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HI SCR120
Concurrent Resolution
AI Summary
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Urges the Public Utilities Commission to adopt an efficient, streamlined process for reviewing electric utilities' requests to provide middle mile broadband services under Hawaii Revised Statutes section 269-19.
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Requests the PUC consider implementing a standardized application requiring utilities to submit comprehensive information upfront rather than relying on discovery processes to address regulatory concerns.
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Directs the PUC to maintain competition levels and a level playing field in the telecommunications infrastructure industry while expediting broadband deployment to unserved and underserved areas.
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Requires certified copies of the resolution be sent to the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; PUC Chairperson; Consumer Advocate; Hawaiian Electric Company; and Kauai Island Utility Cooperative.
Legislative Description
Urging The Public Utilities Commission To Consider And Adopt An Efficient, Streamlined Process To Review Requests Made By Electric Utilities To Provide Middle Mile Broadband Services In Furtherance Of The State's Efforts To Expedite Broadband Access And Equity, Facilitate Digital Equity, And Promote Expeditious Broadband Deployment To Unserved And Underserved Areas.
Public Utilities Commission
Last Action
Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06/06/22.
6/6/2022