SB367 SD3 HD1 text status Submit Testimony RELATING TO ENERGY Energy; Interisland High Voltage Electric Transmission Cable System; Public Utilities Commission; Tax Exemptions Description: Establishes a regulatory structure for the installation and implementation of an interisland high voltage electric transmission cable system and for the construction of on-island transmission infrastructure. Allows for the utility company […]
Moloka’i Wind Deadline Missed
According to the Pacific Business News, First Wind missed the PUC March 18th deadline for getting the project land on Moloka’i. Hawaiian Electric (HECO) says they’ll make up the 200 MW of wind energy that was supposed to come from Moloka’i by doubling the turbines on Castle and Cooke’s Lana’i property. The “Big Wind” project […]
Specifics of SB367 on undersea cable clarified
Viewpoint in the Maui News March 27, 2011 – By ROBIN KAYE Regarding the recent state House panels meetings on the proposed undersea cable (The Maui News, March 22), I would like to add some clarifications regarding SB367, Hawaiian Electric Co.’s premature bill: It is not just Honolulu’s electricity customers who will share the as-yet-unannounced […]
Thielan: HECO wants to socialize cable cost, privatize any profit
By Rep. Cynthia Thielen POSTED: Mar 24, 2011 Honolulu Star Advertiser If the majority of the lawmakers and Hawaiian Electric Co. get their way under Senate Bill 367 — the bill designed to finance an interisland cable — the Oahu ratepayer will be solely responsible for the cost of the project, predicted to cost somewhere […]
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 […]
EIS for Undersea Cable
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the Hawai‘i Interisland Renewable Energy Program: Wind The EIS will assess the foreseeable environmental impacts which may arise from the development of wind-generated electric energy and the required improvements to the existing electric transmission infrastructure. DOE will hold public scoping meetings in the first quarter of 2011. Dates will be […]