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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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Hawaiian Electric seeks onshore wind farm developers on Oahu
By News Release @ 11:56 PM :: 5689 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy
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The purpose of this announcement is to show that insufficient wind projects are proposed for Oahu thus justifying an inter-island cable ....
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Thursday, January 5, 2017 |
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Dean Nishina Appointed Consumer Advocate
By News Release @ 6:42 PM :: 6257 Views :: Energy, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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Nishina previously served in the role from December 2009 to January 2011....
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Friday, December 23, 2016 |
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016 |
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KIUC Nominating Committee Selects 6 Candidates for Board Election
By News Release @ 9:29 AM :: 5886 Views :: Kauai County, Energy
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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....
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Sunday, December 18, 2016 |
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EPA Finds No Widespread Water Pollution From Fracking
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:55 AM :: 5897 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...a landmark report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, released earlier this month....
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Friday, December 16, 2016 |
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HECO Demands 7% Rate Hike–Blames Green Energy Schemers
By News Release @ 9:25 PM :: 5595 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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Company cites spending $900M in grid upgrades for reliability, renewable energy....
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Wednesday, December 14, 2016 |
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Hu Honua: Green Power Plant Hits HELCO With $450M Antitrust Suit
By Selected News Articles @ 1:06 PM :: 5902 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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The lawsuit by Hu Honua Bioenergy accuses Hawaii Electric Light of refusing to agree to extensions....
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Wednesday, December 14, 2016 |
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Trump Picks Montana Rep Zinke for Interior Secretary
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 10845 Views :: Akaka Bill, Energy, National News, Land Use
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...Rep Ryan Zinke (R-MT) is a member of the House Natural Resources Committee....
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Thursday, December 8, 2016 |
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KIUC Electric Rates Down 18%
By News Release @ 4:31 PM :: 5928 Views :: Kauai County, Energy
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The average price per kilowatt hour for KIUC members is down 18 percent in 2016 when compared to 2008....
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Thursday, December 8, 2016 |
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Trump’s Pick for EPA Has a History of Fighting the Agency
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:28 PM :: 6973 Views :: Energy, Environment, Agriculture
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Pruitt led the fight against the Clean Power Plan, the Waters of the United States rule, and the Renewable Fuel Standard....
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Saturday, November 19, 2016 |
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How Many Nene do Windfarms Really Kill?
By Selected News Articles @ 8:03 PM :: 7295 Views :: Energy, Environment, Hawaii Statistics
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...18 Nene killed by the Kaheawa Pastures turbines with ridiculously small search areas and infrequent search intervals....
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Saturday, November 19, 2016 |
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Exposed: How Windfarms Hide Millions of Bird Deaths
By Selected News Articles @ 7:19 PM :: 7332 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...these turbines are contributing to species extinction faster than any other source of energy....
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Friday, November 18, 2016 |
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Hawaii to be Stuck With Another Crackpot Project Nobody Else Wants: Floating wind farm?
By Selected News Articles @ 10:29 AM :: 4691 Views :: Energy
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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....
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Wednesday, November 2, 2016 |
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Wednesday, November 2, 2016 |
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Island Energy Completes Acquisition Of Chevron's Hawaii Assets
By News Release @ 5:59 AM :: 4342 Views :: Energy
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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....
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Sunday, October 30, 2016 |
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Lower Oil Prices Benefit Hawaii Most of All
By News Release @ 2:11 AM :: 6147 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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Expenditures on gasoline and other energy goods declined 27.4 percent in Hawaii....
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Saturday, October 29, 2016 |
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Clean Energy Fraud: Puna Geothermal Operator Settles with Feds
By News Release @ 7:55 PM :: 5289 Views :: Energy
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...submitting false applications for federal clean energy grants to which they were not entitled....
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Sunday, October 23, 2016 |
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Wind a Bigger Boondoggle than Ethanol
By Selected News Articles @ 2:56 PM :: 4781 Views :: Energy
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...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....
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Saturday, October 22, 2016 |
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HECO Touts Wholesale Solar Rates Higher than Mainland Retail Rates
By News Release @ 4:34 AM :: 5489 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...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....
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Friday, October 21, 2016 |
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Hawaii Proves Solar Power’s Dependence on Subsidies
By Selected News Articles @ 10:51 PM :: 5723 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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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....
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Thursday, October 20, 2016 |
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Time-of-Use Rates Punish Evening Consumers with 55% Rate Hike on Oahu
By News Release @ 3:32 AM :: 5981 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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Here's how the rates will compare with current residential rates....
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Monday, October 10, 2016 |
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Clinton: Phony Anti-Fracking Groups are Russian Plot
By Selected News Articles @ 1:00 PM :: 5277 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...it turns out that Hillary Clinton confirmed this fact in a private speech to tinePublic on June 18, 2014....
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Thursday, September 22, 2016 |
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Fitch: GEMS are 'Outstanding' Because of Built-In Rate Hike Mechanism
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 4921 Views :: Energy
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"As homeowners default, the 'true-up mechanism' allows your electric bill to be increased to pay for the deadbeats."
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016 |
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PUC Approves ‘Time of Use’ Electric Rates
By News Release @ 5:10 PM :: 5995 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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TOU rates are higher during the evening when the overall electricity demand is greatest....
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016 |
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HELCO Proposes $19.3M Rate Hike, Blames Trees
By News Release @ 4:59 PM :: 7694 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Cost of Living
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If approved, a typical residential bill for 500 kilowatt hours on Hawaiʽi Island would increase by $9.31 a month to $171.16....
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Thursday, September 15, 2016 |
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Efforts to Expand GEMS Loan Programs Shot Down by Consumer Advocate, PUC
By Selected News Articles @ 6:09 PM :: 5939 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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...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....
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Saturday, August 27, 2016 |
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Judge Upholds Gorak for PUC
By News Release @ 12:18 AM :: 5296 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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Judge Edwin C. Nacino ruled today that Governor Ige’s appointment of Tom Gorak to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) was valid....
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Monday, August 22, 2016 |
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Clean Energy: HECO Breaks Ground on New Diesel Plant
By News Release @ 7:51 PM :: 4816 Views :: Energy
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Diesel helps keep electricity expensive effectively subsidizing solar and wind scammers who contribute to the national Democrats....
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Sunday, August 21, 2016 |
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GEMS as a Target for Raiding?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6673 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Taxes
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...it is very tempting when lawmakers find a large cache of unused money....
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Monday, August 8, 2016 |
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Audit: How Hawaii VA Solar Project Delayed 21 Months
By News Release @ 7:49 PM :: 5584 Views :: Energy, Military
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...VA Drops Millions on Delayed Solar Power Projects....
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Thursday, August 4, 2016 |
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Why it’s so expensive to cool Hawaii’s schools
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:01 AM :: 6387 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Ethics
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...dividing the project into an AC portion and an energy portion would greatly reduce the per-classroom cost....
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Wednesday, August 3, 2016 |
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Hawaii Offshore Windfarms An Expensive ‘Political Agenda’
By Selected News Articles @ 7:34 PM :: 5254 Views :: Energy
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...the Interior Department is accepting bids for offshore wind leases in two areas off the Hawaiian island of Oahu....
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Wednesday, August 3, 2016 |
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Hawaiian Electric Begins Peddling Batteries
By News Release @ 7:01 PM :: 3963 Views :: Energy
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Barrons: Hawaii Only Place Anybody is Talking About Solar Battery Storage....
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Tuesday, August 2, 2016 |
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TOU Pricing: A Cool New Way to Raise Your Electric Rates
By UHERO @ 10:13 PM :: 3934 Views :: Energy
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...The proposed rates have the highest cost during the on-peak period from 5pm to 10pm....
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Saturday, July 30, 2016 |
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KIUC: 40% Renewable for 2016
By News Release @ 3:50 AM :: 5678 Views :: Kauai County, Energy
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...on track to burn almost 10 million gallons less oil than it did in 2006....
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Saturday, July 30, 2016 |
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Hawaiian Electric: Significant Alt-Energy Projects Underway Without NextEra
By News Release @ 3:37 AM :: 3948 Views :: Energy
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...projects and initiatives by Hawaiian Electric to significantly increase its production of renewable energy by the end of the decade....
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Wednesday, July 27, 2016 |
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Hot Schools: DoE Prepares for Illness and Exhaustion
By News Release @ 11:12 PM :: 7344 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Environment, Ethics
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... 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 ....
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Tuesday, July 19, 2016 |
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Hawaiian Electric Will Move Forward as an Independent Company
By News Release @ 2:00 PM :: 3983 Views :: Energy
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No mention of LNG in this news release....
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Monday, July 18, 2016 |
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EPA Imposes $425M in Costs on Tesoro, Parr Refineries
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 5150 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Under the settlement, the two companies will spend about $403 million to install and operate pollution control equipment....
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Monday, July 18, 2016 |
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NextEra Quits Hawaii Short $95M
By News Release @ 11:30 AM :: 3902 Views :: Energy
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NextEra Energy and Hawaiian Electric Industries announce termination of Merger Agreement....
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Monday, July 18, 2016 |
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Mina Morita Lawsuit Challenges Gorak Appointment
By News Release @ 12:30 AM :: 4665 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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Morita is petitioning the court to order Gorak to state the authority under which Gorak claims to be a PUC commissioner....
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Friday, July 15, 2016 |
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PUC Rejects NextEra Deal 2-0: Gorak Abstains
By News Release @ 9:15 PM :: 4485 Views :: Energy
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In a 2-0 decision, the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission today dismissed without prejudice....
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Friday, July 15, 2016 |
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GEMS: State Asks Cronies for $150M in Schemes
By News Release @ 9:03 PM :: 4479 Views :: Energy
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Eligible proposers include financiers, developers, equipment manufacturers, nonprofit organizations, and other clean energy industry participants....
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Friday, July 15, 2016 |
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Full Text: AG Opinion Backs Ige’s PUC Appointment
By News Release @ 8:01 PM :: 3979 Views :: Energy
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...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....
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Wednesday, July 6, 2016 |
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NextEra: Kouchi Asks for Formal Opinion from Attorney General (Full Text)
By News Release @ 11:20 PM :: 4694 Views :: Energy
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In light of your informal opinions via letters dated June 27, 2016 and June 30, 2016, are Attorney General Opinions 73-7 and 80-4 null, void and overturned?
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Friday, July 1, 2016 |
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Ige Signs Cool Schools, Water Bills
By News Release @ 3:24 AM :: 5943 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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...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....
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Thursday, June 30, 2016 |
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Ige Appoints New PUC Commissioner, Secures 2-1 Majority Against NextEra
By Andrew Walden @ 1:35 AM :: 4843 Views :: Energy
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...Iwase said he is hopeful a decision could come by next week--but not in the next two days....
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