And now on to an issue near and dear to all of our hearts–power utility operation! Most of Maui Electric Company’s (MECO’s) 70,000 or so customers probably don’t give the utility much thought (except maybe when the bill arrives), but the County of Maui itself is very interested in the matter right now. So much so that it spent $70,000 commissioning the Oklahoma City-based … [Read more...] about New report from Guernsey recommends County of Maui seek an independent electric utility operator
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UPDATED: Stewart Stant takes over County of Maui’s war on recycling
The expression says everything. Keep in mind this isn't a paparazzi shot, or one of MauiTime's snarky shots–this is an official County of Maui photo of Stewart Stant, taken on Dec. 16, 2015, at his swearing-in as the county's new director of the Department of Environmental Management. Then again, if I was going to start running a department that had devastated its own recycling … [Read more...] about UPDATED: Stewart Stant takes over County of Maui’s war on recycling
Making sense of the arguments for and against the County of Maui’s proposed waste-to-energy facility
Sometime around 2017, assuming current projections hold true, Maui will get its very own waste-to-energy facility, courtesy of California-based Anaergia Services. Such a plant would convert raw garbage into various fuel products, which we could either use here or sell elsewhere. The lure of such a facility is that it would both take a lot of pressure off our landfills and … [Read more...] about Making sense of the arguments for and against the County of Maui’s proposed waste-to-energy facility