BY DENNIS HOLLIER From left: Lynne Unemori, Darcy Endo-Omoto, Tayne Sekimura and Dave Waller Photos: Rae Huo “You can’t run an operational company like this without leadership that’s experienced in operational issues,” says Robbie Alm, executive vice president for Hawaiian Electric Co. “That’s not me. That was never going to be me.”…
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Charging Ahead: Hawaii looks beyond oil
On the sidewalk in front of the state Capitol, Gov. Linda Lingle climbs into the driver’s seat of a white and blue Nissan Rogue. But this is no ordinary Nissan. It’s an electric car, the demonstration vehicle for Better Place, a technology company with ambitious plans to persuade thousands of people that electric cars represent…