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
Pattern Energy Deal Blocked by PUC
From the Star Advertiser: The Public Utilities Commission ordered Hawaiian Electric Co. Thursday to seek new bidders to develop half of the large-scale wind energy project proposed for Molokai and Lanai. The order follows a series of events in which HECO dropped Boston-based First Wind LLC from the project because it missed a March deadline […]
Proposed Kula PV facility
Moses Medeiros,of Applied Technical Services in Kihei, told the Maui News that he is consulting on a project to explore building a 30-acre PV with low-profile, mini wind turbines in a former Upcountry pineapple field. According to the Maui News, the anonymous group is keeping their identities secret until their permits and contracts are in […]
Governor Signs House Bill 1520
Governor Abercrombie signed House Bill 1520. This bill is intended to help more homeowners and renters access and afford clean energy by allowing them to pay for the cost of renewable energy and conservation projects which lower their electric consumption on their electric bill. Similar programs have been set up in other states. HB 1520 directs the […]
Star Advertiser: Open Books on Big Wind
Open the books on wind-energy plans Editorial in the Star Advertiser July 13, 2011 Few issues brought before the state Public Utilities Commission have deserved as much scrutiny as the proposal to transmit energy from windmills on Lanai and Molokai to Oahu. The commission has made the right decision in allowing Maui County and the […]