BY DENNIS HOLLIER The mood was tense in the packed Senate hearing room in December, as angry Neighbor Island businessmen, farmers and representatives from community organizations testified before the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection against the Public Utilities Commission. The immediate cause for the rancor was an interim decision by the PUC in September…
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Roadblocks on the Road to Hawaii’s Smart Grid
BY DENNIS HOLLIER The Kaheawa wind farm is not being fully used because of limitations imposed by an aging power grid on Maui. Photo: David Croxford High on a ridge overlooking Maalaea Bay, a small group of students from the Horizons Academy scramble out of vans into the vast open space at the top of…