The Public Utilities Commission has again rejected a contract between Hawaii Electric Light Co. and Aina Koa Pono for a biodiesel refinery outside Pahala. ADVERTISING The Public Utilities Commission has again rejected a contract between Hawaii Electric Light Co. and
The Public Utilities Commission has again rejected a contract between Hawaii Electric Light Co. and Aina Koa Pono for a biodiesel refinery outside Pahala.
A 104-page PUC order was issued Monday, apparently putting to rest the proposed $450 million refinery, at least for electricity. But the Aina Koa Pono facility, to be built off Camp Meyer Road 1.5 miles from Pahala, could still move forward as a source of biofuel to power vehicles. The company has leased 12,000 acres of land from the Edmund C. Olson Trust II and the Mallick Trust.
This is the second time the PUC has rejected the contract. The contract was first rejected in 2011.
For full details, see the Friday edition of West Hawaii Today.
