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Dive Brief: Hawaii's Public Utilities Commission last week opened a new docket to take a closer look at Hawaiian Electric's (HECO) interconnection processes and plans to retire fossil fuel power plants, after status conferences hosted by the regulators last year highlighted concerns around unnecessary delays and rising project costs. Hawaiian Electric's alleged lack of transparency around its interconnection processes creates "the potential for a significant setback to renewable energy development in this State," the PUC said in an order, adding that the delays could also jeopardize plans to...

Hawaii Tribune-Herald The state Public Utilities Commission approved Wednesday regulatory changes for Hawaiian Electric aimed at incentivizing the quick adoption of clean energy goals and could lower customers' energy bills. The new regulatory framework - the second phase of a broader regulatory change that began in 2019 - includes a number of changes to Hawaiian Electric's rate-setting metrics, which the PUC says will reduce electricity rates for customers. According to a statement by the PUC, the new framework will transition Hawaiian Electric from a system wherein energy rates are determin...