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.
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PUC Decision to Shut Down Honua Ola Bioenergy Facility Would Eliminate 200+ Hawaii Island Renewable Energy Jobs for the Next 30 Years
President and CEO of Honua Ola Bioenergy Warren Lee addressed employees and supporters on Monday at their plant in Pepeekeo. Photo credit: Honua Ola Bioenergy.
Pepeekeo, HI (July 20, 2020) — Reeling from the Public Utilities Commission’s (PUC) stunning...Read More
Jun 13, 2020
By Megan Fernandes
The Honua Ola Bioenergy’s Hu Honua plant is still awaiting Public Utility Commission proceedings, despite the
$336 million plant being nearly completed.
In June of 2019, the state Supreme Court annulled the original amended power purchase agreement between Hawaiian Electric and Ola Honua Bioenergy, creating a setback for the plant as it goes through the...Read More
Public Utilities Commission’s decision results in imminent layoffs of 64 current Hu Honua employees and contractors and the loss of an additional 145 positions to be filled, consisting of ancillary jobs in trucking, forestry and support services on the Big Island.
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Jul 10, 2020
By Megan Fernandes
The state Public Utilities Commission denied a request from Hawaii Electric to waive competitive bidding on the long embattled — and nearly completed —21.5- megawatt, $350 million Hu Honua Biomass facility on Hawaii Island.
In a letter to the PUC dated June 10, the power plant’s representative, the Yamamoto Caliboso law firm, shared the
company’s...Read More
