Iven Hamilton moved to Hawai‘i Island from Maui two years ago so his daughter could attend school here. Previously, he worked in the machine shop at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, honing his skills as a millwright and mechanic. At Honua Ola, Iven’s job is simple. He has to fix whatever’s broken.
“Anything that needs to be fixed, we either fix or fabricate,” he said. Honua Ola keeps lots of...Read More
Ashley McGuire grew up in the Puna district of Hawai‘i Island. “It was a good life, but it was a tough neighborhood,” he said.
Ashley is an electrician-instrumentation technician at Honua Ola. When he’s not enjoying time with his family, he’s making sure that “everything that has wires” is running smoothly at Honua Ola.
That’s a lot of responsibility. His job is to keep the plant operating...Read More
Jaydi Veriato grew up on Hawai‘i Island and can’t imagine living anywhere else. “I absolutely love it here,” she says.
Jaydi works in the environmental health and safety office at Honua Ola. She makes sure employees receive the equipment and training they need to perform their jobs safely.
She’s also responsible for compiling reports on environmental quality issues associated with the plant’s...Read More
We are disappointed in the Supreme Court ruling of May 10, 2019, that vacates the Public Utilities Commission’s (PUC) earlier decision and remands the matter to the PUC to carry out a contested case hearing on the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). On remand, the PUC is instructed to give explicit consideration to the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in determining whether to approve...Read More
