Hawaiian Electric Co. is fighting to recover $3.9 million it dropped on studies for the Big Wind project from ratepayers. But Life of the Land and Maui County aren’t going for it. 

The dispute has gone on for months. In documents filed with the PUC this week, the two intervenors further laid out their reasons for why HECO shouldn’t get paid. 

They argue that HECO failed to adequately explore alternatives to the controversial project — and therefore shouldn’t get paid.

From Life of the Land:

There are wind and solar opportunities which abound other than HECO’s and the CA’s blind adherence to narrow tunnel vision that only one option exists.

Read the full text here. 

From the office of the Maui County energy administrator: 

Our point isthat HECO continued to pour money into ever more detailed analysis of the specific routing for Big Wind without doing similar work for other options.

Read the full text here.