Posted on: Monday, May 27, 2002

State commission gets new chairman

Associated Press

Gov. Ben Cayetano has announced the appointment of Wayne Kimura to be the new chairman of the state Public Utilities Commission.

Kimura was the state comptroller when Cayetano appointed him to the commission in November.

On July 5, Kimura will replace Dennis Yamada as chairman. Yamada will remain a commissioner.

Kimura's term runs through June 30, 2006.

The third commissioner is Janet Kawelo. She was deputy director of Department of Land and Natural Resources when Cayetano named her to the PUC in January.

The commission oversees the state's public utility and commercial transportation industries.