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Star Advertiser: Big Wind Must Be Transparent
An editorial in the Star-Advertiser advocates more citizen participation in the Big Wind planning – especially since HECO is trying to charge ratepayers for $4…
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Maui County: Prevent HECO Charging Ratepayers for Big Wind Planning
Earlier this summer, Hawaiian Electric asked for a new docket, 2011-0112, to allow it to be reimbursed for $3.9 million spent on planning. County Energy Coordinator Doug…
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Friends of Lana’i Motion Denied
The state Public Utilities Commission has denied a request by a Lanai-based community group to intervene in the decision-making process involving…
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Alternatives Section of Big Wind Doc
Economics of Big Wind Note: This is an OCR of : VOLUME 5: http://www.lifeofthelandhawaii.org/2009-0162%20Vol%205.PDF The economic comparison section pages 289-313 OCR introduces many spelling errors in converting...
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Henry Curtis on the Interisland Cable
Aloha, SB 367 would have enabled building an inter-island transmission line to connect Big Wind on Lana`i and Moloka`i to O`ahu. The bill…
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Pro & Con for Big Wind
From Henry Curtis: SB367 Big Wind (also known as HIREP, Inter-island Cable) PRO Windward Ahupua`a Alliance (May 3, 2011): “I support the interisland cable and am glad…
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DBEDT Posts Big Wind Comments
The state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) has posted the comments for their draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) of the wind project. During…
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First Wind vs Pattern Energy Squabble
First Wind CEO Paul Gaynor criticizes Castle & Cooke’s decision give 200 megawatts of its wind allocation for the “Big Wind-interisland cable” project to Pattern Energy for a…
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NY Times Writes About Lana’i & Moloka’i Wind Projects
“The official name given by the state government is the “Hawaii Interisland Renewable Energy Program — Wind.” The state’s dominant utility, Hawaiian Electric Co. Inc….
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