Waikoloa Village Association
Ohana Room
68-1792 Melia St.
Waikoloa, HI 96738

KWSC is a public utility that provides water and sewer services to the master planned community known as Kukio Beach Club in North Kona, island of Hawai’i, an adjacent residential development known as Manini’owali, and the Kua Bay Beach Park. KWSC also provides untreated bulk water to the Kukio Golf & Beach Club and the West Hawai’i Veteran’s Cemetery, as well as potable water service to the planned four-lot Kukio Mauka subdivision and the adjacent planned five-lot Stroud subdivision. KWSC proposes to increase its overall revenues by approximately $1,660,296, (33.7% of pro forma revenue) for water distribution service and $1,066,898 (50.7% increase from pro forma revenue) for sewer service.
KWSC’s present and proposed rates as well as the proposed dollar increase in rates are as follows:

KWSC Water Service:

Monthly Water Present Rate Proposed Rate Percent
Fees Increase

Meter Charge
by Meter Size
(inches)

5/8″ $ 14.77 $ 23.82 61.3%
3/4" $ 14.77 $ 23.82 61.3%
1″ $ 28.31 $ 45.66 61.3%
1 1/2" $ 49.64 $ 80.06 61.3%
2″ $ 67.71 $109.20 61.3%
3″ $135.43 $218.42 61.3%
4″ $178.08 $287.21 61.3%
6″ $451.45 $728.11 61.3%
8″ $812.59 $1,310.58 61.3%

Ready to Serve
Charge Monthly
Per Installed Meter
(Includes usage up
to 10,000 gallons
per month)

Residential $360.45 $581.34 61.3%
Cottages $270.33 $435.99 61.3%
Business $360.45 $581.34 61.3%

Quantity Charge (per
1,000 gallons of
water consumption

0-10,000 $ – $ – 0.0%
10,000-29,999 gallons $3.470 $5.4949 61.3%
30,000-74,999 gallons $6.2768 $10.1234 61.3%
75,000 and over $9.1465 $14.7517 61.3%

Bulk Interruptible Rate
(per 1,000 gallons
of untreated water) $2.3331 $3.7629 61.3%

KWSC Sewer Service

Monthly Sewer Fees Present Rate Proposed Rate Percent
Increase

Stand-by Charge

Residential – per dwelling $472.88 $735.98 55.6%
unit per month

Business per connection $472.88 $735.98 55.6%
per month

Quantity Charge

per 1,000 gallons of domestic
water consumptions up to 7,000
gallons per month for residential
customers and for business $21.2531 $33.0780 55.6%
customers up to 1″ and 40% of
metered water consumption for
business customers with meters
greater than 1″

As part of its Application, KWSC is proposing to update the pump efficiency factor used in the sewer Power Cost Charge from 21.91 kWh per thousand gallons to 16.51 kWh per thousand gallons.
The Commission will investigate whether the Applicant has demonstrated that the proposed relief is just and reasonable. The foregoing is a brief summary of the requests included in the Application. Copies of the Application are available for public review through the Commission’s electronic Case and Document Management System, accessible at https://hpuc.my.site.com/cdms/s/search, Docket Number 2025-0421.
Copies of the Application are also available for review by contacting the Commission’s Honolulu Office at (808) 586-2020 or the Division of Consumer Advocacy at (808) 586-2800.
All interested persons are invited to attend the public hearing to state their views on the Application. Statements may also be submitted online on the Commission’s public comments portal at https://hpuc.my.site.com/cdms/s/consumers/public-comments, e-mailed to the Public Utilities Commission at puc@hawaii.gov, or mailed to the Public Utilities Commission, 465 South King Street, Room 103, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813. All written statements should reference Docket No. 2025-0421. If you require auxiliary aids, service, or other accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Public Utilities Commission at (808) 586-2020 or puc@hawaii.gov as soon as possible. Requests made early have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled.
Motions to Intervene or Participate in this proceeding shall comply with subchapter 4, Rules of Practice and Procedure Before the Public Utilities Commission, Hawaii Administrative Rules, Title 16, Chapter 601. A motion to intervene or participate in this proceeding shall be filed with the Commission’s Honolulu Office by November 6, 2026.
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Jon S. Itomura
Chair

(WHT1540160 10/06, 10/13, 10/20, 10/26/26)