...On Oahu, about half of skilled workers in the solar industry have been laid off in the past year because of HECO’s grid constraints, according to an estimate from the Hawaii Solar Energy Association... ..From the perspective of the solar industry, the last year has been a series of depressing layoffs of friends and colleagues, repeated conversations with disappointed, angry and upset customers and generalized wealth destruction,” Duda continued. “The question moving forward . . . is what is the benefit of a privately-owned utility?” said Chris Lee. “Wouldn’t Hawaii’s ratepayers in this context be better served by a public utility that only looks out for the public interest in cleaner energy and lower prices rather than a utility also trying to make a significant profit off of those captive ratepayers?”
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:51:10 +0000
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