Legislative hearing schedule for Wednesday, Feb. 29 and Thursday, Mar. 1
Sometimes you have to take a leap of faith... easy to justify today.

Feb. 29 | 9:30a | Senate Committee on Ways and Means, Room 211
SB 2512 SD1  Reallocates barrel tax and renames Hawaii Economic Development Task Force

Mar. 1 | 9:30a | Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, Room 229
GM 648  Confirmation hearing for PUC Commissioner nominee Michael Champley

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Legislative hearing schedule for Tuesday, Feb. 28
HB 2417 is the big one today...

Feb. 28 | 11a | House Committee on Finance, Room 308
HB 2262  HD1 Expands the ethanol facility tax credit to include other liquid biofuels

Feb. 28 | 2p | House Committee on Finance, Room 308
HB 2417  HD1 Limits claimable tax credit on renewable energy systems

Feb. 28 | 2p | House Committee on Finance, Room 308
HB 2259  Establishes hydrogen safety codes and standards

Feb. 28 | 9a | Senate Committee on Ways and Means, Room 211
SB 2512 SD1  Reallocates barrel tax and renames Hawaii Economic Development Task Force

Feb. 28 | 10a | Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, Room 229
SB 2966 SD1  Increases the allowable system size for net-metered systems to two megawatts for state facilities and one megawatt for other systems

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Hearing schedule for Friday, Feb. 10

Feb. 10 | 9a | House Committee on Water, Land, and Ocean Resources, House Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection, Room 325
HB 2523 Seeks to establish a regulatory structure for the installation and implementation of a high-voltage electric transmission cable system

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Hearing schedule for Wednesday, Feb. 8

Feb. 8 | 8:15a | House Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection, House Committee on Agriculture, Room 312
HB 2262 Expands ethanol facility tax credit to include other liquid biofuels
HB 2834 Extends the sunset date for the Hawaii Economic Development Task Force

Feb. 8 | 1:15p | Senate Committee on Transportation and International Affairs, Room 224
SB 3040 Exempts car sharing organizations from the rental vehicle surcharge for hourly rentals

Feb. 8 | 2p | House Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, Room 325
HB 2490 HD1 Seeks to greater renewable energy adoption by reducing the level of imputed debt assumed by electric utilities when entering into power purchase agreements
HB 2525 HD1 Authorizes PUC to perform necessary electric system reliability and grid access oversight functions and allows the Commission to contract for the services of a Hawaii Electricity Reliability Administrator (HERA)

Feb. 8 | 3:10p | Senate Committee on Health, Senate Committee on Energy and the Environment, Room 229
SB 2292  Restricts the permitting of new coal-fired power plants in Hawaii

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The bell has rung, and the 2012 Hawaii state legislature is now in session. The hearing schedule is jam-packed with some key measures that Blue Planet will comment on. (Read more about our legislative priorities for 2012.) Click the links to see our testimony. If you're interested in tracking the progress of bills, please refer to our policy initiatives pages, which will be updated throughout the session.

Feb. 7 9a House Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection, Room 325
HB 425 HD1 Requires PUC to consider diverse portfolio of fossil fuels
HB 2259 Establishes hydrogen safety codes and standards
HB 2484 HD1 Clarifies EV registration rules and codifies existing incentives
HB 2485 HD1 Amends law requiring designated EV parking spaces

Feb. 6 9a House Committee on Transportation, Room 309
HB 2626 Establishes Safe Routes to School Program within Department of Transportation funded through a surcharge for certain traffic violations

Feb. 6 1:17p Senate Committee on Transportation and International Affairs, Senate Committee on Energy and Environment, Room 224
SB 2747 Amends law requiring designated EV parking spaces
SB 2746 Clarifies EV registration rules and codifies existing incentives

Feb. 2 10a House Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection, Room 325
HB 2400  Seeks to bifurcate Hawaii's main electric utility company into a transmission and distribution company and generating assets

Jan. 31 8:15a House Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection, Room 325
HB 2525 Authorizes a Hawaii Electricity Reliability Administrator (HERA) and authorizes PUC to perform necessary electric system reliability and grid access oversight functions
HB 2490 Reduces the level of imputed debt assumed by electric utitilies when entering into power purchase agreements
HB 2041 Reduces curtailment of renewable power sold to public utilities and enables independent power producers to sell to other customers