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2019 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- 269-4 REPEALED.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- 269-11 REPEALED.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- 269-14 REPEALED.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.
- 269-16.1 Performance incentive and penalty mechanisms.
- 269-16.2 Approval of rules of a public utility.
- 269-16.21 REPEALED.
- 269-16.22 Power purchase agreements; cost recovery for electric utilities.
- 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- 269-16.7 REPEALED.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.
- 269-16.85 Retail intrastate services; fully competitive.
- 269-16.9 Telecommunications providers and services.
- 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.
- 269-27.7 Preferential electricity rates; protected agriculture.
- 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.
- 269-46 Microgrids.
- 269-47 Electric power systems data access and transparency; principles.
- 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.
- 269-71 Meter tampering.
- 269-72 Electric vehicle charging system; rebate program.
- 269-73 Electric vehicle charging system; rebate program; administrator; establishment.
- 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. electric utilities net energy metering
- 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.
- 269-141 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.
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.
Law Journals and Reviews
A Tale of Two Solar Installations: How Electricity Regulations Impact Distributed Generation. 38 UH L. Rev. 135 (2016).
Eminent Domain and Serrated Power. 39 UH L. Rev. 171 (2016).
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