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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 :: 7865 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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Monday, January 26, 2015 |
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Electric Co-op for Big Island?
By Selected News Articles @ 5:07 PM :: 6924 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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“Both Ha and Ishibashi were reluctant to disclose who sits on the co-op steering committee.”
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Monday, January 26, 2015 |
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Is $5 a Gallon Gas on Its Way? This Expert Thinks So
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:35 AM :: 5736 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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“The next round of high prices is likely to start later this year, as crude rebounds to the $80s and $90s, perhaps pushing to the $100 level by late in the year or early next.”
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Friday, January 23, 2015 |
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Rep Thielen: HB1, 2, 3 Take Aim at NextEra Merger
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 6:58 PM :: 4920 Views :: Energy
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“It is critically important to address energy concerns and propose effective local solutions this legislative year because of HECO's acquisition offer from Florida-based company, NextEra,” said Rep. Thielen....
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Friday, January 23, 2015 |
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Up to $1.2 Billion Electricity Savings for Hawaii After Oil Prices Plummet
By UHERO @ 11:02 AM :: 5312 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...if prices stay this low, it will take up to four months before electricity prices fully reflect the drop in oil prices....
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
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KIUC Buys Batteries from Company Behind Kahuku Windfarm Fire and Surprisingly it is a Disaster
By Selected News Articles @ 10:25 PM :: 6324 Views :: Energy
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Power fluctuations from a first large plant installed in 2012 have already largely burned out the big batteries....
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
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HECO Plan Rewards Solar Contractors, Cuts Payments to Solar Consumers
By News Release @ 6:26 PM :: 6132 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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Any program changes from this proposal would apply only to new customers....
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
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Parker Ranch sells rights to NextEra to Build Giant Windfarm
By News Release @ 5:05 PM :: 5624 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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This agreement provides NextEra Energy Resources with long-term access rights to PRFT lands to develop renewable energy derived from PRFT's wind resources....
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Saturday, January 17, 2015 |
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Dropping Oil Prices Boost Hawaii's Economy
By UHERO @ 2:30 AM :: 5759 Views :: Energy, Economy
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The drop in crude oil prices from $112/ barrel in June of 2014 to $46/barrel today will, if sustained, provide a nice boost to Hawaii’s economy....
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Friday, January 16, 2015 |
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Ige Names Doug Chin AG, Randy Iwase PUC Chair
By News Release @ 9:45 PM :: 5772 Views :: Energy, Hawaii State Government
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Doug Chin is former managing director for the City and County of Honolulu. Randy Iwase was Supervising Deputy Attorney General whose division provided legal counsel to the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and the Public Utilities Commission....
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
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Hawaii PUC chairwoman resigns powerful position
By Malia Zimmerman @ 11:05 PM :: 5409 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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State land records show the couple illegally built two bed and breakfast units and operated the lucrative business for more than a decade in a conservation district in Hanalei....
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
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Hawaii Senate Minority announces legislative agenda for 2015
By News Release @ 6:50 PM :: 10054 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Economy, Health Care, Taxes, Cost of Living
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Top concerns include the state economy, education, the Hawaii Health Connector, oversight of the Public Utilities Commission in light of the Hawaiian Electric Industries/NextEra merger, and positively affecting the cost of living for Hawaii residents....
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Monday, January 12, 2015 |
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Mina Morita Out as PUC Chair
By News Release @ 9:50 PM :: 5518 Views :: Energy, Hawaii State Government
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She previously told PBN that she would like to continue as chair....
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Monday, January 12, 2015 |
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NextEra Merger Timeline: Interest in Hawaiian Electric Began in 2011 With Big Cable
By News Release @ 11:34 AM :: 4538 Views :: Energy
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The board of directors and management of NEE became more familiar with HEI through NEE’s involvement with energy projects in Hawaii in 2011....
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Thursday, January 8, 2015 |
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PV in Hawaii 2014: The Roller Coaster Ride
By Selected News Articles @ 11:07 AM :: 4171 Views :: Energy
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A Hawaii solar state of the union from Marco Mangelsdorf....
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Tuesday, January 6, 2015 |
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Big Cable is NextEra's 'Biggest Proposal'
By Selected News Articles @ 1:22 PM :: 4517 Views :: Energy
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"...its biggest proposal in the Aloha state is a $600 million cable project...."
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Friday, January 2, 2015 |
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Big Wind: NextEra, Sierra Club Team up for Corporate Welfare
By Selected News Articles @ 1:48 PM :: 5486 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...the production tax credit (PTC) gives wind companies 2.3 cents for every kilowatt-hour of electricity they produce....
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Friday, January 2, 2015 |
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Full Text: Stockholder Suit Challenges HECO-NextEra Merger
By Andrew Walden @ 12:50 AM :: 4463 Views :: Energy
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There are at least two class action suits filed against the HEI-NextEra merger....
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014 |
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Senator Calls on Feds to Block Electric 'Fixed Fees'
By Selected News Articles @ 9:15 PM :: 5624 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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In Hawaii, its power company is trying to get a $55 fixed monthly charge, which is double its current fee....
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014 |
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Congressmen Put Heat on ‘Deceptive’ Rooftop Solar Leases
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:32 PM :: 5685 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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...leasing solar panels from a third party may be a harmful investment for homeowners....
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Tuesday, December 16, 2014 |
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National Academy of Sciences: Electric Cars Make Air Dirtier
By Selected News Articles @ 1:17 PM :: 5208 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...The study examines environmental costs for cars' entire life cycle, including where power comes from and the environmental effects of building batteries....
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Sunday, December 14, 2014 |
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NextEra: The Green Corruption Files
By Selected News Articles @ 6:20 PM :: 13547 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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NextEra paid just $88 million in taxes on earnings of nearly $7 billion. That’s a tax rate of just 1.25 percent when the statutory rate is 35 percent....
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Friday, December 12, 2014 |
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Is the HECO-NextEra Merger a Done Deal?
By Video @ 12:24 AM :: 5387 Views :: Energy
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Deal after deal has fallen through...The Entergy Merger Failure....The Constellation Energy Merger Failure....
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Tuesday, December 9, 2014 |
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Made in China Solar Panels Costly for Planet
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 10:02 PM :: 5990 Views :: Energy, Environment
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“It takes a lot of energy to extract and process solar-grade silicon,” says co-author Seth Darling. “And in China, that energy tends to come from dirtier and less efficient energy sources...."
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Saturday, December 6, 2014 |
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HECO Sends Six New Solar Projects for PUC Approval
By News Release @ 2:26 AM :: 5121 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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The average price of the seven new solar projects is 14 cents per kilowatt-hour....
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Thursday, December 4, 2014 |
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NextEra Buy May be Good for Rates, Bad for Distributed Generation
By Selected News Articles @ 3:08 AM :: 4686 Views :: Energy
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“Florida is not known for rooftop solar. It’s known for utility scale projects,” said Leslie Cole-Brooks, executive director, Hawaii Solar Energy Association....
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014 |
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Day Before Announcing Sale of Company, HECO Inks Biofuel Deal with Cronies
By News Release @ 8:29 PM :: 6649 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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“With this new contract, Hawaiian Electric will be purchasing approximately half our production volume...."
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014 |
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Hawaiian Electric Bought out by 'Nation's Largest Clean Energy Company' for $4.3B
By News Release @ 5:59 PM :: 6868 Views :: Energy
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NextEra Energy, Inc. and Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. today announced a definitive agreement under which the companies have agreed to combine....
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 |
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HECO Finally Admits GEMS is a Rate Hike
By Andrew Walden @ 8:11 PM :: 8590 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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For over a year, Hawaiian Electric has been claiming that the "green infrastructure fee" now beginning to appear on electric bills statewide is not a rate hike....
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 |
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‘Green’ lobby pushes to extend lucrative tax breaks
By Selected News Articles @ 2:11 PM :: 5399 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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“Granting temporary privileges or punishment allows Congress to fund-raise on them over and over again.”
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Monday, December 1, 2014 |
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HECO Seeks 'Demand Response' Contractors
By News Release @ 10:51 PM :: 4409 Views :: Energy
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...Managing their own demand in response to utility requests is another way for customers to save on their electric bills while supporting more clean energy....
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
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Feds Pay SolarCity to Analyze HECO Distributed Generation
By News Release @ 8:37 PM :: 5086 Views :: Energy
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...to address operational issues associated with high degrees of distributed solar penetration on electrical grids....
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Saturday, November 22, 2014 |
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Omidyar 'Assumes Ownership' of Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning
By News Release @ 1:29 AM :: 4270 Views :: Energy
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The team estimates the new system will reduce electricity usage by more than all of the utility scale photovoltaic systems currently operating in Hawaii....
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014 |
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Laborers Union: Schatz, Hirono, Hanabusa, Gabbard are Cowards Pandering to Eco Nut Billionaires
By News Release @ 2:07 PM :: 5187 Views :: Energy, Congressional Delegation
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Democratic leaders in Washington should put job creation ahead of the ravings of environmental wing-nuts and their deep pocketed billionaire funders....
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014 |
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Hawaii's Largest Wind Farm Developer Sold for $2.4B
By News Release @ 12:00 AM :: 4121 Views :: Energy
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SunEdison to become world's largest renewable energy development company....
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Thursday, November 13, 2014 |
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China-U.S. “Climate” Accord
By NCPA @ 2:06 PM :: 5727 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...far-reaching energy, trade and security implications....
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Saturday, November 8, 2014 |
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UHERO: LNG Could Save Hawaii Ratepayers $800M/Year
By UHERO @ 8:18 PM :: 7809 Views :: Energy, Environment, Cost of Living
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...to estimate the impacts of Hawaii importing LNG for use in the electric sector....
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Thursday, November 6, 2014 |
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Moody's: Warnings of a utility "death spiral" premature
By News Release @ 11:51 PM :: 4397 Views :: Energy
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"Distributed generation poses a threat under traditional ratemaking...."
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014 |
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How GEMS Will Drive Your Electric Bill Up
By Andrew Walden @ 11:00 PM :: 7189 Views :: Energy
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A $150M Hawaii subprime lending scheme is receiving an “AAA-“ rating from Fitch because repayment is guaranteed by a surcharge on your electric bill....
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014 |
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Hawaiian Electric announces plans for approval of pending solar applications
By News Release @ 4:12 AM :: 4514 Views :: Energy
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...approved for interconnection after meeting the following conditions....
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Friday, October 31, 2014 |
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Panos: Next Governor Should Focus on Transportation, Energy
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 7:48 PM :: 7190 Views :: Energy, Politicians, Rail
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The renewable mandates make Hawaii more unaffordable and the mothballed interisland cable is yet another boondoggle....
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014 |
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HECO to Build 50MW Peaker Plant to Balance Erratic Alternative Energy
By News Release @ 8:59 PM :: 5347 Views :: Energy
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“Solar energy comes and goes. You need something fast to fill the gaps.”
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Friday, October 24, 2014 |
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Wind Power Drives Electricity Prices Up
By NCPA @ 12:21 AM :: 4332 Views :: Energy
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...in nine of the 10 states most reliant on wind power, electricity prices are rising at least five times faster than the national average....
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014 |
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Aiona: Lower the Cost of Energy
By News Release @ 11:56 PM :: 4814 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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“All solutions which lower the cost of energy must be on the table,” said Aiona....
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014 |
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UHERO: PV Growth in Hawaii?
By UHERO @ 6:43 AM :: 4014 Views :: Energy
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Under the current rate structure, DG providers are providing “cheap” electricity while consuming “expensive” electricity....
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Thursday, October 9, 2014 |
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Wind Industry Admits It Needs Handout to Compete
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:14 PM :: 5747 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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...The wind production tax credit, a generous $23 per-megawatt-hour tax credit the producer receives for 10 years, expired last year....
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Thursday, October 2, 2014 |
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DBEDT Applauds PUC’s Approval of 'Green' Subprime Loan Securitization Program
By News Release @ 12:03 AM :: 3919 Views :: Energy
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A Green Infrastructure Fee, which was previously approved by the PUC, will be used to secure the bonds....
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014 |
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Rate Hikes Coming as HECO Plans to Waste Big Money on Batteries
By News Release @ 7:02 PM :: 4480 Views :: Energy
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...up to 200 megawatts of energy storage for Oahu....
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014 |
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Solar City Horror Stories
By Selected News Articles @ 4:30 PM :: 7929 Views :: Energy
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...Leeds is pushing $500 a month with no way out for the next two decades....
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