HONOLULU — A contract for a new wind farm on O‘ahu’s north shore is raising questions about why a project developer doesn’t have to reveal seemingly critical financial information to state regulators who are charged with protecting consumer interests. Boston-based
HONOLULU — A contract for a new wind farm on O‘ahu’s north shore is raising questions about why a project developer doesn’t have to reveal seemingly critical financial information to state regulators who are charged with protecting consumer interests.
Boston-based First Wind and Hawaiian Electric Co. want the Public Utilities Commission to approve a new 69-megawatt wind farm at Kawailoa. But the company and the utility won’t say how much the project will cost to build and operate or what the developer’s profit margin is, according to Hawai‘i’s consumer advocate.
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