Green and cheap ... There is NO such thing anywhere on this planet !!
Hawaii’s Energy Transition: Solar-for-Coal, One-third Rate Jump
By Richard Storm -- March 28, 2024
*** The system can meet 17% of Oahu’s electricity demand for three hours at peak load or six hours at half load, Brandon Keefe, the executive chair of Plus Power — the company that developed the project — told USA Today.
Here is the update on electric rates by the EIA, Residential rate, $0.416/kWh, a one-third increase. Yes, Hawaii Electric remains the highest cost electricity provider in the U.S. This did not need to happen to Hawaii and there is time to stop the Climate Policy madness for the rest of the states.
