HRS §269-16.2
Utility rules for independent power producers need commission approval
A public utility must get the Public Utilities Commission's approval before adopting any rules or standards that interpret laws about nonutility generators or that make those generators pay the utility's business costs and profits. A nonutility generator is someone who makes electricity but is not a public utility.
The statute, as written — Approval of rules of a public utility
Any rules, guidelines, or other standards of a public utility which interpret federal or state laws governing nonutility generators, or which make a nonutility generator monetarily responsible for the public utility's costs and profits of doing business as a public utility, shall be approved by the public utilities commission before adoption. As used in this section, a "nonutility generator" means a person that produces electric power but is not a public utility.
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