Energy

Gov. Josh Green has entered Hawaiʻi into an agreement with JERA, Japan’s largest energy company, to move ahead with a plan to import liquefied natural gas to power Oʻahu’s grid.

The U.S. Department of Energy announced last week that it would terminate more than $7.5 billion in funding awards to state-level energy projects. Those projects are mainly in Democrat-led states, including Hawaiʻi, which lost an estimated $68 million.

With the end of a federal tax credit for rooftop solar on the horizon, some players in the solar industry want lawmakers to retool a state-level incentive. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote has more.

U.S. Rep. Ed Case reacts to the government shutdown, the first since 2019; The University of Hawaiʻi has hired eight new faculty to lead a sustainable fisheries graduate program

Hawaiʻi’s solar energy market has been flooded with residents trying to install systems before a major tax credit expires. HPR’s Savannah Harriman-Pote has more from across the islands.

The Kauaʻi utility has yet to share if and how customers' bills may increase to pay for the costs of the utility’s plan, but KIUC Chief of Operations Brad Rockwell told the commission that the utility was keeping possible impacts to ratepayers in mind.

The energy developer AES Hawaiʻi is hosting a community meeting on Kauaʻi on Wednesday to discuss a proposed solar farm. Its Kauaʻi project, called Kaawanui Solar, is slated for Makaweli.

A new fee goes into effect this month on Hawaiian Electric customers' bills. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote explains what's behind the surcharge.

A federal tax credit for rooftop solar is going away at the end of the year. Hawaiian Electric says it's seen a spike in applications for new systems as customers try to beat the deadline. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote has more.

The Hawaiʻi Green Infrastructure Authority is working with the attorney general’s office to reinstate federal funding for the Solar for All Program that provided solar energy access for low-income families.