09-01-2022, 06:28 PM
From late May 2022, completed power plant can’t sell electricity to HELCO, pretty much due to one guy:
The state Public Utilities Commission on Monday stopped a wood-burning power plant planned for the Big Island.
In a 2-1 vote, the commission rejected a power purchase agreement between Honua Ola Bioenergy and the Hawaiʻi Electric Light Company, or Hawaiian Electric.
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-...iʻi-island
This solar plant will provide 7+% of the Big Island’s electricity starting next spring - - - after delays, delays, delays:
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2022/08/...xt-spring/
The state Public Utilities Commission on Monday stopped a wood-burning power plant planned for the Big Island.
In a 2-1 vote, the commission rejected a power purchase agreement between Honua Ola Bioenergy and the Hawaiʻi Electric Light Company, or Hawaiian Electric.
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-...iʻi-island
This solar plant will provide 7+% of the Big Island’s electricity starting next spring - - - after delays, delays, delays:
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2022/08/...xt-spring/