TMT - Contested Case Hearing Status - Hilo

[Eric1600]

Cooling an enclosed room to the outside ambient temperature is much more efficient than cooling a room that has lots of people going in and out to 15-20 degrees below ambient temperature.

So places like Costco, Target, Walmart, Home Depot expend more energy cooling per square foot than the observatories would.

If the real issue is power usage, then they should be shutting the AC off on those large stores and hotels/resorts.