Savannah Harriman-Pote
Energy & Climate Change ReporterSavannah Harriman-Pote is HPR's energy and climate change reporter. She is also the lead producer of HPR's first narrative podcast: This Is Our Hawaiʻi. Prior to that, she worked as a producer for The Conversation. She also produces Manu Minute in collaboration with the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. She was born and raised on Hawaiʻi Island, and she collects lava lamps.
Contact her at sharrimanpote@hawaiipublicradio.org.
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The Hawai’i Home Energy Assistance Program will provide a one-time payment to cover a utility bill. Applications for the H-HEAP energy credit are open until June 30. -
House Bill 796 would sunset several income tax credits, including one that offers people up to $5,000 back for the installation of a rooftop solar system. Green expressed his intent to veto the measure on Friday. -
State Sen. Tim Richards has an idea for a new hydropower project. He pitched it to the attendees at a Waimea community town hall meeting last week. -
The Public Utilities Commission has determined that an experimental electricity rate program isn't ready for a full roll-out to Hawaiian Electric customers. -
Hawaiʻi is required by law to slash greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030. What are the consequences if the state misses that target, and, essentially, breaks the law? HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote reports. -
A group of young people are suing President Donald Trump in an effort to block three of his executive orders that they claim will worsen climate change and violate their constitutional rights. -
A $7,500 incentive to buy new EVs would end in 2026, and another $4,000 tax credit for the purchase of used EVs would end this year. If the Senate agrees to the bill's current language, EV owners would also have to pay $250 on top of their annual registration. -
The Center for Biological Diversity is suing the military for details on a proposal to build a rocket test site in a remote wildlife refuge less than 900 miles from Hawaiʻi Island. -
The U.S. House has passed a massive spending bill that could set up a surge in commercial solar business. But the local solar industry isn’t celebrating. HPR’s Savannah Harriman-Pote explains why. -
HECO has wrapped up a year-long study on a new rate structure that charges customers more or less depending on the time of day. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote reports on some of the findings.
