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renewable alternatives for a small island

Few places stand alone in the energy world, yet Kauai must and can. Join with other Kauaians now focused on our island's energy future.

Upcoming KIUC Board Election

Ben Sullivan, Stu Burley, and Steve Rapozo have won election to the KIUC Board to fill 3 Board seats.

County Plan for Energy Sustainability

Consultants retained by the County are seeking broad input in the months ahead on Kauai's energy sustainability challenges, with an eye to forging an island-wide plan for moving all sectors forward together.

Let's use this space to explore Kauai's energy options and offer suggestions for accelerating our island transition to renewable energy.

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What if Kenergy worked for all Kauaians?

The recent surge of info on community resilience (see SusHI blog) and promising tactics for transitioning our towns includes this marvelous report by Andrew Outhwaite from a recent gathering of sustainability… Continue

Posted by Ken Stokes on March 15, 2009 at 8:11am

KIUC plans rate hike -Just what we need

From the Honolulu Advertiser

"Kauai electric company says it plans to seek rate hike"

"A base rate increase may be needed at this time to provide KIUC with financial stability during these difficult times and to meet various challenges on the horizon," said Randy Hee, KIUC president and chief executive officer. "We plan to file the formal application with the PUC in May,"…

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Posted by Jose J Castillo on March 3, 2009 at 5:58pm

What's water got to do with energy?

Let's hope Ben Sullivan will post here some of his marvelous Apollo Kauai presentation last night on water security.

Turns out, as David Ward has been alerting us, our Water Board pumps a lot of water and pays KIUC some huge electric bills for this.

Meanwhile, as both gentlemen have pointed out, there is huge potential for micro-hydro to be… Continue

Posted by Ken Stokes on February 20, 2009 at 4:36pm — 2 Comments

Lihue HCEI session dense with content

Last night's session on the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative was powerful. Lots of info. The powerpoints will be on the KPAA website today. Whole thing will be on Hoike community television later. My take on it at my blog.

Posted by Jan TenBruggencate on February 11, 2009 at 8:12am — 1 Comment

using this space: the power of social networking

So many of us have so many contributions to make as Kauai transitions toward sustainability.

Nowhere is the power of 'social networking' more important than in helping us connect with new ideas and with each other.

Become a member of this network focused on “renewable alternatives for a small island,” and help contribute blog posts, media, and forum discussions, while strengthening personal connections and participating in… Continue

Posted by Ken Stokes on January 20, 2009 at 10:30am