06-01-2011, 06:47 AM
The PUC appropriately rejected Hawaii County's request. The PUC must operate under a set of laws designed to protect the process and avoid unnecessary delays. Hawaii County knew full well (and they always said they knew it was hopeless) that they were trying something that was well outside the law and regulations.
The PUC has all the information including those claimed as confidential. They have held some as confidential but will release others as they determine they are not confidential inside information. That’s the process and if you don’t respect it, you should have no problem with government releasing your tax information, of medical information or any other information on you that may be confidential because you don’t respect business confidential information.
If anyone thinks Hawaii County was doing this to protect the "Consumer" you need to lay off the crack. Hawaii County was doing this for one and only one reason; they were hoping to keep money rolling into the Geothermal Royalty and Asset Funds. You the consumer were just the display icing, but the filling is all about those two funds.
Citing Sun Fuels in this is a hypocritical statement as many of you have previously commented against their operation as poorly managed, inferior technology, environmentally unsound, and a sham. So why are you now saying they posses some great knowledge on this matter? I believe that some of you don’t know who they are so out of one side of your mouth you criticized them continually and out of the other you’re praising them for the very things you were criticizing them for.
Unfortunately, discussions like this proves only one thing, there are way too many ignorant people on the Big Island for anyone to take the place seriously. Hold hand, sing your songs, and dance to the wind, but I’m just so disgusted at the stupidity of many that it’s not even worth defending the Big Island anymore. [V]
The PUC has all the information including those claimed as confidential. They have held some as confidential but will release others as they determine they are not confidential inside information. That’s the process and if you don’t respect it, you should have no problem with government releasing your tax information, of medical information or any other information on you that may be confidential because you don’t respect business confidential information.
If anyone thinks Hawaii County was doing this to protect the "Consumer" you need to lay off the crack. Hawaii County was doing this for one and only one reason; they were hoping to keep money rolling into the Geothermal Royalty and Asset Funds. You the consumer were just the display icing, but the filling is all about those two funds.
Citing Sun Fuels in this is a hypocritical statement as many of you have previously commented against their operation as poorly managed, inferior technology, environmentally unsound, and a sham. So why are you now saying they posses some great knowledge on this matter? I believe that some of you don’t know who they are so out of one side of your mouth you criticized them continually and out of the other you’re praising them for the very things you were criticizing them for.
Unfortunately, discussions like this proves only one thing, there are way too many ignorant people on the Big Island for anyone to take the place seriously. Hold hand, sing your songs, and dance to the wind, but I’m just so disgusted at the stupidity of many that it’s not even worth defending the Big Island anymore. [V]