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West Hawaii Today: Honua Ola Sues to Restart Power Plant Project

Sep. 17, 2020 By Tribune-Herald staff Honua Ola Bioenergy, also known as Hu Honua Bioenergy, on Wednesday filed a lawsuit in the state Supreme Court requesting the Public Utilities Commission be ordered to vacate its July 9 decision that nullified an amended power purchase agreement the almost completed Pepeekeo power plant had with Hawaiian Electric Co. The petition also seeks a court order...Read More

Letters to the Editor: September 15, 2020

Wake Up PUC From a priority perspective, the PUC’s mission entails providing effective oversight of regulated entities and addressing the future needs of the state’s utility system in an economically, operationally, and environmentally effective manner. In the case of Honua Ola Bioenergy, a September 15 letter to the editor claims the PUC did its job. Really? If the PUC’s mission is to decide...Read More

Honolulu Star-Advertiser: Environmental Leader Accused of Trying to Foil Honua Ola Bioenergy Project

Hu Honua said in its filing Friday with the PUC that it used Google Analytics, Verizon Wireless, the publicly available website show myip.com, Google Maps, the White Pages and Intelius to pinpoint the location where the emails were emanating and that Curtis is associated with that street address. Read More

West Hawaii Today: Letters to the Editor: September 6, 2020

This will be Hawaii’s future We have been advocates for our fellow East Hawaii neighbors on many issues throughout our lifetime. We’re troubled by the PUC’s decision to terminate Honua Ola’s previously approved waiver, more importantly, how it affects our people. The PUC prefers solar over Honua Ola, which is ironic as California, a pioneer in greening their grid with large-scale solar and...Read More