Any entity contracted by the commission to serve as the Hawaii electricity reliability administrator shall:

(1) Satisfy the qualification requirements established by the commission by rule or order;

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 269-148

  • 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
(2) Maintain reasonable and necessary staffing with appropriate skills and expertise to offer prudent and reasonable recommendations on the development of reliability standards and interconnection requirements adopted by the commission under this part, including the technical skills required to properly monitor operations of the Hawaii electric system using information provided under § 269-143; and
(3) Maintain reasonable and necessary staffing with an appropriate level of independence to fairly and impartially review matters concerning interconnection to the Hawaii electric system under section 269-145, including independence of the entity from 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.

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