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Bill RELATING TO ENERGY. On or before January 1, 2020, requires the PUC to establish performance incentive and penalty mechanisms that directly tie electric utility revenues to the utility's achievement on performance metrics. Exempts member-owned cooperative electric utilities. Effective 7/1/2018. (SD2) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2018 Regular Session SB 2939 Hawaii SB 2939 (2018 Regular Session)
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Hawaii SB 2939 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO ENERGY.

On or before January 1, 2020, requires the PUC to establish performance incentive and penalty mechanisms that directly tie electric utility revenues to the utility's achievement on performance metrics. Exempts member-owned cooperative electric utilities. Effective 7/1/2018. (SD2)

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. SB2939 (committee substitute) — source
  2. SB2939_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 100 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 100 (pass) · upper
  • The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 60 (pass) · upper
  • The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 70 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • S. CHANG — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2018-01-24 Introduced. introduction
  • 2018-01-24 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2018-01-26 Referred to CPH, WAM. referral-committee
  • 2018-02-13 The committee(s) on CPH added the measure to the public hearing scheduled on 02-15-18 9:00AM in conference room 229.
  • 2018-02-15 The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Tokuda, S. Chang, Espero, Nishihara, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-02-16 Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2478) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
  • 2018-02-16 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
  • 2018-02-16 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-21-18 10:08AM in conference room 211.
  • 2018-02-21 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kidani, Riviere, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Shimabukuro. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-03-02 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2744) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
  • 2018-03-02 48 Hrs. Notice 03-06-18.
  • 2018-03-06 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Ihara . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2018-03-06 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 370) in amended form (SD 2). introduction
  • 2018-03-08 Pass First Reading reading-1
  • 2018-03-08 Referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 36 referral-committee
  • 2018-03-09 Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 03-13-18 8:30AM in House conference room 325.
  • 2018-03-13 The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, Lowen, Cullen, Kong, McKelvey, Todd, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-03-20 Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1237-18), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
  • 2018-03-20 Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ing, C. Lee, Souki excused (3). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2018-03-24 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-28-18 4:00PM in House conference room 308.
  • 2018-03-28 The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
  • 2018-04-02 Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 04-04-18 2:35PM in conference room 308.
  • 2018-04-04 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, Lowen, Nakamura, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 5 Excused: Representative(s) Fukumoto, Gates, Holt, Todd, Tupola. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-04-06 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1965-18), recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2018-04-10 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2018-04-10 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 607). introduction
  • 2018-04-11 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
  • 2018-04-24 Act 005, on 04/24/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1105). executive-signature
  • 2018-04-24 Act 005, 04/24/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1105). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/35109328-f6a6-4fbd-8341-588b29ff6aae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).