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2016 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 15. TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES
269. Public Utilities Commission
PART I. PUBLIC UTILITIES, GENERALLY- 269-1 Definitions.
- 269-2 Public utilities commission; number, appointment of commissioners, qualifications; compensation; persons having interest in public utilities; authority.
- 269-3 Employment of assistants.
- 269-4 REPEALED.
- 269-5 Annual report and register of orders.
- 269-6 General powers and duties.
- 269-6.5 Electronic copies of documents.
- 269-7 Investigative powers.
- 269-7.5 Certificates of public convenience and necessity.
- 269-8 Public utilities to furnish information.
- 269-8.2 Location of records.
- 269-8.5 Annual financial reports.
- 269-9 Report accidents.
- 269-10 Commission may compel attendance of witnesses, etc.
- 269-11 REPEALED.
- 269-12 Notices.
- 269-13 Right to be represented by counsel.
- 269-14 REPEALED.
- 269-14.5 Appointment of receiver for public utilities.
- 269-15 Commission may institute proceedings to enforce chapter.
- 269-15.5 Appeals.
- 269-15.51 Contested cases.
- 269-15.6 Alternative dispute resolution.
- 269-16 Regulation of utility rates; ratemaking procedures.
- 269-16.2 Approval of rules of a public utility.
- 269-16.3 Statewide rate increase surcharge assessment on ratepayers in emergency situations.
- 269-16.4 Annual fuel mix disclosure.
- 269-16.5 Lifeline telephone rates.
- 269-16.6 Telecommunications relay services for the deaf, persons with hearing disabilities, and persons with speech disabilities.
- 269-16.7 REPEALED.
- 269-16.8 Aggregators of telephone service requirements.
- 269-16.9 Telecommunications providers and services.
- 269-16.21 REPEALED.
- 269-16.22 Power purchase agreements; cost recovery for electric utilities.
- 269-16.85 Retail intrastate services; fully competitive.
- 269-16.91 Universal service subsidies.
- 269-16.92 Changes in subscriber carrier selections; prior authorization required; penalties for unauthorized changes.
- 269-16.93 Release of domestic abuse victims from shared wireless plans.
- 269-16.95 Emergency telephone service; capital costs; ratemaking.
- 269-17 Issuance of securities.
- 269-17.5 Issuance of voting stock; restrictions.
- 269-18 Acquirement of stock of another public utility.
- 269-19 Merger and consolidation of public utilities.
- 269-19.5 Relations with an affiliated interest; definition; contracts with affiliates filed and subject to commission action.
- 269-20 Certificates of public convenience and necessity for water carriers.
- 269-21, 22 REPEALED.
- 269-23 Liability of initial and delivering common carrier for loss; limitation of liability; notice and filing of claim.
- 269-24 REPEALED.
- 269-25 Valuations.
- 269-26 Investigation of water rates charged by lessee under state leases.
- 269-26.5 Preferential water rates for agricultural activities.
- 269-26.6 Preferential water carrier service rates for agricultural activities.
- 269-27 Prevention of unreasonable water rates.
- 269-27.1 Establishment of geothermal energy rates.
- 269-27.2 Utilization of electricity generated from nonfossil fuels.
- 269-27.3 Preferential renewable energy rates; agricultural activities.
- 269-27.4 Community-based renewable energy tariffs.
- 269-27.5 Construction of high-voltage electric transmission lines; hearing.
- 269-27.6 Construction of high-voltage electric transmission lines; overhead or underground construction.
- 269-28 Penalty.
- 269-29 Perjury.
- 269-30 Finances; public utility fee.
- 269-31 Application of this chapter.
- 269-32 Injury to public utility property.
- 269-33 Public utilities commission special fund.
- 269-34 Obligations of telecommunications carriers.
- 269-35 Universal service.
- 269-36 Telecommunications number portability.
- 269-37 Compensation agreements.
- 269-38 Regulatory flexibility for effectively competitive services.
- 269-39 Cross-subsidies.
- 269-40 Access to advanced services.
- 269-41 Universal service program; establishment; purpose; principles.
- 269-42 Universal service program; contributions.
- 269-43 Carriers of last resort.
- 269-44 Solar water heater system standards.
- 269-45 Gas utility companies; renewable energy; reporting requirements.
- 269-51 Consumer advocate; executive director of the division of consumer advocacy.
- 269-52 Division of consumer advocacy; personnel.
- 269-53 Legal counsel.
- 269-54 General powers; duties.
- 269-55 Handling of complaints.
- 269-91 [Definitions.]
- 269-92 Renewable portfolio standards.
- 269-93 Achieving portfolio standard.
- 269-94 Waivers, extensions, and incentives.]
- 269-95 Renewable portfolio standards study.
- 269-96 Energy-efficiency portfolio standards.
- 269-101 Definitions.
- 269-101.5 Maximum capacity of eligible customer-generator.
- 269-102 Standard contract or tariff; rate structure.
- 269-103 Generating capacity.
- 269-104 Additional customer-generators.
- 269-105 Calculation.
- 269-106 Billing periods; twelve-month reconciliation.
- 269-107 Net electricity consumers.
- 269-108 Net electricity producers; excess electricity credits and credit carry over.
- 269-109 Net electricity consumption or production information.
- 269-110 Termination by eligible customer-generators.
- 269-111 Safety and performance standards.
- 269-121 Public benefits fee authorization.
- 269-122 Public benefits fee administrator; establishment.
- 269-123 Requirements for the public benefits fee administrator.
- 269-124 Transitioning from utility demand-side management programs to the public benefits fee.
- 269-125 On-bill financing for energy efficiency and renewable energy.
- 269-131 Definitions.
- 269-132 Certification.
- 269-133 Transmission tariff.
- 269-134 Cable surcharge.
- 269-135 Recovery of electric utility company costs.
- 269-141 Definitions.
- 269-142 Reliability standards; interconnection requirements; adoption and development; force and effect.
- 269-143 Monitoring.
- 269-144 Compliance and enforcement.
- 269-145 Grid access; procedures for interconnection; dispute resolution.
- 269-145.5 Advanced grid modernization technology; principles.
- 269-146 Hawaii electricity reliability surcharge; authorization; cost recovery.
- 269-147 Hawaii electricity reliability administrator; contracting.
- 269-148 Hawaii electricity reliability administrator; qualifications.
- 269-149 Funding; reporting.
- 269-161 Definitions.
- 269-162 Applications to issue bonds and authorize green infrastructure fee.
- 269-163 Green infrastructure financing order.
- 269-164 Green infrastructure property.
- 269-165 Bonds financing order.
- 269-166 Green infrastructure fee; nonbypassable
- 269-167 Electric utility successor requirements; default of electric utility.
- 269-168 Treatment of bonds, fees, and property.
- 269-169 Green infrastructure property; non-impairment.
- 269-170 Green infrastructure loan program order; application.
- 269-171 Green infrastructure loan program order; issuance.
- 269-172 Electric utilities; cost recovery; billing agent.
- 269-173 Severability
- 269-174 Miscellaneous.
- 269-175 Revenue bonds; exclusion from debt limit.
- 269-176 Financing order; adjustments to green infrastructure fee.
Note
Broadband services; exemption from certain permitting requirements. L 2011, c 151; L 2013, c 264; L 2016, c 193, 1, 2.
Franchises prior to 1966, see RLH 1955, volume II appendix at page 1720 and 1965 Supp at page 1039.
Greenhouse gas emissions reduction task force (report to 2010 legislature and every five years thereafter). L 2007, c 234, 1 to 7.
Honolulu Gas Company. L 1967, c 262.
Judiciary report to 2019 legislature on change in judicial proceedings made by L 2016, c 48. L 2016, c 48, 11.
Kauai Electric Company, Limited. L 1967, c 165.
Maui Electric Company, Limited. L 1991, c 12.
Maui Electric Company, Limited (for Lanai). L 1988, c 54.
Molokai Electric Company, Limited. L 1989, c 147.
Solar water heating pay as you save program pilot project. L 2006, c 240, 13.
Cross References
Natural energy laboratory of Hawaii authority as public utility; when, see 227D-1.5.
Telecommunications and cable industry information reporting, see chapter 440J.
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