2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 15. Transportation and Utilities
269. Public Utilities Commission
- 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- 269-4 REPEALED.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- 269-11 REPEALED.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- 269-14 REPEALED.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. Any rules, guidelines, or other standards of a public utility which interpret federal or state laws governing nonutility generators, or which make a nonutility generator monetarily responsible for the public utility's costs and profits of doing business as a public utility, shall be approved by the public utilities commission before adoption. As used in this section, a "nonutility generator" means a person that produces electric power but is not a public utility. [L 1994, c 176, §2]
- 269-16.21 REPEALED.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- 269-16.7 REPEALED.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. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, the commission, upon its own motion or upon the application of any person, and upon notice and hearing, may exempt a telecommunications provider or a telecommunications service from any or all of the provisions of this chapter, except the provisions of section 269-34, upon a determination that the exemption is in the public interest. In determining whether an exemption is in the public interest, the commission shall consider whether the exemption promotes state policies in telecommunications, the development, maintenance, and operation of effective and economically efficient telecommunications services, and the furnishing of telecommunications services at just and reasonable rates and in a fair manner in view of the needs of the various customer segments of the telecommunications industry. Among the specific factors the commission may consider are: (1) The responsiveness of the exemption to changes in the structure and technology of the State's telecommunications industry; (2) The benefits accruing to the customers and users of the exempt telecommunications provider or service; (3) The impact of the exemption on the quality, efficiency, and availability of telecommunications services; (4) The impact of the exemption on the maintenance of fair, just, and reasonable rates for telecommunications services; (5) The likelihood of prejudice or disadvantage to ratepayers of basic local exchange service resulting from the exemption; (6) The effect of the exemption on the preservation and promotion of affordable, universal, basic telecommunications services as those services are determined by the commission; (7) The resulting subsidization, if any, of the exempt telecommunications service or provider by nonexempt services; (8) The impact of the exemption on the availability of diversity in the supply of telecommunications services throughout the State; (9) The improvements in the regulatory system to be gained from
- 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 and 269-22 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.
- 269-48 Coal power purchase agreements; prohibited.
- 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.
- 269-74 Zero-emission vehicle fueling system rebate program.
- 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.
- 269-97 Annual report; electric utility company
- 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.
- 269-141 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
L 2021, c 72, 13 provides:
"SECTION 13. The public utilities commission shall conform its electronically filed documents and its electronic filing processes to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and all existing federal laws and regulations to ensure equal access for individuals with disabilities."
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.
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.
Study on the accessibility of Hawaii's electric system and procedures for interconnection to Hawaii's electric system; report to 2023 legislature. L 2022, c 201, 1.
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).