“We have to find a way forward somehow. Sometimes that way forward is very messy,” said state Board of Land and Natural Resources chair Suzanne Case as the board met on October 22. At that meeting, the board narrowly rejected … Continued
Hu Honua Update: Proceedings before the Public Utilities Commission in the case involving the Hu Honua power plant, being built just north of Hilo, are gaining steam. In September, parties in the case filed prehearing testimonies. The state Consumer Advocate, Tawhiri … Continued
“Where is the justice in this?” Hui o Na Wai ‘Ehā president Hōkūao Pellegrino asked the state Commission on Water Resource Management at its September 21 meeting. In June, the commission issued its decision and order in a contested case … Continued
The Water Commission’s June decision and order on water use permits for the Na Wai ‘Ehā surface water management area involved some very big last-minute changes. Mahi Pono, LLC, which a few years ago purchased Alexander & Baldwin’s former sugarcane … Continued
With members touting the need to support diversified agriculture, the Board of Land and Natural Resources unanimously voted on September 24 to accept the final environmental impact statement Alexander & Baldwin and East Maui irrigation Company had prepared for a … Continued
Late last month, the Commission on Water Resource Management issued its decision and order in a contested case over the use of water from four major Central Maui streams. A few days later, it issued a drastically amended version – … Continued
The state Commission on Water Resource Management last month ordered the Honolulu Board of Water Supply to complete a feasibility study and preliminary engineering design within two years for a new bulkhead in its Ha‘iku Tunnel in Windward O‘ahu. As … Continued
Hu Honua Re-Remand: The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court has tossed back to the Public Utilities Commission – for a second time – a decision in the case of the Big Island biomass power plant. The first court case, resolved in 2019, … Continued
Sunset Seawall Court Case: On February 10, 1st Circuit Judge Jeffrey Crabtree will hear arguments on the state’s January 12 motion to compel Sunset Beach homeowners James and Denise O’Shea to produce documents supporting their claims that the state holds … Continued
In April 2017, the state Commission on Water Resource Management voted to adopt the terms of a mediated agreement intended to end the years-long conflicts over the diversion and waste of stream water via the Kokeʻe and Kekaha ditch systems … Continued