Hawaii 2022 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HR54 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.

Old	New	Differences
1	1	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.R. NO. 54 THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 STATE OF HAWAII HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTing PUBLIC UTILITIES TO provide a fifty percent RATE discount TO retired senior citizens.
2	2
3	3	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.R. NO. 54
4	4	THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
5	5	STATE OF HAWAII
6	6
7	7	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8
9	9	H.R. NO.
10	10
11	11	54
12	12
13	13	THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
14	14
15	15
16	16
17	17	STATE OF HAWAII
18	18
19	19
20	20
21	21
22	22
23	23
24	24
25	25
26	26
27	27
28	28
29	29	HOUSE RESOLUTION
30	30
31	31
32	32
33	33
34	34
35	35	REQUESTing PUBLIC UTILITIES TO provide a fifty percent RATE discount TO retired senior citizens.
36	36
37	37
38	38
39	39
40	40
41	41	WHEREAS, many retired senior citizens live on fixed incomes and tight budgets, requiring them to limit expenses; and WHEREAS, the costs of public utilities, including electricity, water, gas, telephone, and telecommunication services are consistently rising and are difficult to limit or negotiate; and WHEREAS, the widening gaps between the rising costs of public utility services and fixed incomes of retired senior citizens make it increasingly difficult for retired senior citizens to live within their budgets; and WHEREAS, proactive measures are needed to help retired senior citizens maintain a reasonable quality of life despite rising, but necessary, public utility expenses; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, that any public utility having a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Public Utilities Commission is requested to provide a fifty percent rate discount to any customer who is a retired senior citizen; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Public Utilities Commission is requested to assess the actions taken by public utilities and to determine whether any additional legislation is needed to ensure that retired senior citizens receive fifty percent rate discounts; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Public Utilities Commission is requested to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2023; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and Chairperson of the Public Utilities Commission, who, in turn, is requested to distribute copies of this Concurrent Resolution to all public utilities that currently hold a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Commission. OFFERED BY: _____________________________ Report Title: Public Utilities; Discount; Senior Citizens
42	42
43	43	WHEREAS, many retired senior citizens live on fixed incomes and tight budgets, requiring them to limit expenses; and
44	44
45	45
46	46
47	47	WHEREAS, the costs of public utilities, including electricity, water, gas, telephone, and telecommunication services are consistently rising and are difficult to limit or negotiate; and
48	48
49	49
50	50
51	51	WHEREAS, the widening gaps between the rising costs of public utility services and fixed incomes of retired senior citizens make it increasingly difficult for retired senior citizens to live within their budgets; and
52	52
53	53
54	54
55	55	WHEREAS, proactive measures are needed to help retired senior citizens maintain a reasonable quality of life despite rising, but necessary, public utility expenses; now, therefore,
56	56
57	57
58	58
59	59	BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, that any public utility having a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Public Utilities Commission is requested to provide a fifty percent rate discount to any customer who is a retired senior citizen; and
60	60
61	61
62	62
63	63	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Public Utilities Commission is requested to assess the actions taken by public utilities and to determine whether any additional legislation is needed to ensure that retired senior citizens receive fifty percent rate discounts; and
64	64
65	65
66	66
67	67	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Public Utilities Commission is requested to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2023; and
68	68
69	69
70	70
71	71	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and Chairperson of the Public Utilities Commission, who, in turn, is requested to distribute copies of this Concurrent Resolution to all public utilities that currently hold a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Commission.
72	72
73	73
74	74
75	75
76	76
77	77
78	78
79	79	OFFERED BY: _____________________________
80	80
81	81
82	82
83	83	OFFERED BY:
84	84
85	85	_____________________________
86	86
87	87
88	88
89	89
90	90
91	91	Report Title:
92	92
93	93	Public Utilities; Discount; Senior Citizens