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HRS §271G-24

Appeals of Public Utilities Commission orders

This section explains how to appeal a final or certain preliminary order from the Public Utilities Commission. The appeal follows the same rules as civil appeals from circuit courts. Filing an appeal does not automatically pause the order; you must ask the court to pause it, and the court may require a bond or other conditions.

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The statute, as written — Appeals

From an order of the public utilities commission under this chapter, an appeal shall lie, subject to chapter 602, in the manner 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, revised, 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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