Ho'okahi ka 'ilau like ana (Pukui, Hawaiian Proverbs). Wield the paddles together.
Hawaii County passed an admirable resolution asking the Public Utilities Commission to raise the threshold of peak electricity load to the area from 15% to 30% to obviate the need for a costly "Interconnection Requirements Study." Read the article here. This new HECO Company rule went was adopted in November 2011 by a host of entities - 13 in all. Read the news release here. Was our Agriculture, Water and Energy Sustainability Committee unaware of the adoption of the rule? Are the problems of cost unique to our island? The rule affects Honolulu, Maui and Hawaii counties. (Kauai has their own utility company.) Was the 15% threshold too low when it was adopted? Was it meant to discourage folks from hooking up? The article was thought provoking, and got me wondering whether this problem is unique to our island or whether a more unified front would get a more favorable response.
The squeaky wheel gets the WD40, but a really really BIG squeaky wheel may be able to change the direction of the PUC.
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