Hawaii electricity reliability administrator: qualifications

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; (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 section 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.