PART VII. 
PUBLIC BENEFITS FEE



 



Note



 



  Part heading amended by L 2008, c 118, pt of §2.



 



§269-121  Public benefits fee authorization. 
(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.



(b)  The public benefits fee shall be used to
support energy-efficiency and demand-side management programs and services,
subject to the review and approval of the public utilities commission.  These
moneys shall not be available to meet any current or past general obligations
of the State; provided that the State may participate in any energy-efficiency
or demand-side management programs and services on the same basis as any other
electric consumer.



(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. [L 2006, c 162, pt of §1; am L 2008, c 118, pt
of §2]