STAND. COM. REP. NO.
Honolulu, Hawaii
APR 0 3 2024
RE: S.C.R. No. 89
S.D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2024
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism
and Water and Land, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 89 entitled:
"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE HAWAII
STATE ENERGY OFFICE AND OFFICE OF PLANNING AND SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT DEVELOP A PLAN TO IMPLEMENT A WASTE-TO-ENERGY
TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to request that the
Hawaii State Energy Office and Office of Planning and Sustainable
Development develop a plan to implement a waste-to-energy
technology solution.
Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure
from the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development and three
individuals.
Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this
measure from Life of the Land, Energy Justice Network,
Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, Solid
Waste Task Force of the Hawai‘i Environmental Change Agents, Zero
Waste Kauai, Kaua‘i Climate Action Coalition, Green Party of
Hawai‘i, 350Hawaii.org, Climate Protectors Hawai‘i, Kaua‘i Group of
the Hawaii Chapter of the Sierra Club, and fourteen individuals.
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Your Committees received comments on this measure from the
Hawaii State Energy Office and Hawaiian Electric.
Your Committees find that waste-to-energy facilities greatly
reduce the volume of municipal solid waste that must be stored in
a landfill by converting it to ash. Your Committees further find
that waste-to-energy technology is a viable solution to reduce the
State's solid waste stream, decrease the State's need for
landfills, and provide non-fossil fuel electricity to reduce the
State's dependency on the global oil market. This measure
encourages the planning and implementation of new renewable energy
projects, relating to waste-to-energy, to further advance the
State's progress in achieving its renewable energy goals.
Your Committees note concerns raised in testimony regarding
the current planning and operation of waste-to-energy facilities
in the State and that a shortage of trash has hampered the ability
of the Honolulu Program of Waste and Energy Recovery to meet its
contractual obligations with Covanta Honolulu Resource Venture,
leading to approximately $6,200,000 in penalty and liquidated
damage payments. Your Committees further note that narrowly
focusing this measure to only include waste-to-energy technology
solutions limits the development and attention to other
alternative technology solutions and that this measure should be
used as a mechanism to determine the best technology strategies to
reduce waste and advance the State's renewable energy goals.
Accordingly, your Committees have amended this measure by:
(1) Inserting language requesting that the Hawaii State
Energy Office and the Office of Planning and Sustainable
Development develop a plan to implement waste-to-energy
and other alternative technology solutions;
(2) 7\mending its title to reflect its amended purpose; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the
purposes of clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism and Water
and Land that are attached to this report, your Committees concur
with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 89, as amended herein.
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and recornmend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R.
No. 89, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committees on Energy, Economic
Development, and Tourism and
Water and Land,
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 The Senate
Thirty-Second Legislature
State of Hawai‘i
Record of Votes
Committee on Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism
EET
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to: ___________________________________
The Recommendation is: *
Pass, unamended v^ass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311_______________ 2310________ 2313
Members Aye (WR) Nay Excused
DECOITE, Lynn (C)
WAKAI, Glenn (VC)
FUKUNAGA. Carol
KIM, Donna Mercado
FEVELLA, Kurt
•
*
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TOTAL _
Recommendation: X / __ /
Adopted __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Signature:
Distribution: Original V / Yellow/ Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Repom*—Clerk's 0ffice Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 12/27/23
 The Senate
Thirty-Second Legislature
State of Hawai‘i
Record of Votes
Committee on Water and Land
WTL
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
b tT / + /I/24'
The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to:___________________________________
The Recommendation is:
Pass, unamended V Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311_______________ 2310________ 2313
Members Aye , Aye (WR) Nay Excused
INOUYE, Lorraine R. (C)
ELEFANTE, Brandon J.C. (VC)
CHANG, Stanley
MCKELVEY, Angus L.K.
FEVELLA, Kurt
TOTAL 3 / /
Recommendation: __
|_/J^Adopted __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s
Distribution: Original Yellow Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report Clerk's Office Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 01/09/24