(a) In the furtherance of section 39-65, the ownership, transfer, and pledge of the green infrastructure fee and green infrastructure property and the imposition, charging, collection, and receipt of the green infrastructure fee and green infrastructure charge are exempt from all taxes and surcharges imposed by the State or the counties, including the general excise tax under chapter 237, public service company tax under chapter 239, public utility fee under section 269-30, and public utility franchise tax under chapter 240.

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 269-168

  • Financing order: means an order issued at the request of the department by the public utilities commission under this part that has become final as provided by law, and that authorizes the issuance of bonds and the imposition, adjustment from time to time, and collection of green infrastructure fees. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269-161
  • Green infrastructure charge: means the on-bill charges as defined in § 196-61. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269-161
  • Green infrastructure fee: means the nonbypassable fees and charges authorized by section 269-166 and in a financing order authorized under this part to be imposed on and collected from all existing and future customers of electric utilities or any successor. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269-161
  • Green infrastructure property: means the property, rights, and interests created by the public utilities commission under a financing order, including the right to impose, charge, and collect from electric utility customers the green infrastructure fee that shall be used to pay and secure the payment of bonds and financing costs, including the right to obtain adjustments to the green infrastructure fee, and any revenues, receipts, collections, rights to payment, payments, moneys, claims, or other proceeds arising from the rights and interests created by the public utilities commission under any financing order. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269-161
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
(b) Bonds issued under a financing order shall not be an obligation of any electric utility. The issuance of bonds shall not directly, indirectly, or contingently obligate the electric utility for payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds.