Hawaii PUC’s Consumer Advocate Sticks to Oahu

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Is this another case of the neighbor islands getting short shrift?

Jack Gillis, public affairs director for the Consumer Federation of America sure thinks so. He told West Hawaii Today: 

Hawaii’s Public Utilities Commission and its Consumer Advocate are the only agencies in the state given the task of representing the public’s interests, and any intervention is limited to regulated utility industries. Gillis wasn’t familiar with the PUC’s track record, but was surprised to learn the commission doesn’t routinely meet on the neighbor islands. The last PUC hearing on Hawaii Island was regarding the Aina Koa Pono request, which the PUC ultimately rejected.

“What, do they expect 300 people to pay $300 to come to Honolulu?” Gillis asked. “People just need to be outraged.”

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