January 26, 2024
R.A. Moss
Hawaiian Electric Industries, the monopoly utility serving the Aloha State, is the defendant in a host of class-action and mass-tort lawsuits related to the devastating Lahaina wildfire in Maui on Aug. 8, 2023. The fast-moving fire killed nearly 100 people. Hawaiian Electric now faces more than a dozen separate lawsuits citing negligence in...Read More
ICYMI
In an effort to avoid further blackouts, California is set to once again engage in fossil fuels after a years of trying to quit their use. The decision is a result of the green-energy dependent state’s primary source of renewables being intermittent technologies, such as solar and wind, which aren’t reliable when the perfect weather conditions aren’t met.
While...Read More
July 6, 2022
Kavya Balaraman
As Hawaii prepares to shutter its last operating coal-fired power plant — the 180 MW AES plant on the island of Oahu — state regulators and its utility have assembled a multi-pronged approach to ensuring grid reliability despite delays to several planned solar and storage projects.
The Oahu coal plant is the single largest generator on Oahu,...Read More
July 1, 2022
Kavya Balaraman
Our neighbors across the pond are dealing with their own energy challenges. Read on to learn more about the initiatives that California is putting in place to ensure grid reliability beyond weather-dependent intermittent technologies with always-on renewable energy.
Just like California, it is important Hawaii diversifies its energy...Read More
July 1, 2022
Stephanie Salmons
Gov. David Ige has appointed Leodoloff “Leo” Asuncion, Jr. chairman of the state Public Utilities Commission, or PUC.
Asuncion has served on the PUC since April 2019.
Former PUC chairman James “Jay” Griffin announced in January he would step down at the end of his term, which expired June 30.
“Hawaii has been leading by example as the...Read More
