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NEIL ABERCROMBIE i fj, JjMuiyfai A \ \ KEAU'I S. LOPEZGOVERNOH i I JtRiBiIEirII \ 1 DIRECTORSHANS.TSUTSUI \-^\^SfSS^S^/°I JEFFREY T. ONOLT. GOVERNOR ^^X^^SS?>W^ EXECUTIVE DIRECTORSTATE OF HAWAIIDIVISION OF CONSUMER ADVOCACYDEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS335 MERCHANT STREET, ROOM 326P.O. Box 541HONOLULU, HAWAII 96809Phone Number: 586-2800Fax Number: 586-2780www.hawaii.<strong>gov</strong>/dcca/dca•^April 26. 2013OCDor—"<strong>c^</strong> — czU^—io —5»-f\>crTD*,vmoThe Honorable Chair and Members ofthe <strong>Hawaii</strong> <strong>Public</strong> <strong>Utilities</strong> <strong>Commission</strong>Kekuanaoa Building465 South King Street, 1st FloorHonolulu, <strong>Hawaii</strong> 96813cf^• •.«:"Dear <strong>Commission</strong>ers:RE:Transmittal No. 13-02 (Decoupling) -- Application of <strong>Hawaii</strong> Electric LightCompany, Inc. For Approval to modify the RBA Rate Adjustment in itsRevenue Balancing Account Provision Tariff.Pursuant to Final Decision and Order and Dissenting Opinion of Leslie H. Kondo,<strong>Commission</strong>er, filed on August 31, 2010 filed in Docket No. 2008-0274("2008-0274 D&O") by the <strong>Public</strong> <strong>Utilities</strong> <strong>Commission</strong> ("<strong>Commission</strong>"), the deadline forthe Division of Consumer Advocacy of the Department of Commerce and ConsumerAffairs ("Consumer Advocate") to file a Statement of Position ("SOP") is 30 days afterthe HECO Companies^ make their Revenue Balancing Account ("RBA") provisionfilings.This is to inform the <strong>Commission</strong> that the Consumer Advocate is continuing toreview HELCO's RBA provision filing that was filed on March 28, 2013. As part of thatreview, there are responses to certain information requests that are still outstanding. Itis the Consumer Advocate's understanding that HELCO should be responding to theoutstanding information requests on April 29, 2013. Since HELCO's RBA provision tariffwas filed on March 28, 2013, pursuant to the 2008-0274 D&O, the Consumer AdvocateThe HECO Companies is comprised of <strong>Hawaii</strong>an Electric Company, Inc. ("HECO"), <strong>Hawaii</strong>Electric Light Company, Inc. ("HELCO") and Maui Electric Company, Limited ("MECO").
The Honorable Chair and Members ofThe <strong>Hawaii</strong> <strong>Public</strong> <strong>Utilities</strong> <strong>Commission</strong>April 26, 2013Page 2should be filing Its SOP on April 29, 2013.^ To allow consideration of the informationthat HELCO will be providing in response to information requests, theConsumer Advocate is seeking additional time to complete its SOP.As a result, based on the assumption that the outstanding responses will be filedon April 29, 2013, the Consumer Advocate respectfully requests an extension untilMonday, May 6, 2013, to file its SOP.Thank you for your consideration of this request.Sincerely yours,JTO:ljtc: Dean K. MatsuuraJeffrey T. OnoExecutive DirectorBy the Consumer Advocate's calculations, the 30'*" day after March 28, 2013 is April 27, 2013.Since April 27, 2013 falls on a weekend, pursuant to <strong>Hawaii</strong> Administrative Rules 6-61-22, thedue date for the Consumer Advocate's SOP should be April 29, 2013, the next day that is not aSaturday, Sunday, or holiday.
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