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E. <br /> Sending the Case Up to the State Land Use Commission <br /> Even if the Planning Commission feels it is best to send the case up to <br /> the State Land Use Commission as soon as possible, the Planning Commission <br /> must still first enter a lawful decision that is based on the record. Convenience is <br /> not grounds for rendering a decision, especially if the purpose for doing so is to let <br /> another "distant agency," the State Land Use Commission, decide a "hard case." <br /> F. <br /> Argument <br /> The Planning Commission is aware of the Hawaii Electric Light <br /> Company decision — that on remand, an agency cannot freely "redo" or "rewrite" <br /> its reversed decision. The Planning Commission instead "must closely adhere to <br /> the true intent and meaning of the appellate court's mandate" and must confine its <br /> actions on remand to what the Intermediate Court of Appeals directed the Planning <br /> Commission to do. Findings and conclusions that were NOT VACATED by the <br /> appellate court remain in place and continue to be binding on the Planning <br /> Commission and the parties on remand. Similarly, findings that Connections did <br /> not assign as error on appeal remain in place and continue to be binding on <br /> remand. <br /> 9 <br />