06-03-2013, 03:11 AM
You are spinning your wheels trying to make a scapegoat out of HELCO, they are just a subsidiary of HEI. It's like trying to get Burger King to reduce the price of the whopper by going in to a Burger King and spitting on the kid working the counter. It is Punatic illogic.
The headline today is HEI is going to hold a series of meetings to get public input on their plan goals. One of the goals is to reduce rates.
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/sections...uture.html
Hawaiian Electric Industries looks toward future
"lowering customers’ bills, creating a clean energy future, modernizing the companies’ grids and fairness."
And in before the solar panel derail, the New York Times is reporting a growing solar panel defect rate that is growing in the industry. Despite the solar PV cult claiming they are made from Pele's tears, solar cells are very delicate, highly sophisticated electronic devices . They rely on a coating to protect them from the beating sun as well as all the extreme environments. Even the best panels are going to become less and less efficient. There has been a rush to install solar and that has led to a rush in production and cutting corners to cut costs. The industry is betting on a 25-year life to make solar panels profitable and a good panel's life is about 20 years.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/busine...wanted=all&_r=0
Solar Industry Anxious Over Defective Panels
"The solar panels covering a vast warehouse roof in the sun-soaked Inland Empire region east of Los Angeles were only two years into their expected 25-year life span when they began to fail.
Coatings that protect the panels disintegrated while other defects caused two fires that took the system offline for two years, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost revenues.
It was not an isolated incident. Worldwide, testing labs, developers, financiers and insurers are reporting similar problems and say the $77 billion solar industry is facing a quality crisis just as solar panels are on the verge of widespread adoption.
No one is sure how pervasive the problem is. There are no industrywide figures about defective solar panels. And when defects are discovered, confidentiality agreements often keep the manufacturer’s identity secret, making accountability in the industry all the more difficult.
But at stake are billions of dollars that have financed solar installations, from desert power plants to suburban rooftops, on the premise that solar panels will more than pay for themselves over a quarter century."
"This island Hawaii on this island Earth"
The headline today is HEI is going to hold a series of meetings to get public input on their plan goals. One of the goals is to reduce rates.
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/sections...uture.html
Hawaiian Electric Industries looks toward future
"lowering customers’ bills, creating a clean energy future, modernizing the companies’ grids and fairness."
And in before the solar panel derail, the New York Times is reporting a growing solar panel defect rate that is growing in the industry. Despite the solar PV cult claiming they are made from Pele's tears, solar cells are very delicate, highly sophisticated electronic devices . They rely on a coating to protect them from the beating sun as well as all the extreme environments. Even the best panels are going to become less and less efficient. There has been a rush to install solar and that has led to a rush in production and cutting corners to cut costs. The industry is betting on a 25-year life to make solar panels profitable and a good panel's life is about 20 years.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/busine...wanted=all&_r=0
Solar Industry Anxious Over Defective Panels
"The solar panels covering a vast warehouse roof in the sun-soaked Inland Empire region east of Los Angeles were only two years into their expected 25-year life span when they began to fail.
Coatings that protect the panels disintegrated while other defects caused two fires that took the system offline for two years, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost revenues.
It was not an isolated incident. Worldwide, testing labs, developers, financiers and insurers are reporting similar problems and say the $77 billion solar industry is facing a quality crisis just as solar panels are on the verge of widespread adoption.
No one is sure how pervasive the problem is. There are no industrywide figures about defective solar panels. And when defects are discovered, confidentiality agreements often keep the manufacturer’s identity secret, making accountability in the industry all the more difficult.
But at stake are billions of dollars that have financed solar installations, from desert power plants to suburban rooftops, on the premise that solar panels will more than pay for themselves over a quarter century."
"This island Hawaii on this island Earth"
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*