HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 374 Draft 01 1972-1976 County of Hawaii—State of Hawaii
Resolution No. 374
WHEREAS, HAWAII ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, INC. (HELCO) ,
has filed an application with the Public Utilities Commission
for approval of rate increases and revised rate schedules;
and
WHEREAS, if approval is granted, HELCO will experience
an increased annual sales revenue of 20 . 3% amounting to
$3,508 ,200 and the cost of electricity for average residential
use of 500 kilowatt hours per month will increase by $5. 78
per month; and
WHEREAS, HELCO plays a dominant role in the Big Island' s
economy in that electricity is the major form of energy; and
WHEREAS, because of HELCO' s position in the Big Island' s
economic picture, granting of approval of HELCO' s application
will have an immediate impact upon nearly everyone on the
Big Island; and
WHEREAS, if approval is granted, many of the business
enterprises on the Big Island will not have the luxury of
passing on the costs to the consumer because of competition
from foreign and Mainland businesses; and
WHEREAS, if approval of HELCO' s application is granted,
the increase in the cost of living resulting therefrom will
severely hurt the people with lower incomes ,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE
COUNTY OF HAWAII that it strongly recommends that the Public
Utilities Commission deny the application of HELCO for approval
of rate increases and revised rate schedules .
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution
be sent to the Honorable George Ariyoshi, Governor of the
State of Hawaii; Mr. L. W. Dolim, Chairman of the Public
Utilities Commission; and to all legislators of the State
of Hawaii.
Dated at Kona, Hawaii, this 24th day of April, 1975.
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CHAIRMAN, CO Y COUNCIL
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I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by the vote indicated to
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the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the County of Hawaii on
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COUNTY CLERK
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RESOLUTION NO.
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BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF HAWAII
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HAWAII ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, INC. ) Docket No.
for approval of rate increases and )
revised rate schedules )
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APPLICATION
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GOODSILL, ANDERSON & QUINN
(David L. Fairbanks)
1600 Castle & Cooke Building
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Attorneys for -
Hawaii Electric Light Company, Inc.
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BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF HAWAII
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HAWAII ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, INC. ) Docket No.
for approval of rate increases and )
revised rate schedules )
APPLICATION
TO THE HONORABLE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF HAWAII :
The application of Hawaii Electric Light Company, Inc. ("Helco"
or "the Company") shows unto this Honorable Commission as follows:
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Helco, whose principal office is located at 1200 Kilauea Avenue,
Hilo, County and State of Hawaii , and whose post office address is Post
Office Box 1027, Hilo, Hawaii , is a corporation duly organized under the
laws of the Republic of Hawaii on or about December 5, 1894, and is now
existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Hawaii . Helco
is an operating public utility engaged in the production, transmission,
distribution and sale of electricity on the Island of Hawaii . The Com-
pany's franchise, as amended generally in 1963, extends to all districts
on the Island of Hawaii . Electric energy requirements are presently
supplied by a combination of Helco's facilities and power purchased
under contracts authorized by the Commission. These latter include a firm
power supply contract with Hilo Coast Processing Company, Puna Sugar Com-
pany, and various small surplus power contracts with other sugar planta-
tions (Kohala Sugar, Honokaa Sugar, Mauna Kea Sugar, Hilo Sugar, Laupahoehoe
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The approval of the Commission of the proposed revised rate
schedules is sought by Helco under the provisions of Section 269-16,
Hawaii Revised Statutes.
VII
In Decision and Order No. 3499, test year 1973, this Commission
determined that "the fair rate of return on the Company's rate base)is
8.95%, which will produce a return on common equity of 13%." However,
the actual 1974 return- on the Company's rate base was only 6.6%, and on
common equity only 9.7%, which represents serious attrition. Rate relief
is urgently needed to prevent further attrition so that the Company may
have the opportunity to earn at least the return found to be fair in
the above order.
Although increases in the costs of money since 1973 would support
a significantly higher rate of return, Helco, to minimize the time
required for decision in this case, used 8.95% to determine the revenue
requirement in this application.
Further, to minimize time, the Company is basing its rate application
on test year 1974. Since the results for 1974 are known at this time,
using 1974 as a test year will eliminate the need for the Company and the
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Staff to argue the merits of various forecasts. While the Company
believes that it can fully justify a higher revenue requirement based \.
upon current conditions , in view of the seri ous attri ti on�i n rate of ,.
return, immediate relief is needed. Therefore, the Company deems it
best to base this application on a 1974 test year.
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In determining the additional amount of revenue required, the
Company made several adjustments to the actual results of 1974 in
arriving at results for the test year 1974. In addition to various
normalization adjustments of the nature approved by this Commission
in recent rate cases, 1974's results were adjusted to roll back for
the entire year the electric rates which became effective on June 1,
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1974 as a result of Decision and Order No. 3499.
Helco's rate base, operating income, and rate of return on the
year-end rate base for the normalized test year 1974 are as follows:
Rate Base $48,276,400
Operating Income $ 2,798,200
Rate of Return on Rate Base 5.80%
The rate base is the summation of the Company's investment at the
end of 1974 in plant, equipment and other items used or useful for
public utility purposes. Attached hereto, marked Exhibit 5, and made
a part hereof, is a computation of the rate base for the test year 1974
showing the method of computation.
Attached hereto, marked Exhibit 6, and made a part hereof, is a
computation of operating income and the rate of return on the rate base
for the test year 1974, normalized at present rates, which shows a rate
of return on year-end rate base of only 5.80%.
To provide an 8.95% return on rate base for test year 1974, a
revenue increase of $3,508,200 or 20.3% is necessary.
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The major-reasons for this needed increase in revenues are the
effect of inflation on the cost of facilities to serve our customers
and the substanti ally_�ii'cher revenue "ta.xes..._due.to-increases_in.,.,the
price of fuel oil .
. thou h the Com an ' ateAschedul es provide for _ad 'ustments i n\'.,
-revenue_ to cover changes in the price.of fuel oil and..firm purchase energy,
, the fuel clauses_do not_..cover_... the_.ta.xes...that_must be .paid- on -the fuel
clause revenue. In Decision and Order No. 3546 and Decision and Order
No. 3609, this Commission modified the fuel clauses of Hawaiian/Electric
Company, Inc. and Honolulu Gas Company, Division of GASCO, Inc. ,
respectively, to include an adjustmentforthis additional revenue tax
requirement. Accordingly, Helco requests that the fuel clauses in its
rate schedules be modified to include an adjustment for this additional
revenue tax requirement.
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Investment in plant needed to serve Helco's customers was 44%
. higher at the end of 1974 than the amount considered in setting the
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present electric rates. The higher investment in plant has caused higher
depreciation expenses and higher costs to finance the new plant.
Depreciation expense, for example, was 12% higher in 1974 and will be
44% ($760,000) higher in 1975 than it was in 1973, the year used as a
basis in establishing present electric rates.
The higher value of plant in service and high interest and
- preferred dividend rates have significantly increased Helco's costs.
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Interest and preferred dividend costs were 57% higher in 1974 and are
forecast to be 98% ($1,230,000) higher in 1975 than they were in 1973.
The increase in revenue requested is essential to enable Helco
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just compensation to its employees, to enable Helco to attract new
Wital onreasonable_terms _to_maintain investor's confidence in
Helco's financial integrity and to provide its common equity owner a \ , ) ,.,-
(rate of return commensurate with rates of return on investments in
other enterprises having corresponding risks.
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i— Helco continues to serve an increasing number of customers each
year. However, kilowatt-hour sales have not kept up with growth in. the
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number of customers. lAqdttjona) _servicerequirements will require 1 —
/Additional facilities which will cost approximately $33,000,000 in the
five-year period 1975 to 1979. ; A copy of Helco's preliminary five-year
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, Z--Capital Improvement Plan was submitted to the Commission on December 23, 1974 )
Helco must plan and commit a major portion of its capital expenditures
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well in advance. In order to finance these facilities Helco must have
adequate earnings to attract necessary capital .
New financing in 1974 required Helco. to_issue $3,000,000_ of
Preferred_ Stock and $4,000,000 in First Mortgage Bonds. The Company's
1975 financing plans require Helco .to_sell an additional $5,000.,000 of
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First Mortgage Bonds in 1975.; Helco request early action on this , 4 ., , (
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'-Aapplication• because_the_sale _of these bonds is scheduled for May 1975.
Helco must be able to attract investors to supply the needed funds
at reasonable rates.
WHEREFORE, Helco prays:
(1) that the necessary public hearings be held on this application;
(2) that the Commission approve Helco's proposed rate increases
and proposed revised rate schedules in Exhibit 4; and
(3) that the Commission grant Helco such other and further relief
as it may deem just and equitable in the premises.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii , January 28, 1975.
HAWAII ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, INC.
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WILLIAM MacKENZIE, being first duly sworn, on oath deposes and
says: That he is the President of HAWAII ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, INC. ,
the within-named Applicant; that he makes this verification for and on
behalf of said Applicant and is authorized so to do; that he has read
the foregoing application, knows the contents thereof, and that the same
is true.
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William MacKenzie
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
28th day of January, 1975.
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Notary Pu .lic, rirst�Circuit, State
of Hawaii .
My Commission expires 1 --( 5"---?8'
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Hawaii Electric Light Company, Inc.
BALANCE SHEET (Unaudited)
December 31, 1974
ASSETS
1974 1973
UTILITY PLANT, at Cost:
In Service:
Land $ 1,349,332 $ 477,216
Plant and Equipment 72,259,256 56,367,317
73,608,588 56,844,533
Construction in Progress 1,557,944 4,071,517
75,166,532 60,916,050
Less Accumulated Depreciation 17,602,808 15,685,543
Net Utility Plant 57,563,724 45,230,507
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CURRENT AND ACCRUED ASSETS:
Cash 126,472 180,279
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Accounts Receivable, Less Provision for
Uncollectible Accounts ($15,181 in 1974
and $40,334 in 1973) 2,397,989 1,513,714
Construction and Operating Materials and
Supplies, at Average Cost 1,912,541 1,072,241
Other 29,177 42,935
Total Current Assets 4,466,179 2,809,169
DEFERRED CHARGES:
Unamortized Debt Expense 328,807 302,247
Power Purchase Contracts, Net 1,195,088 1,196,467
Other 78,352 55,909
Total Deferred Charges 1,602,247 1,554,623
$63;0i,150 $49,594,299
EXHIBIT 1 Page 1
`-waii Electric Light Company, . ►
BALANCE SHEET (Unaudited)
December it, 1974
CAPITALIZATION AND LIABILITIES
1974 1973
CAPITALIZATION:
Common Stock Equity:
Common Stock @ $10 Par Value Per Share $ 7,750,000 $ 7,750,000
Premium on Common Stock 7526,412 -., 1,564,672
Retained Earnings 7,935,433 6,340,848
Total Common Stock Equity 7;211,845 15,655,520
Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A, 8-7/8%
@ $100 Par Value 3,000,000 -
First Mortgage Bonds:
Series B, 4%!, due 1976 1,250,000 1,250,000
Series D, 6-1/4%, due 1983 400,000 400,000
Series E, 4-3/4%,1 payable $10,000 annually
to 1984, remainder 1985 830,000 840,000
Series F 6%, due 1988 2,000,000 2,000,000
Series Gi 5-7/8%,1due 1989 2,970,000 2,970,000
Series H,\, 7-3/4%,; due 1990 2,000,000 2,000,000
Series I, `8-1/2%,' due 2001 2,500,000 2,500,000
Series J, 7-7/8%, due 2002 2,000,000 2,000,000
Series K, 7,73/4%, due 2003 3,000,000 3,000,000
Series L, 8-7/8% due 2004 4,000,000 -
Total F tst Mortgage Bonds 20,950,000 16,960,000
Other Long Term Debt:
Convertible Subordinated Notes, 6-1/2%, due 1985 2,000,000 2,000,000
Second Mortgage Note, Payable in Monthly
Installments of $13,090 Including Interest 51,582 204,088
Land Purchase Agreement, Payable in Semiannual
Installments of $28,303, Interest Included 514,246 _ -
Total Other Long Term Debt 2,565,828 2,204,088
Total Capitalization43,727,673 34,819,608
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Long-Term Debt Due Within One Year 163,317 147,704
Notes Payable 4,417,000 1,300,000
Accounts Payable 1,476,230 1,034,951
Customer Deposits 42,410 41,177
Taxes Accrued 480,227 340,224
Interest Accrued 457,973 411,615
Payroll Accrued 218,399 181,860
Preferred Dividends Payable 55,469 -
Retirement Plan Contributions 518,545 509,759
Other 29,060 52,678
Total Current Liabilities 7,858,630 4,019,968
DEFERRED CREDITS: •
Customer Advances to Construction 3,327,771 3,035,989
Unamortized Deferred Investment Credit 1,053,444 794,343
Accumulated Deferred Income Taxes 3,608,036 2,983,102
Other 4,4852,124
Total. Deferred Credits 7,993,736 6,815,55S
CONTRIBUTIONS IN AID OF CONSTRUCTION 4,052,111 3,939, 165
$63,632, 150 $49,594,299
EXHIBIT 1 Page 2
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Hawaii Electric Light company, Inc.
INCOME STATEMENT
(Unaudited)
For the Twelve Months Ended December 31 , 1974 and 1973
1974 1973
KWH SALES (000 Omitted) 319,618 302,472
OPERATING REVENUES:
Electric Sales $16,732,588 $12,461 ,191
Other 17, 136 49,204
TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES 16,749,724 12,510,395
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Production:
Fuel Oil (ret) 4,878,797 2,643,565
Other 2,210,850 1,306,839
Transmission and Distribution 302,036 269,307
Maintenance 786,707 888,092
Customer Accounts and Sales 487,483 515,298
Administrative and General 1,107,243 1,002,229
Depreciation 2,056,272 1,817,506
Taxes, Other than Income Taxes 1,413,937 1,361,483
Income Taxes (162,220) 215,666
Deferred Income Taxes 645,086 373,312
Investment Tax Credit Deferred, Net 259, 102 69,795
Amortization of Contribution in Aid of Construction (134,754) (103,441)
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES 13,850,539 10,359,651
OPERATING INCOME 2,899, 185 2, 150,744
OTHER INCOME AND DEDUCTIONS:
Allowance for Funds Used During Construction 636,284 202,966
Other Income and (Deductions) , Net 27,624 74,195
Total Other Income and Deductions 663,908 277, 161
INCOME BEFORE INTEREST CHARGES 3,563,093 2,427,905
INTEREST CHARGES:
Interest on Long Term Debt 1,599,712 1,211,594
Amortization of Net Bond Premium and Expense . . 20,222 17,737
Interest on Notes and Commercial Paper 200,668 -
Other 2,471 21,746
TOTAL INTEREST CHARGES 1,823,073 1,251,077
NET INCOME ,1,740,020__ 1,176,828
Preferred Stock Dividends 145,435 -
NET INCOME FOR COMMON STOCK $ 1,594,585 $ 1 , 176,828
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Hawaii Electric Light Company, Inc.
STATEMENT OF RETAINED EARNINGS
(Unaudited)
For the Twelve Months Ended December 31 , 1974 and 1973
1974 1973
BALANCE AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD $6,340,848 $5,164,020
Net Income for the Period 1 ,740,020 1 ,176.828
Deduction:
Series A Preferred Stock Dividend 145,435 -
BALANCE AT END OF PERIOD $7,935,433 $6,340,848
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CAPITAL STRUCTURE
(a) Common Stock
As of December 31, 1974, Applicant had outstanding 775,000 shares of
common stock of the par value of $10 per share, having a total par value
of $7,750,000. (There were no dividends paid -on this Common Stock during
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(b) Preferred Stock
As of December 31, 1974, Applicant had outstanding 30,000 shares of
Series A, 8-7/8% Preferred Stock of the par value of $100 per share, having
a total par value of $3,000,000. There were $90,452 of dividends paid in
the fiscal year 1974.
(c) Indebtedness
As of December 31, 1974, Applicant had outstanding the following bonds
and other indebtedness:
(1) First Mortgage Bonds
Series B, 4%, due 1976 $ 1,250,000
Series D, 6-1/4%, due 1983 400,000
Series E, 4-3/4%, payable $10,000 annually to
1984, remainder 1985 830,000
Series F, 6%, due 1988 2,000,000
Series G, 5-7/8%, due 1989 2,970,000
Series H, 7-3/4%, due 1990 2,000,000
Series I, 8-1/2%, due 2001 2,500,000
Series J, 7-7/8%, due 2002 2,000,000
Series K, 7-3/4%, due 2003 3,000,000
Series L, 8-7/8%, due 2004 4,000,000
20,950,000
(2) Other Indebtedness
Convertible Subordinated Notes - 6-1/2%, due 1985 $ 2,000,000
Second Mortgage Notes, payable in monthly install-
ments of $13,090, interest included:
United States Government, Small Business
Administration, 3% 46,424
Banks, 5-1/2% 5,158
Agreement of Sale, payable in semi-annual. install-
ments of $28,303, with 8-3/4% interest included 514,246
TOTAL $23,515,828
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EXHIBIT 2
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Superseding Original Sheet No. 50 Revised Sheet No. 50
Effective March 1, 1970 Effective June 1, 1974
RATE SCHEDULES
The following listed sheets contain all rates in
effect on and after the date indicated thereon subject
to the Rules and Regulations of the Company applicable
thereto:
Sheet No. Schedule Eff. Date Character of Service
S1 "R" June 1, 1974 Residential Service
52 - 52A "G" June 1, 1974 General Service
53 - 53A "H" June 1, 1974 Commercial Cooking,
Heating, Air Conditioning
and Refrigeration Service
54 - 54A "P" June 1, 1974 Large General Service
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SS - 55A "F" June 1, 1974 Street Lighting Service
56 - 56C "L" June 1, 1974 Street Lighting Fixtures
and Facilities - County
of Hawaii
57 Rider June 1, 1974 Standby, Auxiliary,
"S" Supplementary or
Breakdown Service
58 "E" June 1, 1974 Electric Service for
Employees
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HILO ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, LTD.
EXHIBIT 3 Page 1
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Superseding Original Sheet No. 51 ,�` Revised Sheet No. 51 ''`�-..
Effective March 1, 1970 ( Effective June 1, 1974
SCHEDULE "R"
Residential Service
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Applicable to residential lighting in combination with ,
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heating, cooking, air conditioning and single phase power
r service in single family dwellings metered and billed .°-'',
separately by the Company. This schedule does not apply ''! %
where a residence and business are combined.
Rate:
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First 15 kwh or less - per month $2:70 ''--- "
Next 35 kwh per month - per kwh 9.0,t - ' .-'-�
Next 50 kwh per month - per kwh 6.9¢ °_._._. _L.,._._.__.._..
Next 200 kwh per. month - per kwh 4.3,t ..__.._ .. ::_.._—.._....
Next r 30.Q�,kwh per month - per kwh
All over X00 kwh per month - per kwh 3. 2¢.. .
Minimum Charge:
$2.70 per month
Multi-family Dwellings:
In apartment buildings or other residential premises where
additional dwelling units are created by alterations or modifi-i
cations to the premises and where the separate metering and
billing by the Company of the service used in each dwelling
unit is impractical, the service may be supplied through a
single meter. In such instances the above rate shall be
modified by multiplying the number of kwhr to be billed in each
block, excluding the first block, by the total number of
dwelling_uni_tss on the premises.
-`' �� Fuel Clause:
(`,�.� The above base rates are based on a composite cost to the
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T ; �;t;'_ ,, r if 1 Company of sixty-six cents (66.0¢) per million British thermal
,r,..✓ �t1t units (Btu) for fuel delivered in its service tanks and the
_j •� 1 ,, r fuel equivalent for power purchased under agreements with Puna
t and Pepeekeo (Hilo Coast Processing, Inc. ) Sugar Companies.
When this cost is more or less than 66.0 per million Btu,
there shall be a corresponding increase or decrease in the
above rates. Such increase or decrease shall be in the amount
of per kwhr for each full one and one-half cent (1. 5 )
increase or decrease above or below 66.0q per million Btu.
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The cost of fuel prevailing on the 15th day of the calendar
month immediately preceding the month in which the bill is
rendered shall be used in computing the amount of such
adjustment.
Rules:
Service supplied under this rate shall be subject to the
Rules of the Company.
P.U.C. Order
No. 3499
HILO ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, LTD.
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EXHIBIT 3 Page 2
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Superseding Original Sheet No. 52 Revised Sheet No. 52
Effective March 1, 1970 Effective June 1, 1974
SCHEDULE "G"
General Service
Availability:
Applicable for general lighting and power service supplied
through a single meter.
Rate:
The charge for the first 200 kwh per month per kw of
billing demand shall be:
First 15 kwh or less per month $3.75
Next 985 kwh per month - per kwh 8.74
Next 1500 kwh per month - per kwh 6.64
Next 2500 kwh per month - per kwh. 4. 5(t
All over 5000 kwh per month - per kwh 4.0ct
The charge for the next 200 kwhr per kw of billing demand
shall be:
- per kwh 3.4t
The charge for all kwh over 400 kwh per month per kw of
billing demand shall be:
- per kwh 2.94'
Minimum Charge:
Non-demand Service:
Single phase $ 3.75 per month
Three phase 11.00 per month
Demand Service:
$1.40 per month per kw of billing demand but not
less than $35.00.
A customer will be a demand customer and a maximum
demand meter will be installed when the customer's
load and use characteristics indicate that the
maximum demand may exceed 25 kw or when the customer's
monthly use exceeds 5000 kwhr per month.
Primary Supply Voltage Service:
Where, at the option of the Company, service is delivered
and metered at a nominal supply line voltage of 2400 volts or
more, the above monthly energy charges will be decreased 4%.
P.U.C. Order
No. 3499
HILO ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, LTD.
EXHIBIT 3 Page 3
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Superseding Original Sheet No. 52 Revised Sheet No. 52-A
Effective March 1, 1970 Effective June 1, 1974
SCHEDULE "G" (continued)
Determination of Demand:
The maximum demand for each month shall be the maximum
average load in kw during any fifteen-minute period as indicated
by a demand meter. The billing demand for each month shall be
the maximum demand for such month but not less than 50% of the
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greatest maximum demand for the preceding eleven months nor
less than 25 kw.
Fuel Clause:
The above base rates are based on a composite cost to the
Company of sixty-six cents (66.04) per million British thermal
units (Btu) for fuel delivered in its service tanks and the
fuel equivalent for power purchased under agreements with Puna
and Pepeekeo (Hilo Coast Processing, Inc.) Sugar Companies.
When this cost is more or less than 66.04 per million Btu,
there shall be a corresponding increase or decrease in the
above rates. Such increase or decrease shall be in the amount
of per kwhr for each full fifteen one hundredth cent
(0.154) increase or decrease above or below 66.04 per million
Btu. The cost of fuel prevailing on the 15th day of the
calendar month immediately preceding the month in which the
bill is rendered shall be used in computing the amount of such
adjustment.
Rules:
Service supplied under this rate shall be subject to the
Rules of the Company.
P.U.C. Order
No. 3499
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HILO ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, LTD.
EXHIBIT 3 Page 4
Superseding Original Sheet No. 5-3 Revised Sheet No. 53
Effective March 1, 1970 Effective June 1, 1974
SCHEDULE "H"
Commercial Cooking, Heating,
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Service
Availability:
Applicable only to commercial cooking, heating, air
conditioning and refrigeration service. This schedule
applies only where the voltage supplied by the Company is
less than 600 volts.
Rate:
The charge shall be the sum of the following capacity
and energy charges.
Capacity Charge:
$1.70 per month per kw of required capacity, but
in no case less than $1.70 per month.
Energy Charge:
First 100 kwhr per month - per kwhr 8.84
Next 200 kwhr per month - per kwhr 5.94
Next 500 kwhr per month - per kwhr 4.24
All over 800 kwhr per month - per kwhr 3.04
Minimum Charge:
The capacity charge but not less than $5.00 per month
for single phase service or $12.50 per month for three phase
service.
Term of Contract:
Not less than one year.
Determination of Required Capacity:
The required capacity for billing purposes shall be:
A. The sum of:
1) The total connected motor load,
2) 50% of the connected heating load ex-
clusive of cooking and water heating, and
. 3) the water heating connected load in excess
of one-sixth kilowatt per gallon of storage
capacity; or
B. When the load is 25 kw or more, the capacity may be
determined by measured demand. The maximum demand
for each month shall be the maximum average load
during any fifteen minute period as indicated by a
demand meter. The capacity for each month shall be
the maximum demand for such month, the highest
demand in the preceding eleven months, or 25 kw,
whichever is highest.
P.U.C. Order HILO ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, LTD.
No. 3499
EXHIBIT 3 Page 5
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Superseding Original Sheet No. 53 Revised Sheet No. 53-A
Effective March 1, 1970 Effective June 1, 1974
SCHEDULE "H" (continued)
The required capacity will be determined to the
nearest one-tenth kw.
Fuel Clause:
The above base rates are based on a composite cost to
the Company of sixty-six cents (66.00 per million British
thermal units (Btu) for fuel delivered in its service tanks
and the fuel equivalent for power purchased under agreements
with Puna and Pepeekeo (Hilo Coast Processing, Inc. ) Sugar
Companies. When this cost is more or less than 66.04 per
million Btu, there shall be a corresponding increase or
decrease in the above rates. Such increase or decrease
shall be in the amount of per kwhr for each full
fifteen one hundredth cent (0.15,0 increase or decrease above
or below 66.04 per million Btu. The cost of fuel prevailing
on the 15th day of the calendar month immediately preceding
the month in which the bill is rendered shall be used in
computing the amount of such adjustment.
Rules:
Service supplied under this rate shall be subject to
the Rules of the Company.
P.U.C. Order
No. 3499
HILO ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, LTD.
EXHIBIT 3 Page 6
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Superseding Original Sheet No. 54. • Revised Sheet No. 54
Effective March 1, 1970 Effective June 1, 1974
SCHLDULE "P"
Large General Service
Availability:
Applicable to lighting and power service at one
standard voltage.
Rate:
The charge shall be the sum of the following demand
and energy charges.
Demand Charge:
First 200 kw or less of billing demand $875.00 per month
Next 300 kw of billing demand 3.00 per month per kw
All over 500 kw of billing demand 2. 70 per month per kw
Energy Charge:
First 200 kwhr per month per kw of
billing demand-per kwhr 2.64
Next 200 kwhr per month per kw of
billing demand-per kwhr 2.14
All over 400 kwhr per month per kw of
billing demand-per kwhr 1.9t
Minimum Charge:
The minimum monthly charge shall be the demand charge.
Determination of Demand:
The maximum demand for each month shall be the maximum
average load in kw during any fifteen-minute period as
indicated by a demand meter. The billing demand for each
month shall be the maximum demand for such month or the mean
of current monthly maximum demand and the greatest maximum
demand for the preceding eleven months whichever is the
higher but not less than the minimum billing demand of 200 kw.
Power Factor:
The above charges are based upon an average monthly power
factor of 85%. For each 1%, the average power factor is above
or below 85%, the monthly bill as computed under the above
rates shall be decreased or increased, respectively, by 0.15%.
The power factor will be computed to the nearest whole percent.
In no case, however, shall the power factor be taken as
more than 100% for the purpose of computing the adjustment.
The average monthly power factor will be determined from
the readings of a Kwhr meter and a Kvarhr meter. The Kvarhr
meter shall be ratcheted to prevent reversal in the event the
power factor is leading at any time.
P.U.C. Order •
No. 3499
HILO ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, LTD.
EXHIBIT 3 Page 7
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Superseding Original Sheet No. 55 Revised Sheet No. 54-A
Effective March 1, 1970 Effective June 1, 1974
SCHEDULE "P" (continued)
Special Terms and Conditions:
Supply Voltage Delivery:
If the customer takes delivery at the supply voltage
designated by the Company, the demand and energy charge
will be decreased as follows:
Transmission voltage supplied 6%
Distribution voltage supplied 5%
Metering will normally be at the delivery voltage.
When customer's transformers are adjacent to the
delivery point, the customer may elect to be metered
at a single point on the secondary side of his trans-
formers where such point is approved by the Company.
When the energy is metered on the secondary side of
the customer's transformers, the above decreases will
be 5 and 4%, respectively.
Fuel Clause:
The above base rates are based on a composite cost to the
Company of sixty-six cents (66.0 ) per million British thermal
units (Btu) for fuel delivered in its service tanks and the
fuel equivalent for power purchased under agreements with Puna
and Pepeekeo (Hilo Coast Processing, Inc.) Sugar Companies.
When this cost is more or less than 66.0 per million Btu,
there shall be a corresponding increase or decrease in the
above rates. Such increase or decrease shall be in the amount
of per kwhr for each full fifteen one hundredth
cent (0.15 ) increase or decrease above or below 66.0ct per
million Btu. The cost of fuel prevailing on the 15th day of
the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which
the bill is rendered shall be used in computing the amount
of such adjustment.
Excessive Instantaneous Demands:
The maximum demand may be limited by contract. In order
to guard against excessive instantaneous loads on its system,
the Company reserves the right to install load limiting circuit
breaker equipment on the customer' s service to automatically
limit the maximum demand to the contract capacity.
Term of Contract:
Contracts for service under this rate shall be for not
les than one year and thereafter until cancelled by six months •
written notice given by either party.
Rules:
Service supplied under this rate shall be subject to the
standard Rules of the Company.
P.U.C. Order
No. 3499
HILO ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, LTD.
EXIIIBIT 3 Page 8
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Superseding Original Sheet Nos. 56 P, 57 Revised Sheet No. SS
Effective September 1, 1964 Effective June 1, 1974
SCHEDULE "F"
Street Lighting Service
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Availability:
Applicable only to all-night service for street and
• highway lighting where the customer owns, maintains, and
operates the lighting fixtures and all circuits and
appurtenances on the customer's side of the delivery point.
The service voltage shall be the available distribution
voltage at the point of delivery.
Rate:
per kwhr 3.95*
Minimum Charge:
$12.50 per month per delivery point.
Fuel Clause:
The above base rates are based on a composite cost to the
Company of sixty-six cents (66.0 ) per million British thermal
units (Btu) for fuel delivered in its service tanks and the
fuel equivalent for power purchased under agreements with Puna
and Pepeekeo (Hilo Coast Processing, Inc.) Sugar Companies.
When this cost is more or less than 66.0¢ per million Btu,
there shall be a corresponding increase or decrease in the
above rates. Such increase or decrease shall be in the amount
of per kwhr for each full fifteen one hundredth cent
(0.15 ) increase or decrease above or below 66.0¢ per million
Btu. The cost of fuel prevailing on the 15th day of the
calendar month immediately preceding the month in which the
bill is rendered shall be used in computing the amount of
such adjustment.
Point of Delivery:
Service will be metered at the point of delivery except
as provided for below.
Multiple street lighting lamps may be individually
served unmetered at secondary voltage along public streets and
highways when, (1) in an overhead area, secondary voltage is
available on the lamp pole or (2) , in an underground area,
secondary voltage is available along the public street. The
total connected lamp load per connection point shall not
exceed 2 kw. A one year contract is required for service
under this provision and each such contract will remain in
effect from year to year thereafter unless, after the first
year, terminated by 30 days notice in writing. Each contract
will constitute a point of delivery. The monthly billing
Kwhr will be the connected lamp load times 340.
P.U.C. Order
No. 3499
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EXHIBIT 3 Page 9
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Superseding Original Sheet Nos. 56 F, 57 Revised Sheet No. 55-A
Effective September 1, 1964 Effective June 1, 1974
SCHEDULE "F" (continued
The customer will provide a switching device for each
lamp to limit the annual burning time to not more than 4100
hours.
The charges in this schedule are based on the premise
that secondary voltage is available at the point of delivery.
If it is not available the customer may take primary voltage
or may make an advance to the Company in the estimated amount
to make such service available.
No street lighting fixtures or facilities will be
furnished by the Company under this schedule except as •
provided for under Schedule "L".
Rules:
Service supplied- under this rate shall be subject to
the Rules of the Company.
P.U.C. Order
No. 3499
HILO ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, LTD.
EXHIBIT 3 Page 10
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Superseding Original Sheet Nos. 56 & 57 Revised Sheet No. 56
Effective September 1, 1964 Effective June 1, 1974
SCHEDULE "L"
Street Lighting Fixtures and Facilities - County of Hawaii
Availability:
Facilities available for street lighting purposes by the
County of Hawaii served by the Company as of June 1, 1974
and is closed to new customers or additional facilities.
Coverage:
The Company will furnish, maintain and repair a street
lighting system, and the lights thereof within the City of
Hilo, as well as such outlying parts of the country districts
as are now or shall hereafter be within the limits of the
'ompany's system; and will install and maintain, on the
order of the County, additional street lights within the
limits of the Company's system, provided, however, that all
Street Light Standards that are presently metered and all
future Street Light Standards to be serviced with underground
wiring are not included herein and will be the subject of
special negotiations between the Company and the County.
Special Poles Serving Street Lighting Only:
If the Company shall be required to install and maintain
any light outside of and beyond the limits of its system, but
within the limits of the districts served by such system, the
County shall be required to pay a monthly rental equivalent
to 1% of the cost of all poles, plus the cost of erection
thereof, necessary to make such installation. The costs of
the remaining labor, wires, brackets, etc. , shall be borne
by the Company and not included in the monthly rental charge.
However, when the Company uses said poles for any purpose
other than street lights, the rental equivalent to 1% of the
cost of said poles shall be discontinued.
Isolated Location:
In connection with installations beyond the limits of its
system or at locations where long distribution circuits are
necessary to reach individual lights, the Company reserves
the right to refuse service, at rates set forth in this
contract, for such isolated lights where the size of the
light or the cost of installation is out of proportion to
the revenue to be derived therefrom.
Maintenance:
The Company shall furnish all necessary lamps for said
street lighting system of such size as may be ordered by the
County, each lamp to be not less than one thousand (1,000)
lumens where the street series system is used or two hundred
(200) watts where the multiple system is used, and to keep the
entire street lighting system, including lamps, poles,
brackets, etc. , in good order and repair, and to provide
adequate illumination of streets and highways in the City of
Hilo and such outlying country portions of the County as
shall be within the Company's system as it now exists or as
may be hereafter enlarged in the normal course of its business.
P.U.C. Order
No. 3499 HILO ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, LTD.
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EXHIBIT 3 Page 11
Superseding Original Sheet Nos. 56 & 57 Revised Sheet No. 56-A
Effective September 1, 1964 Effective June 1, 1974
SCHEDULE "L" (continued)
Advancement in the Art of Street Lighting:
The type of lamps, brackets, and other contrivances to
be furnished and used by the Company in connection with the
street lighting system shall be of a type or types at least
equal in illumination and utility to the present type of
lamps, brackets, etc. , now in use, and as specified in the
Addendum. The Company will, however, make use of different
types of lights and contrivances, as may be approved by the
Chief Engineer, County of Hawaii, which may be developed
in the future as improvements in the street lighting art,
where the cost of such equipment is comparable with equip-
ment of equivalent lamp size now in use. Later developments
requiring equipment appreciably more expensive than the
above will be the subject of spec'.al negotiations as to
monthly charge therefor.
Governmental Curtailment of Street Lighting:
The Company, unless barred by military or other govern-
mental order, shall maintain the street lighting system and
full and adequate illumination therefrom during all periods
of darkness, and if so barred by any such order, to negotiate
with the Company as to fair remuneration for maintenance and
service actually rendered.
Rates:
The County will be required to pay to the Company for
the services performed under this schedule, upon receipt of
properly authenticated invoices, on the basis of the following
rate:
Fixture Rental Per Month
(1) Monthly rental for Radial wave reflector
type fixtures with not in excess of 4000
lumen or 500 watt lamps with standard
4 ft x 1-1/4" pipe bracket $1.20
(2) Monthly rental for Filament Luminaires
with not less than 2500 lumen and not in
excess of 10,000 lumen or 500 watt lamps
with standard 4 ft x 1-1/4" pipe
bracket $ 1.95
(3) Monthly rental for Filament Luminaires
with 6000 or 10,000 lumen lamps, or 300
to 500 watt lamps suspended on wire
messengers $ 1.95
(4) Monthly rental on standard Mercury Vapor
Luminaires with not in excess of 12,600
lumen lamps on standard 4 ft x 1-1/4"
pipe bracket $ 3.20
P.U.C. Order
No. 3499
HILO ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, LTD.
EXHIBIT 3 Page 12
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Superseding Original Sheet Nos. 56 F, 57 Revised Sheet No. 56-B
Effective September 1, 1964 Effective June 1, 1974
SCHEDULE "L" (continued)
(5) Monthly rental for standard Mercury Vapor
Luminaires with not in excess of 21,000
lumen lamps on standard 4 ft x 1-1/4"
pipe bracket $3.85
(6) Monthly rental on standard Mercury Vapor
Luminaires with not in excess of 21,000
lumen lamps suspended on wire messengers $4. 70
(7) Monthly rental for Fluorescent Luminaires
with not in excess of 21,400 lumen lamps
on standard 4 ft x 1-1/4" brackets $5.75
(8) 6 ft and 8 ft brackets $ .20 add'1.
On Filament Luminaires the County shall
specify type of light distribution according
to IES Standards for Type III and Type V,
or Type IA.
Minimum Charge:
The minimum monthly charge shall be the fixture charge.
P.U.C. Order
No. 3499
HILO ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, LTD.
EXHIBIT 3 Page 13
Superseding Original Sheet Nos. 56 t 57 Revised Sheet No. 56-C
Effective September 1, 1964 Effective June 1, 1974
SCHEDULE"L" (continued)
Addendum
Luminaires:
It is mutually agreed, that the Company shall furnish
and install the following types of luminaires or equal at
the request of the County.
Filament Luminaires
General Electric Co. Form 79R Luminaire
Westinghouse Electric Corporation Type AK-10 Luminaire
Mercury Luminaires
General Electric Co. Form 400 Luminaire
Westinghouse Electric Corporation Type OV-20S Luminaire
Fluorescent Luminaires
General Electric Co. Form 406 Luminaire
Westinghouse Electric Corporation Type 4FSL-72 Luminaire
P.U.C. Order
No. 3499
HILO ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, LTD.
EXHIBIT 3 Page 14
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Superseding Original Sheet No. 58 Revised Sheet No. 57
Effective March 1, 1970 Effective June 1, 1974
RIDER "S"
Standby, Auxiliary, Supplementary
or Breakdown Service
Availability:
This Rider is applicable to and becomes a part of any
standard rate schedule of the Company where the customer
regularly obtains electrical energy from a source or sources
other than the Company. This Rider will not apply where the
customer's own generating facilities are used exclusively
for emergency service in case of failure of the normal
supply from the Company.
rate:
For such service as defined above, the terms and conditions
of the Company's standard applicable rate schedule shall apply
except that the minimum charge shall be as stated below and
the billing demand shall be not less than 50% of the "Contract"
demand.
Minimum Charge:
The minimum charge shall be $2.50 per month per KW of
"Contract" demand and in no case less than $250.00 per month.
Where the standard applicable rate schedule carries a higher
minimum than that specified by this Rider, the minimum
charge provided in such schedule shall be used.
Determination of "Contract" Demand:
The customer shall specify in writing the maximum KW
capacity required, which will be known as the "Contract" demand
during the next twelve (12) months and continue thereafter
until the Company is otherwise notified in writing. If at any
time the actual measured demand exceeds the "Contract" demand,
then this higher demand shall be used and will establish a new
"Contract" demand for the subsequent twelve months. At the
end of such twelve months period the "Contract" demand shall
continue at the higher amount unless the Company is otherwise
notified in writing.
Limitation of Capacity:
The Company shall not be required to supply electricity
at a rate greater than the "Contract" demand and may, at its
option, limit the capacity of the service connection to conform
with the "Contract" demand. The circuit breaker and other
equipment necessary for the purpose shall be paid for by the
customer but will be maintained and operated by the Company.
Parallel Operation:
The operation of the customer's plant in parallel with the
Company's system will be permitted when special approval is
granted by the Company, in which case the Company shall specify
the terms and conditions for such parallel operation.
P.U.C. Order
No. 3499
HILO ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, LTD.
EXHIBIT 3 Page 1.5
Superseding Original Sheet No. 59 Revised Sheet No. 58
Effective March 1, 1970 Effective June 1, 1974
SCHEDULE "E"
Electric Service for Employees
Availability:
Applicable to all employees, except temporary and
probationary employees, for residential service.
Rate:
The rates applicable to this service shall be two-thirds
(2/3) of the rates and charges specified under Schedule "R"--
Residential Service.
Pules:
Service supplied under this rate shall be subject to
the standard Rules of the Company.
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No. 3499
HILO ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, LTD.
BXI-I1 B I T 3 Page 1.6
HAWAII ELECTRIC LIGHT CO. , INC.
SCHEDULE "R"
Residential Service
Availability :
Applicable to residential lighting in combination with
heating, cooking , air conditioning and single phase power
service in single family dwellings metered and billed separately
by the Company. This schedule does not apply where a residence
and business are combined.
Rate :
CUSTOMER CHARGE - per month $3. 50
ENERGY CHARGE (To be added to Customer Charge)
First 100 kwh per month - per kwh
Next 20,0_,kwh per month - per kwh 6 . 34:
Next per month - per kwh
All over 600 kwh per month - per kwh 5 . 01- -
Minimum Charge :
$3. 50 per month
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Multi- family Dwellings :
In apartment buildings or other residential premises where
additional dwelling units are created by alterations or modifi-
cations to the premises and where the separate metering and
billing by the Company of the service used in each dwelling unit
is impractical , the service may be supplied through a single
meter. In such instances the above rate shall be modified by
multiplying the number of kwhr to be billed in each block ,
by the total number of dwelling units on the premises .
Fuel Clause :
The above rates are based on a composite cost to the Company
of one hundred fifty cents (150 . 00 per million British thermal
units (Btu) for fuel delivered in its service tanks and the fuel
equivalent for power purchased under agreements with Puna and
Pepeekeo (Hilo Coast Processing , Inc . ) Sugar Companies . When this
cost is more or less than 150 . 04- per million Btu , there shall be
a corresponding increase or decrease in the above rates . Such
increase or decrease shall be in the amount per kwhr of
adjusted for the additional revenue tax requirement , for each full
one and one-half cent (1 . 50 increase or decrease , in fuel cost ,
above or below 150 . 04: per million Btu. The revenue tax requirement
shall be calculated using current rates of the revenue related
taxes of franchise , public service and public utility commission
fee. The adjustment shall be effective on the date of change and
when a cost change occurs during a customer ' s billing period, the
fuel adjustment will be prorated for the number of days each cost
was in effect.
Rules :
Service supplied under this rate shall be subject to the
Rules of the Company .
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SCHEDULE "G"
General Service
Availability :
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Applicable for general lighting and power service supplied
through a single meter.
Rate :
CUSTOMER CHARGE :
Single phase service - per month $4 . 00
Three phase service - per month $5 . 50
ENERGY CHARGE: (To be added to Customer Charge)
The charge for the first 200 kwh per month per kw of
billing demand shall be :
First 1000 kwh per month - per kwh 11 . 6(f
Next 1500 kwh per month - per kwh 9 . 1(f
Next 2 500 kwh per month - per kwh 6 . 7(f
All over 5000 kwh per month - per kwh 6 . 0(f
The charge for the next 200 kwhr per kw of billing demand
shall be :
- per kwh 5. 2(f
The charge for all kwh over 400 kwh per month per kw of
billing demand shall be :
- kwh 4 . 2(f
Minimum Charge :
Non-demand Service :
Single phase $ 4 . 00
Three phase 12 . 00
Demand Service :
$ 1. 70 per month per kw of billing demand but not
less than $42. 50.
A customer will be a demand customer and a maximum
demand meter will be installed when the customer' s
load and use characteristics indicate that the
maximum demand may exceed 25 kw or when the customer' s
monthly use exceeds 5000 kwhr per month.
Primary Supply Voltage Service :
Where , at the option of the Company, service is delivered and
metered at a nominal supply line voltage of 2400 volts or more , the
above monthly energy charges will be decreased 4% .
Determination of Demand :
The maximum demand for each month shall be the maximum average
load in kw during any fifteen-minute period as indicated by a
demand meter. The billing demand for each month shall be the
maximum demand for such month but not less than 50`:, of the greatest
maximum demand for the preceding eleven months nor less than 25 kw .
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SCHEDULE "G" (continued)
Fuel Clause :
The above rates are based on a composite cost to the
Company of one hundred fifty cents (150 . 0 ) per million British
thermal units (Btu) for fuel delivered in its service tanks and
the fuel equivalent for power purchased under agreements with
Puna and Pepeekeo (Hilo Coast Processing , Inc . ) Sugar Companies .
When this cost is more or less than 150 . 0(t per million Btu,
there shall be a corresponding increase or decrease in the
above rates . Such increase or decrease shall be in the amount
per kwhr of adjusted for the additional revenue tax
requirement , for each full fifteen hundredth cent (0 . 154)
increase or decrease , in fuel cost , above or below 150 . 0 per
million Btu. The revenue tax requirement shall be calculated
using current rates of the revenue related taxes of franchise ,
public service and public utility commission fee . The adjustment
shall be effective on the date of change and when a cost change
occurs during a customer' s billing period, the fuel adjustment
will be prorated for the number of days each cost was in effect.
Rules :
Service supplied under this rate shall be subject to the
Rules of the Company.
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SCHEDULE ''H"
Commercial Cooking, Heating ,
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Service
Availability :
Applicable only to commercial cooking , heating , air
conditioning and refrigeration service . This schedule
applies only where the voltage supplied by the Company is
• less than 600 volts .
Rate :
The charge shall be the sum of the following capacity
and energy charges .
CAPACITY CHARGE :
$2 . 30 per month per kw of required capacity, but
in no case less than $2. 30 per month.
ENERGY CHARGE :
First 100 kwhr per month - per kwhr 12 . 04
Next 200 kwhr per month - per kwhr 9. 0(t
Next 500 kwhr per month - per kwhr 6. 54
All over 800 kwhr per month - per kwhr 4. 6(t
Minimum Charge :
The capacity charge but not less than $6 . 00 per month
for single phase service or $13 . 50 per month for three phase
service.
Term of Contract :
Not less than one year.
Determination of Required Capacity:
The required capacity for billing purposes shall be :
A. The sum of:
1) The total connected motor load,
2) 50% of the connected heating load ex-
clusive of cooking and water heating , and
3) the water heating connected load in excess
of one-sixth kilowatt per gallon of storage
capacity; or
B. When the load is 25 kw or more , the capacity may he
determined by measured demand. The maximum demand
for each month shall be the maximum average load
during any fifteen-minute period as indicated by a
demand meter. The capacity for each month shall be
the maximum demand for such month , the highest
demand in the preceding eleven months , or 25 kw ,
whichever is highest .
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SCHEDULE "H" (continued)
The required capacity will be determined to the
nearest one-tenth kw.
Fuel Clause :
The above rates are based on a composite cost to
the Company of one hundred fifty cents 1150 . 0 ) per million
British thermal units (Btu) for fuel delivered in its service
tanks and the fuel equivalent for power purchased under agree-
ments with Puna and Pepeekeo (Hilo Coast Processing, Inc . )
Sugar Companies . When this cost is more or less than 150 . 04
per: million Btu, there shall be a corresponding increase or
decrease in the above rates . Such increase or decrease shall
be in the amount per kwhr of adjusted for the
additional revenue tax requirement , for each full fifteen
hundredth cent (0 . 150 increase or decrease , in fuel cost ,
above or below 150 . 0 per million Btu. The revenue tax
requirement shall be calculated using current rates of the
revenue related taxes of franchise , public service and public
utility commission fee . The adjustment shall be effective on
the date of change and when a cost change occurs during a
customer' s billing period, the fuel adjustment will be prorated
for the number of days each cost was in effect .
Rules :
Service supplied under this rate shall be subject to
the Rules of the Company.
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SCHEDULE "P"
Large General Service
Availability :
Applicable to lighting and power service supplied and
metered at a single voltage and delivery point.
Rate :
The charge shall be the sum of the following demand
and energy charges .
DEMAND CHARGE :
First 200 kw or less of billing demand $1100 . 00 per month
Next 300 kw of billing demand 4. 00 per month per kw
All over 500 kw of billing demand 3. 60 per month per kw
ENERGY CHARGE :
First 200 kwhr per month per kw of
billing demand-per kwhr 4.44
Next 200 kwhr per month per kw of
billing demand-per kwhr 3.94
All over 400 kwhr per month per kw of
billing demand-per kwhr 3.34
Minimum Charge :
The minimum monthly charge shall be the demand charge .
Determination of Demand :
The maximum demand for each month shall be the maximum
average load in kw during any fifteen-minute period as
indicated by a demand meter. The billing demand for each
month shall be the maximum demand for such month or the mean
of current monthly maximum demand and the greatest maximum
demand for the preceding eleven months whichever is the
higher but not less than the minimum billing demand of 200 kw.
Power Factor :
The above charges are based upon an average monthly power
factor of 85% . For each 1 % , the average power factor is above
or below 85% , the monthly bill as computed under the above
rates shall be decreased or increased , respectively, by 0 . 15% .
The power factor will be computed to the nearest whole percent .
In no case , however , shall the power factor be taken as
more than 100% for the purpose of computing the adjustment .
The average monthly power factor will be determined from
the readings of a Kwhr meter and a Kvarhr meter. The Kvarhr
meter shall be ratcheted to prevent reversal in the event the
power factor is leading at any time .
Special Terms and Conditions :
Supply Voltage Delivery :
If the customer takes delivery at the supply voltage
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SCHEDULE "P" (continued)
designated by the Company, the demand and energy charges
will be decreased as follows :-
Transmission voltage supplied 8%
Distribution voltage supplied 6%
Metering will normally be at the delivery voltage .
When customer' s transformers are adjacent to the
delivery point , the customer may elect to be metered
at a single point on the secondary side of his trans-
formers where such point is approved by the Company.
When the energy is metered on the secondary side of
the customer ' s transformers , the above decreases will
be 7 and 5% , respectively.
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Fuel Clause :
The above rates are based on a composite cost to the
Company o one hundred fifty cents (150 . 00 per million British
thermal units (Btu) for fuel delivered in its service tanks and
the fuel equivalent for power purchased under agreements with
Puna and Pepeekeo (Hilo Coast Processing, Inc . ) Sugar Companies .
When this cost is more or less than 150 . 0(t per million Btu,
• there shall be a corresponding increase or decrease in the
above rates . Such increase or decrease shall be in the amount
per kwhr of adjusted for the additional revenue tax
requirement , for each full fifteen hundredth cent (0 . 150
increase or decrease, in fuel cost , above or below 150 . 0(t per
million Btu. The revenue tax requirement shall be calculated
using current rates of the revenue related taxes of franchise ,
public service and public utility commission fee . The adjust-
ment shall be effective on the date of change and when a cost
change occurs during a customer ' s billing period, the fuel
adjustment will be prorated for the number of days each cost
was in effect.
Excessive Instantaneous Demands :
The maximum demand may be limited by contract. In order
to guard against excessive instantaneous loads on its system,
the Company reserves the right to install load limiting circuit
breaker equipment on the customer' s service to automatically
limit the maximum demand to the contract capacity.
Term of Contract :
Contracts for service under this rate shall be for not
less than one year and thereafter until cancelled by six months
written notice given by either party.
Rules :
Service supplied under this rate shall be subject to the
standard Rules of the Company.
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SCHEDULE "F"
Street Lighting Service
Availability :
Applicable only to all-night service for street and
highway lighting where the customer owns , maintains , and
operates the lighting fixtures and all circuits and
appurtenances on the customer' s side of the delivery point .
The service voltage shall be the available distribution
voltage at the point of delivery.
Rate :
per kwhr 6. 0ct
Minimum Charge :
$12 . 5C per month per delivery point .
Fuel Clause :
The above rates are based on a composite cost to
the Company of one hundred fifty cents (150 . 0 ) per million
British thermal units (Btu) for fuel delivered in its service
tanks and the fuel equivalent for power purchased under agree-
ments with Puna and Pepeekeo (Hilo Coast Processing, Inc . )
Sugar Companies . When this cost is more or less than 150 . 0
per million Btu, there shall be a corresponding increase or
decrease in the above rates . Such increase or decrease shall
be in the amount per kwhr of adjusted for the
additional revenue tax requirement , for each full fifteen
hundredth cent (0. 15 ) increase or decrease , in fuel cost ,
above or below 150. 0 per million Btu. The revenue tax
requirement shall be calculated using current rates of the
revenue related taxes of franchise , public service and public
utility commission fee . The adjustment shall be effective on
the date of change and when a cost change occurs during a
customer' s billing period, the fuel adjustment will be prorated
for the number of days each cost was in effect.
Point of Delivery :
Service will be metered at the point of delivery except
as provided for below.
Multiple street lighting lamps may be individually served
unmetered at secondary voltage along public streets and high-
ways when, (1) in an overhead area, secondary voltage is
available on the lamp pole or (2) , in an underground area,
secondary voltage is available along the public street . The
total connected lamp load per connection point shall not exceed
2 kw. A one year contract is required for service under this
provision and each such contract will remain in effect from
year to year thereafter unless , after the first year, terminated
by 30 days notice in writing. Each contract will constitute
a point of delivery. The monthly billing Kwhr will be the
connected lamp load times 340 .
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SCHEDULE "F" (continued)
The customer will provide a switching device for each
lamp to limit the annual burning time to not more than 4100
hours .
The charges in this schedule are based on the premise
that secondary voltage is available at the point of delivery.
If it is not available the customer may take primary voltage
or may make an advance to the Company in the estimated amount
to make such service available .
No street lighting fixtures or facilities will be
furnished by the Company under this schedule except as
provided for under Schedule "L" .
Rules :
Service supplied under this rate shall be subject to
the Rules of the Company.
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SCHEDULE "L"
Street Lighting Fixtures and Facilities - County of Hawaii
• Availability :
Facilities available for street lighting purposes by the
County of Hawaii served by the Company as of
and is closed to new customers or additional facilities .
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Coverage :
The Company will furnish, maintain and repair a street
lighting system, and the lights thereof within the City of
Hilo , as well as such outlying parts of the country districts
as are now or shall hereafter be within the limits of the
Company ' s system; and will install and maintain , on the
order of the County, additional street lights within the
limits of the Company' s system, provided, however , that all
• Street Light Standards that are presently metered and all
future Street Light Standards to be serviced with underground
wiring are not included herein and will be the subject of
special negotiations between the Company and the County.
Special Poles Serving Street Lighting Only :
If the Company shall be required to install and maintain
any light outside of and beyond the limits of its system, but
within the limits of the districts served by such system, the
County shall be required to pay a monthly rental equivalent
to 1% of the cost of all poles , plus the cost of erection
thereof, necessary to make such installation. The costs of
the remaining labor , wires , brackets , etc . , shall be borne
by the Company and not included in the monthly rental charge .
However , when the Company uses said poles for any purpose
other than street lights , the rental equivalent to 1% of the
cost of said poles shall be discontinued.
Isolated Location:
In connection with installations beyond the limits of its
system or at locations where long distribution circuits are
necessary to reach individual lights , the Company reserves
the right to refuse service , at rates set forth in this
contract , for such isolated lights where the size of the
light or the cost of installation is out of proportion to
the revenue to be derived therefrom.
Maintenance :
The Company shall furnish all necessary lamps for said
street lighting system of such size as may be ordered by the
County, each lamp to be not less than one thousand (1 , 000)
lumens where the street series system is used or two hundred
(200) watts where the multiple system is used, and to keep the
entire street lighting system, including lamps , poles , brackets ,
etc . , in good order and repair , and to provide adequate
illumination of streets and highways in the City of Hilo and
such outlying country portions of the County as shall be
within the Company ' s system as it now exists or as may be
hereafter enlarged in the normal course of its business .
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SCHEDULE "L" (continued)
Advancement in the Art of Street Lighting :
The type of lamps , brackets , and other contrivances to
be furnished and usedby the Company in connection with the
street lighting system shall be of a type or types at least
equal in illumination and utility to the present type of
lamps , brackets , etc . , now in use , and as specified in the
Addendum. The Company will , however, make use of different
types of lights and contrivances , as may be approved by the
Chief Engineer, County of Hawaii , which may be developed
in the future as improvements in the street lighting art ,
where the cost of such equipment is comparable with equip-
ment of equivalent lamp size now in use . Later developments
requiring equipment appreciably more expensive than the
above will be the subject of special negotiations as to
monthly charge therefor.
Governmental Curtailment of Street Lighting :
The Company, unless barred by military or other govern-
mental order, shall maintain the street lighting system and
full andadequate illumination therefrom during all periods
of darkness , and if so barred by any such order , to negotiate
with the Company as to fair remuneration for maintenance and
service actually rendered.
Rates :
The County will be required to pay to the Company for
the services performed under this schedule , upon receipt of
properly authenticated invoices , on the basis of the following
rate :
Fixture Rental Per Month :
(1) Monthly rental for Radial wave reflector
type fixtures with not in excess of 4000
lumen or 500 watt lamps with standard
4 ft x 1- 1/4" pipe bracket $1 . 20
(2) Monthly rental for Filament Luminaires.
with not less than 2500 lumen and not in
excess of 10 , 000 lumen or 500 watt lamps
with. standard 4 ft x 1- 1/4" pipe
bracket $1 . 95
(3) Monthly rental for Filament Luminaires
with 6000 or 10 , 000 lumen lamps , or 300
to 500 watt lamps suspended on wire
messengers $1. 95
(4) Monthly rental on standard Mercury Vapor
Luminaires with not in excess of 12 ,600
lumen lamps on standard 4 ft x 4- 1/4"
pipe bracket $3. 20
(5) Monthly rental for standard Mercury Vapor
Luminaires with not in excess of 21 , 000
lumen lamps on standard 4 ft x 1- 1/4"
pipe bracket $3. 85
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SCHEDULE "L" (continued)
(6) Monthly rental on standard Mercury Vapor
Luminaires with not in excess of 21 ,000
lumen lamps suspended on wire messengers $4. 70
(7) Monthly rental for Fluorescent Luminaires
with not in excess of 21 , 400 lumen lamps
on standard 4 ft x 1- 1/4" brackets $ 5 . 75
(8) 6 ft and 8 ft brackets $ . 20 add' l
On Filament Luminaires the County shall
specify type of light distribution according
to IES Standards for Type III and Type V,
or Type IA.
Minimum Charge :
The minimum monthly charge shall be the fixture charge .
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SCHEDULE "L" (continued)
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Addendum
Luminaires :
It is mutually agreed, that the Company shall furnish
and install the following types of luminaires or equal at
the request of the County.
Filament Luminaires
General Electric Co . Form 79R Luminaire
Westinghouse Electric Corporation Type AK- 10 Luminaire
Mercury Luminaires
General Electric Co . Form 400 Luminaire
Westinghouse Electric Corporation Type OV- 20S Luminaire
Fluorescent Luminaires
General Electric Co. Form 406 Luminaire
Westinghouse Electric Corporation Type 4FSL- 72 Luminaire
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RIDER "S"
Standby, Auxiliary , Supplementary
or Breakdown Service
Availability :
This Rider is applicable to and becomes a part of any
standard rate schedule of the Company where the customer
regularly obtains electrical energy from a source or sources
other than the Company . This Rider will not apply where the
customer' s own generating facilities are used exclusively
foremergency service in case of failure of the normal
supply from the Company.
Rate :
For such service as defined above , the terms and conditions
of the Company ' s standard applicable rate schedule shall apply
except that the minimum charge shall be as stated below and
the billing demand shall be not less than 50% of the "Contract"
demand.
Minimum Charge :
The minimum charge shall be $2 . 50 per month per KW of
"Contract" demand and in no case less than $250 . 00 per month.
Where the standard applicable rate schedule carries a higher
minimum than that specified by this Rider, the minimum
charge provided in such schedule shall be used.
Determination of "Contract" Demand:
The customer shall specify in writing the maximum KW
capacity required, which will be known as the "Contract" demand
during the next twelve (12) months and continue thereafter
until the Company is otherwise notified in writing. If at any
time the actual measured demand exceeds the "Contract" demand ,
then this higher demand shall be used and will establish a new
"Contract" demand for the subsequent twelve months . At the
end of such twelve months period the "Contract" demand shall
continue at the higher amount unless the Company is otherwise
notified in writing.
Limitation of Capacity :
The Company shall not be required to supply electricity
at a rate greater than the "Contract" demand and may, at its
option, limit the capacity of the service connection to conform
with the "Contract" demand. The circuit breaker and other
equipment necessary for the purpose shall be paid for by the
customer but will be maintained and operated by the Company.
Parallel Operation:
The operation of the customer' s plant in parallel with the
Company ' s system will be permitted when special approval is
granted by the Company, in which case the Company shall specify
the terms and conditions for such parallel operation.
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SCHEDULE "E"
Electric Service for Employees
Availability:
Applicable to all employees , except temporary and
probationary employees , for residential service .
Rate :
The rates applicable to this service shall be two-thirds
(2/3) of the rates and charges specified under Schedule "R"- -
Residential Service .
Rules :
Service supplied under this rate shall be subject to
the standard Rules of the Company.
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YEAR END RATE BASE FOR TEST YEAR 1974 fi ` its,
(Dollars in Thousands)
DEPRECIATED COST OF UTILITY PLANT IN SERVICE 55,884.7
MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, AND FUEL STOCK 1 ,601 .1
WORKING CASH 946.1
DEDUCT:
Unamortized Contributions in Aid of
Construction 2,877.3
Customers' Advances for Construction 3,327.8
Deferred Income Taxes 3,628.2
Unamortized Investment Tax Credit 318.4
Fort Dearborn Legal Fees 3.8
Total Deductions 10,155.5
RATE BASE 48,276.4
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• TEST YEAR 1974 OPERATING INCOME
and
RATE OF RETURN
(Dollars in Thousands)
OPERATING REVENUES 17,346.4
Fuel and Purchased Power 6,357.4
Other Operation and Maintenance Expenses 3,475.2
Wage and Benefit Adjustment 165.2
Depreciation Expenses 1 ,908.8
Taxes Other than Income Taxes • 1 ,964.7
Income Taxes 632.8
Amortization of Tidal Wave Loss 44.1
OPERATING EXPENSES 14,548.2
OPERATING INCOME 2,798.2
RATE BASE 48,276.4
• RATE OF RETURN 5.80%
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BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF HAWAII
In the Matter of the Application of )
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HAWAII ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, INC. ) Docket No. 2595
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for approval of rate increases and )
revised rate schedules . )
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PETITION TO INTERVENE
CLIFFORD H. F. LUM •
Corporation Counsel
EARL T. NAKASATO
Deputy Corporation Counsel
County of Hawaii
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawaii 961-8251
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Attorneys for County of Hawaii.
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• BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF HAWAII
In the Matter of the Application of )
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HAWAII ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, INC. ) Docket No. 2595
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for approval of rate increases and )
- revised rate schedules . )
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PETITION TO INTERVENE
Comes now the COUNTY OF HAWAII , a municipal corporation,
and moves for leave to intervene in the Petition by HAWAII
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, INC. , for approval of rate increases
and revised rate schedules , in order to assert its claim
that the County of Hawaii will suffer detrimental and
irreparable harm if the authority were granted.
The County of Hawaii alleges that if the petition by
HAWAII ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, INC. , for approval of rate
increases and revised rate schedule is granted, businesses
will suffer irreparable harm in that the prices of their
products and services will be increased, resulting in a
substantial loss of their respective markets and slowdown of
economic growth.
The consumers in the County will also suffer irreparable
harm in that they will be required to pay higher prices for
products and services.
The following information is submitted for the Commission' s
consideration pursuant to Section 1202 of General Order No.
1. :
1. Nature of Petitioner' s Statutory or Other Right.
• The Petition to. Intervene is filed pursuant to Section 91-9 ,
• Hawaii Revised Statutes , which requires that parties be afforded
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an opportunity for hearing after reasonable notice. "Party"
as defined by Section 91-1 (3) , HRS , includes "each person or
agency named or admitted as a party, or property seeking
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and 'entitled as of right to be admitted as a party, in
any court or agency proceeding. " (emphasis added)
The applicablility of the Administrative Procedures Act
to agency hearings including that of the Public Utilities
Commission was recently decided by the Hawaii Supreme Court.
In Re Terminal Transportation, Inc. , 54 H. 134 (1972) .
Section 62-34, HRS, grants general powers to the County
for the supervision and control of all public affairs . Since
the decision of the Commission may have a direct and immediate
effect as to the revenue, developmental scheme according to
the general plan, control over speculation and unemployment,
the County of Hawaii has the right to attend the Commission ' s
hearing and voice its opinion. The County realizes that the
Commission is charged with the overall supervision and
representation of the public ' s interest, and that the County
may be able to provide information which will enable the
Commission to reach a just decision.
2. Nature and Extent of Property, Financial and
Other Interest.
As stated in paragraph 1 above, the County is charged
with the administration and orderly development of property
in the County of Hawaii. If the petition for approval of rate
increases and revised rate schedules is granted, many of the
busine:3ses and consumers will suffer irreparable harm by being
required to pay higher electric bills . The County will in
turn suffer irreparable harm through the loss of tax revenues
and through the loss of other generation of income caused by
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decrease in spending by the people. The net effect may be
a stagnation of economic growth leading to unemployment.
3. Other Means Li which the County ' s Interest May Be
Protected.
We realize that the fundamental reason for the establishment
of the Commission is to protect the public interest. It is
in no way the intent of the County to usurp that function of
the Commission. However, we believe that the best interest
of the public may be enhanced 'by the presentation of what
the County feels is in the best interest of the public. It
is our further aim to aid the businesses and consumers on
the Big Island since their best interest is also in the best
interest of the County. In that sense, we intend to facilitate
the presentation of testimony, which we feel is important
and which we feel should be considered by the Commission.
We can think of no other way in which the County ' s
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interest may be preserved other than perhaps resorting to
the judicial process .
4. Extent to which the County ' s Interest May Be Protected
by Others.
The County ' s best interest may be represented by the
businesses and consumers since our interest and goal may be
alike. However, the purposes for attending and participating
•at the hearing may differ. Furthermore, since it is a
public hearing there is no assurance that without the County' s
intervention, businesses or consumers will attend the hearing
although there has been sound and strong opposition to the
change in rates and rate schedules .
5. Extent to which the County may be Able to Provide
A Sound Record.
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If the County ' s Petition to Intervene is granted, the
County intends to aid the businesses and consumers into
providing a uniform and orderly presentation of testimony
thereby eliminating, repetitious testimony. •
6. Extent to which the County Participation Will
Broaden the Issue or Delay the Hearing.
We expect to facilitate the hearing by selecting certain
witnesses to give testimony. The issues will not be broadened
beyond that which presently exist.
NOW, THEREFORE, the COUNTY OF HAWAII requests that it
be allowed to intervene in the hearing for approval of rate
increases and revised rate schedules petitioned by HAWAII
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, INC. , to present testimony and show
why the petition should be denied.
Dated: Hilo, Hawaii, March 17 , 1975 , 1975.
COUNTY,OF HAWAII
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By
--EARL T. NAKASATO
Deputy Corporation Counsel
Its Attorney.
STATE OF HAWAII
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COUNTY OF HAWAII
The undersigned, being first duly sworn on oath, deposes
and says : That he is the attorney for the County of Hawaii ,
Petitioner above named; that he has read the foregoing Petition
to Intervene and knows the contents thereof and that the
statements made therein are true of said undersigned ' s own
knowledge except as to matters therein stated upon information
and belief; as to those matters he b:'lieves them to be true.
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EARUL . NAKASATO
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this utj day of March, 1975 .
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Nota y Public, Thir4 Judicial
Cir' uit, State of 'Hawaii •
My commission expires : February 15 , 19.77 .
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing
Petition To Intervene was deposited in the United States
Mail this 17th day of March, 1975 , addressed to:
Mr. David L. Fairbanks
Goodsill, Anderson & Quinn
1600 Castle & Cooke Building
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Attorney for Hawaii Electric Light Company, Inc.
ARL T. NAKASATO
Deputy Corporation Counsel
County of Hawaii