Electronically Filed

Supreme Court

SCOT-10-0000184

07-DEC-2010

10:23 AM

NO. SCOT-10-0000184

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

KEAHOLE DEFENSE COALITION, INC., a Hawaii Nonprofit

Corporation, Appellant,

vs.

PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, STATE OF HAWAI'I;

HAWAII ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, INC.; and DIVISION

OF CONSUMER ADVOCACY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND

CONSUMER AFFAIRS, STATE OF HAWAI'I, Appellees.

APPEAL FROM THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

(DOCKET NO. 05-1-0315)

ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL

(By: Nakayama, Acting C.J., Acoba, and Duffy, JJ., and Circuit Judge Chang, in place of Recktenwald, C.J., recused,

Circuit Judge Border, assigned by reason of vacancy)

It appearing that the October 28, 2010 decision and order of the Public Utilities Commission is not directly appealable to the supreme court,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the appellant Keahole Defense Coalition's notices of appeal filed in the supreme court on November 27, 2010 and November 28, 2010 are dismissed without prejudice to filing a notice of appeal in the intermediate court of appeals. See HRS §§ 269-15.5 (2007) and 641-1(a) (Supp. 2009).

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, December 7, 2010.

/s/ Paula A. Nakayama

/s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr.

/s/ James E. Duffy, Jr.

/s/ Gary W.B. Chang

/s/ Patrick W. Border

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