Green infrastructure loan program order; issuance
HRS §269-171
in effect269-171. Green infrastructure loan program order; issuance
(a) The public utilities commission may issue a program order authorizing the allocation, use, expenditure, or other disposition of any amounts deposited or held in the green infrastructure special fund upon the submission by the authority to the commission of a completed application, as described in this section. A green infrastructure loan program order issued by the public utilities commission shall include the following, where determined necessary and applicable by the commission:
(1) An identification and description of each
project, program, financing agreement, or other arrangement approved by the
public utilities commission for which amounts deposited or held in the green infrastructure special fund may be allocated,
used, expended, or otherwise disposed of;
(2) Minimum criteria for the lending, crediting, or
investing of amounts deposited or held in the green infrastructure special
fund;
(3) A description of the repayment processes,
mechanisms, and applicable calculations for each project, program, financing
agreement, or other arrangement approved by the public utilities commission for
which amounts deposited or held in the green infrastructure special fund may be
allocated, used, expended, or otherwise disposed of;
(4) A review of the anticipated impacts and benefits
to electric utility ratepayers of any project, program, financing agreement, or
other arrangement approved under a green infrastructure loan program order; and
(5) Any other provision or information determined to
be necessary by the public utilities commission.
(b) The public utilities commission shall
issue an order under this section as expeditiously as
possible upon the receipt from the authority of a completed application submitted
pursuant to section 269-170.
(c) The order shall specify
the following, including:
(1) The procedures to be followed by the electric
utilities in the event of nonpayment or partial payment of the green
infrastructure charge by the electric utilities' customers, which procedures
shall be consistent with the public utilities commission's approved procedures
for nonpayment and partial payment of rates, charges, and fees under the
electric utilities' tariffs; and
(2) The distribution of the total amounts collected
by the electric utilities for amounts billed to customers for the electric
utilities' rates, fees, and charges, for the green infrastructure charge, for
other fees and charges approved by the public utilities commission, and for
associated taxes, in the event of partial payments of the billed amounts.
The electric utilities
serving as billing and collecting agents shall be parties to the proceedings in
which the order or orders are issued.
[L 2013, c 211, pt of §3]
Source: Hawaii State Legislature (capitol.hawaii.gov), via Internet Archive capturesURL: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol05_Ch0261-0319/HRS0269/HRS_0269-0171.htmFetched: 11/10/2026