By Henry Curtis Ku’oko’a announced that it wanted to buy Hawaiian Electric Industries (HEI), the owner of three of the four electric utilities in the State: HECO (O`ahu County), MECO (Maui County) and HELCO (Hawai`i County). Ku’oko’a plans to sell off HEI’s American Savings Bank and focus on replacing HECO’s, MECO’s and HELCO’s diesel and […]
2011 News Summary
Big Wind Henry Curtis, of Life of the Land, reports from the “Big Wind” hearing: “Big Wind refers to the concept of building an interisland undersea high voltage electric transmission line between Moloka`i, Lana`i and/or Mau`i to O`ahu so that ever-energy-hungry O`ahu can be fed by the Neighbor Islands. Giant wind farms would be built […]
Maui High School Ag Program
The Maui News February 13, 2011 Pomai and Lani Weigert seek to revitalize agricultural studies at Maui High School. The Maui High School farm replanting effort started last month. Under the guidance of AKL owner and lavender farming expert Ali’i Chang, they are working closely with MHS officials and instructor Lowland, who has zero federal […]
Workforce Housing Requirement Under Attack
Maui Tomorrow is working with the County Council and the State to increase the availability of affordable housing for our residents. Maui has one of the highest cost of housing of any state in the U.S. With wages much lower than required to qualify for loans, this has created a huge housing gap for Maui […]
Quality of walking and bicycling on Maui under study
State and county officials hope to improve pedestrian and bicycle pathways in Central Maui. A recent meeting at UH Maui College included about 45 residents who looked at maps and photos with private planners, highlighting dangerous intersections, blind corners, roads with no sidewalks, paths to schools zigzagging uphill and covered in brush, or cars parked […]
Video: Big Wind Legislative Briefing
Big Wind Informational Briefing (January 27) Hawai`i House Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection (EEP) and Economic Revitalization & Business The purpose of this briefing is to provide the committee with foundational background information on the relevant policies, technical review, and analysis that has been conducted regarding the construction of an inter-island renewable energy transmission […]