HB 1022: RELATING TO ENERGY INDUSTRY INFORMATION REPORTING.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO ENERGY INDUSTRY INFORMATION REPORTING.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 486J-5.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§486J-5.5  Energy data collection program.  The department shall establish the energy data collection program that includes development and maintenance of an energy database system that meets the requirements of government and industry, while promoting sound policy making, greenhouse gas emission inventory reporting, energy planning, energy assurance planning, [and] energy security[.], critical infrastructure protection, and emergency management, response, and recovery."

     SECTION 2.  Section 486J-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

     "(c)  Unless otherwise provided by law, with respect to data that the commission or department obtained or was provided pursuant to this chapter, neither the commission or department nor any employee of the commission or department may do any of the following:

     (1)  Use the information furnished or obtained for any purpose other than the purposes for which it is supplied;

     (2)  Make any publication whereby the data furnished by any person can be identified; or

     (3)  Permit any person other than the commission, the department of taxation, the attorney general, the consumer advocate, the department of business, economic development, and tourism, the department of health, the Hawaii emergency management agency, the office of homeland security, and the authorized representatives and employees of each to examine the individual reports or statements provided."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 3000.

Report Title:

Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism; Hawaii State Energy Office; Public Utilities Commission; Energy Data Collection Program; HIEMA; OHS; Critical Infrastructure Protection; Emergency Management

Description:

Adds the promotion of emergency management and critical infrastructure protection as relevant purposes of the Energy Data Collection Program.  Adds the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security to the list of agencies that may examine the energy industry information statements submitted pursuant to section 486J-3, HRS.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO ENERGY INDUSTRY INFORMATION REPORTING.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 486J-5.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§486J-5.5  Energy data collection program.  The department shall establish the energy data collection program that includes development and maintenance of an energy database system that meets the requirements of government and industry, while promoting sound policy making, greenhouse gas emission inventory reporting, energy planning, energy assurance planning, [and] energy security[.], critical infrastructure protection, and emergency management, response, and recovery."

     SECTION 2.  Section 486J-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

     "(c)  Unless otherwise provided by law, with respect to data that the commission or department obtained or was provided pursuant to this chapter, neither the commission or department nor any employee of the commission or department may do any of the following:

     (1)  Use the information furnished or obtained for any purpose other than the purposes for which it is supplied;

     (2)  Make any publication whereby the data furnished by any person can be identified; or

     (3)  Permit any person other than the commission, the department of taxation, the attorney general, the consumer advocate, the department of business, economic development, and tourism, the department of health, the Hawaii emergency management agency, the office of homeland security, and the authorized representatives and employees of each to examine the individual reports or statements provided."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Report Title:

Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism; Hawaii State Energy Office; Public Utilities Commission; Energy Data Collection Program; HIEMA; OHS; Critical Infrastructure Protection; Emergency Management

Description:

Adds the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security to the list of agencies that may examine the energy industry information statements submitted pursuant to section 486J-3, HRS.  Adds the promotion of emergency management and critical infrastructure protection as relevant purposes of the Energy Data Collection Program.

The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.

STAND. COM. REP. NO.  506

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2025

RE:   H.B. No. 1022

      H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Madame:

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 1022 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENERGY INDUSTRY INFORMATION REPORTING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Include the promotion of critical infrastructure protection and emergency management, response, and recovery in the Energy Data Collection Program; and

     (2)  Add the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security to the list of agencies that may examine the energy industry information statements.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Department of Law Enforcement; Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency; and Hawaii State Energy Office.

     Your Committee finds that the energy sector is vital for emergency preparedness, particularly in regard to emergency communication systems and powering backups during natural disasters.  Your Committee further finds that policies on energy data could be adjusted to better ensure that critical infrastructure protection and emergency management are prioritized and that certain agencies are able to examine energy industry information.  This measure addresses this need by including the promotion of critical infrastructure protection and emergency management, response, and recovery in the Energy Data Collection Program and adding the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security to the list of agencies that may examine the energy industry information statements.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1022, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1022, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,