Read the PUC press release here. The PUC rejected the HECOCompanies’ Integrated Resource Plan submission and is going to impose their own plan on HECO. They directed the HECO Companies, and in some cases the Kauai Island Utility Cooperative, to take timely actions to lower energy costs, improve system reliability, and address emerging challenges to […]
NextEra Purchasing Undersea Cable Land
From Pacific Business News:NextEra Energy, one of the companies looking to build an undersea cable that would connect the electric grids on Oahu and Maui, has an agreement to purchase the nearly four-acre site of the former Gasco manufactured-gas facility in Honolulu.
Kula Community Association presentsMaui’s Electricity Future – it may NOT be what it used to be:An Undersea Cable to Oahu and Maui’s Electricity Future Upcountry Community Meeting at the Kula Community CenterThis Wednesday, February 19, 20146:30pm Pupus — 7pm Program The program will begin with Maui Electric’s Mat McNeff giving an update on the status […]
County Energy Conference
From Maui TV News:Maui County Energy Commissioner Doug McLeod announced Thursday that Hawaiian Electric Companies—which includes Hawaiian Electric, Maui Electric and Hawai‘i Electric Light—will be the Title Sponsor of the upcoming conference, “Electric Utilities: The Future Is Not What It Used To Be.” The event scheduled for March 26-28 at the Maui Arts & […]
ShakeUp and Lawsuit Delay Bio-Logical Capital’s purchase of Hana Land
According to Pacific Business News, Bio-Logical Capital head of operations Guy Kaulukukui, (former deputy director of DLNR) is leaving the company after a year and a half. Bio-logical is trying to buy thousands of Hana Ranch land for $35 million and, in partnership with Pattern Energy, has a wind project ready to send to the […]
Interisland Cable Meeting
Is the interisland electric cable in the public interest?