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In case you didn't already know that the state employees a whole bunch of people who do nothing...
What does the Energy Office do and how well does it do it? Surprisingly, we could not answer these seemingly straightforward questions. The office could not provide us with any documentation or other evidence to show a project’s expected contributions to the State’s clean energy goals, let alone the data that indicates the project’s progress toward those goals.
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/37184...lans-to-do
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I saw this article earlier in the day but can’t find it on the Hawaii New Now website anymore?
Update: here’s the link to the actual audit report
http://files.hawaii.gov/auditor/Reports/2018/18-01.pdf
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Interesting that the page disappeared.. . I wonder how much political muscle was brought to bear to make it go away. I have to say that, in this particular case, the auditors got it right.
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The report is a real hoot. Skip ahead to page 31:
At its current rate of spending, the office will be unable to pay its bills by 2019.
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However, we reiterate that all government programs exist to achieve some purpose determined by the Legislature, and agencies charged with implementing those programs must be accountable for their work. Management’s job is to establish performance goals in measurable terms, develop appropriate measures, analyze performance, appraise and interpret results, take appropriate action, and communicate the meaning of the measurements and the results to the Legislature and the public.
We found that the Energy Office is not performing this job.
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Almost forgot: staff of 35, budget is 90% salary/benefits.
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Well, they publish an e newsletter, don't they?[:o)]
Sounds like the president's commission on election integrity, where members are suing in an attempt to find out what they're actually doing.
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No wonder Hawaii’s still the number one state most reliant on fossil fuels in the US.
From their web site:
“Aloha! The State of Hawaii has a bold energy agenda – to achieve 100 percent clean energy by the year 2045. Along with reducing our islands’ dependency on fossil fuels and increasing efficiency measures, the clean energy plan is also contributing to the state’s economic growth.”
So they don’t really have a plan?
The HNN page has been removed. How much is their budget? How many millions are we spending on a newsletter?
Newsletter:
https://energy.hawaii.gov/wp-content/upl...letter.pdf
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So it takes 35 well paid people to publish a dinky newsletter? My deeply cynical side can't help but think that this story was "disappeared" by the powers that be to keep the contagion of questioning state agencies from spreading. There are probably any number of other useless agencies and high-end state employees basically doing nothing. And one has to question why some sharp legislator hasn't called for a committee to investigate this sort of thing.
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why some sharp legislator hasn't called for a committee to investigate this sort of thing.
All we would get is The Hawaii State Office for Monitoring Other State Offices. With a staff of 50. And a newsletter.
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