According to the June 15-2011 PUC approved Wind Purchase Power Agreement between MECO and Sempra’s “Auwahi Wind Energy LLC” (AWE) MECO has reserved the right to NOT disclose their “avoided costs” of not burning fossil fuels NO mention in the agreement of passing on MECO’s energy cost savings to the rate-payers (and the tax-payers who are […]
Ku‘oko‘a Seeking to buy HEI
Heavy hitters join board to gird for HEI bid Ex-officials of the CIA and federal Energy Department ante up as the $35 billion plan gains momentum By Andrew Gomes POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 17, 2011 at the Star Advertiser A $35 billion plan to buy Hawaii’s main electric utility and quickly get it off […]
Maui’s Energy Future – Community Meeting
Wed, July 20, 2011 @ 6:30PM Hannibal Tavares Center Pukalani
Climate Regulations a Job Killer?
Quit Crying Wolf
Sunday 17 July 2011 by: Donald Cohen, YES! Magazine | Op-Ed There’s an old adage that if you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it. That seems to be the unofficial motto of the United States Chamber of Commerce, which has spent the last forty years repeating (and repeating and repeating) the mantra that government […]
Kula Assoc. Concerned About Kula Ridge
Summarized (with many direct quotes) from an article By CHRIS HAMILTON – Staff Writer (chamilton@mauinews.com) , The Maui News The state Land Use Commission probably won’t have a final decision on whether to grant the last land use entitlement for the 320-acre, 116-lot Kula Ridge development until sometime this fall, attorneys said Thursday. Developer, Clayton […]
West Maui Preservation Assoc weighs in on Injection Wells
Reproduced from the SaveWestMaui.org website. The West Maui Preservation Association has been studying water quality problems associated with the Lahaina Wastewater Treatment Facility since its incorporation. It has conducted water quality sampling including pathogen sampling. It has sought remediation at the federal, state and county levels. Below are informational links related to the issue of […]