HI HR139

Requests Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. to provide a reduced, fixed electricity rate to all public elementary, middle, and high schools in Hawaii.

Cites air conditioning as critical for optimal student learning and notes that lack of cooling contributes to health issues including dehydration, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke.

Notes that high electricity costs have prevented schools from installing air conditioning for decades and that schools without air conditioning show lower academic achievement.

States Hawaiian Electric Company and subsidiaries serve over 90 percent of public school students across Hawaii, Lanai, Maui, Molokai, and Oahu.

Directs certified copies be transmitted to the Public Utilities Commission Chairperson and Hawaiian Electric Company's President and Chief Executive Officer for distribution to the board of directors.