STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1077-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: S.B. No. 2505

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 2505, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish system resilience as a metric to be monitored and considered by the Public Utilities Commission; and

(2) Authorize the Commission to use amounts collected through the Hawaii electricity reliability surcharge to perform certain duties.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; Public Utilities Commission; and Hawaii Clean Power Alliance. Your Committee received comments on this measure from Hawaiian Electric.

Your Committee finds that the State must prioritize actions that ensure the Hawaii Electric System can adapt to changing conditions and withstand and recover from disruptions. Your Committee further finds that resilience is an important metric that should be monitored to ensure the performance and stability of the electric system. Your Committee believes that this measure addresses this issue by establishing electric system resilience as a metric that is monitored and considered by the Public Utilities Commission and authorizing the Commission to use amounts collected through the Hawaii electricity reliability surcharge to perform certain duties.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of 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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2505, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2505, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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NICOLE E. LOWEN, Chair