APPLICATION OF HAWAIIAN ELEC. CO., INC.

No. 9764.

698 P.2d 304 (1985)

In the matter of the Application of HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC. for Approval of Rate Increases and Revised Rate Schedules.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

March 13, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Fairbanks, Honolulu (Thomas W. Williams, Jr., Honolulu, with him on the briefs; Goodsill, Anderson, Quinn & Stifel, Honolulu, of counsel), for appellant Hawaiian Elec. Co., Inc.

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

Harry S.Y. Kim, Honolulu, for Public Utilities Comn.

Before BURNS, C.J., and HEEN and TANAKA, JJ.


TANAKA, Judge.

Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. (HECO) appeals the Public Utilities Commission's (PUC) decision and order which approved less than half of the rate increases sought by HECO. The sole issue on appeal is procedural: whether the PUC must give notice to a utility that an expense item previously accepted in setting rates is now questioned, so that the utility may present evidence on its behalf. The answer, on state due process grounds, is yes, and so we...

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