Image above: The 1.5 megawatt Berlin Dam in Portage, Ohio with a FERC preliminary permit produces a fraction of the power proposed in Kauai projects. From (http://www.hydroetech.com/hydro_projects).
By Elaine Dunbar on 20 April 2011 -
Tuesday night KIUC/Free Flow Power meeting in Lihue.
A couple interesting things came up tonight at the KIUC meeting. First, it was relayed to me by Don Heacock that at last night's meeting in Waimea, KIUC stated that they will move ahead with this project regardless of anything. Tonight, they said, if the people of Kauai don't want this or there is a lot of opposition, they certainly wont continue. [Editor's note: They said both things at Monday night's meeting]
They have been caught in quite a few lies and most of the people attending were there to collect a bag of rice. As KIUC reps even stated they were amazed at how many people attended because usually there's 10-15 people. The question was presented about Section 106 of the Historical Preservation Advisory Consultation and they said "Yes" they were aware of it would be getting involved and it turned out they had no idea what that was.
I wanted to ask the question: Will the rates go up when they have to defend themselves against the lawsuits? So anyone heading to the North Shore meeting tomorrow night might want to pin them on their lies and misinformation.
I arrived late so this is not a full or adequate summary.
Thanks to all the people that have organized against this FERC process with signs, petitions, education, emails, etc.
By Ken Taylor on 21 April 2011 - Wednesday night KIUC/Free Flow Power meeting in Kilauea. Questions I asked tonight. 1) Why not just upgrade the 8 extisting hydo plants? Oh, we plan on looking at that. We sure did not see anything about that in there presentation! 2) Biomass plant, Port Allen: Where will the biomass come from?
We are just starting to look at that, at this time we don't know.I believe Monday night they said if the County was to come forward with a trash to energy plan, they would entertain it. 3) How do you plan to deal with Section 106 of the Historical Preservation rules and reg.'s?
We plan on following all Fed.,State and County rules and reg.'s. Thats what so good about (FERC).4) When you have to start defending KIUC against lawsuits, will our rates go up?
No, the good thing about working under (FERC) and we must say, it's such an open process and you get to participate all along the way, so we are protected from law suits under (FERC). You know we would not want to go out and spend, say $ 6m and then have someone bring suit on us.I think we must STOP the (FERC) process. See also: Ea O Ka Aina: KIUC FFP Monday Waimea Meeting 4/18/11
Editor's note: Below is a partial list of projects involving Hawaii and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: (http://www.ferc.gov/for-citizens/projectsearch/SearchProjects.aspx?Region=Southwest) .
| Oceanlinx Maui Wave Energy Project | An application proposing to study the feasibility of the Oceanlinx Maui Wave Energy Project (Oceanlinx Wave Project or project), located in the Pacific Ocean about 0.6 statute miles north of Pauwela Point and adjacent lands in the County of Maui, Hawaii. | Oceanlinx Hawaii LLC | P-13521 | 000 | Order issuing preliminary permit |
| Lanai Pumped Storage Project | An application proposing to study the feasibility of the Lanai Pumped Storage Project to be located on the Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of Lanai City, in Maui County, Hawaii. | Lanai, LLC | P-13798 | 000 | Notice of Application |
| Kitano Water Power Project | An application proposing to study the feasibility of the Kitano Water Power Project, located in Kauai County, in the state of Hawaii. | Clean River Power 16, LLC | P-13875 | 000 | Notice of Application |
| Wailua River Hydroelectric Project | An application proposing to study the feasibility of the Wailua River Hydroelectric Project to be located in Kauai County, Hawaii. | Clean River Power 15, LLC | P-13874 | 000 | Order issuing preliminary permit |
| Makaweli River Water Power Project | Kahawai Power 2, LLC filed an application for a preliminary permit, proposing to study the feasibility of the Makaweli River Water Power Project, located in Kauai County, in the state of Hawaii. | Kahawai Power 2, LLC | P-13879 | 000 | Notice of Application |
| Hanalei River Hydroelectric Project | An application proposing to study the feasibility of the Hanalei River Hydroelectric Project (Hanalei River) to be located on the Hanalei River, Pekoa Stream, Kaapahu Stream, and Kaiwa Stream in the vicinity of Hanalei, Hawaii. | Kahawai Power 1, LLC | P-13878 | 000 | Order issuing preliminary permit |
| Kekaha Waimea Water Power Project | An application for a preliminary permit proposing to study the feasibility of the Kekaha Waimea Water Power Project, which would utilize water flows from the existing Kekaha Ditch Irrigation System near the town of Waimea, Kauai County, Hawaii. | Kahawai Power 4, LLC | P-14105 | 000 | Notice of Application |
| Wailua Reservoir Water Power | An application proposing to study the feasibility of the Wailua Reservoir Water Power to be located on the Wailua reservoir in the vicinity of Wailua Homesteads, in Kauai County, Hawaii. | Kahawai Power 5, LLC | P-14106 | 000 | Notice of Application |
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