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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO ENERGY."
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description: "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)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2018 Regular Session"
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identifier: "SB 2939"
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citation: "Hawaii SB 2939 (2018 Regular Session)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Ratepayer Protection Act", "Public Utilities Commission", "Electric Utilities", "Performance Incentive and Penalty Mechanisms"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["S. CHANG"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2018-01-24"
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last_action: "2018-04-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35109328-f6a6-4fbd-8341-588b29ff6aae"
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source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2939&year=2018"
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source_hash: "c69828cce08d9fe009e0b4014bbf16bfb599b0717362ce13c3eb9b593a589010"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
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---
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# Hawaii SB 2939 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO ENERGY.
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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)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **SB2939** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2939_.HTM)
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2. **SB2939_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2939_SD1_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- S. CHANG — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-24** Introduced. `introduction`
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- **2018-01-24** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-26** Referred to CPH, WAM. `referral-committee`
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- **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.
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- **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`
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- **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.
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- **2018-02-16** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
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- **2018-02-16** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-21-18 10:08AM in conference room 211.
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- **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`
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- **2018-03-02** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2744) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
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- **2018-03-02** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-06-18.
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- **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`
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- **2018-03-06** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 370) in amended form (SD 2). `introduction`
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- **2018-03-08** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2018-03-08** Referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 36 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-09** Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 03-13-18 8:30AM in House conference room 325.
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- **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`
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- **2018-03-20** Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1237-18), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
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- **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`
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- **2018-03-24** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-28-18 4:00PM in House conference room 308.
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- **2018-03-28** The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
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- **2018-04-02** Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 04-04-18 2:35PM in conference room 308.
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- **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`
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- **2018-04-06** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1965-18), recommending passage on Third Reading.
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- **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`
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- **2018-04-10** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 607). `introduction`
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- **2018-04-11** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-04-24** Act 005, on 04/24/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1105). `executive-signature`
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- **2018-04-24** Act 005, 04/24/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1105). `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35109328-f6a6-4fbd-8341-588b29ff6aae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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