Bill Text: HI SB2287 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Net Energy Metering; Renewable Energy; Public Utilities Commission

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-06 - (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to CPN. [SB2287 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SB2287-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2019

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2287

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Energy and Environment, to which was referred S.B. No. 2287 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to ensure that existing net energy metering contracts may be maintained even if the Public Utilities Commission establishes alternative mechanisms for crediting or otherwise compensating eligible customer-generators for exported power.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Hawaii Solar Energy Association, Blue Planet Foundation, Hawaii Renewable Energy Alliance, and one individual.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Public Utilities Commission and the Division of Consumer Advocacy.

 

     Your Committee finds that net energy metering makes it possible for Hawaii's homeowners and business owners to invest in renewable energy systems that offset their own energy consumption, thereby reducing costs for those homeowners and business owners.  According to testimony, net energy metering, in conjunction with Hawaii's renewable income tax credit, has helped Hawaii achieve the second highest rate of per capita solar photovoltaic energy system installation among the fifty states.  Your Committee finds that this measure allows for the continuation of a practice that encourages individuals and businesses to take advantage of renewable energy and advances the State's progress toward greater renewable energy use.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy and Environment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2287 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy and Environment,

 

		____________________________ MIKE GABBARD, Chair