(a) The public utilities commission, by order or rule, may require that all or a portion of the moneys collected by Hawaii’s electric utilities from its ratepayers through a demand-side management surcharge be transferred to a third-party administrator contracted by the public utilities commission. The moneys transferred shall be known as the public benefits fee.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 269-121
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
For the purpose of this subsection, “clean energy technology” means any commercially available technology that enables the State to meet the renewable portfolio standards, established pursuant to § 269-92, or the energy-efficiency portfolio standards, established pursuant to section 269-96, and approved by the public utilities commission by rule or order.
(c) Nothing in this section shall create or be construed to cause the public benefits fee to be considered state or public moneys subject to appropriation by the legislature or be required to be deposited into the state treasury.
