On November 28, the Hawai`i Green Infrastructure Authority (HGIA) proposed a new method by which GEMS funds could be distributed to residential customers. As with several other previous proposals, the Public Utilities Commission batted it down, ordering instead an “informal … Continued
On Gravitational Waves and GPS On October 27, Brannon Kamahana Kealoha cross-examined Günter Hasinger, director of the University of Hawai`i’s Institute for Astronomy, for nearly two hours, covering a vast range of subjects. In addition to excerpts published in … Continued
More than eight years ago, the state Land Use Commission reclassified a 731-acre parcel just upslope of the village of Waikoloa, in the South Kohala district of the Big Island. It shifted the land use classification from Agricultural to Rural … Continued
In January 2014, the Hawai`i County Department of Finance prepared a list of those properties it intended to auction on January 16 for failure to pay property taxes. Ten of the 76 parcels belonged to Waikoloa Mauka, LLC. At virtually … Continued
April 24, 2007. At a meeting of the Waikoloa Village Association, Waikoloa Mauka, LLC, principal Stephan Martirosian made a short presentation on his company’s plans for the area and presented a check for $25,000 to association president Margaret Tigue. The … Continued
Hu Honua Update: Talks between Hawaiian Electric Light Company, the Big Island electric utility, and principals of Hu Honua, owner of the power plant undergoing construction at Pepe`ekeo, north of Hilo, are ongoing. As Environment Hawai`i reported last month, the … Continued
The state Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has issued orders that resolve – at least for now – two of the longest-festering matters before it. The first of these involves a series of Feed-In Tariff (FIT) projects, totaling more than 6 … Continued
Wespac’s Missing FAD: When the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council met in Guam last June, there was a lively discussion about the dearth of fish-aggregating devices (FADs) in waters around the island. The Guam Department of Agriculture and Wildlife said … Continued
The contested case hearing over the Thirty Meter Telescope is gearing up. It is set to begin in Hilo on October 11. But the sparring has already begun, and if the number of documents filed with the Department of Land … Continued
GEMS – the state’s Green Energy Market Securitization program – has a problem: It just can’t figure out how to spend the $144 million or so it has in the bank. But it keeps trying. Although the law setting up … Continued