APPLICATION OF HAWAIIAN ELEC. CO., INC.

No. 8463.

669 P.2d 148 (1983)

In the Matter of the Application of HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., Molokai Electric Company, Ltd., Maui Electric Company, Ltd., Hawaii Electric Light Company, Inc., Citizens Utilities Company (Kauai Electric Division), Gasco, Inc. (including Kauai, Maui and Hawaii Divisions). Instituting an Investigation of Lifeline Rates for Electric and Gas Utilities in the State of Hawaii — PURPA Section 114.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

September 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Murakami, Legal Aid Soc. of Hawaii, Waianae, and Dennis Niles, Paul, Johnson & Alston, Honolulu, for appellants.

Ronald Shigekane, Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu, Hawaii, for Consumer Advocate.

David L. Fairbanks, Goodsill, Anderson, Quinn & Stifel, Honolulu, for Hawaiian Elec., Maui Elec. and Hawaii Elec. Companies.

James H. Case and Alan M. Oshima, Carlsmith, Carlsmith, Wichman & Case, Honolulu, for Citizens Utilities Co.

George T. Aoki, Honolulu, for Gasco.

Before LUM, C.J., NAKAMURA, PADGETT, HAYASHI, JJ., and Chief Judge BURNS, assigned by reason of vacancy.


PADGETT, Justice.

This is an appeal from Order and Decision No. 6696 of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) of the State of Hawaii and from Order and Decision No. 6752, denying reconsideration of the previous order. We affirm.

This case had its genesis when Hawaiian Electric Company applied to the PUC for a rate increase. Appellants (Senior Citizens Advocates for Legal Assistance (SCALA) and Hawaii C.A.P. Directors Association (HCAP DA)) intervened, asking...

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