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LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
> Hawaiian Electric has launched a Fast Demand Response (DR) program aimed at business customers that will help maintain reliability and add more renewable energy to the grid, while reducing their electricity bills.
> Watch this clean energy video produced by APEC 2011 Hawaii to showcase the 50th state as the ideal place to test what it takes to create a sustainable lifestyle.
> Check out Hawaiian Skies video on "Clean, Green Hawaii" and meet the people and companies dedicated to making Hawaii a better place by harnessing renewable energy resources.
> Hawaiian Electric has submitted to the Hawaii PUC a draft request for proposals of at least 200 MW of renewable energy projects, 10/14/11.
> Maui Electric has filed a request with the Public Utilities Commission to begin a search for 50 MW of firm, renewable energy, 2/8/11
> Read how Hawaiian Electric is pursuing the move towards a clean energy future for Hawaii.
> Hawaii Electric Light and Maui Electric companies were awarded $2.1 million in federal stimulus funds to be used towards energy storage demonstration projects that will help increase the grids' ability to integrate more renewable energy.
> The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission has approved feed-in tariffs for Hawaiian Electric, Maui Electric and Hawaii Electric Light companies to facilitate the use of more renewable energy in Hawaii. FITs provide standardized pricing, terms and conditions and procedures that will provide renewable energy developers with clear, consistent guidelines and assures adequate compensation for their projects. Applications for the program must be submitted through http://www.hecofitio.com
Hawaii’s Energy Sources
How do we power our future? The answers are all around us. Our islands are blessed with an abundance of clean, renewable, LOCAL energy sources.
A variety of renewable energy sources already provides some power for the islands. As we increase the electricity we produce from these renewable sources – and add even more energy efficiency and conservation – we can reduce our dependence on imported oil.
Getting more energy from local sources will create
jobs, help revitalize local agriculture, and keep more of our hard-earned dollars at home.
Working together, we can reduce our dependence on imported oil and develop our own renewable energy sources. It will take a close
partnership of your electric utilities, private companies, landowners, state and local government, our communities and all
Hawaii residents. Oil prices skyrocketed in 2008. They are high today and certain to go higher due to increased world demand,
ever scarce supplies of easy-to-extract oil and coming costs to control climate change.
While adding some renewable technologies will cost more initially, in the long-run the costs will be worth it. Prices for renewables will be more stable and predictable while oil prices are volatile and unpredictable. Also, using our home-based renewable energy will help keep our air and water cleaner and limit greenhouse gases that can cause global climate change.
