Renewable energy plan is accepted ADVERTISING Renewable energy plan is accepted HONOLULU (AP) — The state Public Utilities Commission accepted a plan by Hawaiian Electric Companies that details how the company will reach the state’s 100 percent renewable energy goal
Renewable energy plan is accepted
HONOLULU (AP) — The state Public Utilities Commission accepted a plan by Hawaiian Electric Companies that details how the company will reach the state’s 100 percent renewable energy goal five years ahead of schedule.
The plan was accepted last week. Under the plan, coal won’t be burned to generate electricity on Oahu after 2022, Hawaiian Electric spokeswoman Shannon Tangonan said.
The commission has “reasonable assurance” that the company’s renewable energy claims are credible and supported by sound judgment, according to its review.
The company predicts its three sister utilities — Hawaiian Electric Co. on Oahu, Maui Electric Co. and Hawaii Electric Light Co. on Hawaii Island — will exceed the state’s renewable-energy milestones in 2020, 2030 and 2040.
Arson dog searches high-rise for ignitable liquids
HONOLULU (AP) — Fire investigators from the Big Island traveled to Honolulu with an arson dog this week to search for ignitable liquids in the apartment where a deadly high-rise blaze broke out last week.
Honolulu Fire Department Capt. David Jenkins said the dog searched unit 2602, where the fire began. He said the search does not necessarily mean there is a criminal element to their investigation.
The blaze killed three people in nearby apartments and injured a dozen others.
Jenkins said the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also is helping to determine the cause of the fire.
Honolulu police said Monday the apartments damaged in the Friday blaze are not considered a crime scene.
Packers’ Guion heads to trial for drunken driving
HONOLULU (AP) — Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Letroy Guion is headed to trial for intoxicated driving in Hawaii.
His attorney, Kevin O’Grady, said in an email Monday that Guion plans to go to trial, which is scheduled for August. O’Grady says his office is seeking witnesses to the arrest.
Police say Guion was pulled over in a Porsche Cayenne for drifting between lanes.
A police report says Guion smelled of alcohol and marijuana, stumbled and spoke with slurred speech. Records say he told an officer it was his birthday and he had been drinking Hennessy cognac. Arrest records show his blood alcohol level was 0.086 percent after his June arrest in Waikiki.
In an unrelated incident, the NFL suspended him without pay for the first four games of the 2017 season for violating a policy on performance-enhancing drugs.
