Isaac Moriwake, Managing Attorney, Mid-Pacific Office: “You ought to consider the big picture of how not only individual systems, but the aggregate, are able to respond to grid needs on call, and respond to emergencies. There’s big-time value there.”
Kylie Wager Cruz, Attorney, Mid-Pacific Office: "We strongly supported shutting down the coal plant. That facility needed to go. What we do with that loss of capacity is the key question."
Isaac Moriwake, Managing Attorney, Mid-Pacific Office, Earthjustice: “This is a first installment of the next big wave of rooftop solar and battery storage.”
Kylie Wager Cruz, Attorney, Mid-Pacific Office, Earthjustice: "HECO should take responsibility for the crisis it's caused and focus on ensuring [the project] realizes its full potential to maximize renewable energy on the grid and minimize Hawai'i's dependence on fossil fuels. Instead, HECO's threatening to pull the plug on the project,…
Kylie Wager Cruz, Attorney, Mid-Pacific Office, Earthjustice: "We've seen in the past when there's been an unanticipated shortfall, that we've had to resort to other types of utility-scale fossil-based extensions or additions — and so I think the commission is really focused on not letting that happen."
Isaac Moriwake, Managing Attorney, Mid-Pacific Office, Earthjustice: "This is the most consequential decision in the commission’s history in terms of its comprehensive scope and leadership vision."
By this Final Decision and Order,^ the Public Utilities Commission ("commission") approves a change in rates for HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., as described herein. The commission determines that the appropriate…
In this 194-page order, the Public Utility Commission established two new programs for rooftop solar in Hawaiʻi, including a “smart export” program that allows customers an opportunity to store solar…
Although the benefits of renewables are simple to understand, navigating the terminology of energy policy is a more difficult task. Here’s a quick guide to understanding the key players, practices,…
The Public Utilities Commission rejected the NextEra-Hawaiian Electric takeover deal, but the real work to build a clean energy system by and for the people of Hawaii has just begun.
