(a) The authority shall apply to the public utilities commission for one or more orders to effectuate the Hawaii green infrastructure loan program, pursuant to section 269-170.

Nothing herein shall preclude the department from applying for a financing order, pursuant to § 269-162, prior to the issuance of an order or orders to effectuate the Hawaii green infrastructure loan program under section 269-171, nor from requesting consolidation of the proceeding for a financing order with such a loan program implementation order.

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-66

  • Authority: means the Hawaii green infrastructure authority as established under section 196-63. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
  • Department: means the department of business, economic development, and tourism, or any successor by law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
  • Financing order: means the same as defined in section 269A-161. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
  • Green infrastructure charge: means the on-bill charges for the use and services of the loan program, including the repayment of loans made under the loan program, as authorized by the public utilities commission to be imposed on electric utility customers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
  • Green infrastructure costs: means costs incurred or to be incurred by the electric utility customers to pay for clean energy technology, demand response technology, and energy use reduction and demand side management infrastructure including, without limitation, the purchase or installation of green infrastructure equipment, programs, and services authorized by the loan program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
  • Green infrastructure loan program order: means the same as defined in section 269-161. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
  • Green infrastructure special fund: means the special fund created pursuant to section 196-67. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
(b) An application shall be submitted by the authority to the public utilities commission in accordance with section 269-170.
(c) In accordance with an approved green infrastructure loan program order or orders, the authority shall utilize the proceeds of bonds and other amounts deposited in the Hawaii green infrastructure special fund pursuant to [section] 196-65, or to the extent permitted by a financing order, to pay financing costs, as defined in § 269-161.
(d) Within the order or orders issued by the public utilities commission under section 269-171, the authority shall obtain approval from the public utilities commission requiring the electric utilities to serve as agents to bill and collect the green infrastructure charge imposed to repay green infrastructure costs and transfer all green infrastructure charges collected to the authority on behalf of the department. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, electric utilities shall not be obligated to bill, collect, or remit green infrastructure charges from nonutility customers.