregate their required electric vehicle charging parking spaces and choose to designate and provide electrified parking spaces in a county that is not the same county where the majority of their parking spaces are located.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from three individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Hawaii State Energy Office and Retail Merchants of Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that existing law requires that places of public accommodation with at least one hundred parking spaces have at least one parking space fitted with an electric vehicle charging system. Additionally, the law provides owners of multiple parking facilities within the State the option to aggregate the required spaces to a single location. This measure ensures a more equitable adoption of electric vehicle infrastructure for each county and reduces a major barrier to potential owners of electric vehicles across the State.

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 S.C.R. No. 77 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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NICOLE E. LOWEN, Chair