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Wednesday, November 21, 2018 |
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UHERO: Revenue Decoupling Jacks up Utility Rates
By UHERO @ 3:36 AM :: 4785 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...statistically significant upward adjustments on average are observed across utilities that experienced decoupling....
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Wednesday, November 7, 2018 |
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Public meetings scheduled for Oahu Climate Action Plan
By News Release @ 8:24 PM :: 7744 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment, Land Use
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...The sense of urgency is palpable in these meetings....
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Monday, November 5, 2018 |
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Honolulu Tagged in Bloomberg American Cities Climate Challenge
By News Release @ 12:33 AM :: 5914 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment
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...Honolulu is accepted into a two-year acceleration program that will provide cities powerful new resources and access to cutting-edge support to help meet or beat their near-term carbon reduction goals....
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Sunday, November 4, 2018 |
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It’s Real Property Because We Said So!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 6245 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Taxes
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...a case now pending in the Hawaii Supreme Court that may give us some insight on county real property taxes and their limits....
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Friday, November 2, 2018 |
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Oahu: Lack of Wind Threatens Rolling Blackouts
By News Release @ 1:10 AM :: 4137 Views :: Energy
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...wind generation is down to zero. Then that pesky Sun thingy went and set on us. No solar....
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Tuesday, October 30, 2018 |
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Hawaii Electricity Prices to Jump 20% Thanks to New Ship Fuel Requirements
By Selected News Articles @ 7:14 PM :: 5559 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...The state depends on mostly low-sulfur fuel oil for about 70 percent of its power. In 2020, though, demand for that fuel is expected to surge, pushing up prices....
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Monday, October 29, 2018 |
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The Cost of Utilities: Hawaii Pays the Most in USA
By News Release @ 8:42 PM :: 6531 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Aloha State utilities cost $730.86 -- $202.90 more than #2 Alaska....
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Saturday, October 27, 2018 |
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Highest in USA--Hawaii Electric Rates a Burden for Low Income
By Selected News Articles @ 1:18 PM :: 5757 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...How Affordable is Your Electricity? Comparing Electric Rates, Bills, and Burden....
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Friday, October 26, 2018 |
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Bat Killing Windfarm Buys Enviro Support for $2.75M
By News Release @ 1:31 AM :: 5627 Views :: Energy, Environment, Ethics
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...Bat Killing Windfarm partially bankrolls purchase of 2,882 acres of Central Oʻahu forest and fallow lands from Dole Food Company....
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018 |
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Kawailoa Windfarm: New Plan is to Kill 265 Bats, 24 Petrels
By News Release @ 5:08 PM :: 5109 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... The public may send comments to the Approving Agency -- DLNR ....
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Monday, October 22, 2018 |
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Auditor Looks at HDoT Energy Savings Contracts
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 1:22 AM :: 4327 Views :: Energy, Hawaii State Government
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...all four annual savings reports filed by Johnson Controls through 2017 indicated that actual savings exceeded energy contract guaranteed savings for each period....
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Saturday, October 13, 2018 |
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ACEEE: Hawaii Scores Points for GEMS Scheme
By News Release @ 3:45 PM :: 4062 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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...Hawaii ranked 16th in the 2018 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, falling one position compared to 2017....
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018 |
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HEI Rate Payers to Pony up $2.6B for 1055 MW of Batteries
By News Release @ 3:15 AM :: 4520 Views :: Energy
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...Do the Math: US EIA says median cost for energy storage is $2,500 per kw x 1,000 for mw x 1,055 mw = $2.64B project cost -- just for the storage....
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Monday, October 8, 2018 |
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Gabbard Bill Would Require U.S. to be 100% fossil free by 2035
By Selected News Articles @ 7:04 PM :: 4765 Views :: Energy, Congressional Delegation
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...introduced with relatively little public notice in September 2017, the OFF Fossil Fuels for a Better Future Act (OFF Act), is gaining support from Democrat political candidates across the nation....
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Friday, October 5, 2018 |
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Harvard: Wind Farms Cause Global Warming
By Selected News Articles @ 1:03 AM :: 4713 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...Harvard University researchers find that the transition to wind or solar power in the U.S. would require five to 20 times more land than previously thought, and, if such large-scale wind farms were built, would warm average surface temperatures over the continental U.S. by 0.24 degrees Celsius....
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018 |
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Climate Action Plan: Preconceived Outcome Set for Public Meetings
By News Release @ 4:19 AM :: 6896 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment, Land Use
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...During the meetings participants will engage in a “game” that sparks discussion about the best way to transition O‘ahu to a clean energy future and meet stated goals under the Paris climate agreement....
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Tuesday, September 18, 2018 |
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Green Energy Mandates a Tax on Poor People
By Selected News Articles @ 3:14 PM :: 5513 Views :: Energy, Environment, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii’s governor signed a 100 percent mandate in 2015, making it the first state in the country to require its entire energy mix to originate from renewables. California passed a similar bill in August....
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Friday, September 14, 2018 |
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Paris Accord: Ige Promises to Keep Raising Taxes and Electric Rates
By Selected News Articles @ 3:43 PM :: 4686 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...“Politics runs on money. Billions of dollars."....
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Wednesday, August 29, 2018 |
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Monopoly: Par Pacific to Buy Second Hawaii Refinery
By News Release @ 9:16 PM :: 4970 Views :: Energy
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...Par intends to utilize the acquired assets for continued refining operations to supply fuel to IES, which will allow IES to fulfill certain utility fuel supply contracts in Hawaii....
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Friday, August 10, 2018 |
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As SEC Closes in on Elon Musk, UHERO Continues to Dream Up New Ways to Send Him Money
By UHERO @ 1:29 AM :: 4831 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...This study asks the question, how valuable is residential real-time pricing (RTP) in comparison to time-of-use (TOU) rates to absorb increasing sources of intermittent renewable energy?....
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Saturday, August 4, 2018 |
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EPA Releases Long-Delayed Report Showing Ethanol Hurts Environment
By Selected News Articles @ 10:36 PM :: 7821 Views :: Energy, Environment, Agriculture, Tax Credits
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...including ethanol in the U.S. gas supply is wreaking havoc on the atmosphere and soil....
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Tuesday, July 31, 2018 |
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Ige Appoints Jon Yoshimura to Espero's Senate Seat
By News Release @ 1:48 AM :: 5099 Views :: Energy, Hawaii State Government
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...Yoshimura will represent District 19 until a new senator is elected in November’s General Election. Yoshimura is not running for the seat....
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Thursday, July 26, 2018 |
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Eco-Hypesters Complain About ‘Dirty’ Clean Energy
By Andrew Walden @ 11:24 PM :: 5374 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...maybe anti-GMO dupes in skeleton suits will now start showing up at the filthy crony-capitalist Hu Honua biomass station....
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Wednesday, July 25, 2018 |
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Lalamilo: Newly Built Windfarm in Default after 10 Months--Demands Subsidy
By Selected News Articles @ 3:07 PM :: 7389 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Cost of Living
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...the new Lalamilo windfarm follows in the path of the old Lalamilo windfarm -- but first they want a subsidy funded by higher water rates....
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Saturday, July 21, 2018 |
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HECO -- 12 Applications for Community Solar Projects in First 10 days
By News Release @ 2:54 AM :: 4304 Views :: Energy
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...four applications for capacity on Oahu, four for Maui Island, three for Hawaii Island, and one for Molokai from proposed subscriber organizations....
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Thursday, July 12, 2018 |
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Hawaii Highest Energy Costs--Lowest Consumption
By News Release @ 2:51 AM :: 7285 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...2018’s Most & Least Energy-Expensive States....
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018 |
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GEMS for Insiders: Polynesian Cultural Center First to Take Advantage of On-Bill Financing
By News Release @ 8:34 PM :: 8485 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...PCC will finance systems totaling 413 kilowatts (kw), with flexibility to install additional systems and features. The agreement marks the first commercial on-bill financing project in Hawaii using the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority's recently launched Green Energy Money $aver (GEM$)On-Bill program....
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018 |
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KIUC Paying $3.2 Million to Co-op Members
By News Release @ 8:28 PM :: 4867 Views :: Kauai County, Energy
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...“We had excellent financial results in 2017, which allows us to exercise one of the fundamental benefits of being a not-for-profit cooperative that is owned by the members it serves,” stated Allan Smith, Chairman of the KIUC Board of Directors....
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Friday, July 6, 2018 |
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After Years of Hype: Hawaii Electricity Still 82.4% Coal and Oil
By News Release @ 1:51 AM :: 5850 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Tax Credits
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...and this was before the geothermal plant was overrun by lava....
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Friday, June 22, 2018 |
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PUC Orders $107M Hawaii Electric Rate CUT--Thanks to President Donald J Trump
By News Release @ 9:43 PM :: 6209 Views :: Energy, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...This rate decrease reflects the impacts of the recently enacted federal “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act”....
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Friday, June 22, 2018 |
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SNOPES: Did Fracking Cause Volcanic Activity on Hawaii’s Big Island?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:47 PM :: 6998 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Environment
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...Fracking does not take place on Hawaii’s Big Island, but that is far from the only problem with this absurd conspiracy theory….
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Thursday, June 21, 2018 |
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UHERO: Wind and Solar will Drive up Electric Rates a Lot More
By UHERO @ 3:06 AM :: 5745 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...the variability of solar and wind power makes the system-wide costs grow considerably as their share of the power mix rises....
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Saturday, June 16, 2018 |
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PUC: Geothermal Shutdown Means Higher Rates, Dirtier Air
By News Release @ 2:31 AM :: 6838 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Cost of Living
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... PUC Plan: More solar and energy efficiency programs ....
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Friday, June 15, 2018 |
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PUC seeks public comment on Electric Vehicle road map
By News Release @ 12:46 AM :: 4902 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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... 5 ways to transfer more of your money to Elon Musk ....
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Wednesday, June 13, 2018 |
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Wind Farms Request Permission to Kill More Bats, Petrels, and Nene
By News Release @ 2:38 PM :: 5667 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...Public meetings: The three public scoping meetings will be held at the following locations....
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Wednesday, June 13, 2018 |
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Community Discussion on Electric Utility Regulatory Models
By News Release @ 2:25 PM :: 3488 Views :: Energy
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...As directed by the Hawaii State Legislature, the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) is conducting a study on alternative electric utility and regulatory models in Hawaii....
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Tuesday, June 5, 2018 |
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Hawaii: New Greenhouse Gas Rules Just as Fake as Renewable Energy Rules
By News Release @ 12:35 AM :: 6730 Views :: Energy, Environment, Tax Credits
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...Net zero does not mean zero. Hawaii can cause a global rise in greenhouse gas emissions and call it net zero....
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Sunday, June 3, 2018 |
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After Decades of Hysteria--Lava Covers Geothermal Well-AND NOTHING HAPPENS!
By Selected News Articles @ 6:20 PM :: 5224 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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...Neither well is expected to release any hydrogen sulfide....
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Saturday, June 2, 2018 |
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Lava Covers Four Corners, Hundreds of Homes Cut off
By News Release @ 8:21 PM :: 12962 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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...Residents of Kapoho Beach Lots and Vacationland are isolated due to lava inundation of Beach Road at Four Corners....
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Wednesday, May 30, 2018 |
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Who is Driving Electric Vehicles in Hawaii?
By UHERO @ 9:42 PM :: 6014 Views :: Energy, Environment, Hawaii Statistics
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...An analysis of factors that affect EV adoption in Hawaii....
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Friday, May 18, 2018 |
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BLNR Approves Another Windfarm for Kahuku
By News Release @ 5:43 PM :: 4338 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy
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...BLNR has given the greenlight to Champlin/GEI Wind Holdings LLC’s Na Pua Makani Power Partners LLC’s plans to build a 25-megawatt wind farm near Kahuku....
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Monday, May 14, 2018 |
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UHERO: Rolling Blackouts Can Hide Green Energy Rate Hikes
By UHERO @ 7:56 PM :: 4797 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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... Dynamic pricing = 'Voluntary' rolling blackouts or brownouts. You agree to use at certain hours and not at others ....
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Wednesday, May 2, 2018 |
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GEM$ Launches On-Bill Financing for Solar
By News Release @ 6:39 PM :: 4575 Views :: Energy
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...money can be transferred directly from your electric bill to needy Silicon Valley billionaires....
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Saturday, April 28, 2018 |
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Hawaii Electric Utilities Get Prize for Giving Money to Elon Musk
By News Release @ 4:32 PM :: 5527 Views :: Kauai County, Energy
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...Largely due to the Tesla solar-plus-storage facility that opened in March 2017, KIUC added 415.3 watts of storage per customer in 2017, more than eight times as much storage as second place honoree Tucson Electric Power....
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Monday, April 23, 2018 |
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Bought and Paid For: Russian Oil Money Flows to US Anti-Fracking Protesters
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:03 PM :: 7322 Views :: Energy, Environment, Ethics
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...From 2010 through 2015, the Sierra Club Foundation received more than $18 million and Natural Resources Defense Council received more than $15 million....
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Sunday, April 22, 2018 |
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On Holiest Day, Hawaiian Electric Renews Pledge of Obedience to Eco Religion
By News Release @ 2:36 AM :: 5397 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...this can only mean one thing--more rate hikes coming....
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Sunday, April 22, 2018 |
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Green Energy Plan: $2.3B Tax and Rate Hike to Send Even More Money to Elon Musk
By News Release @ 2:10 AM :: 11037 Views :: Energy, Environment, Land Use, Tax Credits, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...Over the past 15 years, the people of Hawaii have paid 260% more for electricity than the US average, while gasoline prices consistently hover close to $1-per-gallon higher. (But we can go even higher)....
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Thursday, April 5, 2018 |
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Honolulu Among U.S. Solar Leading Cities in New Report
By News Release @ 2:09 AM :: 4253 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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...Each year, the survey ranks nearly 70 of the nation’s major cities by megawatts of solar energy....
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Friday, March 30, 2018 |
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HECO Plans to Transfer More of Your Money to Elon Musk
By News Release @ 6:26 PM :: 4157 Views :: Energy
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...Broad economic, environmental benefits described in electrification of transportation 'roadmap'....
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Tuesday, March 20, 2018 |
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Rate Hikes Coming: Ige Names Green Energy Maven to PUC
By News Release @ 11:00 AM :: 3857 Views :: Energy
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...your green is burned to create their energy....
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