Analysis
Hawaii County’s High Cost for Water and Power
Electric utilities face many challenges today. Hawaii Electric, and utility operating unit Hawai’i Island (HELCO) continue their primary fuel source reliance on unsustainable fossil fuels to produce power for their grid customers, and Hawai’i Island’s water utility, DWS is HELCO’s number one customer and largest power consumer. But as renewable and distributed power generation sources […]
Recycle, compose, or incinerate: Hawaii’s trash future
Hawaii County’s (Big Island) efforts to address a growing problem of what to do with its municipal solid waste started off with grand goals and public pronouncements of “recycle and reuse”, but the “Maximize Waste Reduction, Sustainability, also included Energy Production as a caveat ” With energy introduced as element of the RFP, all other […]
PUC “Public Comment – Docket No. 2014-0183 – PSIPs”
The Honorable Chair and Members of the Hawai’i Public Utilities Commission 465 South King Street Kekuanaoa Building, 1st Floor Honolulu. Hawai’i 96813 Subject: “Public Comment – Docket No. 2014-0183 – PSIPs” Dear Commissioners, Hawaii Electric Light Power Supply Improvement Plan of August 2014 submission fails in several fundamental ways to provide the people of the […]