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HB 1574 Hawaii House · 2017 Regular Session

RELATING TO ENERGY RATES.

Summary
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a tiered energy savings rate structure for customers of electric utilities. Allows the Commission to establish discounted rates for low-income customers of electric utilities. Reforms the public benefits fee. Allows the fee to be used to benefit energy efficiency advancement for low- and middle-income ratepayers and for emergency energy workforce retraining and transition programs. Authorizes the department of taxation to disclose tax return information to the public utilities commission in accordance with the purposes of this Act and applies penalties for intentional disclosure of the tax return information. (HB1574 HD1)
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 25, 2017 Last action Feb 15, 2017
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Actions timeline

Total actions
13
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Feb 15, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
legislature
Feb 14, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-15-17.
legislature
Feb 10, 2017
Committee
Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 218) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
legislature
Feb 7, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, Lowen, Cullen, Evans, Ichiyama, Kong, Say, Yamane, Fukumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
legislature
Feb 2, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committee(s) on EEP recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-07-17.
legislature
Jan 30, 2017
Committee
Referred to EEP, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 6
legislature
Jan 25, 2017
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
legislature
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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