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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 269-27 (2026)

  Prevention of unreasonable water rates

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     §269-27  Prevention of unreasonable water rates.  In the event the public utilities commission, investigating as provided in section 269-26, reports that in its judgment the rates charged to consumers for water supplied to them for domestic uses and purposes, are not reasonable, the attorney general shall take appropriate action to secure for the consumers reasonable rates for such water, or, if the attorney general is so advised, proceed to cancel the licenses and leases of the persons charging the unreasonable rates. [L 1917, c 238, §2; RL 1925, §2204; RL 1935, §7962; RL 1945, §4723; RL 1955, §104-24; HRS §269-27; gen ch 1985]

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2017–2019 · leading case: In re Application of Hawai'i Elec. Light Co., Inc., 445 P.3d 673 (Haw. 2019).
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In re Application of Hawai'i Elec. Light Co., Inc., 445 P.3d 673 (Haw. 2019). · cites it 2× “Accordingly, the requirement of a hearing provided for in HRS § 269-27 [.2](d) is not applicable to the Application in this case.”
In re Application of Maui Elec. Co., Ltd.. (Haw. 2017). · cites it 4× “HRS § 269-27(d) provides that the Commission may allow a public utility to impose an interim increase in rates to recover payments made to “nonfossil fuel producers for firm capacity[16] and related revenue taxes” after an evidentiary hearing.”
In re Application of Hawai'i Elec. Light Co., Inc. (Haw. 2019). · cites it 2× “Accordingly, the requirement of a hearing provided for in HRS § 269-27[.2](d) is not applicable to the Application in this case.”
— Haw. Rev. Stat. § 269-27(d) — 1 case
In re Application of Maui Elec. Co., Ltd.. (Haw. 2017). “HRS § 269-27(d) provides that the Commission may allow a public utility to impose an interim increase in rates to recover payments made to “nonfossil fuel producers for firm capacity[16] and related revenue taxes” after an evidentiary hearing.”
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