AMENDED APPLICATION OF HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC. FOR APPROVAL TO COMMIT FUNDS IN EXCESS OF $2,500,000 (EXCLUDING CUSTOMER CONTRIBUTION) FOR PROJECT ITEM PZ.005089, KULANIHAKOI SUBSTATION PROJECT, AND TO RECOVER COSTS THROUGH THE EXCEPTIONAL PROJECT RECOVERY MECHANISM

Docket No. 2020-0182

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Hawaiian Electric is a public utility that provides electricity service to the island of Oahu, and the proposed Kulanihakoi Substation Project and associated 46 kV transmission lines will be located in the Ho’opili development east of Kualakai Parkway and north of East Kapolei II. Hawaiian Electric’s Amended Application requests Commission approval of the commitment of funds in excess of $2,500,000 (excluding customer contributions) for its Kulanihakoi Substation Project and for a Commission determination that the proposed 46 kV sub-transmission lines shall be allowed to be constructed above and below the surface of the ground. Hawaiian Electric’s Amended Application also requests Commission approval for recovery of costs through the Exceptional Project Recovery Mechanism.
The public hearing that will be held on October 26, 2021, is intended to allow interested persons to state their views on only the proposed 46 kV transmission lines. Some of the proposed 46 kV transmission lines associated with the Kulanihakoi Substation Project will be placed near or through the residential development of Ho’opili.
The foregoing is a brief summary of the requests made in Hawaiian Electric’s Amended Application. Hawaiian Electric’s Amended Application is available for public review through the Commission’s electronic Document Management System, which is accessible at http://dms.puc.hawaii.gov/dms/. Copies of the Amended Application are also available for review by contacting the Commission’s Honolulu Office [(808) 586-2020] or the Division of Consumer Advocacy [(808) 586-2800].
All interested persons are invited to attend the public hearing to state their views on the proposed 46 kV transmission lines. Statements may also be e-mailed to the Commission at Hawaii.PUC@hawaii.gov. All written statements should reference "Docket No. 2020-0182." Any person may request an auxiliary aid or service or an accommodation due to a disability by contacting the Commission within 5 days of the public hearing date.