The Public Utilities Commission has ruled on the matter of who should pay the costs incurred by Hawaiian Electric utilities when they service loans made from the Green Energy Market Securitization fund, or GEMS. Hint: It’s not the utilities. Another … Continued
The Hawai‘i Green Infrastructure Authority has recommended that the Legislature consider allowing at least part of the balance of Green Energy Market Securitization funds to be used as “a revolving credit facility for any state agency to access low-cost financing … Continued
Late on the night of October 10, 2017, the Pacific Paradise, a Honolulu-ported longline fishing vessel, hit a reef just 1,000 feet off Waikiki beach in the middle of the night. Twenty people were aboard the 79-foot-long craft, which would … Continued
The Department of Land and Natural Resources’ effort to generate enough revenue to properly staff its fisheries data collection efforts and commercial marine license (CML) program hit a couple of snags at the December meeting of the Board of Land … Continued
“We have to be aware. It think it’s quite likely, and probably in the lifetimes of our children, the removal of structures that are uninhabitable because of sea level rise is going to be a big government issue. The state … Continued
February 2018
It’s been more than a decade since the community group Hui o Na Wai Eha petitioned the state Commission on Water Resource Management to amend the interim instream flow standards (IIFS) of Waihe‘e and Wailuku rivers and Waikapu and Waiehu … Continued
Hu Honua Challenge: The power plant being rebuilt along the Hamakua Coast just north of Hilo is facing yet another challenge, this time from an individual, Claudia Rohr. In late November, Rohr, representing herself, filed a complaint against the County … Continued
Last month, as angry swells carved steep scarps into the dunes on O‘ahu’s North Shore, threatening homes and other structures, on the Big Island, another, slower wearing away of the coast was prompting owners of a cliffside home in the … Continued
Practically since the day life was breathed into the Green Energy Market Securitization (GEMS) program in 2013, its advocates have argued that for it to be successful, recipients of GEMS loans – intended to help lower-income families benefit from expensive, … Continued