Bill Text: HI HCR67 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Congress; Renewable Energy

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-1)

Status: (Passed) 2010-03-23 - (H) Resolution adopted in final form. [HCR67 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-HCR67-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2749

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.C.R. No. 67

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committees on Energy and Environment and Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 67 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO PASS LEGISLATION THAT PROMOTES JOBS AND INNOVATIVE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, HEIGHTENS NATIONAL ENERGY AND ECONOMIC SECURITY, POSITIONS THE UNITED STATES TO BE AN INTERNATIONAL LEADER IN THE FIELD OF CLEAN ENERGY, AND ADDRESSES THE CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE WITHOUT PREEMPTING STATES' RIGHTS TO CONTROL EMISSIONS AND TO PROMOTE RENEWABLE ENERGY,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to request the United States Congress to pass legislation that promotes jobs and innovative energy development, heightens national energy and economic security, positions the United States to be an international leader in the field of clean energy, and addresses the consequences of climate change without preempting states' rights to control emissions and to promote renewable energy. 

 

     Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by one organization.  One organization submitted comments.  Written testimony presented to the Committees may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committees find that the United States exports its wealth in order to import the oil that is necessary to meet our daily energy needs.  This weakens our economy, threatens our national security, and negatively impacts our environment.  Individual states are leading the nation in green jobs and clean energy initiatives, including the unprecedented agreement in 2008 between the State of Hawaii and the United States Department of Energy, which created the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative.  The United States lacks a national framework of legislation for renewable energy and energy efficiency, which could strengthen the nation's security, create clean energy jobs, and reduce pollution.

 

     A bipartisan Coalition of (State) Legislators for Energy Action Now (CLEAN) is calling on Congress to act now, to keep our hard earned billions in our states, to create a robust economy with new green jobs, and to make our nation more secure by enacting a national energy policy that supports clean energy technology.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive changes for the purpose of style. 

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy and Environment and Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 67, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 67, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy and Environment and Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs,

 

____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair		____________________________ MIKE GABBARD, Chair