Application of Hawaii Elec. Light Co., Inc.

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• explaining that the purpose of this statutory requirement is \to assure reasoned decision making by the agency and enable judicial review of agency decisions\
• holding reference to an “undigested transcript” on the record was not a substitute for a set of findings of fact
• “[Findings of ultimate facts must be supported by findings of basic facts which in turn are required to be supported by the evidence in the record.” (Citations and footnote omitted.) (Emphasis in original.)
• “a presumption of validity is accorded to decisions of administrative bodies acting within their sphere of expertise” (citations omitted)
• “In the interim pending the outcome of the Commission’s further consideration of the reasonableness of the residential rate structure, the [previously approved] structure is to be maintained.”
• elderly persons deserving of special utility rates

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