Energy

Don't worry.  It's only a $500M contract....

.. but since 100% renewable doesn't really mean 100% renewable, what does 21.2% renewable mean? ...

Big Island customers could save as much as $113 million on the existing HELCO rate base and up to $234 million including investments to modernize the grid over a four-year period....

Former Hawaii PUC chair Morita vies for Kauai utility board seat....

Fitch has maintained Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (HEI, IDR 'BBB') on Rating Watch Positive. Fitch expects to resolve the Rating Watch on the conclusion of the merger transaction with NextEra Energy, Inc....

TASC’s efforts in defense of NEM in Hawaii have incurred a similar response....

17 megawatts of solar facilities on three separate military installations on Oahu....

Henry Curtis is Executive Director & Vice President at Life of the Land Hawaii, a Hawaii-based, Hawaii-focused environmental and community action group founded in 1970....

More Than 25 Organizations and Companies Across Hawaii....

...500 acres of land on the southern flank of Haleakala for wind power generation....

97% of poll respondents support more rooftop solar....

Offshore wind is 2.6 times more expensive as onshore wind power and is 3.4 times more expensive than power produced by a natural gas combined cycle plant....

Hawaii-West Coast products deliveries have to be done by costly Jones Act tankers....

Residential time-of-use rates would be most beneficial for customers who are able to use more electricity during the middle of the day until 4 p.m....

...what will the train’s power bill be for decades to come?....

A rate that is higher -- above the existing energy charge rate -- from 4 p.m. to midnight (on-peak hours)....

instead of getting credited for the full retail rate for the energy they produce, customers will be credited for a fixed rate between 15 cents and 28 cents per kilowatt-hour, depending on the island....

Here's the trick.  The 'second' biofuel plant will soon be the 'only' biofuel plant....

Take, for example, public discussion surrounding the potential merger of HECO and NextEra....

PUC Chairman Randy Iwase seems confident that the ruling will stand....

...PV already installed on a home is worth about $4,000 more than the median value of a PV permit....

...they came to a written agreement that meets the needs of current and future members of the Hawaiian Electric Companies’ bargaining unit and strongly adheres to the core values of the IBEW....

NextEra reported that long-time Abercrombie confidant, Senator Brian Schatz and aide Josh Handleman, had a meeting on April 7, 2014 at NextEra Energy Headquarters in Juno Beach, Florida....

Customers with a current NEM agreement and those with valid pending applications submitted prior to Oct. 13, 2015 will continue under the NEM program....

...politicians have thrown out alternative ownership models for the transaction....

...allow customers to buy an interest in electricity generated by community renewable projects in diverse locations on their home islands without installing anything on their own roofs....

There were at least 250 people there....

...customers in deregulated states and areas can shop around for electric plans....

The program will offer a 25 percent discount on standard electric rates from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. That’s a reduction of about 8 cents from the September kilowatt hour rate of 31 cents....

...whether SunEdison abused its position as the controlling shareholder of TerraForm in order to advance its own interests at the expense of TerraForm and its minority shareholders....

In 2014, the utility company’s non-solar customers paid an extra $53 million in operating and maintenance costs because of residents adding rooftop solar systems....

...the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission confirmed the companies' view that the merger presents no likelihood of potential anticompetitive effects in Hawai'i....

...let’s look at the tax-related conditions that are being proposed....

...the era of low American natural gas prices could extend for decades....

...in 2012, we reported that the State had issued and was responsible for reimbursing nearly $1 billion in tax credits; however, approximately three years later, we found that this obligation has nearly doubled, to almost $2 billion....

Lighting the Way III: The Top States that Helped Drive America’s Solar Energy Boom in 2014....

"The only model we have in Hawaii is Kauai Island Utility and its rates are among the highest in the State and nation."

...more than forty state and county leaders representing all islands -- including Democrats, Republicans, and Independents....

Paper and cardboard should go to H-Power....

...four Democrats from solar-rich states, have voiced concern that solar installation companies are engaging in deceptive marketing in order to attract new customers....

"NextEra Energy Commits to Keeping Hawaiian Electric Locally Managed"

...Ige's LNG Edict was delivered August 24--three days after this ratings outlook from Moody's....

The U.S. already leads the world in carbon emissions reduction thanks to the increased use of natural gas obtained through fracking....

...if oil prices rise dramatically in the coming years, some will say why didn’t we invest in LNG....

... Hu Honua is #1 ....

The judge determined that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was in violation of the National Environmental Policy Act when it issued 30 year permits to wind-energy companies without first conducting an environmental-impact assessment....

...light winds have limited production from the two wind farms on the North Shore....

...renewables have a low capacity factor because their power sources are dependent on the elements....