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HRS §271-33

Appealing a Public Utilities Commission decision

This section explains how to appeal a decision made by the Public Utilities Commission after it reconsiders or rehears a case. You can appeal to court, but the appeal does not automatically stop the order from being enforced. The court may pause the order if you ask and meet certain conditions.

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The statute, as written — Appeals

From the order made on an application for reconsideration or rehearing by the public utilities commission under this chapter, an appeal shall lie, subject to chapter 602, in the manner and within the time provided for civil appeals from the circuit courts and by the rules of court; provided that the order is final, or if preliminary, is of the nature defined by section 91-14(a). The appeal, of itself, shall not stay the operation of the order appealed from, but the court may stay the same after a hearing upon a motion therefor and may impose such conditions as it may deem proper as to giving a bond and keeping the necessary accounts or otherwise to secure a restitution of the excess charges, if any, made during the pendency of the appeal, in case the order appealed from is sustained, reversed, or modified in whole or in part.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§91-14 Judicial review of contested cases

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