Hawaii consumer advocate Jeffrey Ono, says HECO’s arguments for why Castle & Cooke can cede 200 megawatts of its wind-energy allocation on Lanai to San Francisco-based Pattern Energy to develop a wind farm on Molokai are not convincing.

However, Ono says that the project is in the best interests of the public, thus leaving the final decision up to the 3 PUC Commissioners.