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Saturday, June 6, 2015 |
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Maui County Meets with Municipal Utility Operators
By News Release @ 1:51 PM :: 4446 Views :: Energy
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In order to further explore the possibility of Maui County running its own power utility....
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Thursday, June 4, 2015 |
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How Corn Ethanol Is Worse For Climate Change Than The Keystone Pipeline
By Selected News Articles @ 2:26 AM :: 5861 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...last year’s production and use of 14 billion gallons of corn ethanol resulted in 27 million tons more carbon emissions than if Americans had used straight gasoline in their vehicles....
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Wednesday, June 3, 2015 |
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Deja vu: Offshore wind plan vs. whales and solar
By Selected News Articles @ 4:03 PM :: 8123 Views :: Energy, Environment, Tourism
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Today’s newspaper front page reports on an offshore wind energy proposal that brings back memories of a similar plan way back in 2008....
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Saturday, May 30, 2015 |
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Kouchi, Ige United for ... Azerbaijan?
By Andrew Walden @ 12:23 AM :: 6193 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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Arm in arm with Kouchi appears to be one of the Gulenists' two Ozkur Yildizes featured in our 2011 article, "Did Sen Mike Gabbard get hoaxed by fake Turkic President?"
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Thursday, May 21, 2015 |
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Rusting Windfarm Junk off Waikiki: Europe's Disaster Coming to Hawaiian Waters
By Selected News Articles @ 11:51 PM :: 11729 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits, Tourism
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“The Southern area will be visible from Waikiki beach.... The eastern area is equally visible from the southeastern part of Oahu and will be part of the sunrise...."
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 |
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Wind and Solar Facilities Face No Consequences for Killing Millions of Birds
By NCPA @ 2:36 PM :: 5410 Views :: Energy, Environment
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On December 9, 2013, the Obama Administration finalized a regulation allowing wind energy companies to obtain 30-year permits to kill eagles....
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Tuesday, May 12, 2015 |
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Merger Vote Comes up Short, Hawaiian Electric Extends Deadline
By News Release @ 5:25 PM :: 4508 Views :: Energy
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The merger agreement requires 75% approval by shareholders, so far it only has 70% approval....
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Monday, May 11, 2015 |
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Powerwall or Powerdream?
By NCPA @ 6:37 PM :: 4675 Views :: Energy
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...it would take over 7 years before the savings would cover the cost of the Powerwall....
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 |
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KIUC: Solar Contractors Selling Systems Which Cost More than Electric Bill
By News Release @ 9:02 PM :: 7175 Views :: Kauai County, Energy
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Before signing a long-term lease, ask yourself some questions....
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Thursday, April 23, 2015 |
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Your Electric Bill is Higher than you Think
By NCPA @ 2:27 PM :: 6174 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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...Consumers pay for electricity twice: once through monthly electricity bills and a second time through taxes that finance subsidies for inefficient wind and other energy producers....
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Thursday, April 23, 2015 |
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Sen Murkowski: An Effort to Look at Jones Act, Energy Exports
By Michael Hansen @ 3:44 AM :: 6781 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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"I don't think we should get all agitated and upset when there's an effort to look at the Jones Act," Murkowski said....
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Thursday, April 16, 2015 |
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Final Act 221: Hoku Plant Cut Up, Pieces Auctioned off
By Selected News Articles @ 3:42 PM :: 7382 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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Built with your tax dollars, via crony capitalist Act 221 High Tech Tax Credits, Hawaii....
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Sunday, April 12, 2015 |
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PBS Video: Gridlocked by the power grid: Hawaii's Solar Industry
By Video @ 4:53 AM :: 4396 Views :: Energy
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NewsHour special correspondent Mike Taibbi reports....
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Saturday, April 4, 2015 |
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Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative Secretly Killed
By Selected News Articles @ 6:15 PM :: 4512 Views :: Energy
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Unknown to perhaps everyone at the time, the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative (HCEI) Energy Agreement died in September of last year....
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 |
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PUC: Decoupling Boosts Electric Rates--'Adjust Revenue' up by 229% 'Without Review'
By News Release @ 8:49 PM :: 7082 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...Since decoupling, total 'baseline expenditures' increased 229%--from $161M to $368M....
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 |
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MIT: Scientific illiteracy in left-wing politics
By Selected News Articles @ 4:14 AM :: 8324 Views :: Energy, Environment, GMOs
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...in blue states like Vermont, Oregon, Maine, Hawaii, and Washington....
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Monday, March 30, 2015 |
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Feds Approve NextEra-HEI Merger
By News Release @ 5:31 PM :: 4688 Views :: Energy
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The transaction remains subject to approval by the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission....
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Friday, March 27, 2015 |
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Hawaii Electric Car Charging Costs More Than Gasoline for 33 MPG Car
By News Release @ 3:37 PM :: 6052 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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The new savings estimators are part of the Hawaiian Electric Companies’ support for electrification of transportation....
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Thursday, March 26, 2015 |
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Lawsuit: Puna Geothermal Plant at Center of $122M Federal Grant Fraud
By Selected News Articles @ 3:48 PM :: 6962 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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...A geothermal energy developer cannot duck claims that it defrauded the United States of $122 million by reporting false information about two projects to get government grants, a federal judge ruled Tuesday....
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Thursday, March 26, 2015 |
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Video: Cynthia Thielen, Robert Harris Discuss NextEra Merger
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 2:42 AM :: 4385 Views :: Energy
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Representative Cynthia Thielen discusses NextEra Energy with Robert Harris, who has joined the Hawaii office of Sunrun....
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Thursday, March 26, 2015 |
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$150M State Loans to Finance Solar Contractor Sales to Nonprofits
By News Release @ 12:52 AM :: 4806 Views :: Energy
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Nonprofits will be able to use GEMS financing to prepay a power purchase agreement (PPA) for a PV system that will fix their electricity costs for 20 years....
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Monday, March 23, 2015 |
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NextEra, HEI to Host Informational Meetings Statewide
By News Release @ 11:02 PM :: 4731 Views :: Energy
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...April 7 through April 16 on Oahu, Hawaii Island, Maui, Molokai and Lanai....
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Monday, March 23, 2015 |
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Ethanol: Boaters Need to Speak Up Now
By News Release @ 2:04 PM :: 6773 Views :: Energy
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...Since 2005, however, gasoline usage has actually declined steadily, which today forces more ethanol into less gasoline....
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Monday, March 23, 2015 |
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Feds Will Decide on Hawaii Offshore Wind Projects
By News Release @ 3:11 AM :: 6101 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy
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"The Energy Policy Act of 2005 granted BOEM authority to issue leases for renewable energy projects on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), which begins 3 nautical miles offshore the islands of Hawaii."
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Sunday, March 22, 2015 |
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HB1471: Barreling the Poor
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5355 Views :: Energy, Taxes
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...if HB1471 passes we are looking at a total tax of $53.2 million, which is an increase of about 25%....
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Saturday, March 21, 2015 |
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Ethanol Requirement Costs Consumers, Provides no Environmental Benefit
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:32 AM :: 4269 Views :: Energy
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...SB 717 will repeal the requirement that gasoline sold in the state for use in motor vehicles be composed of 10% ethanol....
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Thursday, March 19, 2015 |
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Former Employees Sue Ormat: Geothermal Firm Lied to Get Stimulus Cash
By Selected News Articles @ 1:47 PM :: 8652 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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“To date Ormat has received at least $136,791,964.00 in 1603 payments through fraudulent and/or false 1603 grant applications....”
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015 |
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Hawaii: The Place for "Really Crazy" Energy Ideas
By Selected News Articles @ 11:40 PM :: 5989 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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...Plenty of issues remain to be addressed, not least the safety implications of having kites weighing more than a tonne flying around on cables up to 310m long....
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015 |
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$1.9 Billion: NextEra is the #2 Recipient of US Corporate Welfare
By Selected News Articles @ 2:40 AM :: 4413 Views :: Energy
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... a provision in the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Section 1603) allows companies to receive cash payments in lieu of tax credits for the installation of renewable energy properties ....
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015 |
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Demand: NextEra Eat Cost of HEI's Disused Oil Plants
By News Release @ 4:19 AM :: 5634 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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“What portion of the potentially stranded assets should be borne by shareholders? Why should the ratepayers be responsible for all of these costs?”
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Sunday, March 8, 2015 |
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WSJ: Jones Act Biggest Danger to US Oil Production
By Selected News Articles @ 5:34 PM :: 5679 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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It costs $2 a barrel to ship Texas crude to Europe or Asia and $7 to ship it to Philadelphia....
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Tuesday, March 3, 2015 |
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Video: Rep Thielen Questions NextEra on Big Cable
By Video @ 8:22 PM :: 5728 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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...HB1468 Removes the authorization granted to the public utilities commission to establish an interisland high-voltage electric transmission cable....
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 |
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HECO Denies Solar Contractors' Blockade Claim
By News Release @ 1:03 AM :: 4738 Views :: Energy
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Contrary to some reports, the Hawaiian Electric Companies are continuing to accept solar photovoltaic (PV) applications....
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 |
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HELCO selects Ormat to provide an additional 25MW of geothermal energy
By News Release @ 9:34 PM :: 5741 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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The next step in the process is to begin contract negotiations with Ormat, with an agreement to be submitted to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for approval....
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 |
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SB358: Green Energy Scammers Push Legislators to Tax Natural Gas
By Andrew Walden @ 9:04 PM :: 5518 Views :: Energy, Taxes
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Under SB358, gas will be taxed more heavily than oil....
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 |
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State-backed Loans: $89M to Companies Tied to OHA Chair Robert Lindsey
By Andrew Walden @ 8:08 PM :: 9776 Views :: Energy, Agriculture, OHA
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If approved, Hawaii taxpayers could find themselves providing $44M in loan guarantees to an Indian company's jet fuel deal in England....
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 |
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Big Island Group Proposes Electric Co-Op
By News Release @ 4:25 PM :: 5815 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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Local, democratic control over the island’s energy infrastructure....
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 |
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Another House waiver of public notice—on an important energy bill
By Selected News Articles @ 12:09 PM :: 4911 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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Requires PUC to establish community-based renewable energy tariff or tariffs by no later than January 1, 2016....
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Thursday, February 12, 2015 |
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DCCA Nails Solar Contractor: Unlicensed Work on DoE Schools
By News Release @ 4:48 PM :: 7065 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Ethics
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...35 schools on Oahu and 15 schools on Kauai....
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 |
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Wind Turbine Buffer Zones: HB1384 Gets a Hearing
By News Release @ 8:23 PM :: 4036 Views :: Energy
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Should the bill pass out of CPC committee it will be heard in Finance Committee next....
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 |
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Geothermal: New Zealand Company Abandons Partnership with OHA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:16 AM :: 6413 Views :: Energy, OHA
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...Expenses, including the $1.25M loan to IDG, would not be recovered....
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Monday, February 9, 2015 |
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Solar Contractor Admits Defrauding Hawaii Consumers
By News Release @ 12:02 PM :: 5781 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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Customers heard pitches that turned out to be false, deceptive, and misleading....
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Sunday, February 8, 2015 |
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SEC Filing: Defective Turbines and Batteries, Secret Golden Parachutes at Hawaii Windfarms
By Andrew Walden @ 9:40 PM :: 7696 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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...their projects “are not obligated to physically deliver electricity.”...
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Tuesday, February 3, 2015 |
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HEI 'Solution'--Remotely Shut off Your Solar Panels
By Selected News Articles @ 4:48 PM :: 5416 Views :: Energy
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...reprogramming its Hawaiian microinverter fleet en masse, to help Hawaiian Electric....
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Saturday, January 31, 2015 |
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Community-Owned Energy: How Nebraska Became the Only State to Bring Everyone Power From a Public Grid
By Selected News Articles @ 2:17 PM :: 4423 Views :: Energy
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...Nebraskans pay one of the lowest rates for electricity in the nation and revenues are reinvested in infrastructure to ensure reliable and cheap service for years to come....
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Friday, January 30, 2015 |
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Forbes: Hawaii Deal Allows NextEra to Build Big Cable Without Federal Regulation
By Selected News Articles @ 10:18 PM :: 5217 Views :: Energy
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...In nearly any other state, the inter-island cable project being considered in Hawaii would be subject to various federal rules and regulations designed to ensure consumers receive the benefits of robust competition....
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Friday, January 30, 2015 |
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Hawaiian Electric Launches Online Tracker for Solar, Wind Approvals
By News Release @ 9:50 PM :: 4647 Views :: Energy
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...see the status and progress of planned renewable generation projects, including customer-sited rooftop solar as well as mid-sized and utility-scale wind and solar projects....
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Thursday, January 29, 2015 |
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NextEra, HECO Formally Request PUC Approval of Merger
By News Release @ 9:34 PM :: 4611 Views :: Energy
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Highlights of the application include a commitment to not file a request with the PUC for a general base rate increase for at least four years post-transaction close and approximately $60 million in quantified customer savings...
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Monday, January 26, 2015 |
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Pat Saiki Reports on Republican National Committee Meeting
By Pat Saiki @ 8:01 PM :: 7860 Views :: Energy, Military, Republican Party
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Senator Jeffrey Flake from Arizona, who attended BYU will keynote our evening. He knows our state, our people and our customs. He sits on important committees in the U.S. Senate which affect our state.....
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