(a) The commission shall take all necessary steps, including audits, spot checks, data requests, report requests, and internal monitoring procedures, to ensure that any electric utility, any user, owner, or operator of the Hawaii electric system, or any other person, business, or entity connecting to the Hawaii electric system is in compliance with all adopted reliability standards and interconnection requirements, as appropriate.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 269-144

  • Commission: means the public utilities commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269-141
  • Hawaii electric system: means all electric elements located within the State together with all interconnections located within the State that collectively provide for the generation, transmission, distribution, storage, regulation, or physical control of electricity over a geographic area; provided that this term shall not include any electric element operating without any interconnection to any other electric element located within the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269-141
  • Interconnection: means the physical contact point connecting an electric element to another electric element or group of electric elements that allows for the flow and transfer of electricity between electric elements. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269-141
  • Reliability standard: means an electric reliability requirement or requirements, adopted by the commission under this part, to ensure the reliable design and operation of any or all portions of the Hawaii electric system, including but not limited to ancillary service requirements. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269-141
(b) The commission may impose reasonable penalties on any user, owner, or operator of the Hawaii electric system, or any other person, business, or entity connecting to the Hawaii electric system acting in violation of an adopted reliability standard after notice as provided under § 269-12 and an opportunity for a proceeding under § 269-15 has been given.
(c) The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 for the issuance of any penalty under this section. In adopting rules, the commission may make provisions for the Hawaii electric reliability administrator to recommend penalties and enforcement to the commission.

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