The future of the nearly-completed Hu Honua bioenergy plant remains up in the air, after Honua Ola Bioenergy and its counsel filed a motion on July 20 to the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission to reconsider the July 9 order that closed the docket and dismissed the purchase power agreement between Honua Ola Bioenergy and Hawaiian Electric, preventing the project from moving forward.
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By Dave Segal
July 21, 2020
Honua Ola Bioenergy held a rally Monday morning with about 100 employees and supporters on the Big Island to protest the potential loss of jobs, and later in the day filed a motion for reconsideration with the state Public Utilities Commission after the agency struck down an amended power purchase agreement to build a biomass plant in Pepeekeo.
The motion for...Read More
July 27, 2020
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Unreliable Government Hurts Business Growth
Every politician in Hawaii speaks of the importance of diversifying our economy and reducing our dependence on tourism. And yet, we are so hostile to new ventures in that direction: the Superferry, Thirty Meter Telescope and now, Honua Ola Bioenergy (“Hu Honua bioenergy project fails to get...Read More
HAWAIʻI ISLAND RESIDENT STUDY
Honua Ola Bioenergy Plant
Anthology Research conducted a scientific quantitative study in the form of a mixed mode (online, landline telephone and cellphone) survey of full-time residents of Hawaiʻi Island who are customers of Hawaiian Electric.
A total of 447 online and telephone surveys were conducted from June 6-14, 2020, including a robust sample of residents...Read More
Honua Ola Bioenergy has filed a motion requesting that the Public Utilities Commission reconsider an order that could potentially halt its long-delayed power plant project for good.
The motion, which Honua Ola CEO Warren Lee said was filed Monday, requests that the PUC reassess a decision made July 10 that rejected waiving a competitive bidding process between Honua Ola and Hawaiian Electric...Read More
