2013 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 15. TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES
269. Public Utilities Commission
269-170 Green infrastructure loan program order; application.

§269-170 Green infrastructure loan program order; application. (a) The authority shall submit an application to the public utilities commission for the use or other disposition of amounts deposited or held in the green infrastructure special fund pursuant to section 196-65 prior to the allocation, use, expenditure, or other disposition of any such amounts; provided that this subsection shall not apply to the expenditure of amounts deposited or held in the green infrastructure special fund that have been reviewed and approved by the public utilities commission for operational or administrative expenses of the authority pursuant to section 196-64.

(b) An application submitted by the authority to the public utilities commission under this section shall include the following:

(1) A description of each project, program, financing agreement, or other arrangement for which the authority seeks to allocate, use, expend, or otherwise dispose of amounts deposited or held in the green infrastructure special fund, including:

(A) The clean energy technology, demand response technology, and energy use reduction and demand side management infrastructure, programs, and services to be financed;

(B) A description of the parties, both direct and incidental, intended to benefit from any financing made in connection with the green infrastructure special fund amounts requested by the authority in an application submitted to the public utilities commission under this section;

(C) A description of the loan programs or other arrangements designed, established, identified, agreed to, agreed to in principle, continued, carried over, or otherwise intended to be effectuated for the use of the green infrastructure special fund amounts requested by the authority in an application submitted to the public utilities commission under this section; and

(D) Any and all funding or credit sources identified, pledged, dedicated, or otherwise provided to supplement the green infrastructure special fund amounts requested by the authority in an application submitted to the public utilities commission under this section;

(2) Minimum lending, crediting, or investing criteria in relation to each project, program, financing agreement, or other arrangement described in an application submitted to the public utilities commission under this section;

(3) A description of the repayment processes, mechanisms, and applicable calculations for each project, program, financing agreement, or other arrangement described in an application submitted to the public utilities commission under this section;

(4) An explanation of the anticipated impacts and benefits to electric utility ratepayers of any project, program, financing agreement, or other arrangement described under an application submitted by the authority to the public utilities commission under this section; and

(5) Any other additional information determined to be necessary by the public utilities commission upon the review of an application submitted or resubmitted by the authority under this section. [L 2013, c 211, pt of §3]