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PUC Annual Report–Fiscal Year 2006 PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION STATE OF HAWAII ANNUAL REPORT (HAW. REV. STAT. §§ 269-5 and 486J-5) FISCAL YEAR 2005-06 NOVEMBER 2006 TABLE OF CONTENTS Commission History and Background ........................................................................................1 Goals and Objectives of Commission ........................................................................................4 Administrative Update ................................................................................................................4 Regulatory Issues and Proceedings:..........................................................................................5 Major Regulatory Issues................................................................................................5 Electricity and Energy Proceedings...............................................................................5 Gas Proceedings ........................................................................................................ 14 Telecommunications Proceedings ............................................................................. 15 Private Water and Sewage Utilities Proceedings....................................................... 20 Transportation Carriers Proceedings ......................................................................... 24 One Call Center Proceedings..................................................................................... 30 Docket Proceedings ................................................................................................... 31 Enforcement Activities ............................................................................................................. 33 Inquiries ................................................................................................................................... 44 Maximum Pre-tax Wholesale Gasoline Prices and Petroleum Monitoring.............................. 45 Fiscal Information .................................................................................................................... 50 Utility Company Operations, Capital Improvements, and Rates ............................................. 51 Utility Company Performance.................................................................................................. 68 Legislation Enacted by 2006 Legislature Affecting Public Utilities.......................................... 92 Federal Issues and Activities................................................................................................... 94 Preview Fiscal Year 2006-07................................................................................................... 95 ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2005-06 (HAW. REV. STAT. §§ 269-5 and 486J-5) PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION STATE OF HAWAII I. INTRODUCTION. Public utilities, like the customers they serve and the society and economy in which they operate, continue to undergo significant changes due to rapid developments in technology, markets, economic conditions, consumer needs, and environmental concerns. We must recognize these changes and update regulatory practices as we implement legislated public policies in the best interest of the public, while simultaneously encouraging public utilities to efficiently operate, grow, and develop in their respective industries, so that they can continue to provide customers with reliable services at reasonable rates. The Public Utilities Commission (“Commission”) of the State of Hawaii (“State”) submits this Annual Report pursuant to Sections 269-5 and 486J-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended (“HRS”). In short, this report summarizes the activities and operations of the Commission and the public utilities it regulates during the July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006 fiscal year (“Fiscal Year”), as well as the Commission’s goals and objectives. II. COMMISSION HISTORY AND BACKGROUND. The Commission is responsible for regulating all chartered, franchised, certificated, and registered public utility companies that provide electricity, gas, telecommunications, private water and sewage, and motor and water carrier transportation services in the State. It also oversees the administration of a one call center that provides advance warning to excavators of the location of subsurface installations in the area of an excavation in order to protect those installations from damage. In addition, the Commission has recently been tasked with the development and maintenance of the petroleum industry monitoring, analysis and reporting program that is intended to increase transparency within the petroleum industry. The Commission has statutory authority to establish and enforce applicable state statutes, administrative rules and regulations, and to set policies and standards. A. HISTORY. The Commission was established in 1913 by Act 89, Session Laws of Hawaii (“SLH”) 1913, as a part-time, three-member body with broad regulatory oversight and investigative authority over all public utility companies doing business in the Territory of Hawaii. This act, amended over the years and codified in Chapter 269, HRS, is the basis for utility regulation in Hawaii. The Commission’s authority to regulate various classifications of motor carriers of passengers and property is derived from the Hawaii Motor Carrier Law (Chapter 271, HRS) enacted in 1961. Responsibility for all commercial water transportation carriers of persons and property within the State is derived from the Hawaii Water Carrier Act of 1974 (Chapter 271G, HRS). Chapter 6-61, “Rules of Practice and Procedure Before the Public Utilities Commission,” of the Hawaii Administrative Rules (“HAR”) sets forth general procedural requirements for intervention and participation in proceedings before the Commission. Other HARs and general orders of the Commission set forth the standards, rules, and other procedures governing electric, gas, telecommunications, private water and sewage, and motor and water carrier transportation services. Public Utilities Commission Annual Report 2005-06 State of Hawaii Page 2 Responsibility for the establishment and administration of a one call center, which provides advance warning to excavators in the State of the location of subsurface installations in the area of an excavation, is derived from Chapter 269E, HRS. Today, the Commission is a full-time body comprised of three (3) Commissioners. The Governor, with the consent of the State Senate, appoints the Commissioners. They each serve six-year terms on a staggered basis. B. COMMISSIONERS. Carlito P. Caliboso, Chairman Carlito Caliboso was appointed to the Public Utilities Commission and named Chairman of the Commission by Governor Linda Lingle on April 30, 2003. In 2004, he was reappointed to the Commission for a term to expire on June 30, 2010. Prior to his appointment, Chairman Caliboso was engaged in private law practice since 1991. In 2004, Chairman Caliboso was appointed as a member of the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) Intergovernmental Advisory Committee, which provides advice to the FCC on a broad range of telecommunications issues of interest to state, local, and tribal governments. He is also a member of the National Association of Regulated Utilities Commissioners (“NARUC”), and serves on NARUC’s Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment, the Committee on International Relations, and the Ad Hoc Committee on Critical Infrastructure Protection. In addition, he serves on the State Energy Emergency Preparedness Advisory Committee. Chairman Caliboso earned a bachelor of business administration degree from the University of Hawaii and a law degree from the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii. Wayne H. Kimura, Commissioner 1 Wayne Kimura was appointed to the Commission by Governor Benjamin J. Cayetano in December 2001. He served as Chairman of the Commission from July 2002 until April 2003. Prior to his appointment, Commissioner Kimura served as the Hawaii State Comptroller in the Department of Accounting and General Services. He also served as Deputy Director of Finance and briefly as Interim Director of Finance in the Department of Budget and Finance. In the Office of the Governor, he worked as a Planning and Policy Analyst. He also held various fiscal and policy analyst positions in the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, the Department of Budget and Finance, the Department of Social Services and Housing, the Hawaii State Senate, the State House of Representatives, and the 1978 Constitutional Convention. Commissioner Kimura holds a bachelor’s degree, with work towards a master’s degree in business administration, at the University of Southern California. His term expires June 30, 2008. Janet E. Kawelo, Commissioner 2 Janet Kawelo was appointed to the Commission by Governor Benjamin J. Cayetano in January 2002. 1Commissioner Kimura retired from the Commission on July 31, 2006. 2Commissioner Kawelo retired from the Commission on June 30, 2006. Commissioner John Cole was appointed by Governor Linda Lingle and confirmed by the Senate to replace Commissioner Kawelo for the term July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2012. Public Utilities Commission Annual Report 2005-06 State of Hawaii Page 3 Prior to her appointment, Commissioner Kawelo served as Deputy Director of the Hawaii State Department of Land and Natural Resources. She also served as Special Assistant and Research Supervisor in the Office of the Governor, researcher in the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, and Research Officer in the
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