PUC ‘Curtails’ MECO Profit for Wasting Wind

From Blue Planet Press Release STATE COMMISSION REDUCES UTILITY PROFIT FOR WASTING CLEAN ENERGY Public Utilities Commission sends strong signal to Hawaiian Electric: More renewables, less waste, lower rates HONOLULU—In a stern 

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Fire Smolders at Maui Dump

A fire was reported Sunday, June 2 in the compost at the Maui Dump in Pu’unene. Last report indicated the fire was contained. In 2012 the EPA came to a…

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Hawaiian Electric Meeting on Integrated Resource Plan

Hawaiian Electric presented its draft action plans to the Integrated Resource Planning working group (of which Blue Planet is a member) today. You can download the presentation slides 

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Castle & Cook: Lana’i Windfarm Still On

Castle & Cooke Inc. told Pacific Business News that it remains committed to building the 200 MW wind turbine farm on Lana’i.  However the State Energy Office…

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Ormat Soon to Drill Test Geothermal Wells

Ormat Technologies hopes to be drilling at least three exploration wells on the southwestern slope of Haleakala on Maui Island in Hawaii to determine the possibility of…

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Ellison Hires Energy Expert for Lana’i

(U.C. San Diego Press Release) The University of California, San Diego and Lānaʻi Resorts, LLC, announced today that Byron Washom, director of Strategic Energy Initiatives at UC San Diego, will…

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Community Solar Summit

SLIM host Solar Summit to educate Maui County residents and businesses about PV systems. Lunch will be provided for $5 with advanced reservations. Call or go online to reserve. 

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Energy Policy Links

From Henry Curtis, Life of the Land: The Life of the Land web site has recently posted the following    Transcript of PUC Commissioner Michael Champley speaking at the…

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MECO Adding Kihei Substation and Power Line

At a public meeting with South Maui residents, MECO agreed to move the substation mauka of Kamali’i Elementary School and to consider undergrounding the wires mauka of Pi’ilani Hwy.  

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EPA Will Hold Workshop on Maui

Environmental Protection Agency officials are planning to conduct a series of public workshops focusing on “Green Street Strategies” and “Sustainable Strategies for Small Town and Rural Areas” and will…

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