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Tuesday, September 24, 2019 |
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3 Titanic Floating Windfarms to Surround Oahu?
By Selected News Articles @ 9:45 PM :: 3154 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy
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...the likelihood of all of these projects remains speculative, and the timeframes even more so given BOEM’s decision to review the entire permitting process....
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Tuesday, September 24, 2019 |
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Wind Farms Could Drive Bats to Extinction
By Selected News Articles @ 5:41 PM :: 51286 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...Existing research shows USFWS doesn’t have a clue how many bats exist and or even if this species can survive their approved wind energy mortality....
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Sunday, September 22, 2019 |
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Feds Approve Hawaii Windfarm Plan to Kill 424 Bats, 47 Nene, 27 Petrels
By News Release @ 2:05 AM :: 3865 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...incidental take permit (ITP) amendments to three applicants—Kawailoa Wind, LLC; Auwahi Wind, LLC; and Kaheawa Wind Power II, LLC—and a new ITP to Tawhiri Power, LLC....
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Monday, September 9, 2019 |
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Jones Act denies domestic ocean shipments of propane
By Michael Hansen @ 10:41 PM :: 4700 Views :: Energy, Jones Act, Cost of Living
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...The situation with LPG carriers parallels that of liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers in that none of these ships exist in the Jones Act fleet....
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Tuesday, August 27, 2019 |
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Batteries: Hawaii Ratepayers Give the Most to Elon Musk
By News Release @ 9:58 PM :: 3585 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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... Elon Musk needs money. That's why he is a billionaire and its why you are paying higher electric rates ....
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Friday, August 23, 2019 |
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Make the Jones Act worse?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:32 PM :: 3602 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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...there is a move in Congress to make things worse....
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Saturday, August 10, 2019 |
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Windfarms Bribe Environmentalists for Permission to Kill 300 Bats, 44 Nene
By Selected News Articles @ 8:42 PM :: 5503 Views :: Energy, Environment, Ethics
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...With some fanfare, the DLNR acquired the 2,900 acres from Dole late last year for about $15 million, with $2.75 million of that coming from Kawailoa Wind....
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Friday, July 26, 2019 |
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Hawaii: Geothermal potential could offer reliability on clean energy
By Selected News Articles @ 6:08 PM :: 2638 Views :: Energy
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...Geothermal is both cheap and reliable, that is why it is constantly being blocked in Hawaii....
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Sunday, July 21, 2019 |
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Canada to ship containerized LNG to China instead of Hawaii
By Michael Hansen @ 4:16 AM :: 4736 Views :: Energy, Jones Act, Cost of Living
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...The HECO LNG plans were abandoned after their proposed merger with NextEra Energy, Inc. was disapproved by the Hawaii State Public Utilities Commission....
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Tuesday, July 16, 2019 |
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At UH Confab, Politicians and Lawyers Get Reality Check on Climate Suits
By Selected News Articles @ 4:05 PM :: 4824 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment, Higher Education
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...Politicians and trial lawyers eager to sue energy companies over the costs of climate change received an unwelcome message from a university professor....
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Friday, July 12, 2019 |
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DHHL Approves Kalaeloa Solar Project
By News Release @ 3:02 PM :: 3529 Views :: DHHL, Energy
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...A proposal to Build Solar Farm on Hawaiian Home Lands turns ugly in Kapolei....
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Monday, July 8, 2019 |
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Solar Variance Trick Makes Housing Even More Un-affordable in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 11:04 PM :: 5929 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Development, Cost of Living
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...a dirty legislative trick from 2008 has--eleven years later--effectively outlawed new installation of tankless on-demand gas water heaters....
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Friday, July 5, 2019 |
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Energy: Hawaii has Highest Prices, Lowest Consumption
By Selected News Articles @ 2:14 AM :: 4312 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...despite the nation's lowest electricity consumption, chart-topping rates give Hawaii the 10th highest electric bills....
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Thursday, June 6, 2019 |
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Final Report: Utility Ownership and Regulatory Models for Hawaii
By News Release @ 7:30 PM :: 3534 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...Study concludes that ratepayers are being gouged to the greatest possible degree and no other system could gouge us more effectively without us noticing....
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Sunday, June 2, 2019 |
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Earth Is Nearly 520 Percent More Abundant Now Than in 1980
By Selected News Articles @ 8:30 PM :: 4670 Views :: Energy, Environment, Economy
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...Thanks to the ultimate resource: the human mind....
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Saturday, May 25, 2019 |
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Report: Hawaii Gives the Most 'Green' to Elon Musk and Al Gore
By News Release @ 3:39 AM :: 3627 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... Hawaii earned a top of-the-class A+ for spending as much as the settlement allowed on electric vehicle charging infrastructure (Elon Musk) and electrified mass transit buses (Al Gore) ....
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Thursday, May 16, 2019 |
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HAWSCT: PUC Must Consider Whether Renewable Biofuel Energy Plant Might Impact Property Right To Clean And Healthful Environment
By Robert Thomas @ 6:53 PM :: 4260 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Environment
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...the court's conclusion that the property right to a clean and healthful environment not only requires the PUC to conduct an administrative trial, but that as part of the trial, the agency must expressly consider "the reduction of [greenhouse gas] emissions"....
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Tuesday, May 14, 2019 |
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Hawaii to Sue over Global Warming? UH Law School Debunked
By News Release @ 4:52 PM :: 6384 Views :: Energy, Environment, Higher Education
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...the idea of suing America’s energy industry for climate change-related conduct and harms has been rejected many times, including by the highest court in the land....
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Friday, May 10, 2019 |
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Biomess: Hawaii Supreme Court Overturns PUC Approval of Hu Honua
By News Release @ 4:26 PM :: 4790 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Environment
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...the PUC erred by failing to explicitly consider the reduction of GHG emissions in approving the Amended PPA, as required by statute....
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Tuesday, May 7, 2019 |
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Trump Reportedly Caves on Jones Act Waiver
By Selected News Articles @ 6:38 PM :: 4217 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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...members of Congress who spoke with President Trump emerged from the White House projecting supreme confidence that a Jones Act waiver is now effectively off the table....
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Monday, May 6, 2019 |
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Want an Energy Revolution?
By Selected News Articles @ 8:44 PM :: 3121 Views :: Energy
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...It won’t come from renewables—which can never supply all the power we need—but from foundational scientific discoveries....
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Sunday, May 5, 2019 |
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Carbon Credits
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 5360 Views :: Energy, Environment, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... Department of Land and Natural Resources is doing a reforestation project in East Maui. It’s hired a vendor to certify the project for “carbon credits.” Why are they doing that if we don’t even have a carbon tax ....
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Friday, May 3, 2019 |
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Audit: HART Gives HECO Anything it Wants for Overhead--No Questions Asked
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 9:18 PM :: 5414 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Rail
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"...HART does not require Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., (HECO) to provide overhead cost supporting documentation. HART reimburses Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. 100% of their costs incurred...."
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Thursday, May 2, 2019 |
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How Clean Is Your Electric Vehicle?
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 4:27 AM :: 4590 Views :: Energy, Environment, Hawaii Statistics
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...Natural Gas rich Reno, NV is waaaay cleaner than Honolulu....
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Tuesday, April 30, 2019 |
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Trump, the Jones Act and LNG
By Michael Hansen @ 4:21 AM :: 3631 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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...Michael Hansen on ThinkTech discusses a blanket Jones Act waiver for LNG Tankers....
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Tuesday, April 30, 2019 |
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Legislators Vote to Spend Millions More on Electric Vehicles
By News Release @ 3:06 AM :: 4079 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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...program for the installation or upgrade of electric vehicle charging stations in publicly accessible commercial areas, workplaces, and multi-unit dwellings....
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Tuesday, April 23, 2019 |
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Will Trump waive the Jones Act for Domestic LNG shipments?
By Michael Hansen @ 10:33 PM :: 4511 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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...the President is considering a 10-year waiver of the Jones Act for the domestic transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG)....
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Wednesday, April 17, 2019 |
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DLNR: Another Step Towards State-Run Carbon Credit Scheme
By News Release @ 10:48 PM :: 4951 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Environment
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...Certifying the project under Verra’s VCS, which includes the verification and validation of the project by independent auditors, enables DOFAW to generate certified carbon credits that it, in turn, can sell to interested buyers, brokers, traders, or retailers....
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Wednesday, April 10, 2019 |
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Hawaii Swamped by Carbon Dioxide Tax Bills
By Selected News Articles @ 6:23 PM :: 5848 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...Multiple carbon-dioxide tax bills are under consideration in the current session of the Hawaii State Legislature....
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019 |
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Ige: Electric Company to Collect from GEMS Green Energy Deadbeats
By News Release @ 3:03 AM :: 3341 Views :: Energy
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...The on-bill repayment program allows electric ratepayers on O‘ahu, Hawai‘i Island, Maui, Lāna‘i and Moloka‘i to invest in green energy installments....
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Sunday, March 31, 2019 |
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Trump Tax Cut Lowers Electric Bills--HECO Gave Back the Least
By Selected News Articles @ 4:18 PM :: 4395 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Utility bills have dropped ranging from less than a dollar a month for the average residential customer in Hawaii to about $14 for the same group in Florida....
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Thursday, March 28, 2019 |
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First phase of grid modernization plan approved--Ratepayers Soaked to Funnel More Money to Silicon Valley Billionaires
By News Release @ 3:41 AM :: 3747 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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“Would you accept a rate increase to modernize the grid? How much of an increase? What about a 5%, 10%, 15% increase to your current bill?”
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Thursday, March 28, 2019 |
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Six Solar Schemes Approved by PUC
By News Release @ 3:30 AM :: 4053 Views :: Energy, Agriculture
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...Among the projects approved is Hoohana Solar 1 in Kunia, which is planned for a parcel zoned as prime agricultural land, where renewable energy projects are currently not permitted....
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Monday, March 25, 2019 |
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Hilo Has the Highest Food Prices in America
By Selected News Articles @ 10:40 PM :: 6874 Views :: Energy, Jones Act, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...As much as a third of the food waste in Hawaii is due to food that has gone bad before it reaches the consumer....
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Friday, March 22, 2019 |
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Hawaii PUC approves special rates for Al Gore's electric buses
By News Release @ 3:32 AM :: 4836 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Cost of Living
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... it is expected at least 130 electric buses will be added to fleets during the course of the pilot, including tour buses, school buses and public transit systems like TheBus on Oahu....
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Wednesday, March 13, 2019 |
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The Difference Between Real and Fake Energy Policy
By Selected News Articles @ 4:49 AM :: 4220 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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...after a decade of hype, Hawaii is still 75% coal and oil....
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Wednesday, February 27, 2019 |
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Hawaiian Electric Claims 27% Renewable Despite Loss of Geothermal Plant
By News Release @ 4:44 PM :: 4432 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Tax Credits
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...The 2018 consolidated renewable portfolio standard (RPS) remained the same percentage as it was in 2017, at 27 percent. The consolidated number would have been 29 percent had Puna Geothermal Venture (PGV) produced at the same level as 2017....
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Thursday, February 21, 2019 |
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Report: Hawaii Greenhouse Gas Emissions Drop After Aviation Emissions Reclassified as 'International'
By News Release @ 3:32 AM :: 5161 Views :: Energy, Environment, Hawaii Statistics
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...By exporting airliner exhaust, the nearly 50% growth in Hawaii tourism numbers since 2008 is simply evaporated from this report.....
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Wednesday, February 20, 2019 |
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Ige Names Leo R. Asuncion, Jr. to Public Utilities Commission
By News Release @ 2:22 AM :: 3000 Views :: Energy
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...Previously, Asuncion was a senior regulatory analyst and senior integrated resource planning analyst at Hawaiian Electric Company....
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Monday, February 18, 2019 |
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Solar Fail: EnSync Going Bankrupt 'Very Short Term'
By News Release @ 10:49 PM :: 4936 Views :: Energy, Small Business
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...the offtaker for a sizeable project the Company was working on in Hawaii sent the Company a letter purporting to terminate the subject power purchase agreement....
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Monday, February 11, 2019 |
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Hearing: Should Auwahi Windfarm Be Allowed to Kill 140 Bats?
By News Release @ 10:02 PM :: 4704 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment
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... the DOFAW hearing will be held at 7:00 pm on February 15, 2019 at Kula Elementary School, 5000 Kula Highway in Kula ....
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019 |
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Ige Appoints New PUC Chair
By News Release @ 1:00 AM :: 4734 Views :: Energy, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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...Jay Griffin becomes PUC chair immediately....
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Tuesday, January 8, 2019 |
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Feds to PUC: Stop Approving Bat-Killing Windfarms without Endangered Species Permits
By Selected News Articles @ 5:27 PM :: 6369 Views :: Energy, Environment
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"...HECO has not been coordinating with the Service and DOFAW to verify that a wind energy producer has completed the necessary compliance procedures...."
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Monday, January 7, 2019 |
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HECO Pushing Seven Giant Battery Farms
By News Release @ 2:37 PM :: 2884 Views :: Energy
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...The projects – three on Oahu, two on Maui and two on Hawaii Island – will add approximately 262 megawatts (MW) of solar energy with 1,048 megawatt-hours (MWh) of storage....
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Friday, December 28, 2018 |
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DoTax Report Reveals Tax Credits Claimed by Hawaii Taxpayers
By News Release @ 2:13 PM :: 4710 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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...In tax year 2016, a total of $289.1 million was claimed in tax credits...the largest tax credit was the renewable energy technologies tax credit ....
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Sunday, December 23, 2018 |
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Carbon Tax: Will You Fiddle While Paris Burns?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 6012 Views :: Energy, Environment, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...If enacted, the carbon tax would be the fifth special tax imposed on fuel....
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Thursday, December 20, 2018 |
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DoH Fines Hu Honua Biofuel Plant for Water Pollution
By News Release @ 1:05 PM :: 5330 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Environment
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...Between 3,500 and 32,500 gallons of treated industrial wastewater composed of freshwater, acidic metal cleaning solution and residue from the descaling of the boiler was discharged....
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Saturday, December 15, 2018 |
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HELCO Pushing $13.4M Rate Hike
By News Release @ 12:36 PM :: 5030 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Cost of Living
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...If approved, a typical residential bill for 500 kilowatt-hours on Hawaii Island would increase by $8.21 a month....
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