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How HECO Is Trying To Modernize Its Electric Grid Blue Planet Foundation

How HECO Is Trying To Modernize Its Electric Grid

Hawaiian Electric is drafting a new strategy after regulators rejected an earlier $736 million proposal in part because it didn’t serve solar users well.

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Hawaii Senate Refuses To Confirm Gorak To The PUC Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii Senate Refuses To Confirm Gorak To The PUC

Opponents see the rejection as payback against Gov. David Ige for opposing NextEra Energy’s $4.3 billion attempt to buy Hawaii’s utility.

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Committee Rejects Governor’s Choice For Utilities Commission Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Committee Rejects Governor’s Choice For Utilities Commission

UPDATED But the full Senate will ultimately decide whether Tom Gorak’s appointment to the PUC will be confirmed.

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Hawaiian Electric Revives Three Oahu Solar Projects Doug Murray/FPL

Hawaiian Electric Revives Three Oahu Solar Projects

The utility company had canceled its contracts with SunEdison as it headed toward bankruptcy, but NRG Energy has stepped up in its place.

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Senators Question Whether PUC Member Had Conflicts Of Interest Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Senators Question Whether PUC Member Had Conflicts Of Interest

They want a state agency to look into the legal services Tom Gorak was providing while general counsel for the Public Utilities Commission.

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Hawaiian Electric’s New Plan: 100 Percent Renewable By 2040 Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaiian Electric’s New Plan: 100 Percent Renewable By 2040

The companies’ latest submission to state energy regulators eschews the use of liquefied natural gas as a bridge to renewable power.

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Kauai Utility Wins Lease For Hydro Project in Kekaha Earthjustice

Kauai Utility Wins Lease For Hydro Project in Kekaha

The project could provide energy as well as irrigation needs on the island.

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Todd Simmons: NextEra’s Solar Shenanigans In The Sunshine State Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Todd Simmons: NextEra’s Solar Shenanigans In The Sunshine State

Its principal subsidiary is spending millions on a measure to leave solar power generation solely in the hands of utilities.

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Does This Big Island Community Really Need 30,000 Solar Panels? Patricia Tummons

Does This Big Island Community Really Need 30,000 Solar Panels?

Residents of the Ocean View Ranchos subdivision are hoping state regulators reject an overhead power line, effectively killing the project.
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NextEra Opponents Take Victory Lap, Ponder Hawaii’s Energy Future Cory Lum/Civil Beat

NextEra Opponents Take Victory Lap, Ponder Hawaii’s Energy Future

They want Hawaiian Electric Industries to work collaboratively with other stakeholders to figure out what comes next.
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Hawaiian Electric Scraps LNG Plan Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaiian Electric Scraps LNG Plan

Hawaiian Electric withdrew its request to the Public Utilities Commission for a contract to import liquefied natural gas.
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Other Suitors For Hawaiian Electric Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Other Suitors For Hawaiian Electric

Gov. David Ige would not name names, but he said "there is interest by more than one company."
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Hawaiian Electric Shares Take A Dive After Merger Rejection Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaiian Electric Shares Take A Dive After Merger Rejection

The end of NextEra Energy's bid to take over the electric company that powers 95 percent of island residents triggered big losses for shareholders.
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State Rejects Sale Of Hawaiian Electric to NextEra Energy Cory Lum/Civil Beat

State Rejects Sale Of Hawaiian Electric to NextEra Energy

UPDATED: With Commissioner Tom Gorak abstaining, the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission blocks the $4.3 billion acquisition.
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Investigation Sought After ‘Smear Complaint’ Against Utility Regulator Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Investigation Sought After ‘Smear Complaint’ Against Utility Regulator

The head of the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission is concerned about external efforts to influence the decision on NextEra's buyout of Hawaiian Electric.
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Senate President Wants AG Opinion On Ige’s PUC Appointment Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Senate President Wants AG Opinion On Ige’s PUC Appointment

UPDATED  The three-member Hawaii Public Utilities Commission is expected to decide any day now whether to approve the $4.3 billion NextEra Energy merger.
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Frustrated Champley ‘Considering Options’ After Removal From PUC Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Frustrated Champley ‘Considering Options’ After Removal From PUC

Gov. David Ige replaced him on the Public Utilities Commission just before it rules on the NextEra merger, raising legal questions.
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Coming Tuesday: The History Of The Hawaiian Electric Co. Courtesy of JLB Press

Coming Tuesday: The History Of The Hawaiian Electric Co.

Civil Beat's in-depth look at one of the state's most important companies puts the proposed sale of HECO in a fascinating context.
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