A sample template you can follow for sending written testimony regarding your recommended changes to the Goals, Objectives, and Policies found in Chapter 2: COMMENTS FROM DATE: NAME: ADDRESS: TO:PLANNING DIRECTOR SPENCE, GENERAL PLAN COMMITTEE CHAIR BAISA, AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS EMAIL ADDRESS TO: gp.committee@mauicounty.us, planning@mauicounty.gov RE: MIP CHAPTER 2 HERITAGE RESOURCES SAMPLE PLEASE CONSIDER THE […]
Maui County: Prevent HECO Charging Ratepayers for Big Wind Planning
Earlier this summer, Hawaiian Electric asked for a new docket, 2011-0112, to allow it to be reimbursed for $3.9 million spent on planning. County Energy Coordinator Doug McLeod says the total is closer to $7 million, much of that from federal stimulus funds, and the project seems to be much further along than the public […]
Mayor Comments on Council Budget
Mayor Approves 2012 Budget WAILUKU, Maui, Hawaii – Mayor Alan Arakawa approved Maui County’s budget for fiscal year 2012 today, praising County Council members and his own budget office staff for their hard work. “This is a good budget. About 98 percent of my office’s proposed operational budget was left intact,” said Mayor Arakawa. “Council […]
Consumer Advocate Says Big Wind Arguments Not Convincing But…
Hawaii consumer advocate Jeffrey Ono, says HECO’s arguments for why Castle & Cooke can cede 200 megawatts of its wind-energy allocation on Lanai to San Francisco-based Pattern Energy to develop a wind farm on Molokai are not convincing. However, Ono says that the project is in the best interests of the public, thus leaving the […]
Maui County Council Trying to Wriggle Out of EPA Compliance
The EPA has informed the county Department of Environmental Management that it considers the Lahaina plant in violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Unless the County Council approves the estimated $4 million to clean up the water to R1, the County faces EPA fines and sanctions. The Maui County Council declined to approve the […]
Hawaii regulators OK Auwahi Wind Project
HONOLULU — The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission has approved a 20-year contract for California company, Sempra, planning to build and operate a wind farm to sell electricity to Maui’s power company. Sempra Generation, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, said Thursday the commission approved the contract for Maui Electric Company to purchase 21 megawatts of wind power […]