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Proposed energy rate hike sparks controversy
While everyone seems to want more sources of renewable energy on Maui, residents who spoke at a recent Public Utilities Commission hearing weren't too thrilled with the idea of having to help pay for it.
Hawaiian Electric Co. and its subsidiaries, including Maui Electric Co., have asked the commission to approve an across-the-board monthly rate increase for each Maui County customer of about $1.80 a month for renewable energy infrastructure. ...MECO President Ed Reinhardt explained that this increase is necessary for the company to build the renewable energy infrastructure it needs to attract private investors and to build transmission lines and substations to sites that are always remote.
"So if HECO selects remote locations why should we have to pick up the tab," said Rob Parsons, former county environmental coordinator.
May 18, 2008
by Chris Hamilton
in The Maui News
Residents say electric company monopoly can pay for its own projects
While everyone seems to want more sources of renewable energy on Maui, residents who spoke at a recent Public Utilities Commission hearing weren't too thrilled with the idea of having to help pay for it.
Hawaiian Electric Co. and its subsidiaries, including Maui Electric Co., have asked the commission to approve an across-the-board monthly rate increase for each Maui County customer of about $1.80 a month for renewable energy infrastructure.
But several of those who spoke at Maui Waena Intermediate School on Wednesday told commissioners that the electric company is a... [continue via Web link]
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