HAWAI‘I PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION 465 SOUTH KING STREET, ROOM 103 HONOLULU, HAWAI‘I 96813 PHONE: (808) 586-2020 FAX: (808) 586-2066 E-MAIL: Hawaii.PUC@hawaii.gov WEBSITE: www.hawaii.gov/budget/puc NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION APPROVES NEW RULES FOR INTERCONNECTION TO THE HECO COMPANIES’ DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM HONOLULU – In a Decision and Order issued today, the Hawaii Public Utilities […]
Gov. Waivering on Michael Champley for Next PUC Term
Maui resident, Michael Champley was appointed to serve out a term but rumors are that Gov. Abercrombie is debating whether to appoint him to the next term. Here’s what Blue Planet says about Champley: Champley has shared his expertise as a policy consultant for Blue Planet Foundation for more than two years, mostly advising on […]
Friends of Lana’i Opposes Interisland Cable
As part of Maui Tomorrow’s mission to facilitate discussion and air all sides of the debate over Big Wind and the Interisland power cable, today we reprint a Viewpoint from Friends of Lana’i, a group opposed to the Big Wind project. This does not necessarily reflect the views of Maui Tomorrow which has taken no […]
Testimony on Interisland Electric Cable Due
SB 2785 (proposed undersea high voltage transmission cable) has a hearing on Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 2:55 p.m. at the Capitol in Room 225. Easy to file Internet comments can be submitted at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/submittestimony.aspx Testimony can be uploaded at the same site. Hearing Notice SB 2785 The Committee on Energy and Environment (Chair Gabbard) […]
County to Allow LED Street Lights
Maui County spends $2 million a year for street lighting. Changing to LED lights could halve that. But as the ordinance is written now, LED lights are not allowed. The Administration wants to change that. Unfortunately LED lights have a lot of the blue spectrum which interferes with the Observatory and distort colors. Read more […]
Clean Energy Goals Are A ‘Steep Uphill Climb’ [Civil Beat]
he Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative was inked four years ago, setting up the mandate for the state to achieve 70 percent clean electricity (40 percent renewable generation, 30 percent energy efficiency) by 2030. Since then, our total electricity usage has steadily declined, from 10,585 GWh in 2007 to 9,986 GWh in 2011. And thanks to […]