Source: https://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/Roadmap/8-HI-c
Timestamp: 2017-10-23 08:21:21
Document Index: 199921154

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 269', '§ 269', '§ 269', '§ 269', '§6', '§ 269', '§ 269', '§ 269', '§ 91', '§ 269', '§6', '§ 91']

In Hawaii, a public utility must obtain a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (Certificate) from the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (HPUC) prior to installing a high-voltage electric transmission line. H.R.S. § 269-7.5(a); H.R.S. § 269-132(a).
A “public utility” includes “every person who may own, control, or manage…facilities for the production, conveyance, transmission, delivery, or furnishing of light, power, heat, cold, water, gas, or oil…” H.R.S. § 269-1.
If the proposed project is for an electric transmission line less than 120 kV a Certificate is not required, but approval from the HPUC is still likely required.
8-HI-c.3 – Contact the Hawaii Public Utility Commission (HPUC)
The developer should contact the HPUC to confirm that a Certificate is required for their project, that they are utilizing current procedures, and to ensure that they are using the most recent Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity Application.
8-HI-c.4 – Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity Application
The developer should submit a complete Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity Application (Application) and any supporting documentation to the CPUC. An Application should include at minimum, the following:
The applicant (developers) name and location of principal place of business;
The name of competing utilities for the proposed service;
A state of the developer’s financial ability to render the proposed service;
The rates to be charged including the rules governing the proposed service.
H.R.S. § 269-7.5(a); H.A.R. §6-61-74.
8-HI-c.5 to 8-HI-c.6 – Review Application Materials for Completeness
The HPUC reviews the Application materials for administrative and technical completeness.
8-HI-c.7 – Notify Any Known Customers or Patrons
The HPUC must assess the Application materials for a high-voltage transmission system and public hearing testimony and make a decision on the Application within 180 days after the Application if filed. H.R.S. § 269-132(c).
The HPUC must issue a Certificate, authorizing the whole or any part of the operations covered by the Application, if it is found that the applicant (developer) is fit, willing, and able properly to perform the service proposed and to conform to the terms, conditions, and rules adopted by the HPUC, and that the proposed service is, or will be, required by the present or future public convenience and necessity. H.R.S. § 269-7.5(c).
Achieving other considerations the commission may deem appropriate.
H.R.S. § 269-27.6(a).
An explicit statement in plain language of the issues involved and the facts alleged by the HPUC in support thereof;
The fact that any party may retain counsel if the party so desires and the fact that an individual may appear on the individual's own behalf, or a member of a partnership may represent the partnership, or an officer or authorized employee of a corporation or trust or association may represent the corporation, trust, or association. H.R.S. § 91-9(b).
Hawaii – Haw. Rev. Stat. §§ 269 et seq., Public Utilities Commission
Hawaii – Haw. Admin. Rules §§6-61 et seq., Rules of Practice and Procedure Before the Public Utilities Commission
Hawaii – Haw. Rev. Stat. §§ 91 et seq., Administrative Procedure
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