PUC Chair Leo Asuncion has selected Grace Relf to lead the PUC’s Office of Policy and Research (OPR) as its Chief effective Monday, February 6, 2023. Grace previously served over two years as a senior policy analyst in OPR. She holds Bachelor’s degrees in Energy and Environmental Policy and French from the University of Delaware ...
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Announcements
The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission would like to remind you that the mandatory 10-digit local dialing will start on October 24, 2021. All local calls, including those on the same island, will require that you dial area code 808 before the telephone number.
The State has announced plans to meet its future energy needs through a combination of greater energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy resources. The Statewide Energy Use Study will provide energy system planners with better information about how customers use energy now and this will help plan future programs. To support these goals, ...
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This April marks the 10th annual National Safe Digging Month, reminding Hawaii excavators to always call 811 before any digging project. In Hawaii, all excavators planning to conduct an excavation on public or applicable private property are required to notify the One Call Center, by calling 811, of the excavation at least five working days ...
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In support of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commission’s (“NARUC”) resolution supporting the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) WaterSense “Fix-a-Leak Week”, March 20 – 26, 2017, the Hawai’i Public Utilities Commission encourages the adoption of programs and the offering of products that promote water efficiency, and to find and fix leaks to save water in ...
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On Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, Commissioners Lorraine Akiba and Thomas Gorak along with the Hawaii Energy team joined Governor Ige as he proclaimed the day as Hawaii Energy Efficiency Day. Hawaii celebrated the inaugural National Energy Efficiency day as a part of the National Energy Awareness Month in October. To learn more about what you ...
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In order to facilitate stakeholder review of the HECO Companies’ filings, the Commission has uploaded the following electronic files to the Commission’s website. Background On August 7, 2014, the Commission opened Docket No. 2014-0183 to consolidate and review the HECO Companies’ Power Supply Improvement Plans (“PSIPs”), which had been previously ordered in three separate dockets. ...
Read More 2014-0183 Instituting A Proceeding to Review the Power Supply Improvement Plans for Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., Hawaii Electric Light Company, Inc., And Maui Electric Company, Limited.
The 4th Annual Hawaii Power Summit, “Charting the New Course,” convened Hawaii’s energy sector stakeholders on December 3 and 4, 2014 to dialogue about how Hawaii can move meaningfully towards a modern 21st century power delivery system. Commissioner Lorraine Akiba delivered the keynote address, “Charting the New Course” highlighting the 4R’s: of Renewable Energy, on ...
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On October 23, 2014, Commissioner Akiba represented the State of Hawaii and participated in the World Green Energy Forum 2014 as a guest speaker for a session titled “Energy Storage System-led Paradigm Shift in Electric Power Industry.“ The forum was sponsored by the Korea Energy Economics Institute “KEEI”, a national policy research institute of the ...
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Greentech Media in partnership with Caltech’s Resnick Sustainability Institute recently released a report outlining a comprehensive pathway for rebuilding California’s distribution grid. The report, titled, More Than Smart: A Framework to Make the Distribution Grid More Open, Efficient, and Resilient, outlines a clear path and framework to move from today’s centralized transmission planning infrastructure to ...
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