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The proposed $4.3 billion sale of Hawaiian Electric has featured everything from attack ads to high-powered consultants.

Not all electricity is created equal. Maximize daytime demand for the product, and we might wean ourselves off oil and reduce the cost of living in the islands.

The head of Hawaiian Electric Co. talks about Hawaii’s 2045 renewable energy goals and how unique conditions help keep the islands’ power bills so high.

The Public Utilities Commission hears a lot about alternative utility ownership models, but little about a proposed sale of Hawaiian Electric Industries.

PUC Chair Randy Iwase explains changes he’s made to speed up the high-profile commission’s decision-making.

The companies say they inadvertently included the University of Hawaii and Maui Economic Development.

Opponents of the status quo are pushing for an energy revolution. The ultimate question, though, is about cost.

Hawaii officials and industry insiders tout the new policy. But in reality, it could allow the use of up to 50 percent fossil fuels three decades from now.

Led by veteran sustainability advocate Steve Meder, the planners at University of Hawaii’s main campus map out the 21st century.

The proposed merger of the state’s largest utility with a Florida-based power company has everybody talking, including our Pod Squad.