Hawaii House Bill 1505 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-12-17 - Carried over to 2016 Regular Session.
Pending: House Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Prohibits the Public Utilities Commission from approving power purchase agreements that prohibit the sale of renewable energy to third parties or require utility consent to sell renewable energy to third parties, to the extent that such renewable energy will be converted from electrical energy to another form of energy such as chemical or thermal energy, or to the extent that such renewable energy will be stored for later provision to an electric utility company. Requires fair compensation to be paid to an electric utility company when curtailed renewable energy is sold by an independent power producer to a third party on the electrical grid. Eff. 7/1/2112. (HD2)

Public Utilities Commission; Power Purchase Agreements; Curtailed Energy

Sen. Chris Lee [D]

Rep. Nicole Lowen [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-12-17		Carried over to 2016 Regular Session.
2015-02-20	House	Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Ito excused (1).
2015-02-20	House	Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 537) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
2015-02-18	House	The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) McKelvey, Woodson, Belatti, Brower, Creagan, Har, Hashem, C. Lee, Nakashima, Oshiro, San Buenaventura, Takayama, Fukumoto Chang; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Kawakami, Yamane, McDermott.
2015-02-13	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 02-18-15 3:00PM in House conference room 325.
2015-02-12	House	Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and C. Lee excused (1).
2015-02-12	House	Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 124) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
2015-02-05	House	The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, Lowen, Cullen, Evans, Ing, Nishimoto, Say, Yamane, Pouha, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
2015-02-02	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 02-05-15 8:30AM in House conference room 325.
2015-02-02	House	Referred to EEP, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 6
2015-01-29	House	Introduced and Passed First Reading.

SB698 (Same As) 2016-01-21 - Re-Referred to EET, CPH.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1505&year=2016
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2016/bills/HB1505_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2016/bills/HB1505_HD1_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2016/bills/HB1505_HD2_.HTM