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This Resolution requests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), a government agency that oversees utility services, to explore ways to help vulnerable customers, specifically those with low incomes and retirees who often have fixed or limited budgets. The PUC is asked to find methods that would benefit these customers without causing utility costs to increase for other customers, a practice known as "shifting of costs." The resolution also directs the PUC to identify potential funding sources for programs that support these social policy objectives and to report its findings and any legislative proposals to the Hawaii State Legislature by early 2023.