Posted on September 6, 2019
Hu Honua
Bioenergy proposed chopping down and burning forests to generate electricity in 2008.
Life of the Land, founded in February 1970, has been in 50 Hawai`i Public Utilities Commission regulatory proceedings including 10 dealing with BioEnergy.
The Hawai`i
Public Utilities Commission twice approved the Hu Honua – Hawai`i Electric
Light Company (HELCO) contract.
The Hawai`i Supreme
Court upheld Life of the Land`s appeal remanding the case back to the Commission.
The court ruled that Life of the Land has a constitutional right to a “clean and healthy environment," and that the Commission has been mandated to examine greenhouse gases since 2011.
The Public
Utilities Commission is in the initial stages of a greenhouse gas contested case proceeding.
The parties are HELCO,
Hu Honua, and the Consumer Advocate.
The participants
are Life of the Land, Tawhiri, and Hamakua Energy.
The Commission is
requiring Hu Honua to conduct a life cycle assessment including building the
facility, acquiring the fuel, and burning the fuel.
Documents must be
filed on September 17, 2019: (1) preliminary briefs by all parties and
participants, and (2) a draft Procedural Schedule filed only by the parties.
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