THE SENATE

KA AHA KENEKOA

 

THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2024

 

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

Senator Jarrett Keohokalole, Chair

Senator Carol Fukunaga, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Senator Glenn Wakai, Chair

Senator Brandon J.C. Elefante, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING

 

 

DATE:

Thursday, April 18, 2024

TIME:

01:30 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 225 & Videoconference

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

 

PHOTO ID REQUIRED FOR ENTRANCE TO THE STATE CAPITOL

BUILDING HOURS: 7AM TO 5PM, MONDAY - FRIDAY

 

A live stream of all Senate Standing Committee meetings will be available on the Senate YouTube Channel.

 

 

A G E N D A

 

The purpose of this briefing is to hear from the Kauai Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) and Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) regarding their plans to address wildfire risk mitigation.

 

Kauai Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC)

1) Plan to Mitigate Wildfire Risk

2) Other Anticipated Risks

3) Funding Mechanisms to Pay for Mitigation

 

Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO)

1) Status of the grid on Maui and Statewide

2) Plan to Mitigate Wildfire Risk

3) Funding Mechanisms to Pay for Mitigation

 

No public testimony will be accepted.

 

For special assistance: The cable TV broadcast and/or live stream of this meeting will include closed captioning. If you require other auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., interpretive services (oral or written) or ASL interpreter), please contact the committee at [email protected] at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.

 

FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808) 587-7215.

 

 

 

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Senator Glenn Wakai

Chair

 

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Senator Jarrett Keohokalole

Chair