Energy

Under the settlement, the two companies will spend about $403 million to install and operate pollution control equipment....

NextEra Energy and Hawaiian Electric Industries announce termination of Merger Agreement....

Morita is petitioning the court to order Gorak to state the authority under which Gorak claims to be a PUC commissioner....

In a 2-0 decision, the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission today dismissed without prejudice....

Eligible proposers include financiers, developers, equipment manufacturers, nonprofit organizations, and other clean energy industry participants....

...OKs Ige to appoint (anti-NextEra) Tom Gorak on an interim basis to the Public Utilities Commission after (pro NextEra) Commissioner Mike Champley’s term expired....

...HB 2569 (Act 176) which aims to expedite the goals of the Department of Education to cool Hawai‘i’s schools, reduce energy costs, meet Hawai‘i’s clean energy goals....

...Iwase said he is hopeful a decision could come by next week--but not in the next two days....

...this act allows for the use of state special purpose revenue bonds to be used to finance publicly owned energy cooperatives....

All public elementary, middle, and high schools in the Hawaiian Electric Companies' service territory are receiving new, intelligent, energy-monitoring devices and software....

...a call for information and nominations to gauge the wind industry’s interest in commercial wind leases in two areas offshore Oahu....

...after allegedly misrepresenting information related to requirements for interconnecting solar energy systems....

For a short while earlier this year, it looked as though the $144 million in the state’s bond-financed Green Energy Market Securitization (GEMS) account might actually get used....

...her spouse was employed by Parsons as a Vice President and was Parsons’ principal consultant and a point of contact for 12 DOT Parsons Projects....

Floating turbine foundations cost about eight times more than seafloor-based supports for their conventional counterparts....

Jennifer Kajiyama and Carol Feinga are part of Keep Laie Cool, an initiative working to solve the crisis of Hawaii’s hot classrooms....

...Monday May 16, 2016 starting at 9am....

...After all the hype, 94% of Hawaii baseload electricity comes from non-renewable sources....

"...to add the extra capacity for every vehicle’s charging needs will require solar panels and wind turbines on nearly every available inch of land....”

...variable pricing of electricity, both wholesale and retail, can lower the cost of intermittent renewables....

...an emergency appropriation of $100 million to fund equipment and installation costs for air conditioning, heat abatement measures and related energy efficiency measures....

Today we are looking at a bill in our Legislature that contains nothing....

...debtor in possession....

...The principles applicable to the California petroleum market without doubt similarly impact Hawaii....

...most of those “savings” are coming from taxpayers pockets....

...One Rock also has a unique strategic relationship with Mitsubishi Corporation....

The Alliance for Solar Choice (TASC) is run by the lead lobbyists for the two big companies — both have obvious Democratic Party connections....

...“The smart-grid program would cost the 455,000 HECO customers on average $747...."

A conversation with Dr. Keli'i Akina, president of the Grassroot Institute, about traffic congestion, Honolulu rail and Hawaii's renewable energy plans....

"...the southeast section of the Site Area is coterminous with (has the same boundaries as) a designated explosive dumping area...."

...the state's plan to eliminate all ground transportation that uses fossil fuels....

The newly-elected board members will be inaugurated on March 22....

If all 256 DOE schools replicate the first 74 campuses’ energy efficiency, the State of Hawaii could save more than $300 million over ten years....

Hawai'i is the first state in the nation to adopt a 100 percent renewable portfolio standard for the energy sector....

• Hawaii Island electricity use almost 49 percent from renewables
• Maui County 35 percent renewables; 
• Oahu 17 percent renewables

And Hawaii legislators are considering a gas tax hike ....

...HB2607HD1 authorizes Special Purpose Revenue Bond money to “PQ Energy, LLC”.  The amount is not filled in but was originally listed as $63M....

"...wind resources are presently at zero...."

...The nation’s least expensive markets for gas are Oklahoma ($1.42), Missouri ($1.46) and Kansas ($1.47)....

...modern fast starting, quick ramping generators are needed to balance the variability of solar and wind power....

"...regarding offshore renewable energy opportunities in Hawai‘i...."

...and what are the other 33 states doing?  They are keeping their electricity cheap....

Exempting Puerto Rico from the Jones Act is the single most important step Congress can take....

...three sectors that are key to future sustainability in Hawai‘i - energy, agriculture and natural resource management....

"By building on the successes achieved by Kauai Island Utility Cooperative to integrate high levels of cost-effective solar PV into the grid...."

Apparently GEMS is an attractive target for raiding because a 2014 bond issue raised $150 million for the program and little, if any, capital has been deployed to date....

"Implementation of the selected action will not result in significant impacts."