Gov. Neil Abercrombie today signed a bill into law to temporarily exempt the development of broadband infrastructure from state and county permitting requirements. The law allows for permitting exemptions for five years – from 2012 to 2017 – on broadband upgrades on existing utility poles and conduits used for telecommunications. Telecommunications companies would also be […]
Undersea Cable Route?
Reproduced from an editorial by Artice Swingle of I Aloha Moloka’i in the Moloka’i Dispatch
Pattern Isn’t Backing Down
Extracts from Pacific Business News Pattern “Energy stays committed to wind farm“ (I Aloha Moloka’i disputes Pattern’s low meeting attendance numbers that are quoted in this article.) Despite a series of contentious meetings on Molokai this week, San Francisco-based Pattern Energy won’t be fleeing Hawaii, according to David Parquet, the wind-energy developer’s director of development […]
Planning Director Explains Goals
From The Maui News By Chris Hamilton Department of Planning Director Will Spence said the most immediate and largest challenges ahead of him are finishing Maui’s master plan and streamlining the Planning Department. The Maui Island Plan is expected to be completed by the end of the year, county officials have said. And much of […]
More Coverage of Moloka’i Big Wind Meeting
Moloka’i Dispatch is reporting that jobs from Big Wind on Moloka’i will only be about ten or twenty local jobs and that virtually all the jobs created will go to imported mainland workers. Molokai Properties president and CEO Peter Nicholas reports that the State is talking about condemning his land to do the Big Wind […]
Big Wind Met with Resistance on Moloka’i
Moloka’i residents opposed to Big Wind took over Pattern Energy’s meeting on Moloka’i last night (June 21, 2011). According to one vehement I Aloha Moloka’i (IAM) participant: “Last night we had the first of 3 meetings with Pattern and Bio-Logical Capital. Maunaloa residents and IAM members took over a packed meeting in Maunaloa Town and […]