Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS › Chapter 601 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 16-601-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter, except as otherwise required by
				  context:
"Administrative director" means the person appointed by the
				  chairperson to be the administrative head of the commission staff.
"Agency hearing" or "hearing" has the same meaning as in
				  section
				  91-1(6),
				  HRS.
"Applicant" or "petitioner" means a person who files an
				  application seeking permission or authorization which the commission may grant
				  under statutory or other authority delegated to it.
"Chairperson" means the commissioner designated by the
				  governor to be chairperson of the commission.
"Chief clerk" or "deputy clerk" means the person or persons
				  appointed to receive, record, and preserve the records of the
				  commission.
"Commission" means the public utilities commission of the
				  State.
"Commissioner" means a member of the public utilities
				  commission.
"Consumer advocate" means the executive director of the
				  division of consumer advocacy of the department of commerce and consumer
				  affairs.
"Contested case" has the same meaning as in section
				  91-1(5),
				  HRS.
"General rate increase" means a partial or flat increase in
				  the general level of the rates or charges for revenue purposes or to increase
				  the rate of return. The establishment of a rate or charge for a new service, an
				  adjustment of or a change in a particular rate or charges for the purpose of
				  eliminating inequities, preferences, or discriminations, or increases in rates
				  or charges resulting from an automatic rate adjustment clause are not general
				  rate increases.
"Government records" means the same as in section
				  92F-3,
				  HRS.
"Hearings officer" means a person appointed as such pursuant
				  to section
				  269-6,
				  HRS.
"HRS" means the Hawaii Revised Statutes.
"Intervenor" means a person who moves to intervene in a
				  contested case and is admitted as a party.
"Meeting" has the same meaning as in section
				  92-2(3),
				  HRS.
"Motor carrier" has the same meaning as in section
				  271-4(13),
				  HRS.
"Movant" means a party that moves,- a party that makes a
				  motion before this commission; a party that applies for a ruling or an order
				  from this commission.
"Participant" means a person allowed to participate in a
				  proceeding pursuant to section 16-601-56.
"Party" has the same meaning as in section
				  91-1(3),
				  HRS. Whenever the word "party" is used in this chapter, it also includes a
				  participant where the context requires.
"Person" means and includes individuals, partnerships,
				  corporations, associations, joint stock companies, public trusts, organized
				  groups of persons, whether incorporated or not, receivers or trustees of the
				  foregoing, municipalities, including cities, counties, or other political
				  subdivisions of the State, or any agency, authority or instrumentality of the
				  State, or of any one or more of the foregoing.
"Presiding officer" means any member of the commission or any
				  person appointed as a hearings officer by the chairperson. Unless otherwise
				  designated, the chairperson is the presiding officer.
"Proceeding" means any matter brought before the commission
				  or initiated by the commission which it has jurisdiction to entertain and
				  dispose.
"Public hearing" means a public hearing described in section
				  269-16,
				  HRS, or section
				  91-3,
				  HRS, or a proceeding initiated by the commission, either on its own motion or
				  as required by law, for the purpose of obtaining data, comments, opinions, or
				  statements.
"Public utility" means the same as in section
				  269-1, HRS.
"Respondent" means a person subject to any statute
				  administered by the commission or any order or rule issued or promulgated
				  thereunder against whom a complaint is filed or to whom an order or notice is
				  issued by the commission instituting a proceeding or investigation.
"State" means the State of Hawaii.
"Tariff change" means any change or addition to a public
				  utility, motor carrier, or water carrier tariff on file with the
				  commission,
"Water carrier" or "common carrier by water" has the same
				  meaning as in section
				  271G-5(7),
				  HRS.