Rolling Blackouts: Senators Demand PUC Investigation….SENATORS CALL FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC RELIABILITY ISSUES
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – In light of the multiple power outages this weekend, Senator Glenn Wakai, Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, Senator Jarrett Keohokalole, Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, and Senator Lynn DeCoite, Chair of the Senate Committee on Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism sent a letter to the Public Utilities Commission expressing concern about recent power blackouts. The letter, in part, highlighted the Public Utilities Commission’s investigatory powers under State law, and requested the Commission to conduct investigations:
