STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2223-26

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2026

RE: S.C.R. No. 140

S.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2026

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committees on Education and Higher Education, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 140, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA TO ADOPT ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING AS A PRIMARY STRATEGY TO ADDRESS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE MODERNIZATION AND IMPROVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY STATEWIDE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to urge the Department of Education and University of Hawaii at Manoa to adopt energy savings performance contracting as a primary strategy to address deferred maintenance and infrastructure modernization and improve energy efficiency statewide.

Your Committees received testimony in support of the intent of this measure from the University of Hawaiʻi System. Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Hawaiʻi State Energy Office.

Your Committees find that the State, and particularly the Department of Education, faces a substantial and growing deferred maintenance backlog that has strained traditional capital improvement and repair approaches. Your Committees further find that energy savings performance contracting, as authorized by law, has been successfully used by other state entities to modernize infrastructure, reduce lifecycle costs, and address deferred maintenance without significant upfront appropriations. Your Committees believe that broader adoption of this model may provide a strategic opportunity to improve school facilities, enhance energy efficiency, and support long-term fiscal sustainability.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Higher Education that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 140, S.D. 1, and recommend that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Higher Education,

____________________________ ANDREW TAKUYA GARRETT, Chair

____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair