Read the full application by searching Docket No. 2016-0328 in the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) Document Management System. In HECO’s recent news release, it says the proposal for an increase will help pay for operating costs, including system upgrades to increase reliability, improve customer service and integrate more renewable energy. The Consumer Advocate will review the ...
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Watch Acting Executive Director, Dean Nishina, discuss the core of consumer advocacy in Hawaii on ThinkTech with Jay Fidell and Ray Starling with this YouTube video. Links to other videos that feature a representative from DCA can be found on the videos page.
A new tool by Hawaiian Electric Companies features an online calculator to help compare electric vehicles with gasoline vehicles. Read the full news release from HECO’s website here.
The Public Utilities Commission, subject to certain conditions, approved the voluntary surrender of Sea Link of Hawaii, Inc.’s certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) to operate as a water carrier of passengers and property between the islands of Oahu, Molokai, and Maui. As a result, Sea Link may terminate its ferry service operations (commonly known ...
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Gov. David Ige announced the launch of text-to-911, an enhanced 911 service that allows residents to report an emergency as a text message. The full news release from the Governor’s Office can be read here. For more information about text-to-911, visit the website: hawaiitextto911.com. The Consumer Advocate is a board member of the E911 Board. For a ...
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A judge ruled the appointment of Tom Gorak as Commissioner of the Public Utilities Commission was valid. His appointment is on an interim basis. Read the full News Release from the Attorney General’s office. The cases’s Minute Order can also be viewed.
In a news release from the Federal Communications Commission, it has reached a settlement with Blue Jay Wireless to resolve an investigation into whether the company improperly enrolled several thousand Hawaiian customers as eligible for enhanced Tribal support reimbursements from the FCC’s Lifeline program. You can read FCC’s full News Release and read more about Lifeline in Hawaii on ...
Read More BLUE JAY WIRELESS TO PAY MILLION, ENDING INVESTIGATION INTO ITS TRIBAL LIFELINE REIMBURSEMENTS IN HAWAII
Read the full News Release regarding the Public Utilities Commission’s decision of the HECO Companies and NextEra Energy’s filing and view the Summary of Decision and Order below: News Release Summary of Decision and Order No. 33795, Docket No. 2015-0022 Decision and Order No. 33795, Docket No. 2015-0022 You can view all the documents of the filing on the ...
Read More PUC Votes to Not Approve the HECO Companies and NextEra Energy’s Joint Application for Change of Control
The following article was published in West Hawaii Today: Consumer advocate criticizes HOVE solar farm plan Read the Consumer Advocate’s full statement of position to the PUC regarding this application here. You can also find all files for this application on the PUC’s document management system (DMS) by going to https://dms.puc.hawaii.gov/dms/ and searching for Docket No. 2015-0229.