Energy

...to estimate the impacts of Hawaii importing LNG for use in the electric sector....

"Distributed generation poses a threat under traditional ratemaking...."

A $150M Hawaii subprime lending scheme is receiving an “AAA-“ rating from Fitch because repayment is guaranteed by a surcharge on your electric bill....

...approved for interconnection after meeting the following conditions....

The renewable mandates make Hawaii more unaffordable and the mothballed interisland cable is yet another boondoggle....

“Solar energy comes and goes. You need something fast to fill the gaps.”

...in nine of the 10 states most reliant on wind power, electricity prices are rising at least five times faster than the national average....

...the UH survey did not ask about Natural Gas....

“All solutions which lower the cost of energy must be on the table,” said Aiona....

Under the current rate structure, DG providers are providing “cheap” electricity while consuming “expensive” electricity....

...The wind production tax credit, a generous $23 per-megawatt-hour tax credit the producer receives for 10 years, expired last year....

A Green Infrastructure Fee, which was previously approved by the PUC, will be used to secure the bonds....

...up to 200 megawatts of energy storage for Oahu....

...Leeds is pushing $500 a month with no way out for the next two decades....

...video surveillance cameras watch bats flying at night near wind turbines....

...state lawmakers are still concerned about the costs customers would have to pay in order to update their rooftop inverters....

This week’s illustration of how timing is important involves the Hawaii Renewable Energy Technologies credit....

From the point of view of shipping, there are several issues which will impinge on HECO’s planning to transition from liquid petroleum fuels to LNG....

...PUC rules give the utility authority to shut off the system and lock it to prevent interconnection....

...to help Hawaiian Electric meet more stringent federal Environmental Protection Agency air emission requirements known as Mercury and Air Toxics Standards....

...it took nearly a month for the ailing delegate to file a formal letter with Obama pleading with him not to take any action that would harm American Samoa....

...These islands may soon be able to diversify their energy sources to include natural gas, because of relatively low natural gas prices and new shipping technology....

...the CCA approach was discussed at the “Electric Utilities: The Future Is Not What It Used To Be” conference....

... the Navy is paying $0.44 per kwh ....

Under the programs, customers receive financial incentives for shifting energy use to certain times of the day....

...electricity prices in Hawaii are nearly double those in the state with the next highest prices because Hawaii generates 75% of its electricity from petroleum and must rely on Jones Act vessels for all domestic oil shipments....

Former Hawaii state Sen. Fred Hemmings says politicians allowing monopoly control of Hawaii's energy market are largely responsible for high costs....

KIUC’s rates decreased 1.6 percent since 2008. By comparison, rates on Oahu have risen 21.5 percent over the same period....

WalletHub -- 2014's Most & Least Energy-Expensive States.

...the U.S. Export-Import Bank, a federal agency that offers billions of taxpayer dollars for development of fossil fuels in Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Mexico and other countries....

...Hawaii's power prices are among the highest in the nation as well. Not surprisingly, one of the big reasons for this is taxation....

Pacific Energy Solutions LLC, Boca Raton, Florida, is being awarded $334,135,534 for firm-fixed-price task order....

The city is preparing a request for proposal to form a public-private-partnership that will replace all 51,700 city streetlights with LEDs....

$88 million in energy financing statewide....

Year-over-year growth in the residential sector (60%) outpaced the overall U.S. market (41%) for the first time....

Solar City collects for itself tax subsidies intended for its consumers, who are left vulnerable to sudden spikes in their electricity bills....

Maine’s supreme court struck a major blow to First Wind when it overturned regulators’ approval....

California is in 1st place with the highest rate of 52.89 cents per gallon, and is followed closely by New York (49.86 cents/gallon), Connecticut (49.3 cents/gallon), and Hawaii (48.05 cents/gallon)....

Other states are being ordered to follow Hawaii's example and give lots of money to green energy scammers who in turn give campaign contributions to the politicians who made their scams possible...

“By the end of the first quarter, we had worked through the high-cost crude inventory...."

Ten years ago, the Pentagon paid for a climate study that put forth many scary scenarios....

...the EPA's new cap-and-trade regulations will make the poor a lot poorer....

“In New Zealand we are trying to make new geothermal power stations work, competing with other forms of generation at probably 7.5 cents per KWh."

...the Environmental Protection Agency, which will release its carbon-dioxide regulations for existing power plants on Monday....

...HECO released an RFP in March for 800,000 tons of containerized LNG per year over 15 years, beginning in 2016 or 2017....

...it costs nearly twice as much to produce as natural gas....

Hawaii GEMS program will focus on making solar power accessible to renters and homeowners with low credit scores....

Moloka'i Ranch is launching initiatives to achieve sustainability, starting with the re-establishment of ranching operations....