STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2814

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2537

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2537, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENERGY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to clarify the reporting requirements of the Chief Energy Officer of the Hawaii State Energy Office.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Energy Office and two individuals.

Your Committee finds that Act 122, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019, did not amend three certain sections of the Hawaii Revised Statutes pertaining to the reporting of certain energy matters to the Legislature. Your Committee further finds that these omissions should be rectified for clarity by making technical housekeeping amendments to those statutory sections.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2024.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2537, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2537, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair