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Feds Take Oversight of Ocean Energy Projects
The Energy Policy Act of 2005, passed under former President George Bush gives oversight of ocean energy technologies to the Federal government. Projects in Hawaii that could come…
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Legislature: County Can Not Opt Out of Interisland Cable
At Gov. Abercrombie’s request, the Legislature removed the paragraph: “Nothing in this Act is intended to require the construction of an interisland cable from the islands of Molokai or Lanai…
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Another Attempt to Finance the Interisland Cable
Last year, legislation to facilitate financing for cables that would connect the islands in a statewide electric grid got bogged down in criticism and never made it out of…
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Friends of Lana’i Opposes Interisland Cable
As part of Maui Tomorrow’s mission to facilitate discussion and air all sides of the debate over Big Wind and the Interisland power cable, today we reprint a Viewpoint…
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Testimony on Interisland Electric Cable Due
SB 2785 (proposed undersea high voltage transmission cable) has a hearing on Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 2:55 p.m. at the Capitol in Room 225. Easy to file Internet comments…
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Consumer (?!) Advocate on Biofuel
From Disappeared News by Henry Curtis Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) has asked the Hawai`i Public Utilities Commission to approve the HECO-Aina Koa Pono Biofuel Supply Contract (Docket 2011-0005). According to…
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Ku‘oko‘a Seeking to buy HEI
Heavy hitters join board to gird for HEI bid Ex-officials of the CIA and federal Energy Department ante up as the $35 billion plan gains momentum By Andrew…
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Star Advertiser: Open Books on Big Wind
Open the books on wind-energy plans Editorial in the Star Advertiser July 13, 2011 Few issues brought before the state Public Utilities Commission have deserved as much scrutiny as the…
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Maui County & Life of the Land Intervene in HECO Case
The Public Utilities Commission granted Maui County and Life of the Land intervenor status in the review of Hawaiian Electric Co.’s proposal to charge customers for a $4 million…
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