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Richard Rocheleau

Richard Rocheleau is the director of the Hawai‘i Natural Energy Institute, an applied research unit of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. He has spent more than 20 years analyzing Hawaiʻi’s energy policy and grids, working alongside Hawaiian Electric and the Public Utilities Commission.
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LNG Won’t Move Hawaiʻi’s Electric Bills. So What Should Drive the Decision? Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

LNG Won’t Move Hawaiʻi’s Electric Bills. So What Should Drive the Decision?

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Hawaiʻi’s families and businesses deserve an honest accounting before the state commits.

Transition To Renewables Not To Blame For Recent Power Grid Challenges City and County of Honolulu/2017

Transition To Renewables Not To Blame For Recent Power Grid Challenges

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Hawaii’s rolling blackouts were due to unexpected outages of oil-fired generating plants at a time when others were offline.