MyManao - ...methinks you should put the wires underground too...
Maybe this is something HPPOA can mandate as part of the HPP Independence Movement? I probably wouldn't bet my solar panels on them achieving it, but given their history, who knows what HPPOA will get up to in the future?
Edge - I’m pretty certain Lahaina fire mitigation and electric hubs on Oahu whatever they are will not keep the lights on and the water running in Puna. ... Puna and Ka’u were hardest hit. Maybe they should get more of the money?
The planning for the hubs / microgrids goes back at least to 2023 post-Lahaina, so this is funding mainly to help implement some of those plans. If the grid integrity can't be ensured, then at least smaller subsections with critical community resources might be for a time? Having electrical generation at the critical point of use doesn't seem like the worst idea, maybe even worth each site doing this on their own via solar/battery/generators/etc. You know, Puna-style.
Gov. Green has said that Ka'u, as the hardest hit, will be the priority in recovery. Given they have repairs needed to the hospital, school, businesses, graveyard, etc, seems to make sense in the big picture perspective. Only so many dollars available "on loan" from future generations, so everyone needs to get in line, or be prepared to pay upfront for their desired improvements.
Maybe this is something HPPOA can mandate as part of the HPP Independence Movement? I probably wouldn't bet my solar panels on them achieving it, but given their history, who knows what HPPOA will get up to in the future?
Edge - I’m pretty certain Lahaina fire mitigation and electric hubs on Oahu whatever they are will not keep the lights on and the water running in Puna. ... Puna and Ka’u were hardest hit. Maybe they should get more of the money?
The planning for the hubs / microgrids goes back at least to 2023 post-Lahaina, so this is funding mainly to help implement some of those plans. If the grid integrity can't be ensured, then at least smaller subsections with critical community resources might be for a time? Having electrical generation at the critical point of use doesn't seem like the worst idea, maybe even worth each site doing this on their own via solar/battery/generators/etc. You know, Puna-style.
Gov. Green has said that Ka'u, as the hardest hit, will be the priority in recovery. Given they have repairs needed to the hospital, school, businesses, graveyard, etc, seems to make sense in the big picture perspective. Only so many dollars available "on loan" from future generations, so everyone needs to get in line, or be prepared to pay upfront for their desired improvements.