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The city has one disposal location for nonprofits throwing out trash from cleanups of public areas, but nonprofits say it’s too far too drive.

Regulators have approved a long-delayed biomass to energy plant that may produce up to 12 percent of the island’s power.

Commissioners are pushing HECO to do more to keep prices in check and customers from leaving the system.

Public comments are being taken through Aug. 9 on a rough draft of the utility’s scaled-back upgrade proposal.

Hawaiian Electric is drafting a new strategy after regulators rejected an earlier $736 million proposal in part because it didn’t serve solar users well.

The “cool schools” initiative made it through the Legislature and is awaiting action by Gov. David Ige.

Opponents see the rejection as payback against Gov. David Ige for opposing NextEra Energy’s $4.3 billion attempt to buy Hawaii’s utility.

UPDATED But the full Senate will ultimately decide whether Tom Gorak’s appointment to the PUC will be confirmed.

Experts discussed Hawaii’s move away from fossil fuels amid buzz about another potential buyer for Hawaiian Electric.

Speakers at the Maui Energy Conference posed questions about what type of life the state wants to create for its citizens as it adapts.