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A scheduled system outage will occur Thursday, June 15, 4:30 pm through Monday, June 19, 9:00 am. No filings or payments will be accepted during this time. Learn more
  

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The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) regulates all chartered, franchised, certificated, and registered public utility companies operating in the State; reviews and approves rates, tariffs, charges and fees; determines the allowable rate of earnings in establishing rates; issues guidelines concerning the general management of franchised or certificated utility businesses; and acts on requests for the acquisition, sale, disposition or other exchange of utility properties, including mergers and consolidations.

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Scheduled system outage June 15, 4:30 pm to June 19, 9:00 am for launch of new IT system. No filings or payments will be accepted.

May 30, 2023 – A scheduled system outage will occur Thursday, June 15, 4:30 pm through Monday, June 19, 9:00 am. No filings or payments will be accepted during this time. Any filings due on Friday, June 16, 2023 will be considered to be timely if they are filed by close of business on Monday, June 19, 2023.

Notice to Interested Persons May 26, 2023 – Motor Carrier Applications

May 26, 2023 – NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO interested persons that the applications listed have been filed with the HAWAII PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.

PUC Establishes new Interconnection Dispute Resolution Process (“IDRP”)

May 15, 2023 – The Public Utilities Commission published a new webpage about the Interconnection Dispute Resolution Process (“IDRP”), established on April 18 in Order No. 39163. This new IDRP aims to expedite resolutions of technical issues that arise during the development of projects selected in Hawaiian Electric’s Stage 3 Request for Proposals.

Learn more on our new webpage explaining Renewable Energy Procurements and Stage 3 RFPs and the IDRP.

Notice to Interested Persons May 12, 2023 – Motor Carrier Applications

May 12, 2023 – NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO interested persons that the applications listed have been filed with the HAWAII PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.

Notice to Interested Persons May 5, 2023 – Motor Carrier Applications

May 5, 2023 – NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO interested persons that the applications listed have been filed with the HAWAII PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.

PUC Publishes new webpage on CDMS, its IT overhaul project

May 4, 2023 – The Public Utilities Commission added a new CDMS Project webpage with information about its new IT project, the Case and Docket Management System (CDMS).

Notice to Interested Persons April 28, 2023 – Motor Carrier Applications

April 28, 2023 – NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO interested persons that the applications listed have been filed with the HAWAII PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.

Case and Document Management System Project (CDMS)

CDMS will replace the PUC’s existing DMS with a modern, user-friendly and integrated content and case management workflow solution that can accommodate docketed and non-docketed processes and documents.

Energy Equity and Justice (Docket No. 2022-0250)

The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission opened Docket No. 2022-0250 in December 2022 to investigate how to better integrate equity and justice considerations across Commission proceedings and the Commission’s work more broadly, including in its role overseeing and regulating the functions of public utilities.

Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Policies (Docket No. 2019-0323)

The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission opened Docket No. 2019-0323 in September 2019 to investigate the technical, economic, and policy issues associated with DERs and rate design, as they pertain to the Hawaiian Electric Companies. Docket No. 2019-0323 is divided into three tracks, covering topics in 1) Advanced Rate Design (“ARD”), 2) DER Programs, and 3) Technical issues.

Renewable Energy Procurement (Docket No. 2017-0352)

The Commission opened Docket No. 2017-0352, also known as the RFP Docket, in 2017 to provide oversight on Hawaiian Electric’s competitive bidding process.

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