Energy

It will be the largest solar-plus-utility-scale-battery system in the state of Hawaiʻi and one of the biggest storage systems in the world....

The purpose of this announcement is to show that insufficient wind projects are proposed for Oahu thus justifying an inter-island cable ....

Nishina previously served in the role from December 2009 to January 2011....

...Renewable? 100% Does not Really Mean 100%....

Members can also run for the cooperative’s board by submitting a petition with the names of at least 35 members by the close of business on Tuesday, January 3, 2017....

...a landmark report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, released earlier this month....

Company cites spending $900M in grid upgrades for reliability, renewable energy....

The lawsuit by Hu Honua Bioenergy accuses Hawaii Electric Light of refusing to agree to extensions....

...Rep Ryan Zinke (R-MT) is a member of the House Natural Resources Committee....

The average price per kilowatt hour for KIUC members is down 18 percent in 2016 when compared to 2008....

Pruitt led the fight against the Clean Power Plan, the Waters of the United States rule, and the Renewable Fuel Standard....

...18 Nene killed by the Kaheawa Pastures turbines with ridiculously small search areas and infrequent search intervals....

...these turbines are contributing to species extinction faster than any other source of energy....

Norwegian energy giant Statoil is mulling a floating wind farm in Hawaii, its first offshore foray in the U.S. since abandoning a test project off Maine three years ago....

...OHAʻs Dirty Geothermal Secret.....

Island Energy Services, LLC ("Island Energy"), an entity controlled by One Rock Capital Partners, LP, yesterday completed its acquisition of Chevron U.S.A. Inc.'s refining, distribution and retail assets located in Hawaii....

Expenditures on gasoline and other energy goods declined 27.4 percent in Hawaii....

...submitting false applications for federal clean energy grants to which they were not entitled....

...Four large power plants could produce as much electricity as offshore wind turbines placed side by side along the entire Atlantic seaboard from Maine to Florida....

...Only 8 states have RETAIL rates higher than the 0.145 per kwh WHOLESALE rate HECO is touting here as if it were a good price for erratic electricity....

After Hawaii’s lucrative net metering program ended last October, the solar industry in the state lost about 450 jobs. Total employment now is just above 600....

Here's how the rates will compare with current residential rates....

...it turns out that Hillary Clinton confirmed this fact in a private speech to tinePublic on June 18, 2014....

"As homeowners default, the 'true-up mechanism' allows your electric bill to be increased to pay for the deadbeats."

TOU rates are higher during the evening when the overall electricity demand is greatest....

If approved, a typical residential bill for 500 kilowatt hours on Hawaiʽi Island would increase by $9.31 a month to $171.16....

...the Hawai`i Green Infrastructure Authority (HGIA), which manages GEMS, attempted in July to expand the pool of potential beneficiaries with a proposal to fund energy-saving initiatives of large corporations, with a minimum loan amount of $1 million....

Judge Edwin C. Nacino ruled today that Governor Ige’s appointment of Tom Gorak to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) was valid....

Diesel helps keep electricity expensive effectively subsidizing solar and wind scammers who contribute to the national Democrats....

...it is very tempting when lawmakers find a large cache of unused money....

...VA Drops Millions on Delayed Solar Power Projects....

...Approximately $600 million of debt affected....

...dividing the project into an AC portion and an energy portion would greatly reduce the per-classroom cost....

...the Interior Department is accepting bids for offshore wind leases in two areas off the Hawaiian island of Oahu....

Barrons: Hawaii Only Place Anybody is Talking About Solar Battery Storage....

...The proposed rates have the highest cost during the on-peak period from 5pm to 10pm....

...on track to burn almost 10 million gallons less oil than it did in 2006....

...projects and initiatives by Hawaiian Electric to significantly increase its production of renewable energy by the end of the decade....

... Schools could have been cooled already but DoE insiders had to reward crony contractors so the keiki will just have to suffer until next year ....

Suddenly biomass is not clean energy?

Now you know what the NextEra fight was all about....

No mention of LNG in this news release....

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....