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Saturday, October 2, 2021 |
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Refrigerators, Water Heaters top energy use in Hawaiʻi households
By UHERO @ 4:16 AM :: 2884 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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... refrigerators have the highest share of the total household energy (21.4%), followed by electric devices (18.6%) and water heating (17.9%) ....
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Wednesday, September 29, 2021 |
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Clean Energy Fail: Hawaii Still 10th Dirtiest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:35 AM :: 3730 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii is the nation’s leading petroleum-guzzler ... No state has solar as its main source of electricity ....
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Monday, September 27, 2021 |
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Tuesday, September 21, 2021 |
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Zombie power plant refuses to die
By Video @ 2:50 AM :: 3693 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Cost of Living
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... Who's who and What with Hu Honua ....
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Saturday, September 18, 2021 |
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Problems on the Road to All-Electric Transportation
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 12:38 AM :: 2576 Views :: Energy
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... Enough electric generating capacity ....
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Monday, August 23, 2021 |
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Beam-in-the-Eye Environmentalism
By Selected News Articles @ 8:35 PM :: 11634 Views :: Energy, Environment
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"... States and localities enact symbolic green regulations while embracing land-use regimes that harm the environment ...."
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Thursday, August 12, 2021 |
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Fake it to make it: A Look at Hawai‘i’s GHG Emissions
By UHERO @ 4:42 AM :: 3079 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... CLUE: ‘Domestic’ aviation means Hawaii inter-island, not ‘domestic’ within the USA. If trans-oceanic aviation were included, Hawaii would be nowhere near the goal--so they ‘solve’ the problem by ignoring it ....
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Monday, August 2, 2021 |
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Tax Hike News: Kai Kahele Co-Sponsors Carbon Pricing Bill
By News Release @ 7:50 PM :: 4037 Views :: Energy, Congressional Delegation, Taxes
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... The Energy Innovation Act will put a price on so-called carbon pollution and allegedly allocate some of that revenue to Americans as a monthly dividend or “carbon cash back” payment to make you feel better about high fuel and electric costs ....
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Saturday, July 31, 2021 |
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Dell: No Alienware for Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 10:37 PM :: 2956 Views :: Energy
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... the shipping restrictions were due to the new power consumption regulations -- the Alienware Aurora R10 and R12 have been affected ....
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Thursday, July 29, 2021 |
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Hawaiian Electric collecting feedback on shared solar program for Molokai
By News Release @ 4:35 PM :: 2812 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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... a subscription to a generation facility on their island in exchange for credit applied to their electricity bill ....
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Tuesday, July 20, 2021 |
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$34M rate hike to pay rich people to get discount solar battery program
By News Release @ 4:33 PM :: 4017 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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... “This is exciting,” said Rocky Mould, executive director of the Hawaii Solar Energy Association ....
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Thursday, July 8, 2021 |
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Hawaii Energy: Highest Cost, Lowest Usage
By Selected News Articles @ 10:56 PM :: 3699 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... 2021’s Most & Least Energy-Expensive States ....
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Saturday, July 3, 2021 |
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DBEDT Revises '2050 Sustainability Plan'
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 3314 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... update of the “Hawaiʻi 2050 Sustainability Plan: Charting a Course for the Decade of Action” to serve as the State’s climate and sustainability strategic action plan for the 2021-2030 decade ....
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Tuesday, June 8, 2021 |
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HECO, Army Test Gigantic Bio-Diesel Plant
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 3358 Views :: Energy, Military
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... microgrid and biofuel provide rationale to build gigantic diesel plant ....
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Tuesday, May 25, 2021 |
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HECO Urges COVID Deadbeats to Set up Payment Plan
By News Release @ 2:12 AM :: 2928 Views :: Energy, COVID-19
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... Moratorium end on May 31 will not trigger immediate disconnections for past due customers ....
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Saturday, May 22, 2021 |
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In Hawaii, Electric Vehicles Cost More to Fuel than Gasoline Vehicles
By Selected News Articles @ 4:23 AM :: 6002 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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... and in Hawaii, many EVs pollute more than gasoline vehicles ....
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Friday, May 21, 2021 |
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Hawaii Is Replacing Its Last Coal Plant With a ‘Giant Battery’—Powered by Oil
By Selected News Articles @ 8:13 PM :: 5559 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Cost of Living
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... The revelation that the Kapolei Energy Storage Facility will be powered with oil caused an uproar at a recent meeting, but the project is slated to continue ....
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Thursday, May 13, 2021 |
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Stung by PUC, HECO Releases 'Customer Energy Resources Strategy'
By News Release @ 4:45 PM :: 3547 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Cost of Living
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"... to increase rooftop solar and similar customer energy resources to the scale needed to reach the state’s clean energy benchmarks ...."
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Thursday, May 13, 2021 |
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HECO vs PUC on Kapolei Battery Farm
By News Release @ 4:29 PM :: 3274 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, COVID-19
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... Hawaiian Electric is asking the PUC to approve the KES project but without the operational and financial conditions it imposed in its April 29, 2021, decision and order (No. 37754) ....
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Thursday, May 13, 2021 |
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The Jones Act Should Be Waived, but More Substantive Changes Are Needed
By Cato Foundation @ 12:03 AM :: 3026 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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... In the wake of the Colonial Pipeline outage that has produced mounting fuel shortages along the East Coast, the Department of Transportation has announced that it is taking initial steps ....
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Saturday, May 8, 2021 |
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HS Students Watch Kahuku Windfarm Case Argued Before Supreme Court
By News Release @ 3:54 PM :: 3880 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Judiciary
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... Participating schools included Konawaena High School on Hawaii island, Lahainaluna High School on Maui, and Waipahu High School on Oahu ....
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Tuesday, May 4, 2021 |
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HECO Disconnect Moratorium Ends May 31
By News Release @ 11:35 PM :: 2944 Views :: Energy, COVID-19
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... Past due customers can avoid collection activity by setting up payment plan ....
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Friday, April 30, 2021 |
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Locals Worry Wind and Solar Will Gobble Up Forests and Farms
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 PM :: 4109 Views :: Energy, Environment, Development
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... locals are pushing back, saying that forests and farmlands should not be sacrificed in the fight against climate change ....
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Friday, April 30, 2021 |
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Hawaii State Legislature Declares Climate Emergency
By Court House News @ 5:15 AM :: 3324 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... SCR44 is just a toothless symbolic statement, but it is being hyped nationwide ....
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Wednesday, April 28, 2021 |
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Kerry Announces 'Green' Cashflow to Hawaii Insiders
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 3323 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... John Kerry announced the United States’ support for the Local2030 Islands Network during a virtual event in support of the Leaders Summit on Climate Change hosted by President Biden this week ....
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Wednesday, April 21, 2021 |
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Hawaii most expensive state for energy bills
By News Release @ 9:09 PM :: 3898 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... the average monthly energy bill comes to $321 ....
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Monday, April 19, 2021 |
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Hawaii Highest Electric Rates in USA
By News Release @ 9:54 PM :: 4090 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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“...When the government inserts itself into markets, taxpayers often foot the bill....”
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Friday, March 26, 2021 |
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Protest Erupts After DHHL Selects Community Solar Developers
By News Release @ 4:28 PM :: 5980 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, DHHL, Energy
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... State Sen. Kurt Fevella (R, Ewa Beach-Iroquois Point) organized the action to rally opponents and to publicize many DHHL beneficiary complaints that the solar farm plan originated without their input and is a bad use of the agency’s trust land ....
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Monday, March 8, 2021 |
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Cannabis Production on Oahu -- Dirtiest in the USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:57 PM :: 4764 Views :: Energy, Environment, Drugs
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... eastern O'ahu has the highest emissions, at 324 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent per ounce. That’s roughly equivalent to burning 16 gallons of gasoline....
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Saturday, February 27, 2021 |
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Tax Hike Plan: Hawaii Carbon Pricing Study Released
By News Release @ 7:20 PM :: 4422 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... to cost the State at least $19,000,000,000 ....
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Tuesday, February 16, 2021 |
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Saturday, February 13, 2021 |
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Federal Judge Sends Maui County 'big oil' lawsuit to State Court--Will SCOTUS Intervene?
By News Release @ 12:50 AM :: 5819 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment
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... Federal District Court Judge Derrick K. Watson ruled in County of Maui v. Chevron that the federal court does not have jurisdiction over the case and remanded the action back to state court ....
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Friday, February 12, 2021 |
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Tax Frenzy at the Legislature - No one's wallet is safe!
By Video @ 3:03 AM :: 5355 Views :: DHHL, Energy, Gambling, Taxes, Tourism
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... tax-related bills pending at the Legislature, including legalizing gambling, new conveyance taxes, new rental vehicle taxes, new carbon taxes, new proposed constitutional amendment ....
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Sunday, January 31, 2021 |
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Kawailoa Windfarm: Island Insurance Pays $250K to Kill Bats
By News Release @ 1:15 AM :: 4939 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment, Greenmail
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... due to the unexpectedly higher take of `ōpe`ape`a (bat) at the project and discovery of two `ua`u (petrel) fatalities ....
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Wednesday, January 27, 2021 |
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Rooftop solar installations up 55% despite pandemic
By News Release @ 3:46 AM :: 3195 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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... Nearly 6,000 new systems installed, most with energy storage ....
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Friday, January 22, 2021 |
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New HECO Solar Plan: Install First Ask Questions Later
By News Release @ 1:42 AM :: 2729 Views :: Energy
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... Quick Connect will allow some new systems to be built and activated faster ....
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Thursday, January 21, 2021 |
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Bidenworld: Lesbian Revolutionary from UH Manoa Appointed to Department of Energy
By Video @ 9:20 PM :: 4214 Views :: Energy, Higher Education
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... International Socialists taking over now that the National Socialists have been exiled to Florida. Too bad you have only these two choices, eh? How did you get yourself into that trap? ....
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Monday, January 18, 2021 |
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Rate Hike Coming: HECO to pay $25M to put Tesla Batteries in 6,000 Homes
By News Release @ 6:48 PM :: 3291 Views :: Energy
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... The batteries will die in a few years. Moving the smokestack does not equal 'emission free' ....
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Sunday, January 17, 2021 |
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Barreling Toward a Tax Hike!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4987 Views :: Energy, Hawaii State Government, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... “the carbon tax” is most likely the “barrel tax” ....
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Thursday, December 31, 2020 |
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City and County of Honolulu releases inaugural Climate Action Plan
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 4588 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment
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... required step to uphold the Paris climate agreement ....
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Thursday, December 24, 2020 |
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Rate Hikes Coming: PUC Approves New Battery Incentive Scheme for HECO
By News Release @ 9:07 PM :: 4694 Views :: Energy, Environment, Cost of Living
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... Ratepayer money will be shoveled to Elon Musk to buy batteries ....
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Wednesday, December 23, 2020 |
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Caldwell signs key climate bills and releases 2020 City Sustainability Report
By News Release @ 11:36 PM :: 4070 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment
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..."Biden has stated he’s going to focus on economic recovery and climate change, and these bills ensure we’re ready to partner on day one”....
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Tuesday, December 15, 2020 |
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Furloughs? DTS to Blow $500M on 500 electric buses
By News Release @ 4:38 PM :: 4551 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy
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...the cost-per-mile for the bus in terms of electricity needed to charge its battery will be similar to that of the diesel-powered buses currently in use....
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Friday, December 11, 2020 |
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UH, HECO Green Tariff Scheme Makes you Pay
By News Release @ 5:20 PM :: 3191 Views :: Energy, Higher Education
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...UHERO: Ratepayers Pay $1.15 More for Every $1.00 Saved by Solar Users....
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Saturday, November 21, 2020 |
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UHERO: Ratepayers Pay $1.15 More for Every $1.00 Saved by Solar Users
By UHERO @ 9:26 PM :: 3878 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...for every dollar the University saves with on-campus (solar) investments, other customers will pay $1.15 more -- UHERO.....
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Friday, November 20, 2020 |
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Hawaii's Fake Green Energy Initiative: After 15 years, Petroleum Dependence Drops only 6%
By News Release @ 4:34 AM :: 5693 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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...This proves the Green Energy initiative is a sham designed to justify shoveling rate payer dollars to useless non-baseload wind, solar, and battery schemes.....
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Friday, November 13, 2020 |
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Puna Geothermal Venture back online after 2½ years
By News Release @ 12:12 PM :: 3426 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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...the geothermal facility is one of the largest and most reliable renewable energy resources in the state....
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Saturday, October 24, 2020 |
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Hawaii Energy Consumption During Lockdown
By News Release @ 2:57 AM :: 3998 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... commercial and industrial use down sharply, residential use up ....
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