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PUC outlines regulatory role, pending rate cases and emergency Punalu‘u request
Summary
PUC staff explained the commission’s authority over utilities, the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity process, pending water and wastewater rate dockets, and a high-profile emergency rate request from Punalu‘u Water and Sanitation LLC asking for a 2,457% temporary increase.
Carolyn Laborte, chief auditor at the Public Utilities Commission, reviewed the PUC’s jurisdiction over regulated utilities and outlined types of applications the commission receives — including certificates of public convenience and necessity (CPCNs), rate‑increase requests, asset transfers, financing approvals and sale of utility property.
Laborte described the PUC’s investigatory powers under Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 269 and noted statutory deadlines for final decisions in rate cases depending on a utility’s revenue. She told meeting attendees that during the…
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