Jon Itomura took the helm of the Hawaiʻi Public Utilities Commission in January. While he’s new to his role, he’s on familiar ground. He spent more than a decade as an attorney with the Division of Consumer Advocacy, representing the interests of utility customers in proceedings before the commission.
Itomura said that experience has helped him to quickly settle into his work as commission chair.
“The uptake has been a lot easier and quicker for me,” Itomura told HPR.
But leading the Public Utilities Commission, which handles hundreds of regulatory proceedings each year, is no small task…